Detailed Supported Phone Features

**billg** · April 24, 2019, 2:30pm

These two tables compare the significant features of all phones currently supported by Republic Wireless.

Phones that work with the current My Choice Plans:

Phone	Screen Size	Phone Size	CDMA Type**	SD Card	Rem Batt	Charging	NFC	Finger Print Reader	Avail OS Ver	B71
Alcatel A30	5.0"	5.59 x 2.76"	None	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	No	7.0	No
Huawei Ascend 5W	5.5"	5.98 x 3"	None	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	6.0.1	No
LG K30	5.3"	5.85 x 2.96"	None	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	8.1	No
Moto Z	5.5"	6.04 x 2.96"	None	Yes	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Moto Z Play	5.5"	6.16 x 3.01"	None	Yes	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Moto Z2 Play	5.5"	6.15 x 3.0"	I	Yes	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Moto Z3 Play	6.0"	6.16 x 3.01"	OTA	Yes	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.1	Yes
Moto X Pure	5.7"	6.06 x 3"	C	Yes	No	Micro_USB	Yes	No	7.0	No
Moto X4	5.2"	5.83 x 2.89"	I	Yes	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	No
Moto E4	5.0"	5.69x 2.83"	I	Yes	Yes	Micro_USB	No	Yes	7.1.1	No
Moto E4+	5.5"	6.1 x 3.05"	I	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	7.1.1	No
Moto E5 Play	5.2"	5.94" x 2.91"	None	Yes	Yes	Micro_USB	No	No	8.0	No
Moto G4	5.5"	6.02 x 3.02"	C	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	No	7.0	No
Moto G4 Play	5.0"	5.69 x 2.83"	C	Yes	Yes	Micro_USB	No	No	7.1.1	No
Moto G4 Plus	5.5"	6.1 x 3.05"	C	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	8.1	No
Moto G5 Plus	5.2"	5.91 x 2.91"	C	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	8.1	No
Moto G5s Plus	5.5"	6.04 x 3.0"	I	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	8.1	No
Moto G6	5.65"	6.05 x 3.0"	I	Yes	No	Type-C	No	Yes	8.0	No
Moto G6 Play	5.7"	6.12 x 2.84"	OTA	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	Yes	8.0	No
Moto G7 Play	5.7"	5.85 x 2.8"	TBD*	Yes	No	Type-C	No	Yes	9.0	Yes
Moto G7 Power	6.2"	6.3 x 3"	TBD*	Yes	No	Type-C	No	Yes	9.0	Yes
Moto G7	6.2"	6.2 x 2.96"	TBD*	Yes	No	Type-C	No	Yes	9.0	No
Samsung J3(2016)	5.0"	5.6 x 2.81"	None	Yes	Yes	Micro_USB	No	No	7.1.1	No
Samsung J3(2017)	5.0"	5.55 x 2.76"	None	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	No	8.1	No
Samsung J3 (2018)	5.0"	5.62" x 2.76"	None	Yes	Yes	Micro_USB	No	No	8.0	Yes
Samsung J7	5.5"	6 x 2.94"	None	Yes	Yes	Micro_USB	No	No	7.1.1	No
Samsung J7 (2018)	5.5"	6.04 x 3"	None	Yes	No	Micro_USB	Yes	No	8.0	Yes
Samsung A6	5.6"	5.9 x 2.79"	None	Yes	No	Micro_USB	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Samsung S6	5.1"	5.65 x 2.78"	None	No	No	Wireless / Micro_USB	Yes	Yes	7.0	No
Samsung S7	5.1"	5.61 x 2.74"	C	Yes	No	Wireless / Micro_USB	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Samsung S7 Edge	5.5"	5.94 x 2.86"	C	Yes	No	Wireless / Micro_USB	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Samsung Galaxy S8	5.8"	5.86 x 2.68"	I	Yes	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Samsung Galaxy S8+	6.2"	6.28 x 2.89"	I	Yes	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Samsung Note 8	6.3"	6.4 x 2.94"	I	Yes	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.0	No
Samsung Note 9	6.4"	6.37 x 3.01"	OTA	Yes	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Samsung Galaxy S9	5.8"	5.81 x 2.7"	OTA	Yes	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Samsung Galaxy S9+	6.2"	6.22 x 2.91"	OTA	Yes	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Samsung Galaxy S10e	5.8"	5.6 x 2.75"	OTA	Yes	No	Wireless Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Samsung Galaxy S10	6.1"	5.9 x 2.77"	OTA	Yes	No	Wireless Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Samsung Galaxy S10+	6.4"	6.2 x 2.91"	OTA	Yes	No	Wireless Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Google Nexus 5X	5.2"	5.79 x 2.86"	C	No	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.1	No
Google Nexus 6	5.96"	6.27 x 3.27"	C	No	No	Wireless / Micro_USB	Yes	Yes	7.1.1	No
Google Nexus 6P	5.7"	6.27 x 3.06"	C	No	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	8.1	No
Google Pixel	5.0"	5.66 x 2.74"	C	No	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	No
Google Pixel 2	5.0"	5.74 x 2.74"	I	No	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	No
Google Pixel XL	5.5"	6.09 x 2.98"	C	No	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	No
Google Pixel 2 XL	6.0"	6.22 x 3.02"	I	No	No	Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	No
Google Pixel 3	5.5"	5.73 x 2.69"	OTA	No	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Google Pixel 3 XL	6.3"	6.22 x 3.02"	OTA	No	No	Wireless / Type-C	Yes	Yes	9.0	Yes
Phone	Screen Size	Phone Size	CDMA Type	SD Card	Rem Batt	Charging	NFC	Finger Print Reader	Avail OS Ver	B71

Notes
All BYOD Phones need to activated on GSM first, and if CDMA is supported by Republic then a support ticket can move the phone to CDMA after the GSM activation.

* Indicates that this phone is CDMA capable, but not yet supported with Republic at this time.

CDMA SIMs

** An activated CDMA SIM card cannot be moved between phones.
If the member needs to move a CDMA SIM card from one phone to another, and both phones support the same type of CDMA SIM card, the CDMA SIM card must first be de-activated. This is most easily accomplished by activating a GSM SIM card on that line of service, which de-activates the CDMA SIM card.

The key is that the type of can only move between phones that use the same type.

None means phone is not compatible with CDMA
ISIM phone to ISIM phone - I
CSIM phone to CSIM phone - C
SIMOTA phone to SIMOTA phone - OTA

Here is a link to the list of all compatible model numbers
Republic Wireless Phones – Republic Help
Here a tip on how to find the correct model
How to Find a Compatible Unlocked Phone

Phones that work on the Republic Refund plans:

Phone	Screen Size	Phone Size	CDMA	GSM	SD Card	Rem Battery	Charging	NFC	Finger Print Reader	Avail OS Ver
Moto E 1st Gen XT1019	4.3"	4.91 x 2.55"	Yes	No	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	No	5.1
Moto E 2ndGen XT1526	4.5"	5.11 x 2.62"	Yes	No	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	No	5.1
Moto G 1st Gen XT1031	4.5"	5.11 x 2.59"	Yes	No	No	No	Micro_USB	No	No	5.1
Moto G 3rd Gen XT1548	5"	5.59 x 2.85"	Yes	No	Yes	No	Micro_USB	No	No	5.1
Moto X 1st Gen XT1049	4.7"	5.09 x 2.57"	Yes	No	No	No	Micro_USB	Yes	No	5.1
Moto X 2ndGen XT1094	5.2"	5.54 x 2.85"	Yes	No	No	No	Micro_USB	Yes	No	5.1

Only the unique RW hybrid versions of these phones work with Republic.

NFC

(Near Field Communications) is necessary if you want the phone to work with pay services like Google Pay. It is also handy for wirelessly transferring data between NFC-capable phones.

Inductive (Wireless) Charging is very nice if your car (or your next car) has an inductive charging tray. Many new car models offer this feature.

GSM/CDMA is a very important consideration. The major CDMA carriers are Sprint and Verizon. The major GSM carriers are AT&T and T-Mobile… The portability and resale value is enhanced by having CDMA and GSM capability. RW works with both carrier types but your ability to switch from one to the other will also depend on this capability.

SD Card Slot

Having an SD Card slot can be important if you want to keep a lot of photographs and music on your phone. Normally an SD card it not included with the phone. In the chart above, "Yes" indicates there is a slot but not an SD card.

Band 71

Having Band 71 will be useful to the GSM subscribers as T-Mobile is rapidly expanding their band 71 deployment … T-Mobile Spectrum Gateway info

**southpaw** · November 2, 2017, 4:04am

Great job @billg,

I’ve turned this into a Wiki so everyone can help keep it up to date.

Special thanks, too, to @louisdi for formatting the data into tables.

**richard.p** · November 3, 2017, 3:39pm

This is an awesome chart @billg! Thanks for getting this together!

The only edit I’d suggest is for NFC on the Moto X 1st & 2nd Gen - those both supported NFC.

**amitl** · November 3, 2017, 5:22pm

Is it ok to add SD card capability and battery size to the table?

**cbwahlstrom** · November 3, 2017, 5:39pm

I think you could add so many things that it would no longer be one page wide (FM radio, screen size, camera resolution, etc…).

**skeeter** · November 6, 2017, 3:56pm

Phone: Moto X4
CDMA: Yes*
*Indicates that this phone is CDMA capable, but not yet with Republic at this time.

Does this mean we will be getting a CDMA version of the Moto X4? That is what I am waiting to buy!

**skeeter** · November 6, 2017, 4:14pm

Thank you! That is good news for the future!

I appreciate your help and detail.

**kriss.4398tl** · December 1, 2017, 6:56pm

I’m assuming you are cautiously optimistic about the possibility of using the X4 with either a CDMA or GSM RW plan, not as a plan that leverages either one based on signal quality. I’m not rejoining Republic until either the latter signal switching option comes to Republic or Fi ( which does support signal switching on the X4) significantly raises it’s rates.

**kriss.4398tl** · December 1, 2017, 6:42pm

Sure @louisdi. As with many things in the YMMV category that either depend on your location or some other concern, YMMV.

However, my answer is a resounding: Yes, the Fi blending is dramatically better than both RW-Sprint (and especially) RW-TM. The only caveat to that is that there are still certain cell-barren spots, where neither of the RW options nor Fi give us any signal. Mind you, I’m speaking from the perspective of having a family with 2 MotoG4-RW-3.0 (originally T-Mobile, lately Sprint) handsets and 2 X4-Fi handsets, and formerly having had 2 X1-RW2.0-Sprint handsets (both X1’s completely died last month, BTW).

But here’s a case-in-point. At home and in most places where I otherwise normally travel, RW/Fi-Sprint has the clear upper-hand in signal strength and quality. However, at my main place of work, it just so happens that the RW/Fi-TM signal has the clear upper-hand in both signal strength (and especially) quality. This signal difference between home and work, though, makes the Fi plan a killer feature. Our X4-Fi phones naturally switch to the stronger signal without me/us having to think about it.

Please parenthetically note that I can’t really speak for how it compares to pure Sprint or pure T-Mobile in my area, since I haven’t gone down either route. I only know a few Sprint and T-Mobile users in my area, who only use Sprint or T-Mobile due to family-plan reasons – not because they like the local coverage.

**rolandh** · December 14, 2017, 9:03pm

It’s a Wiki, you can edit it.

**haptown** · December 14, 2017, 11:21pm

Might want to add a column for Band 71 which is the 600GHZ frequency that T-Mobile recently bought and is now rolling out across the country. Might take 2-3 years to complete but it can finally give T-Mobile nationwide low-band coverage that is comparable to Verizon and AT&T. Band 71 will have better building penetration and covers a larger area, which is much better for rural coverage.

No Choice phones that RW currently allows has Band 71. Only the Samsung S8 Active and the LG V30 have it at this time, but more phone should be rolling out with it in the next 6 months.

**jasonk.8mqiz6** · December 15, 2017, 8:58pm

This is a great chart and I know you only created it to show a few very specific specs, one additional column that I think would be very beneficial to add is screen size or overall size.

**billg** · December 16, 2017, 5:20pm

Wow, @williamo.vkbg0s, @drm186 and @louisdi you guys really have done a nice job with this. Sorry I wasn’t around to help.

A lot up changes will be required as phones are added and OS’s updated. Maybe we need to get rid of all the superfluous posts in this thread leaving behind just one post from each person as they start and finish modifying the table. Who would have thought Louis and I would be adding phone dimensions simultaneously? At least the end result of that SNAFU was an overall improvement.

Regarding the title, this is more about features than specifications and intended to facilitate comparing phones by putting the features of all phone in a single table. The opening dialog is intended to help the newbie understand the value of these features.

**c1tobor** · December 16, 2017, 11:46pm

This is really an awesome collaboration. Well done everyone.

**louisdi** · December 17, 2017, 12:29am

All Republic compatible My Choice phones have band 12.

Nah.

**c1tobor** · December 17, 2017, 12:48am

I agree.

**louisdi** · January 25, 2018, 3:49pm

Note 8 Added

**louisdi** · February 15, 2018, 8:57pm

Updated for CDMA availability on G5s+, E4+ and S8

**macb** · March 4, 2018, 12:19am

My Moto X4 is on 8.0.0 as of a few weeks ago. (It was purchased through RW).

**louisdi** · March 16, 2018, 3:15pm

Added Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+