US 4G/5G LTE support

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The current chip works with the North American LTE bands already: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePh...ifications

Unless you specifically mean LTE+ and 5G versus just LTE.


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I mean specifically band 66 and 71

There is no plan to release PinePhone with EC25-AF module until market call for such request. Please note that EC25 and EG25 will not exactly drop in replacement.

My thinking is that it will be more likely for you to sell more phones in the North American market if it has the EC25-AF chip in it. You will be one of the only phones, and the cheapest that is 5G ready (using the existing 5G network not the millimeter wave proposed). That, along with how open the phone is for hacking, could make this one hot item especially to the Xda-Developers community. I know Android hasn't been ported to the phone, but it's bound to happen in addition to the other OSes currently being ported. Something to consider for the future maybe.

The EG 25-G spec sheet says - "EG25-G is pin-compatible with Quectel's best-selling EC2X family, allowing flexible migration." So, unless I'm missing something, it should be a one for one swap, no circuit board modification necessary

How EC25-AF can be 5G ready? on which band? Please note the band 71 considers as a T-Mobile "closed" band, your phone needs to be whitelisted in oder to use this band, this is what I understand.