Global Phone?

[RicanMedic78]

Verizon says global capabilities coming to select Android handsets this summer
BOY GENIUS REPORT | MAY 23, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/9xi6G

Verizon Wireless on Monday confirmed that the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX, HTC Rezound, and DROID 4 will receive global roaming capabilities later this summ... read more

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[RicanMedic78]

So now that we know this.... Does that mean that the gsm side works off of the lte radio/sim slot? I always kinda knew lte was backwards compatible to gsm... Confirmation tho?

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[dpham00]

lte is gsm technology.

 

[Ry]

Well, the current stock rezound can do it and I am sure that some ROM's can do it too. Hopefully you can undo whatever damage verizon does, especially since we have s-off

Looks like US carriers won't be blocked due to the spectrum auction.

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/1...ringing-us-carrier-interoperability-with-them



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[labs point]

From this article:

Aside from the HTC Rezound (which only has quad band GSM and dual band WCDMA for European 3G networks), all of these devices support quad band GSM and WCDMA for global roaming all over the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The way I read this our Rezounds will only have this global function in Europe. Is this the way you guys see this?

 

[Ry]

From this article:

Aside from the HTC Rezound (which only has quad band GSM and dual band WCDMA for European 3G networks), all of these devices support quad band GSM and WCDMA for global roaming all over the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The way I read this our Rezounds will only have this global function in Europe. Is this the way you guys see this?

I read that as you won't get 3G if you tried to use the Rezound on a US GSM network.

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[dpham00]

From this article:

Aside from the HTC Rezound (which only has quad band GSM and dual band WCDMA for European 3G networks), all of these devices support quad band GSM and WCDMA for global roaming all over the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The way I read this our Rezounds will only have this global function in Europe. Is this the way you guys see this?

It has quad band gsm, voice, but data bands are limited.

 

[TBolt]

I read that as you won't get 3G if you tried to use the Rezound on a US GSM network.

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From this article:

Aside from the HTC Rezound (which only has quad band GSM and dual band WCDMA for European 3G networks), all of these devices support quad band GSM and WCDMA for global roaming all over the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The way I read this our Rezounds will only have this global function in Europe. Is this the way you guys see this?

The way I read it is that the Rezound will only work on 3G networks outside the U.S. even after they upgrade to LTE.

If true, looks like I'll be looking for one more upgrade when Europe & South America get LTE.

 

[Simon_y7]

What about that third WCDMA band (mentioned in the same article) that Rezound, unlike other global phones-to-be, doesn't have a radio for? How much would that impair its truly global use?