Official 2017-19: Which Smartphone Should I Get?
Apr 30, 2019, 9:30 am
#241
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEL
Posts: 1,057
I think that about cinches it for me. I might just have to buy it for myself. I am not worried about using the phone inside the US. We do a fair amount of leisure international travel and I just want an unlocked phone for when we travel.
I was looking for that post in this thread but cannot find it. Is it from another thread?
I was looking for that post in this thread but cannot find it. Is it from another thread?
If I hadn't just bought a €100 crap-phone (Nokia 3.1.. very strongly do not recommend) to keep in the kitchen and lend to visitors, I'd probably buy an American G7 Power as well.
Apr 30, 2019, 9:52 am
#242
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,123
Hah, sorry, I was using the quote feature to "quote" the specs from Motorola's US website.
If I hadn't just bought a €100 crap-phone (Nokia 3.1.. very strongly do not recommend) to keep in the kitchen and lend to visitors, I'd probably buy an American G7 Power as well.
If I hadn't just bought a €100 crap-phone (Nokia 3.1.. very strongly do not recommend) to keep in the kitchen and lend to visitors, I'd probably buy an American G7 Power as well.
Apr 30, 2019, 6:14 pm
#244
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,123
I was looking at this page in xda-developers.com
https://www.xda-developers.com/motor...rumored-specs/
Does this match the specs you are seeing?
https://www.xda-developers.com/motor...rumored-specs/
Does this match the specs you are seeing?
May 1, 2019, 1:01 pm
#245
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: DEL
Posts: 1,057
I was looking at this page in xda-developers.com
https://www.xda-developers.com/motor...rumored-specs/
Does this match the specs you are seeing?
https://www.xda-developers.com/motor...rumored-specs/
Does this match the specs you are seeing?
I think you're right. I'm able to find an XT1955-5 and -6 that are allegedly the NA versions of this phone with LTE bands matching the published specs, but I can't find what the difference is between the two.
May 1, 2019, 1:38 pm
#246
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,123
None of those match the published specs of the US version, but that table looks like it's a "rest of world" set of info--none of the listed models has the American 700 MHz bands (12, 13, 14, 17) listed. And of course neither Amazon nor Motorola.com list the actual model number of the American device.
I think you're right. I'm able to find an XT1955-5 and -6 that are allegedly the NA versions of this phone with LTE bands matching the published specs, but I can't find what the difference is between the two.
I think you're right. I'm able to find an XT1955-5 and -6 that are allegedly the NA versions of this phone with LTE bands matching the published specs, but I can't find what the difference is between the two.
May 1, 2019, 7:38 pm
#248
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,123
According to the Motorola website, here are the bands:
Networks + Bands
Carrier Aggregation, 4G LTE (DL Cat 7/ UL Cat 6),
CDMA / EVDO Rev A,
UMTS / HSPA+,
GSM / EDGE 2G:
GSM band 2/3/5/8
CDMA BC0/BC1/BC10,
3G: WCDMA band 1/2/4/5/8,
4G: FDD LTE band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/20/25/26/29/30/66/71,
TDD LTE band 38/39/40/41/41 HPUE
May 1, 2019, 9:19 pm
#250
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,123
We'll be in South Africa at the end of June. After that Egypt and then Colombia and Peru. Looking for solid 3G/4G speed and no issues with the carriers.
May 8, 2019, 3:03 am
#252
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
The iPhone XR has some of the most extreme difference between OEM’s claimed battery life during talk time and actual talk time. Both Apple and HTC, unlike Samsung, seem to overpromise and underdeliver on company claimed battery life for regular talk time use, with the XR being amongst the worst out there in this regard (of real battery life for calls as a percentage of company claimed battery life for calls) for those hunting for a phone for super long call times.
May 15, 2019, 6:33 am
#254
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Mass
Programs: Independent
Posts: 4,829
May 15, 2019, 9:33 am
#255
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: San Diego, CA
Programs: GE, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 15,507