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Originally Posted by HarryT
Would you really want a phone that will only work in the US? Don't you ever visit other countries?
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It is always possible that Verizon's iPhone will be one of their "global phones". Meaning it would have a multi band antenna and SIM slot (preloaded with a Vodafone SIM).
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Originally Posted by HarryT
I agree; data roaming charges are crazy. Best thing to do is to buy a local SIM and put it into your phone, but of course you can't do that with a CDMA phone  .
Perhaps I'm way off base here, but isn't CDMA a dying technology? I was under the (very possibly mistaken) impression that GSM and its successors had taken over now? |
Verizon is beginning to transition to LTE. Though it won't happen overnight. I mean god, they haven't even transitioned their entire network to 3G (though they have done a better job than AT&T).
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Oh yes, I know that Verizon are still a CDMA network . What I meant was why would someone sign up with Verizon when world+dog is now GSM? Is it simply that they have better coverage than GSM providers in some areas of the US? |
Specifically Verizon has coverage in areas that AT&T doesn't at all, period. Like where I was living until a couple months ago. Technically there was T-mobile coverage up there, but T-mobile doesn't have remotely as many US subscribers as big V.