What model works on what network

[imutter]

Now LTE is added to iPhone 5 we got 3 models.
Those 3 will work on different networks
All work on
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
AT&T
Model A1428
(GSM model)
LTE
4 (AWS)
17 (700b MHz)
Other
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Sprint & Verizion
Model A1429
(CDMA model)
LTE
1 (2100 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
5 (850 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
25 (1900 MHz)
Other
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Other countries
Model A1429
(GSM model)
LTE
1 (2100 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
5 (850 MHz)
Other
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

 

[fury]

Good table. Roughly translated,

all of them work on GSM/EDGE

all of them work on most of the world's 3G (including AT&T "fauxG")

all of them work on T-Mobile USA's re-farmed 3G/"fauxG" (1900 MHz) - they will fall back to GSM/EDGE on the old T-Mobile AWS towers (1700/2100)

A1428 also works on AT&T LTE
A1429 also works on CDMA, and Sprint or Verizon LTE, and some of the LTE in the rest of the world

 

[liberated]

So if I bought iPhone 5 on AT&T and later want to go with Verizon, will my AT&T iPhone 5 work on Verizon LTE?

 

[fury]

Nope. It will not work on Verizon at all, because Verizon uses CDMA and a different band of LTE that don't exist on the model that works with AT&T LTE. You would need to buy the Verizon LTE version (A1429) to get any Verizon service at all.

 

[liberated]

Thanks