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I read about the change several months before and migrated from a OnePlus 5 to a Pixel 3a. I am on an MVNO, so I ultimately decided to migrate back to Verizon.
by chasil 5y ago
I read about the change several months before and migrated from a OnePlus 5 to a Pixel 3a.
I am on an MVNO, so I ultimately decided to migrate back to Verizon. The only reason that I was on AT&T at all was a larger diversity of supported devices. VoLTE has really put an end to that for me, as I'm on LineageOS.
- joecool1029 5y ago> VoLTE has really put an end to that for me, as I'm on LineageOS. This is extremely device dependent. Out of officially supported LineageOS models, the general rule of thumb has been VoLTE that works in stock firmware on Motorola or Oneplus will also work in LOS. Samsung won't as they have a proprietary implementation. AT&T goes a step further than just blocking devices that don't register on IMS and also runs IMEI whitelists so almost all imported phones will not work on their network.
- happycube 5y agoYup, choice in phones was one of AT&T's only advantages over Verizon (remember when their phone selection was literally the Island Of Misfit Phones?) and that's gone now.
- joecool1029 5y agoI left AT&T back in 2012 or so when they started to flag and reclassify my plan on every import model I bought. Prior to that, T-Mobile was almost purely urban and AWS band supporting phones were a little obscure. But that's not an issue today and now I can import whatever. I still have a few active SIM cards supporting GSM-only operation if I feel like using an old phone from 2005. (I have a sony ericsson w810i that Google's WAP site still works on, the oldest phone I tried within past year was a t68i but data wouldn't work, just calls/sms)