There are some confusions with regards tonetwork frequencies supported by the Motorola Moto G LTE editions. I tried to find out whether the Moto G LTE would work with my AWS-only operator (namely Wind Mobile in Canada).
It is well known that the USA GSM model of Moto G supports AWS frequencies. However, I dislike that the USA GSM model lacks 3G frequencies 900MHz and 2100MHz, which are widely used internationally, so the USA GSM variant of Moto G is not a good travel companion.
The phone specification on Motorola's official web site does not explicitly list "AWS" as a supported frequency band, but it does list 1700/2100MHz (which does not necessarily mean AWS support, because AWS uses both of these frequencies at the same time). I was hoping that this was just a documentation glitch.
Another confusion is that the product information page on Amazon.com lists the US LTE version of Moto G as "Universal 4G LTE". The word "universal" raised a red flag for me, because I was afraid that this could be the European LTE model, not the US one (and the European model does not support AWS for sure).
Thirdly, even though the LTE version of Moto G only has 8GB of internal storage, it has an expansion slot for a Micro-SD card, and I already have a 16GB card, which would upgrade the total internal storage to 24GB.
So, assuming that the phone actually did support AWS, the US LTE version is more attractive to me because of international compatibility and increased storage. So I decided buy it and find out whether it did work with AWS.
I just received the phone and can confirm first-hand that it works fine with AWS bands. So, anyone hesitating to buy the US LTE variant of the phone to be used on AWS, worry not.
It is well known that the USA GSM model of Moto G supports AWS frequencies. However, I dislike that the USA GSM model lacks 3G frequencies 900MHz and 2100MHz, which are widely used internationally, so the USA GSM variant of Moto G is not a good travel companion.
The phone specification on Motorola's official web site does not explicitly list "AWS" as a supported frequency band, but it does list 1700/2100MHz (which does not necessarily mean AWS support, because AWS uses both of these frequencies at the same time). I was hoping that this was just a documentation glitch.
Another confusion is that the product information page on Amazon.com lists the US LTE version of Moto G as "Universal 4G LTE". The word "universal" raised a red flag for me, because I was afraid that this could be the European LTE model, not the US one (and the European model does not support AWS for sure).
Thirdly, even though the LTE version of Moto G only has 8GB of internal storage, it has an expansion slot for a Micro-SD card, and I already have a 16GB card, which would upgrade the total internal storage to 24GB.
So, assuming that the phone actually did support AWS, the US LTE version is more attractive to me because of international compatibility and increased storage. So I decided buy it and find out whether it did work with AWS.
I just received the phone and can confirm first-hand that it works fine with AWS bands. So, anyone hesitating to buy the US LTE variant of the phone to be used on AWS, worry not.
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