Xiaomi have released Redmi Note 5 in Taiwan with more LTE band support than global variant.
TW Specs from : http://www.mi.com/tw/redmi-note-5/specs/
Taiwan model:
Code:
4G:FDD-LTE B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B20/B28
TDD-LTE B38/B40
Global model:
Code:
4G: FDD-LTE B1/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B20
TDD-LTE B38/B40
Many markets worldwide apart from Taiwan make use of the extra B28 (700Mhz) - Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Panama, Japan, France. There are probably more I have left out. Its basically our equivalent of B20 which gives us better rural coverage and better building penetration.
I have looked everywhere including Aliexpress and they aren't selling this model. Can anyone find it anywhere other than Xiaomi Taiwan site?
I have read:
This Band 28(700Mhz) is scheduled to begin in 2020 for mobile (5G broadband services)
That might be true in your country, its been in other places for years. Since 2014 in Australia. I think its delayed in Europe due to terrestrial TV using that frequency, ours was switched off years ago.
ok,thanks for the info
It is also used in Nigeria by a network known as Glo. LTE band 28(700) travels very far and has better in-building penetration than most LTE bands.
By the way, I've also checked Aliexpress for the variant of redmi note 5 that support band 28, and it's not available yet. I don't think I can wait for it any longer. I'll have to settle for the Global variant.
where did you get the band list for the Global version from? pdadb so far has always been accurate on the supported bands and it lists Band 28 as included for the Global version:
http://phonedb.net/index.php?m=devi...e_64gb_meg7s___xiaomi_whyred&d=detailed_specs
@celoxocis Seems to differ from this one https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-xiaomi-redmi-note-5 Doesn't list B28
@lukesan
kimovil has been wrong in the past.
I used to import US version phones and always used pdadb for proper (required) bands. Where all other sites would list missing bands pdadb would list all complete bands. So I see pdadb as trustworthy and professional sites who check the phones specifications for accuracy.
@celoxocis https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9120#hong-kong,*,* another one that doesn't show B28 BUT the Taiwan version shows B28
This is all getting confusing. On all Aliexpress sellers I don't see B28, only the very much used B20 in Europe. Looking for the Taiwan version on Aliexpress seems to not show anything.
@lukesan
gsmarena never lists proper bands. it misses half the bands of my axon 7 us version (pdadb lists the proper bands). never go to gsmarena to check for bands. aliexpress only sells Chinese versions with global ROM anyway. don't go there or they will trick you to buy one of those.
I contacted aliexpress sellers that are selling global model, they said no B28. So far only place I have found is a eBay seller from Taiwan but its overpriced so not buying yet: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Xiaomi-Red...hash=item1cac64e701:m:mUYSnnhRa49uuBF-7QnmBSw
Did anyone find a place? I am still looking around for this.
Not sure if it will be any help for you, but I just bought this one off of Amazon.ca - https://www.amazon.ca/Xiaomi-Unlocked-Global-Version-4-64GB/dp/B07D82MTZL/ - and it has band 28.
I bought a couple of this guy from Taiwan ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/123151713017 so I can confirm that the seller is good. Good communication answered all my questions, and he packaged everything securely inside a DHL box. The boxes inside were still shrink wrapped as I expect they would come from Xiaomi.
It may be a bit overpriced though as said here for some reason nobody else is putting the Taiwanese version up.
Aqq123 said:
FYI the list price for that version in Taiwan is TWD 8,000, or about AUD 355, so the mark-up is about 23%.
(438/355-1)*100 ~= 23.3803
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This Amazon.ca listing has the RN5 with Band 28. Both resellers (Maple Mountain Imports and JP Mobiles CA) sell the same version of the phone, and fulfilment is by Amazon. I am not sure how useful this is to anyone not in Canada, but I figured I'd mention it here for anyone who is still looking for some place besides eBay. I received mine today (2 day shipping) and the phone is new in shrinkwrap, etc.
I also purchased one from the Ebay seller as mentioned by tya99. I will also add that it was packed as described and arrived in my hand in Australia in only two days from ordering. Very happy with it.
In France, some operator already use B28, since more than 1 year ago
It is for this same reason (LTE band 28) that I wanted to buy redmi note 5 special edition. Now there is a redmi note 5 with LTE band 28 that nobody knows where to buy it from. It's a pity Xiaomi doesn't care to make it popular.
In Nigeria (the most populus country in Africa) that LTE band 28 is in hot demand used by GSM network called globacom.
I want to get that but might have to settle for global or China redmi note 5 as I have already purchased MiFi modem with LTE band 28.
I'M still in love with my old Samsung note 4 screen and camera, I don't know if redmi note 5 screen will be close to it but at some point I have to upgrade.
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This Taiwanese version has also been released in Mexico, and possibly in Chile and Bolivia. I bought mine in Mercadolivre (auction-site-turned-marketplace just like eBay), from someone who imported it from Mexico to Brazil. If you have some sort of communication channel to a seller, you can ask them directly for the model number printed on the back side of the box: the regular "Global" model is model M1803E7SG, while the Taiwanese/Mexican model with B28 support is M1803E7SH.
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Edit: HTC China has significantly increased the price of m9 Chinese international edition from approximately $640 to about $705. This makes the Chinese edition m9 not so attractive compared with the US unlocked one.
BTW: the Chinese international edition is usually the same as unlocked versions worldwide. I say so because the international edition is completely compatible with China Unicom, which carries out the same bands as AT&T, and further more, although Chinese edition m8 just contains 16GB internal storage, it could run any international ROMs after being unlocked bootloader.
I am curious if its hardware is completely the same as the American unlocked edition. If so, it will be worth to have a try, especially considering the price which is just ￥3999. The price approximately equals $640 and of course, it has included consumption tax already (Variant taxes of goods are usually not listed separately in China ). Additionally, HTC China also promises that all the customers who have purchased mobile phones of m9 series (m9 and m9+), will be granted HTC Advantage service, as which has been applied in the U.S since last year.
However, the advertisement page also says that the potential customers have to enroll/pre-order firstly during 13th to 20th this month, and then seize the chance to make purchases on 20 March eventually. It is still uncertain that whether the promotion will be held like the mode of Xiaomi, which is another Chinese local brand and has been well-known for "Hunger Marketing" as well.
By any means, I'd like to keep an eye on it.
No the hardware will be different than. Due to mainly the cell frequency that are used. I also heard the chip will be a different chip like the other m9 they released there.
Could be wrong. Even known to happen a time or two.
icehust said:
I am curious if its hardware is completely the same as the American unlocked edition. If so, it will be worth to have a try, especially considering the price which is just ￥3999. The price approximately equals $640 and of course, it has included consumption tax already (Variant taxes of goods are usually not listed separately in China ). Additionally, HTC China also promises that all the customers who have purchased mobile phones of m9 series (m9 and m9+), will be granted HTC Advantage service, as which has been applied in the U.S since last year.
However, the advertisement page also says that the potential customers have to enroll/pre-order firstly during 13th to 20th this month, and then seize the chance to make purchases on 20 March eventually. It is still uncertain that whether the promotion will be held like the mode of Xiaomi, which is another Chinese local brand and has been well-known for "Hunger Marketing" as well.
By any means, I'd like to keep an eye on it.
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Hardware may be the same, but the supported LTE bands are not.
Here are the 4G bands for China and SEA models.
M9 China specs : http://www.htc.com/cn/smartphones/htc-one-m9/
LTE FDD: 700/800/850/900/1800/2100/2600MHz,
TD-LTE: 2300/2600MHz
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M9 SEA (South East Asia) : http://www.htc.com/sea/smartphones/htc-one-m9/
4G LTE:
FDD: Bands 1,3,5,7,8,20,28
TDD: Bands 38, 40, 41
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You may want to stick with the American unlocked version instead.
http://www.htc.com/us/go/htc-one-unlocked-developer/
HTC One M9 Unlocked & Developer Edition Band Support
2 (1,900 MHz)
3 (1,800 MHz)
4 (1,700 MHz AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
7 (2,600 MHz)
12 (700 MHz lower A/B/C)
13 (700 MHz upper C)
17 (700 MHz lower B/C)
29 (700 MHz D/E)
30 (2,300 MHz WCS)
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zelendel said:
No the hardware will be different than. Due to mainly the cell frequency that are used. I also heard the chip will be a different chip like the other m9 they released there.
Could be wrong. Even known to happen a time or two.
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Well, the China Unicom version should be the same at the AT&T one. Actually I'm using AT&T m8 in China and it works pretty well along with China Unicom.
Mike Lim said:
Hardware may be the same, but the supported LTE bands are not.
Here are the 4G bands for China and SEA models.
M9 China specs : http://www.htc.com/cn/smartphones/htc-one-m9/
M9 SEA (South East Asia) : http://www.htc.com/sea/smartphones/htc-one-m9/
You may want to stick with the American unlocked version instead.
http://www.htc.com/us/go/htc-one-unlocked-developer/
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Thanks for your detailed explanation, but I figure the "international" one might be the same as the unlocked one in the US. If a mobile phone manufacture says it will release an international edition mobile phone, it usually means the bands China Mobile will not be entirely supported. Fortunately, I'm a China Unicom user and also going to travel abroad later, so whether it is compatible with China Mobile is not really my concern.
Just as the title says.. is it possible? Will it work with the network carriers over here?
IDC about taxes and stuff I just want to know about compatibility with the network carriers.
Sorry for my English
where in Asia?
each carrier usually uses different frequencies as allowed by local laws.
in the spec page of the OnePlus3 you can see the frequencies supported by the US version.
if you specify where you are from we can help localize the carrier support for your region.
Helpful service
Google search willmyphonework
Edit: Since Im a new member I cannot post the direct link
I used this site to make sure my op3 was compatible with the carriers in my country. Just select your phone and model (I believe A3000 is the american model) and the country and it will give you a list of compatible carriers and the bands each carrier uses.
Mostly 4G won't work. Band 3 (1800MHz) is common in Asia. Try Aliexpress. They have A3000 model for the same price (Free shipping), which has Band 3 network. I'm in Sri Lanka. I was about to buy OP3 phone from USA but skipped it because I found out the network incompatibility.
eladrichi said:
where in Asia?
each carrier usually uses different frequencies as allowed by local laws.
in the spec page of the OnePlus3 you can see the frequencies supported by the US version.
if you specify where you are from we can help localize the carrier support for your region.
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JoshAulder said:
Google search willmyphonework
Edit: Since Im a new member I cannot post the direct link
I used this site to make sure my op3 was compatible with the carriers in my country. Just select your phone and model (I believe A3000 is the american model) and the country and it will give you a list of compatible carriers and the bands each carrier uses.
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GTRanushka said:
Mostly 4G won't work. Band 3 (1800MHz) is common in Asia. Try Aliexpress. They have A3000 model for the same price (Free shipping), which has Band 3 network. I'm in Sri Lanka. I was about to buy OP3 phone from USA but skipped it because I found out the network incompatibility.
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I'm from Israel.
I just checked on willmyphonework and you guys were right, it's compatible only with 2G and 3G bands, and about 0% compatibility with 4G bands.
Ofc it's a deal breaker for me so I won't buy it in my trip to the US soon.
Do you know if maybe I can find the EU model for sale in the US?
If not, do you have any recommendations on where to buy it? Here in Israel it's about 1000 INS (about 250$) MORE than the US price...
OmerElbaz said:
I'm from Israel.
I just checked on willmyphonework and you guys were right, it's compatible only with 2G and 3G bands, and about 0% compatibility with 4G bands.
Ofc it's a deal breaker for me so I won't buy it in my trip to the US soon.
Do you know if maybe I can find the EU model for sale in the US?
If not, do you have any recommendations on where to buy it? Here in Israel it's about 1000 INS (about 250$) MORE than the US price...
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I bought mine directly from the manufacturer. There was no option at the time to select the model but they seemed to select the model for me anyway based on the ship to address, so I got the European model. I would check the different models available on that site and find the one that works in Israel
Aliexpress is a good site. Just check seller's and shop's rating. There are plenty of OP3 for sale in Aliexpress for the original price. A3000 model would support your 4G connection. (Better check yourself )
Hi Group.
I'm in a geographical predicament and thought your suggestions would be useful in purchasing my new phone... I am going to buy the Pixel XL, but don't know if I should buy it in the USA when I go or buy it in London where I live. I am Canadian and go back and forth quite often, but my homebase and Home is in London. Knowing that there are always two versions, North America and International, I was wondering which one I should buy... When in Canada I use Bell, and when in London (where I am 90% of the time) I am with 3 (Three.co.uk).
Which should I get/where should I buy it, seeing that I heard that sometimes the different versions burn battery life differently.
Thanks!
I'd say the main thing to consider (which I'm concerned about as well) is the Carrier Aggregation for LTE, I placed a preorder for the XL, but I won't be using it in the states. My carrier supports LTE Band 1 and 3, however if you look at the CA combinations in the technical specs, the US model won't support B1+B3 aggregation, only the international model will. You might be in a different boat though, so check your carrier's LTE Band support and see if the US model supports those for CA. US model is cheaper after all.
yeah it all comes down to the bands, as a rule the international always has more available bands, but there are still a handful that are exclusive to the US or International version, so all you can do is research what the networks you use work on and then go from there picking the version that has all the bands you need.
Hi, I'm from South America, so, my only option to get this device is to buy one from china sellers. But I'm confused because every page like willmydevicework (I don't trust this so much), gsmarena and devicespecifications.com show different information on LTE Band Support.
For example, in willmydevicework, none of the variants (p2a42 and p2c72) supports B4 AWS LTE (1700/2100) (The band that i need in my carrier)
On the other side, in gsmarena and devicespecifications, all the variants, no matter if is p2a42 or p2c72 and 32 o 64gb storage, supports that band.
From sellers, the Aliexpress store "Eternal Team" show full band support on p2c72 model: FDD Band 1/3/4/5/7/8/20/28
Other seller, Fantacy, says that his p2c72 supports only LTE FDD B1/B3/B7.
And finally, tinydeal and Aliexpress "Lenovo authorized store", shows that his 64gb model supports FDD-LTE B1, B3, B4, B7, B8.
So, which should I trust? I'm interested only if the phone supports B4, asking for advice if someone of south america or other america's countries have the device and working on his 4G LTE carrier with B4 AWS.
Thanks in advance.
Ger$$on said:
Hi, I'm from South America, so, my only option to get this device is to buy one from china sellers. But I'm confused because every page like willmydevicework (I don't trust this so much), gsmarena and devicespecifications.com show different information on LTE Band Support.
For example, in willmydevicework, none of the variants (p2a42 and p2c72) supports B4 AWS LTE (1700/2100) (The band that i need in my carrier)
On the other side, in gsmarena and devicespecifications, all the variants, no matter if is p2a42 or p2c72 and 32 o 64gb storage, supports that band.
From sellers, the Aliexpress store "Eternal Team" show full band support on p2c72 model: FDD Band 1/3/4/5/7/8/20/28
Other seller, Fantacy, says that his p2c72 supports only LTE FDD B1/B3/B7.
And finally, tinydeal and Aliexpress "Lenovo authorized store", shows that his 64gb model supports FDD-LTE B1, B3, B4, B7, B8.
So, which should I trust? I'm interested only if the phone supports B4, asking for advice if someone of south america or other america's countries have the device and working on his 4G LTE carrier with B4 AWS.
Thanks in advance.
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Am having the same issues like you, I want to buy from Nigeria ?? but a feed up with the inconclusive description on Aliexpress. Am looking to get the model that has LTE band 28 but non of the descriptions contain band 28 now.
Please can anyone who is already using this phone confirm the LTE bands?
Are there different hardwares/modems for p2?
Please I need urgent reply
Bolumstar said:
Am having the same issues like you, I want to buy from Nigeria but a feed up with the inconclusive description on Aliexpress. Am looking to get the model that has LTE band 28 but non of the descriptions contain band 28 now.
Please can anyone who is already using this phone confirm the LTE bands?
Are there different hardwares/modems for p2?
Please I need urgent reply
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From my experience. You can't trust any of the chinese stores with listing proper frequency's.
They even list the wrong frequency's to catch you into buying the device in question.
I highly recommend following site to check for frequency support:
Look at supported cellular networks!
P2a42 = http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=11116&c=lenovo_vibe_p2_p2a42_dual_sim_td-lte_32gb
P2c72 32GB = http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=10515&c=lenovo_vibe_p2_p2c72_dual_sim_td-lte_32gb
P2c72 64GB = http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=10930&c=lenovo_vibe_p2_p2c72_dual_sim_td-lte_64gb
celoxocis said:
From my experience. You can't trust any of the chinese stores with listing proper frequency's.
They even list the wrong frequency's to catch you into buying the device in question.
I highly recommend following site to check for frequency support:
Look at supported cellular networks!
P2a42 = http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=11116&c=lenovo_vibe_p2_p2a42_dual_sim_td-lte_32gb
P2c72 32GB = http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=10515&c=lenovo_vibe_p2_p2c72_dual_sim_td-lte_32gb
P2c72 64GB = http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=device&id=10930&c=lenovo_vibe_p2_p2c72_dual_sim_td-lte_64gb
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Thanks for clarifying me mate, Aliexpress guys are selling the P2c72 with 4G/64G but here is the issue as I also attached, they are flashing the ROM for P2a42 in it because of play store, multi language and to sell globally but the problem is,
If you they flash P2c42 ROM on P2c72, will all the LTE band work?
Is there any hardware difference between P2c72 and P2a42?
Or is it just a modem difference, same hardware?
Bolumstar said:
Thanks for clarifying me mate, Aliexpress guys are selling the P2c72 with 4G/64G but here is the issue as I also attached, they are flashing the ROM for P2a42 in it because of play store, multi language and to sell globally but the problem is,
If you they flash P2c42 ROM on P2c72, will all the LTE band work?
Is there any hardware difference between P2c72 and P2a42?
Or is it just a modem difference, same hardware?
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No the LTE bands will stay the same. Its hardware limited.
What they do is. Use the available information here from XDA how to flash the P2a42 Firmware on the P2c72.
Usually they just flash the system.img and the boot stack. You will have P2a42 Userinterface in multilingual just like an P2a42 but will still have the same LTE bands like the P2c72.
The reason behind it.
The P2c72 is sold in their homecountry (usually china) for way cheaper than the P2a42 in the western market
and they sell the modified P2c72 for a higher prices on the international market, which is still cheaper tham the P2a42 price.
By tricking the customer into listing all LTE frequency and confusing them to have "P2a42" feature. They fall for the trap.
Always trust the listing at pdadb.net
Thanks mate, the seller told me no after I put forth the question to him without any explanation but I guess this answers it.
Really need a good mid range with LTE Band 28 that ships to Nigeria.
My target was Redmi note 3 special edition but All Aliexpress stores shipping to Nigeria is out of stock. Sadly enough, they still ship to Spain.
Bolumstar said:
Thanks mate, the seller told me no after I put forth the question to him without any explanation but I guess this answers it.
Really need a good mid range with LTE Band 28 that ships to Nigeria.
My target was Redmi note 3 special edition but All Aliexpress stores shipping to Nigeria is out of stock. Sadly enough, they still ship to Spain.
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You can use pdadb to filter for phones by bands and other features. I use that to start my research. Stick with Snapdragon based devices if you want community freedom.
Avoid Oppo phones at all costs. They don't release kernel sources and removed fastboot and any way of unlocking the bootloader.
Preferably stick with a brand that:
1. Snapdragon based phones
2. Releases kernel Sources
3. Allows for Bootloader unlocking
4. Has a community on XDA
Such as Xiaomi, Motorola, Lenovo, etc just to name a few. In not any particular order.
celoxocis said:
No the LTE bands will stay the same. Its hardware limited.
What they do is. Use the available information here from XDA how to flash the P2a42 Firmware on the P2c72.
Usually they just flash the system.img and the boot stack. You will have P2a42 Userinterface in multilingual just like an P2a42 but will still have the same LTE bands like the P2c72.
The reason behind it.
The P2c72 is sold in their homecountry (usually china) for way cheaper than the P2a42 in the western market
and they sell the modified P2c72 for a higher prices on the international market, which is still cheaper tham the P2a42 price.
By tricking the customer into listing all LTE frequency and confusing them to have "P2a42" feature. They fall for the trap.
Always trust the listing at pdadb.net
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One thing for sure that LTE does work fine on my P2c72 towards the american LTE bands.
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One thing for sure that LTE does work fine on my P2c72 towards the american LTE bands.
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So, you have LTE band 4 with your carrier and your using it on your Chinese p2c72?
Hey guys I am getting my wife a 7t. I was going to get it from their official site but noticed that Amazon had the 7t with 256gb ROM for cheaper. I noticed in the reviews a few people were complaining its the Chinese model (HD1900) and that its not global version. Should I cancel my order and just get it from one plus' website or am I fine with the one coming from amazon?
Don't take my word only but I don't think there is a specific model for China. I believe there is only a global model, european model and indan model. And a T-Mobile model if you want to count that. So I would think you probably got the global model and should be good but let someone else come in here and confirm it
You should be fine, I have the same model. all I did was change the rom to the global rom because it does come with Hydrogen OS. And also it should work fine with US carriers, I tried T-mobile, Verizon and AT&T
I think the basic differences between various variants are the network frequency bands. The question is which bands are supported in your region. On the basis of that, you can choose the correct variant.
https://www.oneplus.com/7t/specs
See the connectivity section for details.
I am from India and I ordered 7T from amazon and I got the Indian variant (HD1901).
priyambubai said:
I think the basic differences between various variants are the network frequency bands. The question is which bands are supported in your region. On the basis of that, you can choose the correct variant.
https://www.oneplus.com/7t/specs
See the connectivity section for details.
I am from India and I ordered 7T from amazon and I got the Indian variant (HD1901).
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This.
HD1900 is missing bands 25, 30, 46, 66, 71.
25 is a superset of 2, currently used by Sprint and potentially by TMobile eventually.
30 is important for ATT.
66 is a superset of 4, used by all the main supported carriers, although generally you'll be fine with just band 4.
71 is TMobile's new lowband frequency.
Yes, the hd1900 would likely work fine with all the carriers, especially in urban areas. However, reception may be spottier (lack of lowband 71), or bandwidth may be lower (4 instead of 66, missing 30).
My guess is the hardware is the same, but there hasn't been much effort to figure out how to unlock the other bands.
ziddey said:
This.
HD1900 is missing bands 25, 30, 46, 66, 71.
25 is a superset of 2, currently used by Sprint and potentially by TMobile eventually.
30 is important for ATT.
66 is a superset of 4, used by all the main supported carriers, although generally you'll be fine with just band 4.
71 is TMobile's new lowband frequency.
Yes, the hd1900 would likely work fine with all the carriers, especially in urban areas. However, reception may be spottier (lack of lowband 71), or bandwidth may be lower (4 instead of 66, missing 30).
My guess is the hardware is the same, but there hasn't been much effort to figure out how to unlock the other bands.
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Ah, I cannot confirm that whether the hardware is the same or not. But in other threads, people are saying that if you flash the roms of other regions you can unlock those bands. There are many tutorials out there on how to unlock all bandwidths. I'm giving some useful links. Read them. Maybe you can find what you're looking for.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80656037&postcount=2
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7t/how-to/oneplus-7t-hardware-variants-codenames-t3981187
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/guide-unlock-aditional-bands-for-qualcomm-devices-oneplus-one-edition.193610/
Well i got it the 7t today and it works great with my carrier (Cricket but it shows AT&T in the menu). Im really impressed with it especially for paying less than $500, its a bit snappier than my s10+. It already had Oxygen 10.0.4 installed and I just flashed 10.0.7 global and it gave me an OTA for 10.0.9. Really nice phone!