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Verizon's Wi-Fi Calling Coming to Galaxy S6 on Monday, iPhone 'Early Next Year'

My experience with Wifi Calling on Bell has been poor. Often have calls where the other end can't hear anything I say. It happens when the Internet is tied up with anything else, I disabled the feature after a few annoying weeks.
 
Meh. I had it on the first week it came out then I turned it off. Was draining my battery with it switching and it cuts a call if it changes from wifi to data and reverse. I have a 40mb down wifi and a tower near me as well.
 
69Mustang said:
They are. Republic Wireless has had wifi calling as one of their main features since inception. They're on Sprint's network. My 9 yr old has a Moto G on Republic. Her bill is $10 bucks a month; primarily because of the wifi calling ability. She pays her own bill.
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That's cool unfortunatly in att you are still paying even on wifi.
 
Verizon really treats Mac
C DM said:
So how does Apple having most money play into Samsung getting this feature from Verizon first?
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Verizon tends to treat Apple and customers as third party citizens. Look at the recent shenanigans they have been implanting to Apple customers.
 
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69Mustang said:
They are. Republic Wireless has had wifi calling as one of their main features since inception. They're on Sprint's network. My 9 yr old has a Moto G on Republic. Her bill is $10 bucks a month; primarily because of the wifi calling ability. She pays her own bill.
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This!
Thank you for teaching her how to manage money at such her age to make her a better adult in the long run!
 
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philipk said:
I don't know where you live but AT&T is NOT as good as Verizon in much or even most of the country except for cities larger that 100,000.

So please don't claim that Verizon isn't tops in coverage from rural areas.
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Blatant generalization. In the West Coast, where AT&T purchased the old McCaw analog cellular networks they are just as good as Verizon. In fact, Verizon keeps getting overloaded in the cities.

I can name one large rural stretch of California where AT&T secured an exclusive lease on towers on a military base and for at least a decade, AT&T was the only carrier with service period.

Another example: At a major California university, AT&T and Verizon secured leases on the campus clock tower, and they were the only carriers available in the dorms (big concrete buildings). Again, this happened back in the analog days. The other carriers literally got stuck on a light pole.
 
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When it comes to carriers IMO the old saying you pay for what you get applies. Verizon is the most expensive and has the best overall service and coverage. Sprint seems to be the cheapest but hear nothing but complaints from friends who have it..
 
C DM said:
So how does Apple having most money play into Samsung getting this feature from Verizon first?
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Nothing, and that's the point. The implication that Verizon limited testing and Samsung paid for early access makes them bad companies is ridiculous. Apple has been significantly limiting their hardware for a very long time because of profits.
 
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It beats me why anyone still uses Verizon.

I've switched to T-Mobile ages ago and have been so much happier. And T-Mobile is generally cheaper. And it's had Wi-Fi calling for a long time now.
 
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About damn time.... All 4 carriers needed this ages ago. T-Mobile had it for years too. It helps with my crappy signal since I am in a deadzone for all 4 carriers at home.
 
B4U said:
Rooting it is an option?
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I shouldn't have to root the phone in order to remove Verizon's crap.

Another huge issue I had with android were App permissions, that were way more extensive/intrusive than the exact same App on iOS. This was my favorite "Allows thee app to take pictures and videos with the camera. This permission allows the app to use the camera at any time without your confirmation." LOL, yea right.

There were cool things about the Note 4 but overall it wasn't a good experience.
 
shareef777 said:
Nothing, and that's the point. The implication that Verizon limited testing and Samsung paid for early access makes them bad companies is ridiculous. Apple has been significantly limiting their hardware for a very long time because of profits.
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That's not entirely right. Apple's selling point isn't on the specs or hardware, but rather the experience. That's how they can get away with asking the same (or more) for products that feature less powerful hardware. Anecdotally, in my short time with the Note 4, I found it to lag and not be smooth despite that "more powerful" hardware it featured. I was really surprised.
 
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I bet one of the reasons Apple didn't feel the need to pay for early access is because they have already sold millions of iPhones already. They don't need to pay Verizon for early access to wifi calling to sell phones they are already selling them. Samsung however isn't doing as well. So they think that having early access to wifi calling will help them sell more phones during the holiday shopping season.
 
shareef777 said:
Nothing, and that's the point. The implication that Verizon limited testing and Samsung paid for early access makes them bad companies is ridiculous. Apple has been significantly limiting their hardware for a very long time because of profits.
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Why is it ridiculous that those kinds of business deals have been around for a long time?
 
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