Thank you very much to all of you for responding to my questions.They were all useful and informati they were all useful and informative. I was told by one of the reps that consumer cellular has all of their call centers in the US this is important to me. I know that Verizon and AT&T have some of their call centers outside of the US in addition to the ones in the country.
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2020, at 3:10 PM, juan mojena <jmo...@gmail.com> wrote: Well if you saw my earlier messages I said that the one plus 6T was $600 with tax. That’s the The amount that I could afford at the time for a lump sum payment and the 60 had very good reviews so that’s the phone that I chose. I’m not sure what kind of service you would get if you had a problem with a Google or Samsung phone. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Steve Matzura <number6...@gmail.com> wrote: The Pixel 4's are in the $850 range, but if you're willing to take last year's model, and the 3's are no slouches for phones, they'r3 $600-$700 depending on a few options. > On 6/18/2020 12:07 PM, juan mojena wrote: > I doubt very much and you can buy the latest and greatest Samsung or pixel > phone for $600 including tax. I know this because at the time my wife and I > went to Best Buy to look at the latest phones that they were selling and they > were $900 and up. Well that’s last year‘s phone might have been $800 but this > phone was $600. You know that folding phone from Samsung is about $2000? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 18, 2020, at 3:52 AM, Simon A Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > For that price, > > You should have purchased a Samsung and saved yourself a lot of troubles. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of juan > mojena > Sent: Thursday, 18 June 2020 1:03 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Choosing a phone company > > my wife doesn’t like Apple so I got her an android phoneThe 6t is the model > of a phone made by a company called one plus It is reputed to be a very good > company and it Is supposed to manufacture very good phones.however, their > tech-support leaves a lot to be desired and their warranty company is much > worse than that.The phone was wasn’t cheap it ended up costing more than $600 > with tax included.I wanted to get away fromAT&T didn’t want to buy another > phone from them.I I really apologize for mistakes in wording because I’m > using Siri and it is really miss behaving at this point.It seems to repeat > the phrase is that you it seems to repeat the phrase is that you dictate. So > I’m sorry for that. Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 17, 2020, at 8:27 PM, Carolyn <4carol...@windstream.net> wrote: > > What is a 1 6 T? > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > juan mojena > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 5:43 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Choosing a phone company > > Hi Dennis, I don’t know if our phones I mean the phones in our family an > iPhone 8 plus, and iPhone X and my wife’s 1+6t can use the Verizon towers. I > would have to call and ask them. Plus, they are a little bit more expensive > the consumer cellular and my wife needs to be able to call A local number to > use a calling card to call Colombia. Sometimes phone companies don’t allow > you to use such numbers. > Juan > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 17, 2020, at 3:34 PM, Dennis Long <dennisl1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Visible is an awesome company. > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Jeff > Samco > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 1:00 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Choosing a phone company > > > > I have not used Consumer Cellular. But I have been very pleased with service > through Visible.com. I believe they are a wholly-owned company by Verizon and > use the Verizon cell network and sell under-used band width. There are two > cons to consider and many pros. > > The cons: > First, support is only available through 24 hour chat on their website or > through a smart phone app. No email, no phone number. > Second, if service gets congested in your area then your data will be slowed > in preference to direct Verizon customers. I have noticed this, especially > during these stay at home months, when in a rural area I frequent. But, > service in town is very good. > > The pros: > * Their plan provides unlimited calls, unlimited texts and unlimited data, > along with hot spot service with no caps, all for one monthly price of $40 or > as low as $25. I particularly needed hot spot capability so this feature was > a big draw; I have not been disappointed. > * That $40 monthly cost will be less if you join a Party Pay group. A Party > Pay group can have 2 members for a $5 discount per person each month; 3 > members for $10 discount monthly and 4 members for $15 discount monthly, or > only $25. No additional fees. There is no catch to joining a Party Pay group. > No one shares a bill or any other connection except for getting the group > discount. I easily found an open Party Pay group on Reddit and joined within > a few minutes. > * After two months of paying for service they send a virtual MasterCard worth > $100. > > If you can handle the two minor drawbacks then I think It is a good service > option. > HTH, > Jeff > > At 12:06 PM 6/15/2020, you wrote: > > > > I’m trying to choose a cheaper phone company than AT&T. I’m trying to > see if the company consumer cellular is any good. The rates are cheaper than > AT&T and they use AT&T towers. Has anyone ever used this company and what do > they think about the service? > Thank you very much in advance. > Juan > > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> . 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