Will the OnePlus 3 work on Verizon?

[thetintfactory]

Will this work on the Verizon network in USA?

 

[effreyj]

Re: Verizon?

Will this work on the Verizon network in USA?

Nope.

 

[Umass021]

Re: Verizon?

Doesn't look like it thought it does have 2 of the 3 Verizon LTE bands but not the main one.

 

[dpham00]

Re: Verizon?

It does support 3 of Verizon's lte bands... However it won't work on Verizon because it doesn't support 700MHz upper block c,where Verizon has the open devices requirement.

 

[jec11718]

Re: Verizon?

If it did I would buy four of them...me, the wife and parents. Gotta have vzw for coverage.

DRoID TuRBo this...

 

[Aquila]

It's 2016. One phone SKU that works on all carriers. We've had it for two years now ... and now two releases this month backed away from it. What's going on?

 

[dpham00]

It's 2016. One phone SKU that works on all carriers. We've had it for two years now ... and now two releases this month backed away from it. What's going on?

The companies making the single sku get the phone approved by sprint and Verizon...

 

[bhatech]

It's 2016 and they still need approval from useless cdma carriers like Verizon, Sprint? thank god for GSM options and not be at the mercy of these carriers.

 

[Aquila]

Until CDMA is done, yes. It is simply silly to not get that approval and make one SKU, but it's even worse to not have support for Verizon at all - that's the best network with a ton of users being ignored.

 

[bhatech]

Until CDMA is done, yes. It is simply silly to not get that approval and make one SKU, but it's even worse to not have support for Verizon at all - that's the best network with a ton of users being ignored.

Best network is subjective... What's best for you is not the same for everyone. Millions of people are happy with T-Mobile, AT&T and is the best network for them. It's also silly for Verizon to make it tough for OEMs to get the phones on their network with unnecessary certification and other processes. Every OEM doesn't have enough budget and resources to deal with carriers like Verizon.

 

[Aquila]

Sorry, meant rated the best, not best for every user. Verizon wins the most categories in the most markets but obviously there are some markets where someone else is just as good or better.

 

[dpham00]

It's 2016 and they still need approval from useless cdma carriers like Verizon, Sprint? thank god for GSM options and not be at the mercy of these carriers.

On Sprint, if the imei is not in the database then it flat out won't work.

On Verizon if it has lte band 13 then it will work on Verizon without approval, but you need an active Verizon 4GLTE sim.

 

[dbregman]

On Verizon if it has lte band 13 then it will work on Verizon without approval, but you need an active Verizon 4GLTE sim.

I am curious why they would not include band 13. Is it a cost issue or something else? It seems that they are excluding a large (well over 100MM) customer base.

 

[dpham00]

I am curious why they would not include band 13. Is it a cost issue or something else? It seems that they are excluding a large (well over 100MM) customer base.

Probably because it can't be activated directly by Verizon through customer support.

 

[anon(1733)]

I wish I knew. Verizon is picky on which devices they certify. It would be nice if Verizon would just open their world.

I understand they look at it from a customer service standpoint if they don't sell the device they can't help. But in reality they aren't helpful anyway.

 

[robschertzer]

"What's best about Verizon" for me is that it's the only carrier that works where I live. We have no T-mobile and very spotty to no ATT. Wish I could get the OnePlus 3 but need to stick with Verizon compatible phones.

 

[LordLugard]

Does the OP3 even have a CDMA radio? Without that, everything else is moot when it comes to CDMA carriers like Sprint and Verizon...

 

[cchou168]

It has CDMA 800. Will pick up data on Verizon 3G ONLY. Can't make any calls... I tried and I live in Boston.

 

[anon(1733)]

You most definitely can make calls. I'm doing that right now. Calls and text both work.

 

[anon(1733)]

It's just the data is only 3g