<p dir="ltr">Thanks James,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Since all LTE traffic is IP, VoLTE certainly makes sense. What is the monthly charge for the LTE micro cell device?</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 28, 2016 2:56 PM, "James Taylor" <<a href="mailto:James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com">James.Taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">T-Mobile now has a home cell spot that you can tie into your internet that gives me full bars LTE, were I barely could get a phone signal before.<br>
They want a $25 deposit, but they waived the fee for me because I am a long term customer. I'd push for that if you've been with them for awhile.<br>
Make sure you let them know you have little to no service.<br>
You don't want the repeater, it produced only very marginal improvements for me when I had it.<br>
No wifi calling needed at home, but doesn't solve the problem in basements and computer centers where I often work.<br>
One other point.<br>
Marshmallow is supposed to support VoLT calling now. If your carrier supports it (I know t-Mobile and Verizon do), the custom roms I have used contain it.<br>
-jt<br>
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James Taylor<br>
<a href="tel:678-697-9420" value="+16786979420">678-697-9420</a><br>
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>>> Greg Clifton <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> 8/28/2016 10:49 AM >>><br>
I'll throw in here too. I've been researching phone options for a couple of<br>
weeks since the wife lost her [Sony Xpera] phone in the home theater seats<br>
and the screen got cracked and the digitizer hosed and I'm still learning<br>
about new brands I've never heard of, like the UMI mentioned above. From my<br>
quest, I have learned that there a quite a number of tier 2 manufacturers<br>
that offer quite a lot of bang for the buck. There are several quite<br>
impressive offerings in the ~$300-400 range including the likes of One+ 3,<br>
but the UMI Super is quite close in specs to the One+ for only $200, pretty<br>
amazing!<br>
<br>
We're with T-Mobile, but don't get good reception at home, so rely on their<br>
WiFi calling feature. I am not confident enough to try a custom ROM install<br>
plus, I suspect we would lose the WiFi calling feature if I did a CM or<br>
such. We just ordered a 32GB Nexus 5X on Friday (which I assume will not<br>
come with WiFi calling) from Amazon for $279 with the thought of taking it<br>
to Google Fi, if the T-Mobile Extended coverage doesn't work for home<br>
calling. It was ordered Prime, but delivery is not till 9/2, presumably<br>
because it will be shipping with Nougat installed.<br>
<br>
In summary, I find that one can get tons more performance and features on<br>
an Android phone for WAY less money than on iPhone. With performance going<br>
up and prices coming down continually, [at a $200 price point] it seems to<br>
me that they are pretty much becoming throw away devices after the expected<br>
2-3 year useful life. When you think of the thousands of $ we have all<br>
spent on computers over the years that are no longer supported, $100-200<br>
per year in today's dollars for such impressive technology isn't so bad.<br>
<br>
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Calvin Harrigan <<a href="mailto:calvin.harrigan@gmail.com">calvin.harrigan@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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> Thanks for the offer, wish I had seen it earlier. I ended up getting a<br>
> Nexus 5X from Fry's on sale.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 08/19/2016 03:22 PM, James Taylor wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I'd recommend the onePlus3 if you are looking in the $300 rang phone with<br>
>> pretty much flagship features and a vanillish Android OS.<br>
>> If you want to spend even less, with higher specs and a 5.5" diagonal<br>
>> screen, the UMI Super or Umi Max is an excellent value.<br>
>> I bought a super for my daughter at a promo price of $189, and it has<br>
>> 4gb ram, 32GB of storage, expandable to 128GB. Marshamallow (Androd 6) and<br>
>> no bloat.<br>
>> If you want a good deal on a new, in the box T-Mobile HTC10, I have an<br>
>> extra that I found I didn't need, and is looking for a home.<br>
>><br>
>> -jt<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> James Taylor<br>
>> 678-697-9420<br>
>> <a href="mailto:james.taylor@eastcobbgroup.com">james.taylor@eastcobbgroup.com</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Calvin Harrigan <<a href="mailto:calvin.harrigan@gmail.com">calvin.harrigan@gmail.com</a>> 8/18/2016 9:08 PM >>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>> On 08/18/2016 04:29 PM, Solomon Peachy wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 04:18:05PM -0400, Calvin Harrigan wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>>> With that said, what would be a good cell replacement phone for the<br>
>>>> Nexus 4?<br>
>>>><br>
>>> Without knowing what features you prioritize and your carrier, It's hard<br>
>>> to offer meaningful suggestions. Personally, I'm pretty happy [1] with<br>
>>> the Sony Z3 Compact I picked up a couple of months ago. It's small but<br>
>>> not low-end, Sony is still supporting it, and plays nicely with<br>
>>> Cyanogen.<br>
>>><br>
>>> [1] As happy as I can be without having a physical keyboard. Sigh...<br>
>>><br>
>>> - Solomon<br>
>>><br>
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>> Sorry about that. I'm on T-Mobile. It needs only to make calls,<br>
>> tether, navigation and most importantly as close to vanilla android as<br>
>> possible. I have a work phone from sprint that is just embarrassingly<br>
>> stuffed with bloat-ware, a lot of which cannot be uninstalled. I have<br>
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