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Ok, I'll bite. Here's what I want:

1. make phone calls with bog standard reliability with a Verizon account

2. receive and send texts

3. take pictures with the phone's camera

4. have a bog standard virtual keyboard

5. read Wikipedia

Can PostmarketOS achieve this on some piece of ubiquitous hardware? If so, which one?



My understanding is the current state is "yes on 3G, but no on LTE" which means (depending on where you live) the actual answer may be "no."


Unfortunately Verizon is disabling their 3G network at the end of the year.


Have you considered jmp.chat? You'll never have to worry about VoLTE, WiFi calling, or 3G decomissioning again.


> In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls)

Even for $2.99, I'm suspicious about those parentheses! :)

How is the call quality? What's the latency like?


Call quality is meh and latency is not that bad.


If it isn't "bog standard reliability" then it's simply not usable as a phone replacement.




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