# Does my wife really need a new phone? Our cell company is saying she does

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 21, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-wife-really-need-a-new-phone-our-cell-company-is-saying-she-does/923445 "2020-10-21T00:16:11Z")
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#### Post date: [October 21, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-wife-really-need-a-new-phone-our-cell-company-is-saying-she-does/923445/8 "2020-10-21T11:56:05Z")

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I cannot say for sure but you may need to get a new phone, just because it supports 4G does not mean that it supports VoLTE which is what the networks are switching too exclusively. You will still be able to transmit data, so if like what happens in my household most calls are using apps rather than actual voice calls, then it won’t be a problem, but otherwise you might be out of luck. Here are several articles on what the change actually means and how it might affect your phone:

> **[Explained: AT&T and T-Mobile VoLTE phone cutoffs](https://www.androidauthority.com/volte-att-t-mobile-1148654/)**
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> Everything you need to know about AT&T's move over to HD Voice and T-Mobile's transition to VoLTE, and what it means for smartphone calls.

> **[How to find out if your T-Mobile phone has VoLTE support](https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/07/24/how-to-find-out-if-your-t-mobile-phone-has-volte-support/)**
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> T-Mobile will shut out all incompatible devices next year

Hope this helps

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