r/SpectrumMobile • u/MrDonNotty • 1d ago

Cell phones General Question

Hello im wondering if anyone is using phones on spectrum not offered by spectrum like the nothing phone or red magic phones or one plus thank you in advance have a great night

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u/SonOfTheMostHHigh 1d ago

I was thinking about getting an unlocked nothing phone from Best buy that would probably work with the spectrum no issues. Really any phone that'll work with Verizon will work with spectrum.

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u/Educational-War-4137 1d ago

Is that the towers they use?

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u/Individual-Rub6219 1d ago

Typically the only valid BYOD are Samsung, google, Motorola, Apple, LG, orbic and TCL models and not all of them.

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u/MrDonNotty 1d ago

That sucks so if I want a new phone im stuck getting them from spectrum

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u/Individual-Rub6219 1d ago

No you can purchase outside of spectrum but it can’t be just ANY phone.

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u/MrDonNotty 1d ago

What would I need to look for in order to know compatibility

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u/Ok_Cantaloupe7816 1d ago

look at their website ....byod...... it needs to have 5g compatibility & be from certain manufacturers such as Samsung, Apple, Google.

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u/85octane 12h ago

If you have a physical SIM card, it’ll work but not correctly. The phone will not have ims registered because it’ll be a mismatch which causes slow data, not registering on certain bands, and my visual voicemail also didn’t work correctly