T-Mobile REVVL V+ 5G Android 64GB Smartphone - Nebula Black (Renewed) (T-Mobile Unlocked)

I've been unable to find an inexpensive 5G wireless access point. I don't want a smartphone, but can't find another option at this time.I bought this phone with the hope that it would work with US Mobile's service, which it does. I really like my pooled data plan with them, but I wanted a device on T-Mobile's network, as I have had very good service from a T-Mobile 4G WAP at some rural locations. At my home, neither Verizon nor AT&T work very well as a backup for my Internet service, but T-Mobile has 5G coverage in my area.I had a "Dark Star" SIM that was already activated, and dropped it into this phone. Once the battery was charged, I was able to power the phone on and place phone calls and send text messages. However Internet didn't work, even using Chrome browser on the phone itself. I've already become familiar with adding an APN to other devices, so I followed the instructions from US Mobile's site to add the "Darkstar" APN, and configure it for tethering, which is the main purpose of this device.The disappointing part has nothing to do with this phone, which seems to be working perfectly well. The phone is running on AT&T's network, not T-Mobile. While the service is still poor at my home, I tried it at a few different locations, and found a couple of places nearby where the speedtest.net results were very impressive, with download speeds over 120Mbps and upload speeds over 80Mbps. However, I also found places that were essentially "dead zones" for data, even though the phone still showed a 5G connection.I briefly tried this phone with a US Mobile "Warp" SIM, which connected to Verizon's network. I was able to place a call, send a text message, and connect to the 4G service available here. The speed is similar to another 5G smartphone I have from another reseller. I did not have to make any APN adjustments, it just worked.SUCCESS!!! Took some time, but I am finally on T-Mobile's network (using US Mobile's "Light Speed" network) and now have weak 5G coverage at my home. I have to put the phone in a window to get the 5G service. If I move it to the interior, I get 4G service which is actually slightly faster than Verizon's 4G. A VoIP call while tethered on the 5G network was a bit spotty. I'm hoping that will improve when i get a long enough USB cable to tether it via USB instead of WiFi. My speedtest.net speed is showing 24Mbps down and 3Mbps up with 648ms latency while on 5G and tethered via WiFi.Unlike the "Dark Star" and "Warp" networks, I had a good deal of trouble switching to the "Light Speed" (T-Mobile) network. I did two 1-hour long support chat sessions, but still didn't have phone, sms, nor mms service. By adding the correct APN, I did get Internet service. I inadvertently left the phone on while charging it after the last troubleshooting session. While it was charging, it downloaded a 1.9GB update. I'm not sure what all updated, but the OS updated from Android 11 to Android 12. The phone service started working after the requested reboot. It requested a WiFi connection to complete updating, so I set that up and ran the update option from the Android settings menu. The sms & mms services started working about 20 minutes later. One of the notifications seemed to suggest the carrier initiated the update, but I don't know if that was the OS update, or something else.

This was a perfect replacement for my shattered T-Mobile phone. I just inserted sim card and worked like a charm. There are no issues that I see. It is quite large, but I watch a ton of movies (games also) so that's a plus.

They sent me a phone that was cracked. I overlooked it because I had to have a phone. I also discovered the port was bad. The phone would not charge. I paid 72.66 to get the port fixed. Then the speaker on the phone fades in and out. So they called Amazon. They politely sent me another phone call and told me to contact the seller about the port fee, which I did. The seller then asked for proof, so I sent an info picture of my phone and box, which I did again. They came back because we could not refund that much and were sorry. The next phone I got the Sim Want read, so now that phone must go back. I will never purchase from this company again. Amazon should remove them all together.

Do far so good. It works great and came ready to use. I just switched my SIM card to it and set it up. Easy to transfer all data and apps from your other phone. It asked if you want to the you follow the prompts.

It's a good phone. I wrote a bad review on this phone, but it was wrong. The charger was bad, not the phone battery.

This phone freezes up including my text messages it will also for my text messages say cannot send even though I have a signal so I end up having to restart the phone in order for my text message to go through I also get incoming messages from the person twice the same message.

Great value, sturdy phone, great sound.

My second time buying this phone my first one my camera screen is cracked so I ordered another one and this one's way better than the first one thank you!