![]() On a hardware level, the 5A should support these forthcoming networks as it has the proper band support inside (what's known as band N77 or N78). The Pixel 5, ironically, was announced as one of the first phones to support Verizon's C-band network. The first of these networks from AT&T and Verizon should arrive later this year, with Verizon stating earlier this year that this C-band network will allow it to offer peak download speeds of 1 gigabit per second. For Verizon and AT&T, that should provide a significant speed boost beyond just a handful of city blocks. This is wireless spectrum that Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile spent billions on earlier this year. The phone's support of 5G networks running on the C-band is unclear. Looking into 5G's future, the 5A's support will be even more complicated. Since Google Fi runs on T-Mobile's network, it works fine on that carrier's low-band as well as its faster midband 5G offering, which it calls Ultra Capacity 5G. For a midrange phone this isn't a deal-breaker, but it isn't ideal. This means faster speeds, from what Verizon calls Ultra Wideband and what AT&T calls 5G Plus, won't be supported. You should be able to connect to low-band 5G networks from T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon.īut whereas last year's Pixel 5 included support for higher-frequency millimeter-wave 5G networks, the 5A does not. 5G support is indeed part of this cheaper Pixel, but the details of that support get complicated.
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