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[T-Mobile] What speed when no LTE available?

You can check here:

»maps.eng.t-mobile.com/pcc-retail-default.php

LTE is not on the map yet. if you zoom all the way in and click on a location, it will tell you what type of high speed data in that location. (3g or 4g) HSPA+ is 3g/4g.
Otherwise 2g.
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My question is more about the capabilities of the phone. Can an LTE phone also pick up HSPA+? Or does the phone drop to 2G if LTE isn't available?

I ask because my current T-Mobile phone only does 4G or 2G. Whenever 4G isn't available it drops to 2G, bypassing 3G.

3g is shown as 4g on all t-mobile branded phones. It actually does but your phone won't tell you. The note 2 on tmo goes from 4g LTE to 4g to 2g. so don't expect it to change.