On Oct 5, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Hunter Hillegas wrote: > So, this is one of those questions that I haven't seen answered definitively. > My understanding is: > > - If you get a CDMA phone (Verizon or Sprint), which this phone you'll be > able to roam on GSM networks in Europe, etc…, assuming you have a roaming > plan.
There is no CDMA phone with the 4S. It is all just one phone. > > - The AT&T phone is locked, though you can buy an unlocked one for a bunch > more money. > > - All CDMA phones are locked (is there such a thing as an 'unlocked' CDMA > phone? I don't think so but I could be wrong). You can't get a Verizon phone > and use it on Sprint (at least not without some hackery). Since there is only one phone now, we have to change our point of reference. I would expect the CDMA part to be "hard coded" to Verizon or Sprint. But it still has WCDMA/GSM capability. I would expect this to be locked to Sprint or Verizon as well, the same way it is to AT&T. Verizon has SIM cards for those roaming and I think LTE phones also use SIM cards so they have them for them. Chad > > I believe the primary benefit for customers is to be able to get a CDMA phone > that works in the US but also be able to roam overseas. For Apple, it means > manufacturing only one kind of phone, so they love it. > > Anyone have more info? > > On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Gopiballava Flaherty wrote: > >> Is the Verizon model locked? Or can you put a third-party GSM SIM in there? >> >> (My understanding is that Verizon actually does give out GSM SIM cards which >> are good for roaming. That also makes me wonder, can an unlocked phone do >> GSM and CDMA at the same time? Two phone lines at once! Simultaneous voice >> and data! As long as you have a GSM data account to go with your Verizon >> voice account.) > > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
