We spread the fog, we help you to have no grief after the handsome new phone arrives.

The subject of our article is the way the B20, known as the 800 MHz LTE band, also appears from the address. We will try to indicate whether this phone supports this band or not, but in those articles it is difficult to describe why and for whom B20 support is important.

First of all, it is important to know that different frequency bands across the globe are used for broadband Internet, 3G and 4G. The 800 Mhz band is Europe-wide, and it's probably used in Africa if everything is true, but it does not affect us. Using the 800 Mhz band in our country is still relatively new, since 2014 has been used, and more specifically, the service providers can use it. Different wavebands have different benefits. If a large amount of mobile devices are to be served on a small area, then higher frequencies will be basically the same, while for larger areas but smaller amounts of connections, lower ones are more economical, such as 800 MHz.

First misconception: the B20 800 MHz band is only used by service providers in rural areas - This is not true, scattering in the B20 band is also common in larger cities

What kind of band and where is it used by a service provider, not a coincidence. First, there is the rule above, that is, a small area with many mobile 1800 MHz, a large area with a small amount of mobile 800 MHz. But that's not all that matters. It also counts which service provider we belong to. In Telenor, T-Com pairs, many places use 1800 MHz or 2600 MHz in larger cities, but it is not uncommon or even relatively common for B20 to be the band used. The reason is that these two service providers did not build a 4G network in a lot of districts, stayed in the EDGE connection, and when 800 MHz was opened, the 3G was switched to 4G, and B20 800 MHz band. For these two providers, it is quite random where we can meet one or another track.

Second misconception: It doesn't matter if there is no 4G support in the phone and then I use 3G - not all areas of the country are covered by 3G connection, the best in this respect is Vodafone

Vodafone is another topic. Vodafone Anno has invested heavily on 3G to cover the country, and it can be said that this has been relatively successful. After that, the 4G network has begun to develop, and this is commonplace with B20. This is why we can say that the lack of support for B20 800 MHZ is best absorbed by Vodafone customers, but customers from the other two service providers will not be relieved from the suction. It is also a fact that Vodafone is much more frequent, and the use of B20 is common in larger cities, so their customers do not always benefit when they live in a city.

Third misconception: Support for B20 800 MHz in the phone is important only for Vodafone subscribers - it is obvious from the above that all three service providers use the B20 800 MHz band

What phone do you need?

We have come to this key, brief, but wider article on who to buy a phone without a B20. Those who are not using mobile phones are calm. I know, now many people shake their heads that there is no such person, but I know that I know, I know that myself.

What to do with a mobile phone, but not many times. Anyway, it is a question of which service provider you have. If you are at Vodafone, you should not buy a device without B20 if you have one of the other two providers, then look at what LTE band is available at your place of residence. This sounds simple, but it is not because the service providers do not like to comment on this. Some help is provided by the list of visitors to the Prohardver site forum, which is really niche and thank you for being assembled. Here's a list here: Where is the LTE frequency available? If you also want to get involved in the big LTE hunt, I recommend this article: High LTE frequency hunting

If you use a lot of mobile phones, it is clearly our advice to find out what kind of device you are buying and not to buy B20 800 MHz support!

What is the basis for choosing a phone?

Let's start with one of the most popular Chinese manufacturers, Xiaomi. In their case, the rule of thumb that what is Global is that it will know B20. However, for non-Global versions, you may want to look at the specification as it may not be possible to name the phone in which region.

For other smaller manufacturers, we now find B20 support for almost every new phone. Rarely is the device where there is no 800 MHz, but for this reason you should take extra precautions when choosing.

Phones from the service providers have no such problem, they do not cut the tree through selling a B20 800 MHz-free device. So, it's easy to buy here, but we have many who do not want to buy big packs of gold at the price of gold that do not want to be tied to one of the providers, so they buy an independent, non-service phone, and of course those who do not like to pay for the name , they are satisfied with the less well-known, but also with a phone from some good Chinese producers.

If you have any questions, you have a supplement to this article, write the comments, I would like to extend the writing to ideas that help readers.