I was considering upgrading my Gen. 1 Moto G to a Gen. 3 version, only to find out, upon investigation, that, apparently, the 2015 Moto G has Band 12 disabled? Unlocked Moto G (2015) Will Not Support Band 12 LTE. I was wondering why my wife's phone didn't seem to perform any better than mine.

That's a show-stopper, for me.

 

Neither of those is going to happen. I'll simply keep the phone I have. It's still working well. I just thought to get the band 12 support.

So T-Mobile isn't as much the "uncarrier" as they'd like everybody to believe they are, after all. Disappointing, but not particularly surprising. TelCom company. Proof again they're all the same.

Of course: By doing this T-Mobile has locked us out of that big swath of new coverage they show in the northern part of Michigan's lower peninsula and the entire eastern half of the upper. But that's ok. Verizon has it covered and I have a company-supplied WiFi hotspot.

 

Over on T-Mobile's forums they're claiming "Motorola chose to disable it." Of course, that may well be true--as far as it goes.