iPhone Supported Frequencies
Article ID = 16Article Title = iPhone Supported Frequencies
Article Author(s) = Graham Needham (BH)
Article Created On = 29th June 2011
Article Last Updated = 14th October 2020
Article URL = https://www.macstrategy.com/article.php?16
Article Brief Description:
A list of mobile/cellular frequencies supported by the iPhone
iPhone supported frequencies
How to identify your iPhone model and versionLTE/4G Frequencies/Bands
1 (2100 MHz | IMT)2 (1900 MHz | PCS)
3 (1800 MHz | DCS)
- UK > Everything Everywhere
- UK > Three
- Czech Republic > O2
- Czech Republic > Vodafone
- Czech Republic > T-Mobile
5 (850 MHz)
6 > replaced by band 19
7 (2600 MHz | IMT-E)
- UK > Everything Everywhere
- Czech Republic > Vodafone
10 (1700 MHz | Extended AWS)
11 (1500 MHz | Lower PDC)
12 (700 MHz | Lower SMH blocks A/B/C)
13 (700 MHz | Upper SMH block C)
14 (700 MHz | Upper SMH block D)
15 > reserved
16 > reserved
17 (700 MHz | Lower SMH blocks B/C)
18 (850 MHz | Japan lower 800)
19 (850 MHz | Japan upper 800)
20 (800 MHz | EU Digital Dividend)
- UK > O2
- UK > Vodafone
- UK > Three
- Czech Republic > O2
- Czech Republic > T-Mobile
22 (3500 MHz)
23 (2000 MHz | S-Band AWS-4)
24 (1600 MHz | L-Band)
25 (1900 MHz | Extended PCS)
26 (850 MHz | Extended CLR)
27 (850 MHz | SMR)
28 (700 MHz | APAC)
29 (700 MHz | Lower SMH blocks D/E)
30 (2300 MHz | WCS blocks A/B)
31 (450 MHz)
32 (1500 L-band)
33 (2100 MHz | Pre-IMT)
34 (2100 MHz | IMT)
35 (1900 MHz | PCS Uplink)
36 (1900 MHz | PCS Downlink)
37 (1900 MHz | PCS Duplex spacing)
38 (2600 MHz | IMT-E Duplex Spacing)
39 (1900 MHz | DCS-IMT gap)
40 (2300 MHz)
41 (2500 MHz | BRS / EBS)
42 (3500 MHz) - UK > UK Broadband
43 (3700 MHz) - UK > UK Broadband
44 (700 MHz | APAC)
46 (TD Unlicensed)
66 (AWS-3)
71 (600 MHz)
iPhone 12 / 12 mini / 12 Pro / 12 Pro Max (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBCiPhone SE (2nd generation) (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Model A2296
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
iPhone 11 Pro/11 Pro Max (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Models A2215/A2218 = European/UK/Eurasia version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
- Models A2160/A2161 = USA/Canada version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
- Models A2217/A2220 = Chinese/Hong Kong version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
iPhone 11 (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Models A2221 = European/UK/Eurasia version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
- Models A2111 = USA/Canada version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
- Models A2223 = Chinese/Hong Kong version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48)
iPhone Xs/Xs Max (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Models A2097/A2101 = European/UK/Australia version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Models A1920/A1921 = USA/Canada version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46)
- TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Models A2098/A2102 = Japanese version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A unknown
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: unknown
- GSM/EDGE: unknown
- Models A2100/A2104 = Chinese/Hong Kong version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A unknown
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: unknown
- GSM/EDGE: unknown
iPhone Xʀ (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Model A1984 GSM/CDMA = USA/Canadian version
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71)
- Model A2106 = Japanese version
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 66)
- Models A2107/A2108 = Chinese/Hong Kong/Macao versions
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71)
- Model A2105 = European/UK/rest of the world version
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66)
iPhone X (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Model A1901 = European/UK version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Model A1865 = USA version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
iPhone 8/8+ (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Models A1905/A1897 = European/UK version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Models A1863/A1864 = USA/Australasia/Chinese version
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66)
- TD-LTE (Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Models A1906/A1898 = Japanese version
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 66)
- TD-SCDMA unknown
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A unknown
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: unknown
- GSM/EDGE: unknown
iPhone 7/7+ (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: TBC- Models A1778/A1784 = European/UK version
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Models A1660/A1661 = USA (CDMA)/Chinese version
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- Models A1779/A1785 = Japanese (CDMA) version
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
iPhone SE (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM9625M 4G LTE Advanced- Model A1622 = European/UK version
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1723
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28)
- TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
iPhone 6s/6s+ (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM9635M 4G LTE Advanced aka "9X35" Gobi modem platform- Models A1633/A1634 = European/UK version
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
- TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TC-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850, 900, 1700 / 2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
- Models A1688 (GSM or CDMA) and A1687 (GSM or CDMA)
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
- TC-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850, 900, 1700 / 2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
iPhone 6/6+ (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM9625M 4G LTE Advanced- Models A1586/A1524 = European/UK version
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Models A1549 (GSM or CDMA) and A1522 (GSM or CDMA)
- LTE Advanced (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
iPhone 5s (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM9615M 4G LTE- Model A1533 (GSM model) = European/UK version
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1533 (CDMA model)
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1453 (CDMA model)
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1457
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1530
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20) + TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
iPhone 5c (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM9615M 4G LTE- Model A1532 (GSM model) = European/UK version
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1532 (CDMA model)
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1456 (CDMA model)
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700-2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1700-2100 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1507
- LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1529
- FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20) + TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40)
- UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
iPhone 5 (Nano-SIM)
Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM9615M- Model A1429 (GSM model) = European/UK version
- LTE: 1 (2100 MHz) / 3 (1800 MHz) / 5 (850 MHz)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1428 (GSM model)
- LTE: 4 (AWS) / 17 (700b MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- Model A1429 (CDMA model)
- LTE: 1 (2100 MHz) / 3 (1800 MHz) / 5 (850 MHz) / 13 (700c MHz) / 25 (1900 MHz)
- CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz)
- UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
iPhone 4S (Micro-SIM)
- GSM/EDGE: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- UMTS/HSDPA†/HSUPA†: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- CDMA2000 1x/EVDO: 800 / 1900 MHz
- Baseband Hardware: Qualcomm MDM6610
iPhone 4 (Micro-SIM)
- GSM model: UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- CDMA model: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1900 MHz)
Older iPhone models (Standard SIM)
iPhone 3GS: UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)iPhone 3G: UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
iPhone: Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Approximate frequency maximum data speeds
- GSM = 9.6Kb/s
- EDGE = 200Kb/s
- EV-DO = 3.1Mb/s
- HSPA 7.2 = 7.2Mb/s
- HSPA+ = 21Mb/s (this may show as a "4G" connection on an iPhone 4S/5 or iPad 3)
- DC-HSDPA = 42Mbp/s (this may show as a "4G" connection on an iPhone 5 or iPad 3)
- LTE (4G) = 73Mbp/s (theoretical max of 100Mbps)
- LTE (4G) Advanced = 100-500Mbp/s (theoretical max of 1Gbps)
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