The thing I really liked about Republic was when I went to the Philipines last
year although I had no actual service (CDMA phone) I could call home using the
office or hotel wifi, worked slick as snot.
-Curt
From: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cell Phone SITREP
New Smart Phone: This Moto G4 is my first smart phone so I have no basis for
comparison. But so far, it just blows me away with what it can do. It cost
$150 through Amazon Prime, with advertising. This phone requires a SIM (for
all carriers). Amazon can include SIM cards (about $5) with the phone for
several carriers but not Republic. I ordered the Republic SIM online for about
$10, including shipping. At my house I get a minimal, but usable, GSM cell
signal on the Moto (if I turn off wifi) but I always use WiFi at the house. In
"town" (if you can call it that) the cell signal is fine. Several of the
reviews I read spent a lot of ink on how various smart phones looked and other
"cool" factors, an area where the G4 did not rate well. But I care zero about
this.
My "old" phone is a Verizon Convoy 2 flip phone. I typically get 0-1 bar of 1X
at the house and missed most incoming calls (went to voice mail). As the other
part of this experiment I installed a Verizon Network Extender (old style)
which I got on eBay for about $50. I seem to have at least one bar of 3G
throughout the house but it's too soon to say how well this works.
Cost-wise, the Verizon flip phones and Republic smart phone are both about $25
a month, although the Republic voice/SMS service is unlimited. I plan to live
with both services for at least a month before down-selecting. Even then,
SWMBO probably won't give up her flip phone."
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Cathey via Mercedes
> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2016 2:09 AM
>
> Some yes, some no. The iPhone 4S had both radios in it, IIRC. But later
> ones again do not. The two systems are totally incompatible, that is
> true. But nothing technical stops you from putting both radios into a
> device.
>
> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't think this is true now. The Moto G4 I just bought handles
> > CDMA or GSM, depending on the SIM card. User reviews on Amazon
> confirms this.
> > Network specs:
> > CDMA: 1900 MHz
> > GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
> > UMTS: 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
> > LTE (FDD): Bands 12, 13, 5, 26, 8, 4, 3, 2, 25, 1, 7
> > LTE (TDD): Bands 41
> > Data: LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, UMTS
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: archer75--- via Mercedes
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 10:18 PM
> > >
> > > Two basic technologies in mobile phones, CDMA and GSM represent a
> > > gap you can't cross. They're the reason you can't use many AT&T
> > > phones on Verizon's network and vice versa...snip
> > >
> > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2407896,00.asp
> > >
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > "Kaleb wrote:
> > > > If it has a sim don't you just switch the sim to the new carrier?
> > >
> > > > > They probably can. I’ll buy a “SIM free” phone, however,
> > > > > meaning
> > it’s not
> > > tied to any carrier. If Apple wants to activate it for me, fine, if
> > not, I’ll go to
> > > the Verizon store that’s about a mile away. I already checked with
> > > them
> > and
> > > they’ll provide the SIM for free.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dan
> > >
> > > > >> I think the Apple store can activate your phone on V --FT
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> On 9/10/16 10:06 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
> > > > >>> Four of the five phones I have on our Verizon contract are
> > purchased or
> > > out of contract phones. That makes them cost $15/month on our plan.
> > While
> > > you can buy new phones from them with the cost divided up over two
> > > years and no interest, why? Buy a previous model used or refurbed
> > > and have it activated. Verizon doesn’t charge for it.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> My iPhone 4S is crapping out because I dropped it a couple of
> > > > >>> days
> > ago.
> > > The digitizer (screen) is wonky in one area and can’t discriminate
> > > the
> > touches,
> > > so things get all goofy when I try to use the on screen keyboard.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I recycled an iPhone 4 a while back and got a $100 Apple Store
> > credit.
> > > My wonky iPhone is worth $50 to them as a recycled phone. I’ll buy
> > > an unlocked 5SE on Monday and it will end up costing me $250. I’ll
> > > go
> > right to
> > > Verizon from the Apple Store and get it activated.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Dan
> > >
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