iPhone XS Max Model Number Comparison and Differences [A1921, A2101, A2102, A2104 ]

As part of the Apple new phones of 2018, the iPhone XS Max is the biggest smartphone ever from Apple. The phone was launched along with other brand and it features a massive battery capacity with other regulars that you will love to have. It’s also the most expensive phones that cost approximately $1,099 to $1,449 for the higher storage.

The iPhone XS Max features a large screen display with advanced processor and features as well. It’s similar with the iPhone XS and they are both powered by an A12 Bionic chip with 7nm CPU and 8-core Neural Engine for faster Face ID and impressive cameras that features Smart HDR or dynamic depth of field.

Both phones also feature a higher inbuilt memory of 512GB and they are built with stainless steel and glass design, notched front display, dual rear camera setup, IP68 rating, and OLED Super Retina displays panels. The differences between the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max is the bigger battery capacity on the Max hence the name which will last longer than the battery on iPhone XS.

Other notable difference is that the iPhone XS Max has a bigger screen size of 6.5-inch while the iPhone XS has 5.8-inch. Apart from this, both phones feature Dual SIM Dual Standby technology. The iPhone XS Max support a single Nano SIM with a digital eSIM while the iPhone XS support dual Nano SIM card at the same time.

On the model number, the iPhone XS Max is available in 4 models and they are A1921, A2101, A2102, and A2104. They offer different LTE bands and a SIM card. We will be looking at the difference between the models below.

iPhone XS Max A1921 Model

The iPhone XS Max A1921 is the United States version with support for both GSM and CDMA networks. Its available as a SIM-free factory-unlocked edition at Apple Store.
Apart from the USA, you can also buy the phone in Canada and Puerto Rico. It supports dual SIMs, one is Nano and the other is eSIM. When buying the phone, make sure you buy the unlocked version so that you can use it in different carriers without any form of restriction.

LTE Band	Country or Region	Carriers
1 (2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 32 (1500 L-band) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3) 71 (600 MHz)	United States	Alaska GCI Appalachian Wireless AT&T Blue Wireless Bluegrass Cellular Boost Mobile Bravado Wireless C Spire Carolina West Wireless Cellcom Wisconsin Chariton Chat Mobility Consumer Cellular Copper Valley Telecom Credo Mobile Cricket Family Mobile Illinois Valley Cellular Inland Cellular iWireless Metro PCS Nemont Nex-Tech Wireless Northwest Missouri Cellular Panhandle Wireless Pioneer Wireless Silver Star Wireless Simple Mobile Spectrum Mobile Sprint Wireless Strata T-Mobile USA Thumb Cellular Ting TracFone / Straight Talk Triangle Mobile Truphone Union Wireless United Wireless US Cellular Verizon Wireless Viaero Virgin Mobile West Central Wireless Xfinity Mobile
	Canada	Bell Cityfone eastlink Fido Freedom Mobile Koodo MTS (Canada) PC Mobile Rogers Sasktel TbayTel Telus Videotron Virgin Mobile
	Puerto Rico	AT&T Claro Open Mobile Sprint Wireless T-Mobile USA
	U.S. Virgin Islands	AT&T Sprint Wireless

 

iPhone XS Max A2101 Model

The iPhone XS Max A2101 is available in Europe and Asia. You can also get the phone in other countries like in the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Italy, France, Singapore, Taiwan, etc. This model support dual-SIM cards, one is Nano while the other is eSIM and it doesn’t support CDMA networks.

(2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 28 (700 APT MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 32 (1500 L-band) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3)	Andorra	Andorra Telecom
	Armenia	Beeline Ucom
	Australia	Optus Telstra Virgin Vodafone
	Bahrain	Batelco Viva Zain
	Belgium	BASE Mobistar Proximus Telenet
	Bulgaria	M-Tel Telenor
	Croatia	Hrvatski Telekom Vip
	Cyprus	Cyta MTN PrimeTel
	Czech Republic	O2 T-Mobile Vodafone
	Denmark	3 TDC Telenor Telia
	Estonia	Elisa EMT Tele2
	Finland	DNA Elisa Saunalahti Telia
	France	Bouygues Free Mobile La Poste Mobile NRJ Mobile Orange SFR Virgin Mobile
	Georgia	Geocell Beeline
	Germany	1&1 O2 Telekom Vodafone
	Greece	Cosmote Vodafone Wind
	Greenland	Tele Greenland
	Hungary	Magyar Telekom Telenor Vodafone
	Iceland	Nova Siminn Vodafone
	India	Airtel Reliance Jio Vodafone
	Ireland	3 Meteor Vodafone
	Isle of Man	Manx Telecom Sure Mobile
	Italy	3 TIM Vodafone Wind
	Jersey	Jersey Telecom
	Kazakhstan	Kcell
	Kuwait	Ooredoo Viva Zain
	Latvia	Bite LMT Tele2
	Liechtenstein	Salt Swisscom
	Lithuania	Bite Omnitel Tele2
	Luxembourg	Orange Post Telecom Tango Mobile
	Malta	Vodafone
	Mexico	AT&T Movistar Oui Telcel
	Monaco	Monaco Telecom
	Netherlands	KPN T-Mobile Tele2 Vodafone
	New Zealand	2degrees Spark Vodafone
	Norway	Telenor Telia
	Oman	Omantel Ooredoo
	Poland	Orange Play T-Mobile
	Portugal	MEO NOS Vodafone
	Qatar	Ooredoo Vodafone
	Romania	Orange Telekom Vodafone
	Russia	Beeline MegaFon MTS Tele2 Yota
	Saudi Arabia	Mobily STC Zain
	Singapore	M1 Singtel StarHub
	Slovakia	Orange Slovak Telekom
	Slovenia	A1 Slovenija Telekom Slovenia
	South Africa	CellC MTN Vodacom
	Spain	Orange Vodafone Yoigo
	Sweden	3 Tele2 Telenor Telia
	Switzerland	Salt Sunrise Swisscom UPC Wingo
	Taiwan	APT Chunghwa Telecom FarEasTone Taiwan Mobile Taiwan Star
	United Arab Emirates	du Etisalat
	United Kingdom	3 BT EE Giffgaff O2 Sky Virgin Mobile UK Vodafone

 

iPhone XS Max A2102 Model

The iPhone XS Max A2102 is for the Japanese market only. It uses exclusive bands in Japan and they include band 11 for au and SoftBank, band 21 for Docomo, and band 42
It also supports dual SIM, one is Nano and the other is eSIM. Apart from this, the phone also has to make a shutter sound when taking photos even if it’s on silent mode. This is to protect privacy in the country.

LTE Bands	Country Or Region	Carriers
2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 11 (1500 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 21 (1500 MHz) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 28 (700 APT MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 42 (TD 3500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3)	Japan	au NTT DOCOMO SoftBank

iPhone XS A2100 Model

iPhone XS A2100 is the version for the Chinese market. It does not support dual-SIM cards. Only available in a single Nano SIM.

LTE Bands	Country Or Region	Carriers
1 (2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 32 (1500 L-band) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3) 71 (600 MHz)	China	China Mobile China Telecom China Unicom

1 (2100 MHz) 2 (1900 MHz) 3 (1800 MHz) 4 (AWS) 5 (850 MHz) 7 (2600 MHz) 8 (900 MHz) 12 (700 MHz) 13 (700c MHz) 14 (700 PS) 17 (700b MHz) 18 (800 MHz) 19 (800 MHz) 20 (800 DD) 25 (1900 MHz) 26 (800 MHz) 29 (700 de MHz) 30 (2300 MHz) 32 (1500 L-band) 34 (TD 2000) 38 (TD 2600) 39 (TD 1900) 40 (TD 2300) 41 (TD 2500) 46 (TD Unlicensed) 66 (AWS-3) 71 (600 MHz)

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