6 hours ago
Trying to find any phones that fully work on Public Mobile from EITHER:
(1) Touchscreen Flip Phone (with android other than Cat S22)
or
(2) Dumbphone (flip or even better, thinner Candybar style) WITH Voice Texting (to avoid keypad typing) & Whatsapp ........ whatsapp isn't crucial, but would be nice.
Basically, I want a smaller dumbphone where I don't need to use the T9 keypad typing.
My dream phone was the Qin F21 Pro but it doesn't have bands 2 or 4. And Nokia 6300 and 2780 seem to have dropped Whatsapp with the newer OS, and... it seems most Nokia also don't have bands 2 or 4
4 hours ago
hi @JimgB the market is small and not many choices, especially for bar phones
4 hours ago
Yeah, there are a number of slimmer bar phones, just, missing the voice texting - its the one thing needed to at least make texting a real thing for me.
I'm really liking even this Artfone, but no voice texting
I just dont get why these off brands work on PM, but the Nokias are so problematic ?
4 hours ago
hi @JimgB
something like this?? But 3G only..would be good for another 3 to 5 years until 3G is retired
https://www.jethroshop.com/product-page/sc318v2r-3g-bar-style
4 hours ago
I think I'd just be happy to find a PM working dumbphone (on the thinner "bar" shape) with Voice texting.
4 hours ago
I think you will be pleasantly surprised then with the Cat !
4 hours ago
Many Nokia phones have Whatsapp and Facebook built in their "dumb phones". Problem is two-fold...
(1) KaiOS upgraded to 3 and 3.1 which apparently ditched Whatsapp and Facebook. So, you need to find old versions of Nokia 6300 (my big want), or 2720/2780 flips.
(2) Although Nokia, and North American, they don't seem to have bands 2 and 4, so, problematic working.....
4 hours ago
That red flip I linked you to... that too says Telus on it too even though it's a Chinese flip that has never been on a network. I think it's just the phone reading the primary network over PM. Not a big deal to me.
I ordered the Cat S22 cause I want to use TextNow in the US while I'm there. I'm not worried about it being thick. As long as it works, that's what's most important.
4 hours ago
hi @JimgB any phone with Whatsapp or those app means it is not a dumb phone. I think it is hard to find what you looking for
5 hours ago
Thanks.
I have the Cat S22. It's a beautiful flip. Android works great. But it's reallllly thick, and although it says unlocked, it keeps giving Telus I think it was, messages although it seems to work.
5 hours ago
Well @JimgB I ordered these two phones in the last few weeks and both work very well with Public Mobile. Sadly though, they don't have Voice to Text.
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08D71WXYN?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CKT3S57M?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1
I did order the Cat S22 recently and waiting for it to arrive. Will be interesting to test it out.
5 hours ago
Wow, PM doesnt even support a lot of "Senior" dumbphones? That's really sad, and would explain why my mom keeps having dropped calls on here basic flip phone.
It shouldnt be this hard to get a basic "bar" dumbphone that has voice texting to avoid the keypad....
6 hours ago
Your main problem will be VoLTE capability / whitelisting.
The ZTE Cymbal 2 and the Sonim XP3 are sold by Telus, so there is a reasonable chance that they work with VoLTE here?
I have a friend who loves their Unihertz Jelly 2 and Jelly Star phones, but, while having all required bands and fully VoLTE capable, PM has banned VoLTE access on them.