Originally Posted by
cnotes2019 Huh?? ..... Most if not all of Verizon's latest lte phones come sim unlocked. And Verizon's iphone 5c and 5s you get lte on AT&T and tmobile. And their phones share an lte band with I believe either tmo or AT&T.
Well it's good if Verizon is loosening up a little. But does it mean you can use an unbranded or unlocked phone on Verizon? Not such a huge deal if they have their SIM unlocked for travel or jumping off their network if their 3G and EDGE are still CDMA that limits the rados on their branded phones. GSM LTE isn't everywhere quite yet.
iPhones are not the same as branded Android phones with specialized radios tuned to a specific carrier...
Originally Posted by
ShadowGX OP here, didn't think I might have to respond so I didn't bother registering until now.
Not having Verizon 4G LTE won't be an issue. PagePlus doesn't support 4G currently, so if I had to switch it to Verizon there wouldn't be any difference there for me, I can't get 4G no matter what.
As for needing a SIM card, I have one for both AT&T and Verizon so that won't be an issue should it be needed. Back when I had my Droid Charge a SIM was required to use the 4G, so am I to assume something has been changed there or is there some confusion?
As for the "best bet" part... well, I don't KNOW which carrier I'm going to use until I try AT&T and see if it works. If it does, I'll use it. If not, I have to switch back to Verizon and I can't afford yet another phone just for a carrier switch.
While browsing eBay for prices there are unlocked variants, but I'm not really sure how that works. When I go to try out AT&T on will it lock to that carrier or something, and them I'm screwed with no way to change it back, or does it stay unlocked? I'm definitely no expert on this stuff and I've already screwed up with one phone, so I want to make darn sure this time.
If you buy a GSM (only works with a SIM) phone that is unlocked either by the factory or afterwards... Using it on a network will NOT lock it again. Once unlocked, always unlocked.