Huawei Mate 20X no more with Band 28 in the official site!

[thiagoserrao]

Hi guys, something very strange just happen today, i was looking in the huawei hong kong site, and they are no more with Band 28 there in the specs... A few days ago, the Band 28 was there. This is very strange

ARL29 Hong kong version
https://consumer.huawei.com/hk/phones/mate20-x/specs/

ARL00 China version
https://consumer.huawei.com/cn/phones/mate20-x/specs/

The hong kong version was with all bands , and the AR-L00 chinese version was without band 28... now i'm confused.

 

[bil20]

What am I losing by not having band 28? Where (which country) is it needed for?

 

[thiagoserrao]

What am I losing by not having band 28? Where (which country) is it needed for?

Band 28 is the frequency 700mhz, the 700mhz frequency is much more stable to LTE connections.
Usually the band aggregation to LTE+ is B3+B28, B7+B28, B3+B7, some places is B1+B7, and other is more than 2 bands.
Most contries use the Band 28 to have a good LTE+

 

[Klanac89]

4G LTE TDD: B34/B38/B39/B40
4G LTE FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B6/B7/B8/B9/B12/B17/B18/B19/B20/B26
3G WCDMA: B1/B2/B4/B5/B6
3G TD-SCDMA: B34/B39
2G GSM: B2/B3/B5/B8

https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_huawei-mate20-x-2500372.html

Looks like no B28...

 

[thiagoserrao]

4G LTE TDD: B34/B38/B39/B40
4G LTE FDD: B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B6/B7/B8/B9/B12/B17/B18/B19/B20/B26
3G WCDMA: B1/B2/B4/B5/B6
3G TD-SCDMA: B34/B39
2G GSM: B2/B3/B5/B8

https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_huawei-mate20-x-2500372.html

Looks like no B28...

This is after they changed in the Hong Kong site, before that they were selling the HK version with B28.
I know this, because i was acessing the site all the time, to buy the HK version. But they didn't put it to sell again.
After a few days, they changed the specs.

 

[Klanac89]

SmartPhonesFan
.de is Japan

thiagoserrao
I just wanna confirm this.

 

[Cyneric]

SmartPhonesFan
.de is Japan

No, .de is Germany = Deutschland.

I am interested in the 20 X, but the lack of B28 dampened my enthusiasm. I would mainly use it in Germany and the Philippines. For the Philippines the lack of B28 could be a real problem.

 

[Klanac89]

B28 is 700 Mhz, you don't need 700 MHz for Germany, because only Telekom will start with that.

And yes, de is Germany. This was a joke, because anybody know that.

 

[thiagoserrao]

japan is jp

 

[Cyneric]

B28 is 700 Mhz, you don't need 700 MHz for Germany, because only Telekom will start with that.

Yes, the important band for Germany outside of the cities is B20. But Globe Philippines is using B28 and since I have family there, far away from the big cities, the possible lack of B28 concerns me.

 

[Klanac89]

Ah ok, sry for that. I think he is joking, about .de so I start also