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Thread: What phone now?
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05-21-2019, 07:37 PM #1501one of those sickos
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Seems like a year or two ago it was very cheap, but I didn't want to buy a Pixel (no headphone jack). I just checked and it would cost $60/mo for 4 gb right now. That's roughly what I pay Verizon, and around here the service is WAY better than Tmobile/Sprint, whose towers Fi uses. If I needed the international service it could be worth it, but when i leave the country I'm happy to lose service.
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05-21-2019, 08:06 PM #1502
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05-21-2019, 08:36 PM #1503Rod9301
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A few months ago i bought a ulefone with a10, 000 mah battery, good for 3 days of heavy use.
Great phone, 250, got it from China, it's also on Amazon.
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05-22-2019, 02:48 AM #1504
Project Fi was only super cheap for those that did not use much cellular data (spend time on wifi or just not many apps that need higher data like streaming), that really has not changed. The pricing I am seeing is still about what it was when they announced the service as a beta invite. However they now have a hard data cap for their $80 for 6 GB of data (always $10 per GB used up to max of 6 GB with bill protection option. After that data is free up to 15 GB, at which time you still can use the phone with throttled data, or you can opt to continue to get high speed data past the 15 GB by paying the $10 per GB fee and not be throttled...
People that want to pay only for the amount of cellular data they really use (not a bucket of data that they may not use all of and lose it at renewal) are the ones that love Project Fi - along with as stated by some others the roaming data while travelling outside of the US.Last edited by RShea; 05-22-2019 at 06:40 AM.
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05-22-2019, 04:23 AM #1505jgb@etree Guest
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05-22-2019, 07:08 AM #1506
Exactly. Plus international [w/ data roaming at same price as domestic!!!]. This is huge. And I get why this doesn't fit everyone. Honestly, the Fi coverage isn't great here. However it's ok enough that I put up with it. I don't stream much over data. And if I do it's usually Pandora, which isn't bad.
I am toying with getting a Verizon network MVNO like TracFone to throw in the phone when I want better coverage in certain areas. Hopefully that works, I need to research a little more [CDMA, bands, whitelisting, etc]. Anyone using their Fi Moto X⁴ on Verizon or with a Verizon network MVNO? I already do this with my daughter's AT&T [GSM, duh] card when she is away for school and not using it. This works because I use Hangouts for text and voice. It doesn't use much data. I know that folks here had mentioned the Pixel phones when I had previously expressed a desire for a dual SIM Fi compatible phone. What I have read says that the eSIM plus the SIM slot does NOT equal a real dual SIM. Bummer. I still might upgrade from my X⁴ to a Pixel 3a.
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05-22-2019, 11:27 PM #1507
If you want to try a Verizon tower MNVO there are usually better options than Tracfone. But it depends on if you really just want it for emergency calling, moderate usage or high usage. Red Pocket has some deals for annual service (Verizon Red as well as the other carriers so you have to be careful when you order it.) 3 months (90 days) of 500 minutes, 500 texts, 500 mb of data - which maybe low for some but ok for testing out for $29... 2 other Verizon monthly plan offerings would be Boom.US or Selectel wireless.
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05-23-2019, 08:42 AM #1508
Right, anyone use any of them with an X⁴? I use between 250MB and 600MB usually per month. However, when I am at the higher end, it usually involves travel to a place where Fi has better coverage. So I need to be able to switch "easily", ie no constant re-registration of the device and easy or no settings changes. I use TracFone for two of the kids. It fits perfectly for one of them. I need a better solution for the other who uses more data than I want to pay for. Once he's a little older the solution is called "get a job".
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05-23-2019, 09:02 AM #1509
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05-23-2019, 09:15 AM #1510
Worth upgrading to the Pixel 3a from an iPhone 6? My phone still "pretty much" works, a few bugs here and there. I'm more interested in getting more out of Fi. Trying to decide if I should just wait and try to pick up a Pixel 3 when the 4 comes out this fall. Also, another fan of Fi here. Usually costs me ~$30/mo and gets good coverage here in the southwest.
It sucks to suck.
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05-23-2019, 09:24 AM #1511Registered User
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What phone now?
I bought one of these to make my AUX Jack a Bluetooth connection in my highlander. It works pretty well and was an inexpensive solution to that problem (vs buying a new car...).
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009N...b_b_asin_title
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05-23-2019, 09:32 AM #1512
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05-23-2019, 09:46 AM #1513
Dang. That thing made me go out to look at my 2005 Odyssey to see if it had a headphone jack.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
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05-23-2019, 10:28 AM #1514
Dang it, I saw that T-Mobile had a trade-in deal going for the Pixel 3a, but just went to their site and looks like the deal ended last week. I still might get one. Seems like a great phone for the price.
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05-23-2019, 03:05 PM #1515
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05-23-2019, 03:34 PM #1516
Lol. That's hilarious. Smart man. I can just imagine the conversations. "Daaaaad. My phone's out of data." "Go buy more then." "I don't have any money." "Well go earn some then." "Meh." "Well, I guess you don't want the extra data THAT badly then." "Yeah, I guess I can make it 'til next month."
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05-23-2019, 04:18 PM #1517
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05-24-2019, 12:23 PM #1518
No one is mentioning the best part of pixels: you get the Google call screener,which is amazing.
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05-24-2019, 12:31 PM #1519
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05-24-2019, 01:54 PM #1520
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05-24-2019, 02:55 PM #1521
google call screener?
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05-24-2019, 03:47 PM #1522
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05-25-2019, 06:24 AM #1523
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05-25-2019, 06:55 AM #1524
The new frog phone with ribit ring tone looks pretty hawt.
watch out for snakes
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06-05-2019, 12:13 PM #1525"fuck off you asshat gaper shit for brains fucktard wanker." - Jesus Christ
"She was tossing her bean salad with the vigor of a Drunken Pop princess so I walked out of the corner and said.... "need a hand?"" - Odin
"everybody's got their hooks into you, fuck em....forge on motherfuckers, drag all those bitches across the goal line with you." - (not so) ill-advised strategy
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