LTE Bands the Verizon model has in common with the Unlocked model

[Ry]

Japan uses WCDMA almost exclusively. It is not one of the CDMA countries. WCDMA, also known as 3G GSM, is actually used for GSM carriers, not CDMA carriers. Although it is a Qualcomm technology but never used on CDMA carriers because it is incompatible.

KDDI has/had 1xRTT and CDMA2000/EVDO with SIM in Japan.

 

[Ry]

Re: This is why Verizon is evil. Can't wait to switch away from this company.

It's much simpler than that. There are no technical limitations.

Example: All recent Apple Devices are unlock able or unlocked. iPads. iPhones. They work in All carriers. They all have CDMA bands. Not that it matters, Verizon hardly uses CDMA unless there's no LTE signal (can't remember the last time I was on 3G).

HTC and Samsung don't have the power, sadly to make their phones universal because of business deals with carriers.

Apple and recently, Google does.

Still, another huge bonus from buying Apple devices.

Smaller players like BlackBerry, Google, and Motorola can do it to.

 

[Ry]

Just checked on my Verizon HTC 10 preorder and decided to see how many LTE bands it has in common with the Unlocked:

Verizon HTC 10: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 13, 20, 28

Unlocked HTC 10: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 20, 28, 29, 30

Missing: 1, 12, 17, 28, 29 30

Yep, missing AT&T (17), T-Mobile (12) and it almost certainly won't work on Sprint. So, chances are you aren't moving this device over to another network at will if you want that other network's full LTE coverage.

Verizon sucks. I can't wait until my lines go off contract and I can just pay off all the equipment and switch.

Curious - are you going to renew an older contract to get the HTC 10 on Verizon?

 

[jinzen]

Curious - are you going to renew an older contract to get the HTC 10 on Verizon?

No, I'm doing device payment so the phone costs $550, which I'll pay off when my other lines on contract end.

 

[ALCingularUser]

iDEN is another technology that uses a SIM. It wasn't a requirement, and older phones didn't use it, but the newer ones do. It's been that way for at least 11 or 12 years.

 

[wlonsdale]

Re: This is why Verizon is evil. Can't wait to switch away from this company.

Love my Nexus 5x

 

[dpham00]

Actually, that is no longer the case.

It's one cellular radio now. That's why you need Advanced Calling 1.0 to do calls and data simultaneously.



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I think what you meant to say was one cellular path,which is why you must have volte to have simultaneous voice and data. The Verizon 10 supports gsm, UMTS, lte, and cdma radios.

 

[Ry]

I think what you meant to say was one cellular path,which is why you must have volte to have simultaneous voice and data. The Verizon 10 supports gsm, UMTS, lte, and cdma radios.

Correct.

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[anon(8938849)]

I don't know about it having ALL the LTE bands for T-Mobile, but my Verizon HTC 10 is currently fully working on T-Mobile. I get full service, and it even falls back to H when there's no LTE or if I'm on a call. What are the drawbacks of not having the new bands like 12 and if I did have that, would that make my data faster or anything?


Side question: does anyone know if Verizon prepaid gets all the benefits of post paid like advanced calling for simultaneous voice and data?

 

[Ry]

I don't know about it having ALL the LTE bands for T-Mobile, but my Verizon HTC 10 is currently fully working on T-Mobile. I get full service, and it even falls back to H when there's no LTE or if I'm on a call. What are the drawbacks of not having the new bands like 12 and if I did have that, would that make my data faster or anything?


Side question: does anyone know if Verizon prepaid gets all the benefits of post paid like advanced calling for simultaneous voice and data?

T-Mobile Band 12 LTE will help indoors.

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[dpham00]

I don't know about it having ALL the LTE bands for T-Mobile, but my Verizon HTC 10 is currently fully working on T-Mobile. I get full service, and it even falls back to H when there's no LTE or if I'm on a call. What are the drawbacks of not having the new bands like 12 and if I did have that, would that make my data faster or anything?


Side question: does anyone know if Verizon prepaid gets all the benefits of post paid like advanced calling for simultaneous voice and data?

Full service depends on what is deployed in your area. But the Verizon variant doesn't support band 12 lte or 4g aws. So where tmobile uses those then you would not be able to connect. Might not be an issue for you but could be an issue for some.

 

[Ry]

Mod note: Moved posts about using the unlocked HTC 10 on Verizon to this thread: http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-10/667122-will-us-unlocked-htc-10-model-work-verizon.html

 

[wlonsdale]

Re: This is why Verizon is evil. Can't wait to switch away from this company.

Or Nexus devices