Agreed. "Support" usually amounts to little more than "your device connects to our data network" - and that boils down to "Do you have the right kind of radio built into the phone (GSM/CDMA/3g/4g/5g/etc.) and properly configured? It's not like they're going to provide tech support much beyond making sure that connection works properly. Not unless you're buying it from them, and quite possibly not even then.
Well, maybe that's not entirely far - there's some places (and particular techs) that will really
Why would any provider specifically "support" a phone? Just get a SIM and put it in.
The USA still has a mix of GSM and CDMA networks. Also, even among the two GSM carriers, T-Mobile and AT&T use some differing spectrum bands. The question could've been better phrased as "Which networks are this phone compatible with?", but the point still remains: network compatibility is kind of a big deal, and there's a big ol' goose egg where that information should've been.
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Providers? (Score:2)
I did a quick scan of some of the articles and did not see any mention of providers who support this phone. Does anyone know?
Re:Providers? (Score:2, Insightful)
Why would any provider specifically "support" a phone? Just get a SIM and put it in.
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Agreed. "Support" usually amounts to little more than "your device connects to our data network" - and that boils down to "Do you have the right kind of radio built into the phone (GSM/CDMA/3g/4g/5g/etc.) and properly configured? It's not like they're going to provide tech support much beyond making sure that connection works properly. Not unless you're buying it from them, and quite possibly not even then.
Well, maybe that's not entirely far - there's some places (and particular techs) that will really
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Why would any provider specifically "support" a phone? Just get a SIM and put it in.
The USA still has a mix of GSM and CDMA networks. Also, even among the two GSM carriers, T-Mobile and AT&T use some differing spectrum bands. The question could've been better phrased as "Which networks are this phone compatible with?", but the point still remains: network compatibility is kind of a big deal, and there's a big ol' goose egg where that information should've been.