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   Chris Green, 2026-02-11 21:48:   
      
   > This is suddenly becoming more impportant now that 3G is rapidly   
   > disappearing.  My 'no name' tablet used to work fine at home but now   
   > it doesn't.  We used to have good 3G coverage here, what we have now   
   > is mediocre 4G and my tablet can't do VoLTE with my provider anyway,   
   >   
   > Being a cheapskate and not being a big mobile/cell user I don't want   
   > to spend hundreds of pounds on a new device just to ba able to make   
   > phone calls.  My £99 10" tablet is excellent in every way except for   
   > its lack of VoLTE support on my (very cheap!) provider.   
      
   At Amazon you find cheap 4G phones starting around £40. Of course these   
   are then only feature phones and not Android based devices. But for the   
   specific need to be able to do phone calls, that should be sufficient.   
      
   > So, is there any way of knowing if any generic, no name sort of tablet   
   > may have working VoLTE on any particular provider?   
   >   
   > It really is a rather messy can of worms isn't it?!   
      
   No, just the transition to a new technology.   
      
      
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