On Sun, 7 Sept 2025 at 22:32, Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> wrote:
so, at least where getting this phone is concerned, it means where I can stand in a store..although so far learning where all this can be done firmly for telus is proving a challenge.
I went to the Sonim web page for the XP3plus. https://www.sonimtech.com/products/phones/xp3plus That page listed Bell and Telus under the heading "Find your Sonim XP3plus carrier". Clicking on the "Visit carrier" link for Telus on that page took me to a Telus "out of stock phones" page that said: "This phone is no longer available" https://www.telus.com/en/mobility/phones/sonim-xp3plus So, you are probably out of luck if you want to "try before you buy" an XP3plus from Telus. Clicking on Sonim's XP3plus "Visit carrier" link for Bell took me to a Bell support page for the XP3plus. That page didn't appear to have any links or information on how to purchase one from Bell. https://support.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Sonim-XP3-Plus I then started from Bell's main page and worked my way through to the Sonim brand phones they were offering. Two phones were listed; the XP Pro 5G and the XP5plus (no knobs). The XP3plus was not listed, so it may be that Bell also currently doesn't sell the XP3Plus, meaning you couldn't "try before you buy" from Bell, either. Again, it's likely that if you obtained an unlocked XP3plus from somewhere else that you could still use it with Telus, Bell or most other providers but finding a way to try one out first may prove to be difficult. -- Scott