XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Bert   
    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.   
      
   most phones do.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   custom firmware.   
      
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