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iPhone as a wifi device
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1827074" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>Good to know. Thank you.</p><p></p><p>I travel with a Verizon hot spot that I have been using for my laptop, but which I would also use for any iPhone that I bought to use as a nav system. While I would buy an unlocked phone I do not believe that it would have to be unlocked to use wifi, regardless of the source of the wifi. In this case it is a Verizon hot spot but I assume wifi is generic and any device can connect to it, assuming it is wifi compatible.</p><p></p><p>Since my carrier is Verizon I might make the point of buying a Verizon compatible (ie, CDMA) phone, but perhaps not since I have no plans to use the phone as anything other than a nav device and no plans to get internet any way other than wifi. In any case, even if I bought a CDMA compatible phone, it would not be compatible with today's Verizon 4G LTE signal and if I wanted to make sure the phone was compatible to both signals I think I would have to look at something like an Verizon iPhone 7, and thus the cost starts to increase. We have our normal phones (an iPhone 8 Plus and a Samsung S10 Plus) so I don't really see the point of getting another compatible phone.</p><p></p><p>It is good to know that there is a split-screen view available, but I do not think I would need it since I do not listen to music when I travel. Typically my wife and I are talking and, if we are not, then I listen to a book from Audible.com, and that is on my regular phone. I just plug some ear buds in and play the book. I might be able to do that through CarPlay but don't really see how that is any advantage. The more functionality I need from the nav device the more modern (and faster) a phone I would probably need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1827074, member: 305741"] Good to know. Thank you. I travel with a Verizon hot spot that I have been using for my laptop, but which I would also use for any iPhone that I bought to use as a nav system. While I would buy an unlocked phone I do not believe that it would have to be unlocked to use wifi, regardless of the source of the wifi. In this case it is a Verizon hot spot but I assume wifi is generic and any device can connect to it, assuming it is wifi compatible. Since my carrier is Verizon I might make the point of buying a Verizon compatible (ie, CDMA) phone, but perhaps not since I have no plans to use the phone as anything other than a nav device and no plans to get internet any way other than wifi. In any case, even if I bought a CDMA compatible phone, it would not be compatible with today's Verizon 4G LTE signal and if I wanted to make sure the phone was compatible to both signals I think I would have to look at something like an Verizon iPhone 7, and thus the cost starts to increase. We have our normal phones (an iPhone 8 Plus and a Samsung S10 Plus) so I don't really see the point of getting another compatible phone. It is good to know that there is a split-screen view available, but I do not think I would need it since I do not listen to music when I travel. Typically my wife and I are talking and, if we are not, then I listen to a book from Audible.com, and that is on my regular phone. I just plug some ear buds in and play the book. I might be able to do that through CarPlay but don't really see how that is any advantage. The more functionality I need from the nav device the more modern (and faster) a phone I would probably need. [/QUOTE]
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