With the tag line mentioned as 5G for iPhone 12, is it compatible and ready to support 5G SA on the NR Bands listed on Apple Website ? or it only supports 5G NSA during the initial launch ?
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Yes it is supported.
I have an iPhone 12 Pro connected on band n78 in 5G SA
As far as I know only 3 carriers in China mainland support it.
You can download iOS 14 and open carrier bundles to see who support it.
Hi, according to several sources (like https://www.imore.com/digitimes-iphone-12-feature-qualcomms-x60-modem-not-x55) the iPhone 12 has the Qualcomm X60 5G modem. Both the Qualcomm X60 (3rd Gen) and its predecessor X55 (2nd Gen) modems support NSA and SA(Stand Alone) network modes (source: Qualcomm X60 press release).
T-Mobile US has already launched nationwide SA (press release T-Mobile August 4th). The iPhone HW supports SA, but I guess it will be a matter of software versions, phone and network configuration whether 5G SA is active. Remember, Apple will need to approve any new network functionality before your iPhone is allowed to use it.
I'm in Europe, no SA networks yet to my knowledge. Perhaps users in the States on T-Mobile can add their experience with SA, especially with regards to latency?
The ifixit site specifically eyeballed a Qualcomm SDX55M 5G Modem in the iPhone 12/12 Pro, and that would contradict other sources that proclaim it to be the X-60 modem. The Digitimes observation that TSMC was starting production of the Qualcomm X-60 modem was likely a coincidental contract with Qualcomm, and not the modem that the ifixit actually observed after a teardown of the shipping iPhone 12/12 Pro.
Is 5G SA supported by iPhone 12 ?
