[Leica] Phones

[Jeff Moore]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 12:35 Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Does FI work internationally?  Tina does lots of travel.  One thing about
> AT&T is that I've been able to use it just about anywhere.
>

Did you read the Fi website?  I have no personal experience with it, but
they claim wide international coverage:

https://fi.google.com/about/rates/

The thing about Fi which makes broad service plausible is that it isn't
Google going out and trying to build its own new wireless carrier; it's
Google making arrangements with multiple established carriers.


> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
>
> > Not just an Android phone - one from their approved list (most easily
> > handled by buying a phone through them).  Note that the Pixel 2 XL is one
> > of those phones, and is the best hardware on the list.
> >
> > Phones used for Fi need to be able to access multiple phone networks
> > simultaneously.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 11:49 Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Fi sounds interesting.  We have 2G coverage out here according to their
> > > map.  You have to have an Android phone.  I'll check it out.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Tina
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Yeah, Project Fi is pretty intriguing.  They've arranged to use the
> > > > infrastructure of three separate wireless phone companies (last time
> I
> > > > checked it was two!).  Check your area's coverage:
> > > >
> > > > https://fi.google.com/about/coverage/
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 11:28 Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Tina, take a brief look at Pixel fi.  It is a Android phone that
> > > > primarily
> > > > > uses wi-fi but will switch to any carriers signal.  Cost is $10/gig
> > up
> > > > > to$60.
> > > > > My daughter has had one for three months now and has traveled
> > > throughout
> > > > > the US without issue or without service.  I might add that like
> most
> > > > 30ish
> > > > > she uses her phone continuously.
> > > > >
> > > > > I had to Google it as I don't think it is beyond a slow roll out.
> > Also
> > > > > only available online from Google.  You will however be both free
> > from
> > > > > ISP's and more entangled by Alphabet.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018, 8:19 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <
> > > lug at leica-users.org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I loved my7plus too.  Now I have an X, and it is an amazing
> phone,
> > > > > smaller
> > > > > > in hand than the 7plus, but a bigger screen.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The facial recognition works for my bank and other password apps
> > too.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Brian Reid <
> > > > reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Demand a replacement. Apple stores are authorized to do that.
> > > > > > > I just switched from a 6 Plus to a 7 Plus. Love it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sonny
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>
> Sonny
> http://sonc.com/look/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> 1714
> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>
> USA
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