Again, I DID ask T-Mobile. I have honestly asked T-Mobile about a dozen and a half questions during the years I have been with them and have never once gotten a correct answer. (Being very honest about that...I used to do tech support for this stuff years ago). This is why I am so skeptical about what they say.
They told me they support SA 5G with the iphone 12. Field test indicates I am NOT getting SA 5G. They also told me that although Cell Mapper indicates SA 5G using my Galaxy S22 on the same tower, same band, Cell Mapper is wrong (even though the S22 has been touted as a very reliable SA 5G phone).
Soooo...further skepticism on my part and I am sorry if I am sounding so flakey.
Again, the reason I came here was try see if I could find someone who definitively knew what the truth is.
I KNOW Apple has said SA 5G is supported on the iphone 12. But I have read dozens of articles indicating that it was only meant to do so after ios updates and many people claim those updates never came. And once again, field test mode says "NSA" and not "SA" on my phone. Some even suggest that it won't be until ios 16.1 appears before ANY of the iphones actually get the support for SA 5G.
So again, sorry if I sound flakey and I do thank everyone for the help. But I think it will be some time before this is all sorted out.
No need to reply anymore.