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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
But when you are in an area that doesn't have LTE you won't be able to use data, right? It's LTE only vs. AT&T sim where you can use 3g data if that's all that's available.
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No. Since LTE CDMA phones still have the CDMA bands and radio, (where it currently gets its talk and 3G (and even lower speed) data) you would still have data even in 3G-only areas. All CDMA LTE phones are "hybrids." Eventually (supposedly) Verizon and Sprint will move over to VoLTE (Voice over LTE) and, at that point (supposedly) they'll be able to drop the CDMA bands. Verizon is tentatively talking about 2021, but VoLTE deadlines have slipped a lot already. Still a lot of work to do to get to that point.