(02-16-2022, 07:14 AM)vap0rtranz Wrote: In the US, mobile on PP will have to work on 4G / LTE now. No more falling back to 3G/2G to make a txt or call go through.
Verizon 4G VoLTE calls, data, sms, and mms all are working on the pinephone thankfully (confirmed just last week): the compatibility is integrated at the hardware level in the modem. So US users won't have an issue to use the pinephone / PPP. The US users that will have issues are those using any other device: halium devices like my trusty Pixel 3a running Ubuntu Touch do NOT have VoLTE support so I will have to go to the PP as my daily driver.
I am using US Mobile as the carrier with the "Black" Verizon SIM, BTW. US Mobile is very friendly to work with, no problems having devices "black listed" etc. I even registered a new SIM using the pinephone, but I did need to list an IMEI from a different device since the PP IMEI wasn't recognized as valid (but then when putting the SIM in the PP it activated just fine and I confirmed with US Mobile support this was not a problem).