Android
From what I heard, the ROG Phone 5 does not feature 5G mmWave probably because countries outside of the United States don't feature it.
I think it would be great for ASUS to work with carriers in the United States such as T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T to try to get the ROG Phone 5 to work with as many network bands possible in North America. Just like VoLTE, the lack of full 5G compatibility are basic phone features that ASUS is overlooking once again.
Phones usually have different regional variants to better fit the different network types in different countries (e.g. GSM and/or CDMA compatibility) so I'm hoping that the North American version of the ROG Phone 5 will also be compatible with mmWave. Otherwise, it would seem like the ROG Phone 5 will become obsolete very fast.
Will the North America version of ROG Phone 5 feature 5G mmWave?
From what I see in the specs, there is no 5G bands n260, n261 and no mm wave.
Why? I don't know in particular at this price point. The modem in the 888 chipset can do these bands as well yet they are being left out.
Asus along with some other brands have a bad habit of hampering their devices while touting nonsensical "upgrades" or gimmicks they come out with.
Go look at all the variants they're coming out with, there's just no need for all of this. The money they spent creating all these variants could have just gone to networking and making sure one device worked everywhere.
I'm still waiting to see if VoLTE and VoWifi is going to work, as usual Asus is as mute as Helen Keller. I'm not buying another Asus until I know things work.
