Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ 5G

Had been looking for large screen device which elderly(not much of tech savvy) could use for their regular browsing as well as support regular phone call and SMS on the same device.

More than enough specs about the device are mentioned on the manufacturer website.

https://www.samsung.com/au/tablets/galaxy-tab-a/galaxy-tab-a9-plus-5g-graphite-64gb-sm-x216bzaaats/buy/

This log is here as a reference/redundant data :)  

Processor Type: Qualcomm Snapdragon

Processor Cores: Octa Core

Processor Model Number: SM6375

Processor Max. Clock Speed (GHz): 2.2

RAM (GB): 4

SSD storage: 64GB

Connectivity

USB Version: USB 2.0

Location Technology: GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Earjack: 3.5mm Stereo

Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4G+5GHz, VHT80

Wi-Fi Direct: Yes

Bluetooth Version: Bluetooth v5.1

NFC: No

Bluetooth Profiles: A2DP, AVRCP, DI, HFP, HID, HOGP, HSP, MAP, OPP, PAN, PBAP

Sensors

Accelerometer, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Light Sensor

Battery Capacity (mAh, Typical): 7040

Samsung galaxy Tab A9+ 5G - Supported network bands

Network

2G GSM

GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900

3G UMTS

B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)

4G FDD LTE

B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B13(700), B17(700), B20(800), B26(850), B28(700), B66(AWS-3)

4G TDD LTE

B38(2600), B40(2300), B41(2500)

5G FDD Sub6

N1(2100), N3(1800), N5(850), N7(2600), N8(900), N20(800), N28(700), N66(AWS-3)

5G TDD Sub6

N38(2600), N40(2300), N41(2500), N77(3700), N78(3500)

Different frequency bands for mobile phones

AU Mobile bands

2G and 3G networks are no more.

Au - telecom bands

To view information on individual cell tower/Mobile Network base stations visit Radio Frequency National Site Archive(RFNSA)https://www.rfnsa.com.au/

IN - telecom bands

Other Freqnecy bands available in IN are

2G (GSM) - still operational

•  900MHz
•  1800MHz

3G (UMTS) - shutdown by most operators 

• 2100 MHz

4G (LTE)

• 1800MHz
• 2300MHz
• 850MHz
• 700MHz