On Oct 5, 2011, at 2:57 PM, objectwerks inc wrote:

>> - 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.

Right. I meant a phone that was signed up with Sprint or Verizon.

> 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.  

I guess my ultimate point was that I don't think that this capability means you 
can randomly switch between carriers at will (i.e. phone nirvana).


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