REPUBLIC WIRELESSThe Product Engineering Perspective

HI, I’M BRANDON SMITH

EPISODE IVA New Hope

BACKROOM DEALSInverted packaging, etc.

WHAT IS HYBRID CALLING?

(212) 555-1234

SPRINT

VERIZONSPRINT

VERIZONSPRINT

(212) 555-1234

IF ONLY THERE WERE A WORLD-WIDE NETWORK OF

COMPUTING DEVICES

THE INTERNETS

SIPWEBRTC

(212) 555-1234

(212) 555-9876

VERIZONINTERNETCALLING

INTERNETCALLING

(212) 555-1234

(212) 555-9876

VERIZON

(212) 555-1234

(212) 555-1234

(212) 555-9876

VERIZON

(212) 555-9876

INTERNETCALLING

FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS

EPISODE VThe Empire Strikes Back

SPRINT SLAPS OUR HANDGot to get official

Real hardware partnerGot to get certified on Sprint’s network

DEFY XT

DEFY XT PAIN POINTS

OLD HARDWARE,OLD ANDROID

NO MMS

NO VISUAL VOICEMAIL

VARIABLE VOICE QUALITY

DROPPED CALLSFREQUENTLY

UPDATES TIED TO MOTO

EPISODE VIReturn of the Republic

MOTO X

ACTIVE NOTIFICATIONStimely notifications without killing your battery

OK GOOGLE NOWtouch-less control

FAST CAMERAwith the flick of your wrist

HORSESHOE-ING

HORSESHOE-INGALL CALLS ROUTE THROUGH

REPUBLIC

VERIZON

(212) 555-1234

REPUBLIC

(212) 555-1234

ALL CALLS ROUTE THROUGH REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC VERIZON

(212) 555-1234

(212) 555-1234

ALL CALLS ROUTE THROUGH REPUBLIC

HORSESHOE-ING

HORSESHOE-ING

HORSESHOE-ING

HORSESHOE-ING

FRICTIONLESS UPDATINGGoogle Play Store

Release, Beta, and Alpha Channels

VOICE QUALITY

VISUAL VOICEMAIL

HANDOVERWi-Fi to cellular handover

Republic Wireless handover works like magic

Abraham Lincoln, 1864

DEVICE ARCHITECTURE

DEVICE MAINTENANCE RELEASES ARE…

• Infrequent

• Expensive

• Time consuming

• Difficult to alpha/beta test

• Tied to partner’s timeline and schedules

• Not customer friendly

• Typically only 3 or 4 in the device lifecycle

18months

ANDROIDTELEPHONYGSM CDMA SIP

ANDROIDTELEPHONYGSM CDMA SIP**

ANDROIDTELEPHONYGSM CDMA SIP

REPUBLIC

VOICEMAIL

SMS/MMS

AUTH

ADMIN

WIFI MGT

ETC….

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