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   Bert to ElfinArc   
   Re: What is Google Fi and what does it m   
   13 Oct 16 13:53:17   
   
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   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: bert@iphouse.com   
      
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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.   
      
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