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Post #414,262

10/5/16 2:42:14 PM

10/5/16 2:42:14 PM

Yeah, you pay for all your data

But I'm mostly on WiFi, except when driving. Most of my mobile data is Maps, except for Chrome data looking up websites for places I'm visiting.

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Drew

Post #414,635

by Another Scott

10/18/16 11:23:25 PM

10/18/16 11:23:25 PM

The unthrottled foreign data sounds great...

I travel outside the US every year or two and trying to figure out how to get cell service that doesn't cost a fortune is maddening. Project Fi sounds great for that reason (unthrottled LTE data outside the US) alone.

But I'm reading that there are issues on Fi, of course.

T-Mobile has VoLTE and E911 on Band 12, but Sprint and US Cellular (the other big carriers for Fi) don't. So VoLTE doesn't work on Fi even if the phone is certified compatible on T-Mobile. Which means that E911 might or might not be problematic depending on which tower you're connected to at the time.

I've also read that TV Channel 51 uses the 700 MHz Block A spectrum that T-Mobile uses for Band 12. My folks in NC are in the WFMY Greensboro service area which uses, you guessed it, 700 MHz Block A. So there's no hope of using Band12 there until the TV station transmitter is moved to a different frequency, and it seems there's little or no plans for that to happen soon.

Nothing's simple. :-(

It looks like switching to Fi isn't an obvious choice for me at the moment. But neither is just sticking with T-Mobile. Gotta see how things play out.

It still makes sense for me to wait for the V20 reviews, but the Pixel XL does sound like a very nice phone (what with the fancy image processing via the 821 chip, fast OS updates, etc., etc.).

Cheers,
Scott.

Pixel XL. Ouch. - (Another Scott) - (61) - Oct. 4, 2016, 02:05:50 PM EDT

I want my e911 chip free flip phone back. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Oct. 4, 2016, 02:23:49 PM EDT

EVLeaks on Twitter mumbled something about flip phones coming back next year. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 4, 2016, 02:42:37 PM EDT

Nice colors - (drook) - (2) - Oct. 4, 2016, 02:49:42 PM EDT

Heh - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2016, 03:03:03 AM EDT

Looks like these, too - (drook) - Oct. 5, 2016, 11:34:18 AM EDT

So, it's not a loss leader. :) - (a6l6e6x) - Oct. 4, 2016, 04:48:11 PM EDT

Re: Pixel XL. Ouch. - (pwhysall) - (12) - Oct. 5, 2016, 03:01:12 AM EDT

They're offering a new ecosystem with very fast hardware. - (Another Scott) - (11) - Oct. 5, 2016, 06:52:24 AM EDT

Eh? No they're not - (pwhysall) - (10) - Oct. 5, 2016, 11:47:31 AM EDT

Disagree. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Oct. 5, 2016, 11:58:01 AM EDT

How to get assistant everywhere in 2 steps - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 5, 2016, 12:17:19 PM EDT

Re: giving up in a couple of years - (drook) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2016, 12:21:41 PM EDT

iPhone? 4 years for many - (pwhysall) - Oct. 5, 2016, 12:36:59 PM EDT

Google Fi FTW - (drook) - (3) - Oct. 5, 2016, 12:11:09 PM EDT

It does sound appealing. I use very little data most months. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Oct. 5, 2016, 01:26:47 PM EDT

Yeah, you pay for all your data - (drook) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2016, 02:42:14 PM EDT

The unthrottled foreign data sounds great... - (Another Scott) - Oct. 18, 2016, 11:23:25 PM EDT

Mossberg thinks it's a big deal. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 5, 2016, 02:21:26 PM EDT

He's an outlier on this one - (pwhysall) - Oct. 6, 2016, 03:06:59 AM EDT

If you want a Pixel, avoid Verizon - (pwhysall) - (19) - Oct. 7, 2016, 03:19:39 AM EDT

Verizon's always been evil. - (Another Scott) - (18) - Oct. 7, 2016, 08:36:33 AM EDT

Worse than the ringtone - (drook) - (1) - Oct. 7, 2016, 10:21:22 AM EDT

Oooh. I'd forgotten about that. -NT - (Another Scott) - Oct. 7, 2016, 11:56:01 AM EDT

I couldn't care less about the bootloader - (pwhysall) - (15) - Oct. 7, 2016, 10:38:32 AM EDT

Yeahbut... - (Another Scott) - (14) - Oct. 7, 2016, 11:55:41 AM EDT

Yeahbut what? - (pwhysall) - (13) - Oct. 7, 2016, 02:29:17 PM EDT

"Don't be evil" - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Oct. 7, 2016, 02:34:07 PM EDT

You just did "ooh look a monkey" - (pwhysall) - (4) - Oct. 7, 2016, 06:05:54 PM EDT

All I'm saying is one is no better or worse than the other. The reasons may vary, but both are evil. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (3) - Oct. 9, 2016, 11:02:25 AM EDT

So what? - (pwhysall) - (2) - Oct. 9, 2016, 11:54:13 PM EDT

Exactly. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Oct. 10, 2016, 08:13:39 AM EDT

And I just told you why not. - (pwhysall) - Oct. 10, 2016, 01:49:33 PM EDT

Eh? I don't like Verizon. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Oct. 7, 2016, 03:34:43 PM EDT

Google doesn't need to sell phones, though. - (pwhysall) - (5) - Oct. 7, 2016, 06:05:20 PM EDT

But... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Oct. 7, 2016, 06:15:23 PM EDT

Sure - (pwhysall) - Oct. 7, 2016, 06:44:49 PM EDT

+5, Interesting. - (static) - (2) - Oct. 7, 2016, 10:30:13 PM EDT

Might be worth double-checking that - (pwhysall) - (1) - Oct. 8, 2016, 02:25:31 AM EDT

No, it's not locked to Telstra. - (static) - Oct. 8, 2016, 03:21:24 AM EDT

Decided I just can't do it. New T-Mobile $330 LG V10 looks like a possible winner. - (Another Scott) - (21) - Nov. 11, 2016, 11:48:08 PM EST

New ones at eBay for $280. - (Another Scott) - Nov. 12, 2016, 10:35:20 AM EST

It arrived today. - (Another Scott) - (5) - Nov. 16, 2016, 08:21:33 PM EST

when I get a new, the local tmobile store is happy to put a sim in for me free -NT - (boxley) - (2) - Nov. 16, 2016, 08:50:45 PM EST

Good to know. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 17, 2016, 08:42:08 PM EST

they are as competent with their products as the applestore folks with theirs -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 17, 2016, 08:56:46 PM EST

Bah. The cutter, etc., won't arrive until Monday. Grr... -NT - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 19, 2016, 07:29:50 PM EST

Patience, Grasshopper! :) -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 19, 2016, 08:57:11 PM EST

Initial thoughts. - (Another Scott) - (12) - Nov. 22, 2016, 11:22:28 AM EST

heh, just got a new t-mobile android phone - (boxley) - (11) - Nov. 22, 2016, 02:59:04 PM EST

:-) Rub it in. ;-) - (Another Scott) - (10) - Nov. 22, 2016, 03:21:46 PM EST

Any privacy concerns with Assistant on your part? - (mmoffitt) - (9) - Nov. 22, 2016, 04:48:57 PM EST

Not yet. - (Another Scott) - (8) - Nov. 22, 2016, 05:15:34 PM EST

Voice recognition is vastly better in my new phone - (drook) - (4) - Nov. 22, 2016, 05:36:43 PM EST

Agreed (vastly better) for my G6 - (crazy) - (3) - Nov. 22, 2016, 06:03:02 PM EST

Did some looking - (drook) - (2) - Nov. 22, 2016, 07:36:55 PM EST

Thanks - (crazy) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2016, 07:47:21 PM EST

Yeah, online is actually faster -NT - (drook) - Nov. 22, 2016, 08:41:41 PM EST

Privacy is the least of your worries on Android - (pwhysall) - (2) - Nov. 25, 2016, 03:23:11 AM EST

Re: Privacy is the least of your worries on Android - (Another Scott) - (1) - Dec. 2, 2016, 02:49:37 PM EST

Re: Privacy is the least of your worries on Android - (pwhysall) - Dec. 3, 2016, 02:36:30 AM EST

Down to $300 at B&H now. -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 27, 2016, 02:54:55 PM EST

Is you stupid, or is you just high?
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