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As with previous OnePlus phones, the 7 Pro is one notch lower in terms of
modem capabilities than its Snapdragon X24 modem allows: Category 18 with
5-carrier aggregation, rather than Category 20 with 7-carrier aggregation like
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the phone with a bunch of other top phones on LTE Band 4 (used primarily in
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