Planning to buy a phone, Realme GT 5 Pro. When checking the compatible bands in malaysia there are 2 working bands which are n78 and n28a. Is not having the n28b a problem?

Thank you

What's the problem? If ur planning to use in Msia only shouldn't be a problem. Our 5G network is only using b28 + n78 only

Well there's 2 n28, a and b so I was worried if only one of them working is fine. Good to know it's all okay, thanks!

Realme GT5 Pro using SD8 Gen 3, i think shouldn't be a problem when Realme Malaysia is the company bringing it in, they must have tested everything 1st before bringing it in..

But i do find it weird having a higher grade chipset compared to my Poco F5 but the band support is lesser.. Different radio chip i guess..

band 28 is world standard
band 28 A B is APAC region standard. not support b28 west/eu/us telco

You need LTE B28 band but not N28 (5G band).

Without LTE B28 you cannot connect to Malaysian 5G NSA network with the other standalone 5G bands such N78 via carrier aggregation(channel bonding).

Correction the site screenshot you posted is not correct either. DNB only supports LTE B28, not N28 5G SA.

Is according to licensing deals with qualcomm

In 2022/2023MY models xiaomi china models has less band support to save on licensing cost, and global models got some mark up of price due to more band support (higher licensing cost)

This was finally rectified by late 2023 with 2024MY xiaomi 14/k70 series

Note: MY=model year, xiaomi flagship launch on late year but meant for following MY (xiaomi 12: 2022MY, xiaomi 13: 2023MY, xiaomi 14: 2024MY)


For other manufacturers they paid more for licensing cost for most of their models

For now DNB 5g just needs LTE B28A and NR N78, but in the future when standalone (SA) network will be deployed, all china 5g phones will be eventually supported