I REALLY want to buy one of these, but having it work on Verizon is an absolute need. T-Mobile/AT&T service quality where I’m at is absolutely horrible (I have a 2nd TMO line that I keep solely to track TMO network improvement…there’s absolutely no way I could rely on TMO).Â
I fully expect these to run like Chinese Android phones where Verizon won’t officially support them or be able to activate a new SIM on it, which I’m ok with (I have an Oukitel and Ulefone on Verizon now, plus a Samsung that I keep just for SIM activation).Â
I see Verizon support is coming…just curious if there’s a planned ETA for it?
As of version 13.0.4, the phone has support for most of the LTE bands used by Verizon. I assume that means it should probably work with an activated SIM card, but I don’t really know enough about Verizon to tell you for sure.
EDIT: Just realized it was @jesus who made that reply. The following was NOT intended in any way to imply you don’t understand the network or anything like that, more just relating my experience with other phones.
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I’m looking at the blog update from September where it’s noted USA bands are now supported for TMO and AT&T, Verizon and others are coming later.Â
Band support is only part of the issue. As an example, Visible is owned by Verizon, runs on the same network on the same bands, and I have several phones that work 100% on Verizon, yet won’t even register on the Visible network. Just acts as if there is zero cell signal at all.
I have other phones that work on Verizon for calls and basic data, but SMS/MMS absolutely refuse to work. I’ve seen data work, but absolutely refuse to connect calls, likely due to lack of complete VoLTE support, despite full band support.
Or the Ulefone I’m on now that won’t push MMS through at all on the stock Google messages app, but does work with Textra, without even altering APNs.
Unfortunately for me, I don’t have enough knowledge of the SMS/MMS protocols to be able to determine where exactly the breakdown is occuring.
Unfortunately due to whitelisting AT&T and Verizon are unlikely to work unless Furilabs pays for their certification processes, regardless of compatibility with their network. Testing with my Verizon Ting sim shows that it does not connect to their network despite the hardware being able to connect to its bands. It does pull down their APN profile properly, so it’s not misconfigured. T-Mobile is the only carrier that does not whitelist devices, yet.