Apple iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus LTE Bands


Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus 23 LTE Bands

Apple announced the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus smartphones today. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that were launched last year have support for 20 LTE bands. This year Apple has added support for 3 more bands. The new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus smartphones will support up to 23 LTE bands. These new iPhones also have LTE Advanced (LTE-A) that supports download speeds up to 300Mbps and also Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), twice faster than the iPhone 6 and the 6 Plus that offer download speeds of up to 150Mbps.
Here are the 22 LTE bands supported by the iPhone 6s models (A1688 iPhone 6s and A1687 iPhone 6s Plus) majorly sold outside the US in Europe, including UK and Asian countries such as Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and more. India will also get this model.

1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
12 (700 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
17 (700b MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
27 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
29 (700 de MHz)
38 (TD 2600 MHz)
39 (TD 1900 MHz)
40 (TD 2300 MHz)
41 (TD 2500 MHz)

Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus LTE-A Speed

The iPhone 6s models (A1633 iPhone 6s and A1634 iPhone 6s Plus) sold in the US support 23 LTE bands, including TDD LTE bands for global roaming.

1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
12 (700 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
17 (700b MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
27 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
29 (700 de MHz)
30 (2300 MHz)
38 (TD 2600 MHz)
39 (TD 1900 MHz)
40 (TD 2300 MHz)
41 (TD 2500 MHz)

[Update: Apple has added the list of bands supported by different iPhone 6s and 6s Plus models on its website. The article has been updated accordingly.]


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