Know your phone

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Plain explanations of the settings, standards and numbers printed on a phone box — what each one changes in daily use.

An HTC Evo 4G held up with the screen lit.
An HTC Evo 4G held up with the screen lit.Foto: Mike Saechang / Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
A multi-band router in a display case, labelled with the bands it speaks.

Know Your Phone

How to read a band list before you import a phone

A handset can be brilliant and still be half-deaf on your network. The check takes ten minutes, and it has to cover voice and standalone 5G as well as the raw band numbers.

Team MMR