Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Arno Welzel Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Google is preparing to replace RCS with MLS Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:47:02 +0200 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net CilQO0SkAUydcFHKThh1tQ4mK+vK5bON40Nej9CT8isSFlHv2z Cancel-Lock: sha1:rIgIWjsumMZepb3lkjdYCUNzO+0= sha256:qASpP2t/KAJT5fYGCxl7T3WlLBBaQzsPQyIcjb3V/ws= Content-Language: de-DE In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3058 Andrew, 2024-08-20 18:54: > Arno Welzel wrote on Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:29:53 +0200 : > >>> You live in a world that is foreign to Americans, where we get plenty of >>> phones for free, without contracts, and without any real strings attached. >>> >>> But we do have to pay local sales tax on the full MSRP of our free phones. >>> >>> Also the iPhones aren't free for some reason, as they're only 1/2 price. >>> >>> >>> We even get free tablet SIM cards for life, but at only 200 MB/month data. >>> >> >> I can't see anynthing on the links posted - just a blank page with a >> header, nothing else. > > That's your browser then but don't worry. It was just a proof of what I > said, which is T-Mobile gave *everyone* in the USA a free 5G Android phone > around the March 2021 time frame as part of their promotion of 5G coverage. I tried it with Vivaldi, Firefox, Chrome - none of them showed any picture. Today I tried it again - *now* the images show. Seems that image sharing service does not work very reliable. > Well, everyone with a post-paid plan got that offer of a free 5G Android. > The USA is nothing like Germany when it comes to good customer service. *Any* country is nothing like Germany when it comes to good customer service. -- Arno Welzel https://arnowelzel.de