The low-cost iPhone lacks a potentially big advantage on AT&T’s network.
AT&T is holding back some of its 5G prowess for later this year, but the new iPhone SE will not work on AT&T’s upcoming 3.45GHz 5G network, the carrier confirmed to PCMag. The iPhone SE will still cruise along on AT&T’s network. It will get all of AT&T’s 4G frequencies, and it will show a 5G or 5GE indicator sometimes, although those will generally signify 4G levels of performance. But unlike T-Mobile and Verizon, AT&T is relying on 40MHz of new 3.45GHz airwaves to further accelerate its systems later this year. That spectrum, also called „Andromeda“ spectrum, is difficult to tease out of spec sheets because it doesn’t have its own frequency band designation.
