Deciding between VZW or unlocked Note 9 - does it impact RCS?

[KillerQ]

Yo...

In my research of what advantages there are to the VZW Note 9 over the unlocked version, I had read that RCS may not be supported on the unlocked version. I know Big Red is late to the game anyhow with RCS, but I'm curious of the uocked variant wouldn't support it.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

 

[Rukbat]

RCS is supported on Google's Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, so it has nothing to do with SIM-locking or not (which can affect some apps). Gut I can't see Verizon not allowing a Google app to work, and Android Messages (which does whatever has been done in RCS so far) is a Google app.

 

[Ry]

Yo...

In my research of what advantages there are to the VZW Note 9 over the unlocked version, I had read that RCS may not be supported on the unlocked version. I know Big Red is late to the game anyhow with RCS, but I'm curious of the uocked variant wouldn't support it.

Any ideas?

Thank you!

As far as I know, RCS is carrier dependent. If you're using the unlocked Note 9 that has RCS available, RCS wouldn't work if you were using it on Verizon.