Why HMD Global Nokia smartphones offer so low LTE speed?
Hardware SoC on the smartphones board support LTE high speed
Mind you Nokia brand (notably Nokia Networks) is synonim modern, high speed 5G cellular network
A few examples, latest smartphones
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Nokia 7.2 LTE Cat13/5 400Mbps DL/75Mbps UL
-SoC Snapdragon 660 LTE Cat12/13 600Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Nokia 6.2 LTE Cat4(probably 150Mbps DL)/probably 50Mbps UL?
-SoC Snapdragon 636 LTE Cat12/13 600Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Nokia 4.2 LTE Cat4 150Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
-SoC Snapdragon 439 LTE Cat4/5 150Mbps DL/75Mbps UL
Nokia 3.2 LTE Cat4 150Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
-SoC Snapdragon 429 LTE Cat4/5 150Mbps DL/75Mbps UL
Nokia 2.2 LTE Cat4(probably 150Mbps DL)/probably 50Mbps UL?
-SoC MediaTek Helio A22 LTE Cat7/13 150Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
etc.
So for example new Nokia 6.2 with mid-range Snapdragon 6xx series offer same LTE speed like budget Nokia 2.2 or Nokia 3.2 :-|
In my humble opinion at least Nokia 6.2 should be support LTE-Advanced and also in future Nokia 5.2
In this comparison only Nokia 7.2 is LTE-A smartphone (>300Mbps DL)
Same story with previous HMD Global Nokia smartphones
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Nokia 5.3 LTE Cat4! (probably 150Mbps DL)/probably 50Mbps UL?
-SoC Snapdragon 665 LTE Cat12/13 600Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Nokia 2.4 LTE Cat4 (150Mbps DL)/50Mbps UL
-SoC MediaTek Helio P22 LTE Cat7/13 150Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Nokia 3.4 LTE Cat4? 150Mbps DL/50Mbps UL
-SoC Snapdragon 460 LTE Cat13/13 390Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Nokia 5.4 LTE Cat4 (150Mbps DL)/ 50Mbps UL
-SoC Snapdragon 662 LTE Cat13/13 390Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Network problem
These days this is not network problem.
Lots of mobile network operators offer carrier aggregation LTE-A/LTE-A Pro (4G+/LTE+) Cat.6 and up. Not to mention about 5G if only NSA (Non-Standalone)
Nokia G10 LTE Cat4 (150Mbps DL)/50Mbps UL
-SoC MediaTek Helio G25 (LTE-A chip), LTE Cat7/13 300Mbps DL/150Mbps UL
Nokia G20 LTE Cat4 (150Mbps DL)/50Mbps UL
-SoC MediaTek Helio G35 (LTE-A chip), LTE Cat7/13 300Mbps DL/150Mbps UL