Posted by Yesterday, it occurred to me that since the new TECNO Phantom 5 flagship is both 4G/LTE and Dual SIM, it would be great to put my Smile 4G SIM in it and not have to carry a separate mifi device around with me. You see, I love to travel light. The question was whether or not the Phantom 5 supported Smile’s LTE band.
Well, you know how we get excited here at MobilityArena.com when we get an opportunity to experiment. So, I set my heart to find out.
Today, I cut my Smile SIM into microSIM size, then put it into the Phantom alongside my Glo SIM. The phone immediately recognised both SIMs and asked me to pick which SIM would serve for calls, which for SMS, and which for data. I picked Glo for the first two and Smile for the last.
Next, I went to Mobile Networks and pegged the Smile SIM to 4G Only.
Then, I setup an APN for Smile (I named it “Smile 4G”), as follows:
- APN Name: internet
- Password: Nil (No password needed)
- Proxy : Nil (No proxy needed)
- IP Version: IPv4
I then selected that APN, and thereafter turned on mobile data. *drum roll*
The 4G icon popped up in the notification bar at the top of the phone and I was connected at broadband speeds immediately. And I, Mister Mobility, lived happily ever after.
To God be the glory.
Hahaha! Mr. MO, Congratulations on your New Marriage O. I wish to live happily ever after like you O.
lol!
lol…only if you could go get the phantom too then you could live happily after too
lol…yes ooo happy married life,,, getting my phantom today too ooooo and will cut my smile sim too
Amen to that, Amen
Funny and cool! I’m jealous.
lol…dont be you could actually get yours on the 17th of this month
jealous of what oooo
lol…y are you jealous?? go get urs naw
lol, you actually cut your sim to try this? i love experimenting myself but i wouldn’t go this far
And that is why he offered himself as a Guinea Pig our behalf 🙂
Now, let us think of other things we could get him to experiment with for us hee hee hee.
asin ehn, the guy could go through rocks to get honey…..cudos mehn
then yo not u are not a man
lol….i can do it too
I cut mine and I am enjoying the 4G on my Phantom 5 too. Thank you Mr Mo for sharing this info.
lmao, no be small to God be the glory. where’s the watch out for part 2?
lol…funny ryt?
he forgot to put it ooooo
lol,, guess he forgot
lol…..asin i was about asking that tooo
so can we try this with the visafone sim? do you think it would work?
Kiki,
Visafone isn’t a 4G network. Secondly, it isn’t a GSM network. It won’t work.
lol…you will just waste the sim card
it obviously wont work
try it and get your sim card gone but you could also give it try and get a sim adapter if it doesnt work
lol…you to give it a try na
please am begging you, try it..just try it
There’s always an option of buying a sim adapter
but guess he is okay with the 4g in his phone
yes you are right but am sure he will not get it cause his really enjoying it
yea… so i guess you should try cutting your sim too
hmmm. there is that as well.
what are you saying
there is what ???
you mean sim adapter??
Wow that was really bold. Congratulations.
lol…it was scary but thank God it worked out
lol….yea really bold
yeah, he is bold
lol….yes oooo
congrats to him
hmmmmmmm, seeing is believing
yes oooo, the phantom is crazy mehn, love it
lol….yea youve got to see it
Cool! Gonna give my lenovo a6000 a worthy shot of smiling connectivity.
comon gerrara here mehn, we talking phantom you talking rubbish
lol….we taking better phone you talking lenovo
hmmmmm, amazing is the name
you could say that again
The phone is looking cool really,guess Tecno is stepping up..
yea, they are really steping up
every thing d tecno phatom 5 have dis samsung 2014 phone have it all. i am talking of Samsung galaxy s5 duos. dual 4G LTE sim port u fool, with even higher gpu and CPU to run FIFA 16 which my foolish tecno phaton z can’t run without d use of gltools to reduce d graphics. if u na cous Samsung again
ell. na devil go punish u na fools wen no wor learn, the major combine production company to arm CPU and Mali GPU wen mtk use in d tecno are Samsung dem self and d England company which own arm u foolish Nigerian which don’t wanna learn any to talk and praise cheap phones. and even d Samsung galaxy s5 duos have water resistance fools, check it ur self http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5_duos-6272.php
Mr Mo, Mr MO, Mr Mo, how many times did I call issokay ooooooo, continue to live happily ever after!
lol….are you jealous ni
Can I do the same with my HTC one m8 two sim?
carry your htc away please.. we talking about phantom
no you cant all you have to do is go and get the phantom 5
Amazing!
One terrific advantage of Dual Sims.
Even when you wont use it for phone calls, future-proof companies like Smile come in really handy.
lol..the only thing this is showing is that the phantom 5 as 4g…
Phantom 5 isn’t the only phone with 4G. Mr Mo is just excited the dual sim can be utilised like this for greater efficiency and lighter travel.
There are single sim phones with 4g but will u remove your sim card and insert data-only sim? No, I guess.
kudos to tecno and not smile jawe
I am saying tecno phantom 5 cant even run FIFA 16 with using gltools to reduce d graphics. if una cous Samsung again ell, I for use photon 5 and Samsung galaxy s5 duos. another thing na memory card of d phantom 5, e nor fit open my 128Gb micro SD wen I buy from Amazon, but my d Samsung galaxy s5 duos dey use am as if na him dem manufacture am for. Mr.mo nor talk any how, I dey pH ooo, I sell d phantom 5 to buy s5 duos. wen e nor fit open ordinary 128Gb wen my previous s3 dey use. guy take ur time ooooo. nor make me vex oooo. see my email I go send all d picture of dis phones with my 128Gb inside wen 70k nor fit run but galaxy s2 and s3 dey run well u. my smile 4G LTE dey run well for my Samsung galaxy note 4 duos well with my main mtn line dey inside sim 1 port . which is even faster Dan DAT stupid tecno wen make waste money sooooo and my recent 200Gb microsd card inside tooooo. if u cous Samsung again ell. make una nor compare elephant and small lizerd Mr.mo make u na read bfor u na talk any how. go see d different in 4G lte of Samsung s5 duos bfor u no talk any how. my name na zed. I sell my phantom bcus of FIFA 16 and my formal 128Gb microsd card wen e nor fit and buy Samsung galaxy s5 duos and later upgrade to note 4 duos bcus of my new 200Gb wen I buy from amazon dis black Friday wen e pass soon, I be website and programming developer. I hate wen pole dey talk any how.
now i believe that the phantom 5 can use a 4g
let Zed attend to dis mata u all
Works on Lumia 550?