<p dir="ltr">Greg, Just tried the wifi calling feature on the 5x. Works great! No configuration required. I simply put the phone in airplane mode. Enabled wifi. After a bit, it shows T-Mobile wifi calling as the carrier. Cool beans.</p>
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<div>Just a quick note. I don't know if it
works, haven't tried yet, but WiFi calling seems to be baked into
Marshmallow on the 5x. The 5x has been great so far. The only
real complaint I have is the speaker pop on powering on/wake up.
I know, nit-picky... I was tempted by blu, one+, and UMI. But
couldn't pull the trigger on those just yet. Perhaps in a next
two to three years. :)<br>
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On 8/28/2016 10:49 AM, Greg Clifton wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I'll throw in here too. I've been researching phone
options for a couple of weeks since the wife lost her [Sony
Xpera] phone in the home theater seats and the screen got
cracked and the digitizer hosed and I'm still learning about new
brands I've never heard of, like the UMI mentioned above. From
my quest, I have learned that there a quite a number of tier 2
manufacturers that offer quite a lot of bang for the buck. There
are several quite impressive offerings in the ~$300-400 range
including the likes of One+ 3, but the UMI Super is quite close
in specs to the One+ for only $200, pretty amazing!
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<div>We're with T-Mobile, but don't get good reception at home,
so rely on their WiFi calling feature. I am not confident
enough to try a custom ROM install plus, I suspect we would
lose the WiFi calling feature if I did a CM or such. We just
ordered a 32GB Nexus 5X on Friday (which I assume will not
come with WiFi calling) from Amazon for $279 with the thought
of taking it to Google Fi, if the T-Mobile Extended coverage
doesn't work for home calling. It was ordered Prime, but
delivery is not till 9/2, presumably because it will be
shipping with Nougat installed.</div>
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<div>In summary, I find that one can get tons more performance
and features on an Android phone for WAY less money than on
iPhone. With performance going up and prices coming down
continually, [at a $200 price point] it seems to me that they
are pretty much becoming throw away devices after the expected
2-3 year useful life. When you think of the thousands of $ we
have all spent on computers over the years that are no longer
supported, $100-200 per year in today's dollars for such
impressive technology isn't so bad.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Calvin
Harrigan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:calvin.harrigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">calvin.harrigan@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for
the offer, wish I had seen it earlier. I ended up getting a
Nexus 5X from Fry's on sale.
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On 08/19/2016 03:22 PM, James Taylor wrote:<br>
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I'd recommend the onePlus3 if you are looking in the
$300 rang phone with 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 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 4gb ram, 32GB of storage, expandable
to 128GB. Marshamallow (Androd 6) and no bloat.<br>
If you want a good deal on a new, in the box T-Mobile
HTC10, I have an extra that I found I didn't need, and
is looking for a home.<br>
<br>
-jt<br>
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<a href="tel:678-697-9420" value="+16786979420" target="_blank">678-697-9420</a><br>
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On 08/18/2016 04:29 PM, Solomon Peachy wrote:<br>
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 04:18:05PM -0400, Calvin
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With that said, what would be a good cell
replacement phone for the Nexus 4?<br>
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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>
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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>
maybe 2 other apps over stock installed. I'm usually
around a full<br>
computer, so browsing on a 4.7" screen isn't very
palatable.<br>
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