Does Vodacom 5G work on your new Iphone 12 ?
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As far as I know only MTN will work with your iPhone on 5G for now.
yes, that's the news, but when i contacted with Vodacom, they don't say this, they said "under 5G coverage, your iphone 12 will get 5G sign and speed"
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Perhaps Apple will support it soon, however, it seems as it stands now, still only MTN
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That's one thing I don't like about Apple is they make even more money for network to pay them to have these features enabled.
As for actual 5G on Vodacom it's not as fast as MTN at around 300Mbps or so which means you aren't missing much compared to decent 4G+
As for actual 5G on Vodacom it's not as fast as MTN at around 300Mbps or so which means you aren't missing much compared to decent 4G+
thanksPerhaps Apple will support it soon, however, it seems as it stands now, still only MTN
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Speedtest?
No 5G signal
5G signal? Area?
still no signal, Vodacom does not fix it, no call to me to explain, but ticket was closed few days ago. i will have to leave like that, waste of my time. Hope my phone 12 with no issue
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Perhaps Apple will support it soon, however, it seems as it stands now, still only MTN
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Sorry for hijacking this thread, but what is exactly meant by FaceTime over Mobile?
Uses mobile data? Or instead uses 'minutes' the same as a call?
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Sounds like you have a similar problem to me. Fixed this by popping my sim card into another iPhone 12 and 5G activated. Maybe just go into an iStore and do it to one of the demo phones?
sorry, I don't get it. only poping sim to antoher 5G IPhone??
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Weird right. That's exactly what I did. I have no idea why it was not activating in my phone. It was almost like a provision on the SIM card. I am on MTN though. Maybe give it a try? Otherwise I guess it is Vodacom.