All four of my phones are unlocked, and so far, the only feature I’ve seen blocked is FM radio, which supposedly is blocked universally on Verizon, not just on unlocked phones.
I’m sorry to hear about your trouble. My phones are Motorolas and (ugh) Samsungs. Some manufacturers, such as Hwawei, OnePlus, etc., have displayed carrier compatibility glitches/issues, and buggy code that interferes with apps. If that’s the case, the carrier or app developer won’t be able to resolve the issue.
On the other hand, yes, as seen by Verizon’s position that FM radio won’t be supported, there could be something intentional there. The 5G rollout might have something to do with it, in terms of compatibility going forward.
I had noticed one thing on AT&T online customer service vs. the brick and mortar store. The online person was perfectly willing to discuss pricing tables that we could both view on their website. The clerk in the store not so; only the agent could see what was on their pricing screen, even doubly effective standing behind the ubiquitous COVID-19 plexiglass.
If I opt for this sim card, I still have to weigh my options between the two. As a U.S. Verizon customer, I’ve used AT&T for international calling for 22 years no problem (because of the lower rates). T-Mobile for me is an unknown.
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I understand budgetary/pricing considerations are important to many. To each, and for each, they must speak for themselves alone. I, for one, really welcome this and will definitely be trying it with my L5 when it arrives. So great job Purism team. I imagine @Kyle_Rankin had a hand in this.
Totally agree. I would look at this as a way to cut my home internet bill and cellphone bill. Combined using this I would say over $80 a month in every place I’ve lived. I mean provided you aren’t using your home network for internet services you self hosted (which I do), this would be a great thing for most people.
I guess the question really is, do I have to use the sim in the Librem 5? Could I put it in a LTE hotspot for example?
Good question, which I don’t think has been satisfactorily answered - and maybe Purism hasn’t done a lot of informal testing with other devices as yet.
I assume that the SIM will be a nano-SIM i.e. as suited for the L5. So the other device would have to be OK with that size of SIM.
That said, in my experience, SIMs arrive in larger-sized plastic carriers, so that even if your LTE hotspot wants a micro-SIM, for example, you should be able to insert the AweSIM in the hotspot provided that you have not already broken the SIM out for use in the L5.
That said, I have even heard of people mucking around trying to retrofit a nano-SIM back into a carrier for a larger SIM (for older devices).
I have a nano-SIM from a local provider that I can fit back in the micro-SIM plastic frame it came out of. I use that for occasional testing in an Android phone I have that only accepts a micro-SIM card. The trick is to keep it from falling out of the frame while inserting it into the SIM slot. See the diagram in this Wikipedia section for an idea of how that works:
Would be great to get in Europe as well.
Hopefully the price will come down a little as well over time. Could be a great tool to work remotely with the EU roaming rules, hopefully even internationally
All of those ideas are great but for user-convenience I hope nano-SIM is the last iteration of physical card SIMs, since all this mucking around is a pain.
What are the actual data limits? Could I use this in a hotspot/router in an RV? For BitTorrent and Tor? Heavy uploading?
MintMobile (T-Mobile reseller) is offering “unlimited” (35GB before slow down) for $30/month. Without any information other than whatever the device itself gives i.e. IMEI, Mac. Device was bought with cash from a person.
Send it to a P.O. box with any accepted alias i.e. initials
That’s it. No need to provide MintMobile your personal information. No need to use an app.
I’d be willing to pay no more than double that to support Purism and only if the data allowance is far greater. Currently, AweSIM is a wonderful idea but it just isn’t competitive to anyone but Verizon type customers who are paying egregious amounts.
It’s gratis with an optional paid tier for extra features and furthermore for enterprise accounts. They don’t sell or share any information. It’s even possible to hide the payment details from your bank or creditor.
What Privacy.com does, is generate virtual cards to use that are locked to a particular website. The allowed payment is configurable up to $250 US.
Most places will accept it. I’ve only ever run into a couple that wouldn’t as it generally shows up as a pre-paid card. Sometimes you can message customer service and explain. YMMV there but, they are working on being accepted with all vendors. That being said, I’ve had the same issue with virtual cards from my bank.
I have even heard of people mucking around trying to retrofit a nano-SIM back into a carrier for a larger SIM (for older devices).
