US Carrier Phone Compatibility

Discussions focus on which US cellular carriers (e.g., T-Mobile, Sprint, AT&T, Verizon) support a specific phone or service, including LTE band compatibility, hotspots vs. phones, and workarounds like VoWiFi.

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w1ntermute Oct 31, 2013 View on HN

All US carriers except Verizon are/will be supported.

garaetjjte Mar 31, 2021 View on HN

Carrier support vary, but you could use VoWiFi.

stumm Feb 26, 2014 View on HN

It's only supported with some carriers, such as sprint and t-mobile.

zmonkeyz Apr 20, 2012 View on HN

It would help to have your flagship phone on multiple networks.

neilv Mar 6, 2025 View on HN

Will this let you use cellular data plans that only work with phones, not with non-phone devices (for carriers that charge more money for non-phones)?

toomuchtodo May 10, 2017 View on HN

T-Mobile supports this as well.

modeless Jan 13, 2024 View on HN

The point of this service is it works with unmodified existing LTE phones. "supports sat comm" is not a requirement.

ianburrell Mar 13, 2023 View on HN

It uses LTE and any phone should work.

3825 Mar 8, 2013 View on HN

You'll have to switch to a GSM carrier like ATT or T-Mobile though.

deadmike Aug 2, 2013 View on HN

The phone you want, on the network you don't.