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.
