bufbooth Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hello All, The new phone I got a few months ago might be of interest, it is a Motorola Defy smartphone setup to be used on the Republic wireless service. The interesting thing about it is that it will try to use wifi first to make a VOIP call and then the Sprint 3G / regular service if wifi is not available, also US roaming is free. They have two plans, one is $259 for the phone and then $19 a month for unlimited voice, data, and Text. The other is $99 for the phone and then $29 a month for unlimited voice, data, and Text. Motorola is offering a $50 rebate credit if you buy the phone before March 18th. If you have poor cell phone coverage at home or in parts of your house (like your basement) and have WIFI, you will not have that issue anymore as long as your wifi is up. Same is true if you are in a hotel or other building that has wifi. Dennis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 That stuff is getting far more reasonable now that they are doing more and more VoIp I have been using Skype for years but I only have WiFi. That is a good buy thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 older phone http://www.laptopmag.com/review/smartphones/motorola-defy-xt.aspx no mms... but waterproof... nice. good battery life. cheap. I like it. what would be really cool would be if i could put an iphone on that data plan for that price. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totem Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 yeah but they charge for skype to non skype; the beauty of the Republic phone is that its been baked into regular phone functionality. the only hassle of it is to manage waps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maineah Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 you can use Skype on smart phones, there is a free app for it. Yes I use it on my tablet but all Skype to Skype both video and voice when you say "free" it's easy to get all your friends and family to down load it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stamar Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 again another google concept they sort of shelved. google owns motorola now. so they dont really want to kill the cell phone industry with free wifi everywhere anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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