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Check android thread. Talked about a bunch.
Been on it for awhile now. Like Matt said, if you're a heavy data user you wont save much vs att, sprint, etc.
It uses TMO, Sprint and US Cellular towers so I'm rarely ever without signal. It does not aggressively switch carriers like Google claims, so its worth grabbing an app to manually jump when you need to.
It also tries to keep you on wifi as often as it can, but not always successful. My bills are never more than 50 a month and are usually more around 40.
You're locked in to google phones, however.
I have no regrets.
Nope. FI is only available to nexus and now the pixel phones.
And ya, FI is a big deal for travelers.
I stumbled across this the other day.
I am losing my work phone and looking at what I want to do next. For now since work is leaving me the ATT phone I am going tmobile prepaid to bridge the gap for the interim.
Fi is definitely on my radar, we do a bit of traveling so I am enticed like [MENTION=341]sickmint79[/MENTION]
[MENTION=5001]Ryan02Stang[/MENTION] Tmo is only good if you stay around here (I am about to switch off att to the tmo plan you speak of)... Sickmint and I are talking about this from the traveling perspective.The phone call question
"Ah, but wait! A data-only SIM won't let you make and receive calls, will it?"
Technically, no (and thanks for the timely interjection!) -- but fear not, my friend, for all you need is the free Google Hangouts Dialer app to get around that restriction. Hangouts Dialer makes it possible to place and receive calls from your regular Fi number; it just uses data instead of regular cellular minutes.
As long as you have a solid connection, be it via mobile data or Wi-Fi, using Hangouts Dialer for phone calls should work flawlessly. I've been using the app to make calls in the car from my "data-only" surrogate smartphone, and people have actually remarked that the call quality sounds noticeably better than normal.
If you want to get really crazy, you can also use Hangouts Dialer to place and receive calls from an alternate number -- even while you're actively signed into the device. All you have to do is set up the free Google Voice service on a secondary Google account, then add that account onto the phone. Find that account in the settings section of the Hangouts Dialer app and just make sure the option for it to receive incoming calls is checked and active.
To place a call from that other number, open up Hangouts Dialer, tap the menu icon in the upper-left corner, and tap the circular avatar corresponding with the account you want. Any calls you place in Hangouts Dialer will now come from that account's associated number.
(And yes, that means you could actually use this method to keep multiple phone numbers associated with your phone -- say, a "work" number and a "home" number -- and be able to place and receive calls from any of them, anytime. Go nuts.)
I can totally get by without making calls when traveling, because for me is pleasure travel. But being able to text and use data is huge. Looking stuff up and GPS is a big help to get around.
I've never had issues as long as I'm on an interstate or in an urban area. In rural Wisconsin I get no service, not even Edge. But driving from Phoenix to San Diego I had reception the whole time.I was gonna say can you just do all your calls over wifi?
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[MENTION=5001]Ryan02Stang[/MENTION] Tmo is only good if you stay around here (I am about to switch off att to the tmo plan you speak of)... Sickmint and I are talking about this from the traveling perspective.
you can use google maps in an offline mode as well, if you're just navigating. i've had to make an occasional call to the bank (even when they knew i was traveling) to get some debit machines to work too.
I've never had issues as long as I'm on an interstate or in an urban area. In rural Wisconsin I get no service, not even Edge. But driving from Phoenix to San Diego I had reception the whole time.
In regards to traveling, I used Hangouts in Singapore and Mexico and it was no different than when I'm home, in terms of texting and calling.
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Fi really does a shit job of handing over to the best connection. My one main gripe.
It's probably because hangouts uses data over cell service to make calls.I cancelled my wife's Project Fi and got her on the T-Mo $30 plan, with her number ported to Google Voice. The calling over Hangouts has become reliable enough for me to think she'll be ok with it.
I've never had issues with my calls going from the cellular data connection to wifi while on a call through Hangouts.