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   From: elfinarc6@gmail.com   
      
   Bert  wrote:   
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   > news:1506007867.498003871.902656.elfinarc6-gmail.com@news.individual.net   
   > ElfinArc  wrote:   
   >   
   >> But even with Android they only support a small number of Google   
   >> branded phones. Leaves out Samsung and all the other Android phone   
   >> providers.  Pretty much tells me that Google doesn't plan on it being   
   >> a huge MVNO or they think the few models they have to sell will be   
   >> enough.   
   >   
   > As I understand it, the limitations on what phones it will support are   
   > that it requires phones that can do both GSM and CDMA (lots of phones do   
   > that today), support VoLTE and WiFi calling on all of the carriers it   
   > currently operates on (T-Mobile, Sprint, and US Cellular) as well as   
   > operate on all the bands that the carriers use.   
   >   
   > The ability to dynamically switch among those carriers and WiFi is also   
   > a requirement, but I don't know if that's a hardware task or software.   
   >   
   That last is the key issue to work with Project Fi and I think it is in the   
   firmware.  You can use almost any phone with Project Fi but only that   
   limited list will activate on Project Fi.  When I had it I stuck the SIM in   
   my iPhone 6+ and it worked fine but it is locked into T-Mobile only and no   
   wifi calling either.  Note that my iPhone 6+ had all the right radios for   
   GSM and CDMA.   
      
      
      
      
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