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With or without a sim card?

Hey everyone,
Are the 3g versions going to be CDMA with Verizon meaning no SIM card? I purchased the NYC wi-fi only tab and will be tethering, but a friend was curious about the 3g option. I said that i think it will be with verizon and will not have a sim, but wasn't 100% sure. I remember that the I/O ones came with free Verizon LTE for a short period of time which led me to my conclusion. Could someone please clarify for me? Thanks for the help! Excuse me if I am way off here...haha.

The only one officially ANNOUNCED so far is from Verizon w/CDMA, no SIM card.

If the Verizon edition has 4G LTE it'll have a SIM card slot (LTE requires a SIM).

What about the 3G bands used by the device? I have not been able to find any specific details about them ):

One would assume that the Verizon edition will support their normal bands (800/850Mhz & 1900Mhz and if LTE 700Mhz).

[Q] AT&T friendly variants?

I currently have the AT&T variant of the galaxy s5 and I would like to get replacement that I can root, I know that most all variants are compatible on the gsm side but I would only want one that would be compatible with LTE on AT&T of course as well. Could someone please let me know the variants that would work on the LTE network for AT&T please. Thanks in advance!!

lewi1032 said:
I currently have the AT&T variant of the galaxy s5 and I would like to get replacement that I can root, I know that most all variants are compatible on the gsm side but I would only want one that would be compatible with LTE on AT&T of course as well. Could someone please let me know the variants that would work on the LTE network for AT&T please. Thanks in advance!!
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I suggest T-Mobile's variant, which is what I use on AT&T's LTE network with no problems.

Which Note 4 has double sim card slot that is compatible with LTE in the USA ?

Which Note 4 has double sim card slot that is compatible with LTE in the USA ?
This would prevent me from carrying 2 phones.

Earthbrain said:
Which Note 4 has double sim card slot that is compatible with LTE in the USA ?
This would prevent me from carrying 2 phones.
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I'm on the same boat, but compatible with Brazilian carriers. ?

Waiting for note 4 dual SIM, with Brazilians LTE bands support, included the new one, 700mhz.

So do I have to buy the Brazilian Note 4 model in order to get LTE signal in the U.S.A ?

Earthbrain said:
So do I have to buy the Brazilian Note 4 model in order to get LTE signal in the U.S.A ?
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No mate, Brazilian model unfortunately does not have dual sim (yet). We're just commenting that we want dual sim too. ?

Does the 935F (Int'l) S7 Edge get LTE??

This is my first non-US, non carrier branded, non Snapdragon phone.
It doesn't say LTE on the taskbar when I am in areas where my Note 4 does see the LTE signal.
(Speed test says 38 - 50 D/L speeds)
I like the phone but I don't get it. Do I have LTE?
What band is LTE on T-Mo?

hellcatrydr said:
This is my first non-US, non carrier branded, non Snapdragon phone.
It doesn't say LTE on the taskbar when I am in areas where my Note 4 does see the LTE signal.
(Speed test says 38 - 50 D/L speeds)
I like the phone but I don't get it. Do I have LTE?
What band is LTE on T-Mo?
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Does it say 4G/4G+
4G = LTE
4G+ = LTE-A

hellcatrydr said:
This is my first non-US, non carrier branded, non Snapdragon phone.
It doesn't say LTE on the taskbar when I am in areas where my Note 4 does see the LTE signal.
(Speed test says 38 - 50 D/L speeds)
I like the phone but I don't get it. Do I have LTE?
What band is LTE on T-Mo?
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Assuming you, the Hellcat Rider, with your first non-US device, are from the United States. I'm afraid you may be out of luck. AFAIK the International Exynos S7 (Edge) does not support LTE networks outside of the European Union and parts of Asia.

nitrous² said:
Assuming you, the Hellcat Rider, with your first non-US device, are from the United States. I'm afraid you may be out of luck. AFAIK the International Exynos S7 (Edge) does not support LTE networks outside of the European Union and parts of Asia.
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THat is completely incorrect. the G935F does support LTE on both ATT and TMOBILE. I don't believe it supports VOLTE but it does get LTE service very well. I am on ATT and on good days I am able to get download speeds of roughly 45MBS - I know some people in other cities get even faster speeds - and I seen similar reports for people using G935F on TOMBILE.
If you have purchased a G935F device or any other device from Samsung (S6, S5, Note 7) as long as they are the F Varient, you should not have any trouble getting LTE speeds.
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hellcatrydr said:
This is my first non-US, non carrier branded, non Snapdragon phone.
It doesn't say LTE on the taskbar when I am in areas where my Note 4 does see the LTE signal.
(Speed test says 38 - 50 D/L speeds)
I like the phone but I don't get it. Do I have LTE?
What band is LTE on T-Mo?
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By the way - 38 to 50 what? if it is MBS - then you are definately getting LTE speeds. the International Varient doesn't say LTE it just says 4g - but there are custom roms you can install - or XPOSED - that gives you the option to show LTE instead of 4G if it makes you feel better to see that. Bottom line, don't worry - you are getting LTE.

mocsab said:
THat is completely incorrect. the G935F does support LTE on both ATT and TMOBILE. I don't believe it supports VOLTE but it does get LTE service very well. I am on ATT and on good days I am able to get download speeds of roughly 45MBS - I know some people in other cities get even faster speeds - and I seen similar reports for people using G935F on TOMBILE.
If you have purchased a G935F device or any other device from Samsung (S6, S5, Note 7) as long as they are the F Varient, you should not have any trouble getting LTE speeds.
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OK, my bad. Sorry. Obviously haven't looked deep enough into the details.

nitrous² said:
OK, my bad. Sorry. Obviously haven't looked deep enough into the details.
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No problem - I just wanted to be sure that I let the OP know in case they had already purchased the phone and were freaking out -
I know some international varients definately do not work here in the US - the I variant for one - and I am sure there are others - but the F works beautifully well. Nice that it doesn't have a locked bootloader and can be rooted too -

4.5G or 4G+ Axon7

Does Axon7 support 4.5G network? Does A2017 model support it too or just G and U? I've got the Chinese variant and my carrier provide 4.5G network but my phone always show 4G sign and not 4G+ or 4.5G? Is there some settings that should be set?( I've also got a S7 edge and that gets 4G+ network with the same sim card and Carrier.)

Yes a2017g

xzolteu said:
Yes a2017g
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Mine is Chinese and both sims support just 4G. Although it has Cat6 but I guess the problem is with Carrier Aggregation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_Advanced

So no 4G advanced LTE for the Chinese variant?

There is no 4.5 G for Axon 7, so we better wait for some time.

William Guo said:
There is no 4.5 G for Axon 7, so we better wait for some time.
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You mean it doesn't support LTE+ or 4G+?
These guys have experienced it :
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Axon7/comments/6z0xv0/lte_advanced_and_the_axon_7/

I see LTE+ on LineageOS sometimes and I speedtest for 105/50mbps

In Poland i have 4G+ (record in speedtest: 142mbit DL).
Axon 7 G-model from Amazon.de.
But no voLTE and no HD voice at this Time.

The Axon7 doesn't show 4G+ directly in notification bar in order to see if you're really getting LTE+, you'd better install Network Cell Info.

Just getting 4G

Mine shows 4G+ on either SIM here in Australia with A2017G.

Maybe the issue is with my carrier. I'm on the latest Chinese stock ROM and not rooted or unlocked and still no sign of LTE+.
But my s7 edge is receiving LTE+ with the same carrier.
Although Axon7 has Cat6 but can't aggregate two or more bands but s7 edge has 3CA according to GSMArena.
https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7945&idPhone2=8067

I have the European version and yes it has 4G+ but the problem is the axon 7 only supports LTE-CA 1800+2600mHZ but by carrier uses 800+2600mHz, so i can't use it.

NikiFue said:
I have the European version and yes it has 4G+ but the problem is the axon 7 only supports LTE-CA 1800+2600mHZ but by carrier uses 800+2600mHz, so i can't use it.
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I don't know exactly but I think my carrier uses 1800+2600

I just saw 4g+ in my unit today when I travelled to the Manila. Chinese v2.0.0b13 stock rom.
It seems carrier/cellsite specific since I don't get this signal in my place. Just regular 4g there..

So definitely something wrong with my Carrier.

So my carrier supports 4g+ and has both 1800 and 2600 frequencies but I haven't seen any sign of 4g+ yet even when my antenna is full. Some guys say you should get really close to a transmitter to get 4g+ with Axon7 but I don't know where my carrier's transmitters are. Still really confused. It's so disappointing for my Axon7 'cause I 'm easily getting 4g+ out of my S7 edge from the same Carrier.

Guys look what I've found on Chinese ZTE website, info for Axon 7(A2017).
It says only the main sim card slot supports 4G+!!!
Can anyone confirm this?
What about the A2017U and A2017G models???does only the main slot support 4G+ ?(mention your Axon7's model too)
http://www.ztedevice.com.cn/product/smart-phone/AXON-7

I run dual SIMs in my A2017G on Australian B04 Nougat and either of them can get 4G+. You can only run it on one at a time though.
I might update to the German B08 and see if VoLTE can work but not expecting it to here in Australia.