check into

English translation: use another phone in the network

18:00 Mar 28, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / confusing
English term or phrase: check into
Is it to register?
Why the original text keeping this phrasal verb in a punctuation mark?

the context:
The company describes Hotel My Phone as a sort of Airbnb for phones. The idea is that you get a small circle of close friends to download the app, creating a trusted network of phones you can use with your own number in a pinch. You can even "check into" an Android phone to turn it into your virtual iPhone, and vice versa, if both phones have the app.

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mohamed015
Morocco
Selected answer:use another phone in the network
Explanation:
"check into" is what people do when they register for a hotel or AirBnB so that's why the word is in "" marks as they say this network of phones is LIKE (similar) to having a hotel or an AirBnB for your phone (but is not quite the same thing at all).

Here it just means you can use another phone in your network of friends who have downloaded the app.

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Note added at 28 mins (2019-03-28 18:29:04 GMT)
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so the quotation marks are really to show that this is an unusual use of the verb "check in"
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Yvonne Gallagher
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4 +9use another phone in the network
Yvonne Gallagher
4 +1English
Maryam Shirdelpour
5check into
Elshaday Mekonnen


  

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use another phone in the network


Explanation:
"check into" is what people do when they register for a hotel or AirBnB so that's why the word is in "" marks as they say this network of phones is LIKE (similar) to having a hotel or an AirBnB for your phone (but is not quite the same thing at all).

Here it just means you can use another phone in your network of friends who have downloaded the app.

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Note added at 28 mins (2019-03-28 18:29:04 GMT)
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so the quotation marks are really to show that this is an unusual use of the verb "check in"

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
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agree  Andrea Pilenso
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agree  Henk Sanderson
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agree  philgoddard: It should be "check in to".
42 mins
  -> Many thanks:-) yes, the verb is "check in"

agree  Jörgen Slet
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agree  Tony M
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agree  JohnMcDove
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agree  Björn Vrooman: Disagree with Phil, though. You can look that up in any dictionary; it's check into--one word. // Your links aren't saying anything different? No. 3 here: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/check... Log in/on is another matter, ofc.
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  -> https://www.quora.com/Which-is-grammatically-correct-check-i... & https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/check-in-into.183571...

agree  Jennifer Caisley
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agree  Hakki Ucar: Correct
3 days 12 hrs
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English


Explanation:
If you check into or are checked in at a hotel or airport, you go to the desk and report that you have arrived.

Example sentence(s):
  • I arrived in Paris and checked into my hotel.
Maryam Shirdelpour
Iran
Local time: 22:09
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)

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agree  Sima Shirdelpour
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check into


Explanation:
Check into means registering ones arrival into a hotel or AirBnB. From the context of the rest of the paragraph, the quotation used for "check into" implies registering an android...
So you can use the original meaning of check into.

Elshaday Mekonnen
Ethiopia
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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