Btw, you can keep circle to search on and use GoodLock to remove the nav bar. You just press and hold in the middle where the nav bar would be to activate circle to search

I would generally agree with you, but in this case, Verizon has already been subject to such a rule for over a decade as a condition of the 700MHz spectrum. Verizon does offer subsidized/financed devices like the other carriers, it just doesn’t SIM lock them beyond the initial period.

Given this data point, I think it’s a good idea to expand to the other carriers.

Who’s your ISP? I’d suspect it’s the ISP treating tethering traffic differently. I notice that on my phone (AT&T postpaid), my phone and tethered computer even get different IPv4 addresses. I’m not saying performance should be identical if they are sharing an IPv4 address, moreso just showing that ISPs can handle tethering traffic differently.

EDIT: just saw you’re on Orange, oops! I don’t know how they operate, they could be handling tethering traffic differently from native mobile.

Thanks, that’s good advice!

Wow, that looks perfect! A bit on the pricy side, but we can look for coupons. Thanks very much!

Haha, that’s awesome. I love the ringer!

That’s an option, but once again do you know if I can provision and use parental controls if we don’t have any other Apple devices?

Excellent point. Yeah, we already use Family Link to manage screen time and it’s working well

Totally fair, tho we don’t need it to run Android. Some locked down OS that only does phone calls might be okay.

Thanks! Wouldn’t have thought of a senior type of phone. I’ll take a look!

Yup, that’s definitely an option. Thanks!

Thanks! That would be an option, but we don’t have any Apple devices, so I’m guessing it would be tough to provision it, plus not sure we could use find my iPhone. Would be happy to be wrong here, tho!

Thanks, didn’t realize this was a thing!