LTE Bands?

[itinj6]

Browsing Amazon, I came across a listing for an unlocked GSM LG Watch Sport. My Sport is on the way purchased from the Google store but never had the option to choose between GSM or CDMA. Are they interchangeable? Can you just add an AT&T or Verizon SIM to any Google Store purchased watch? Thanks. I use AT&T.

 

[Richard Servello]

Browsing Amazon, I came across a listing for an unlocked GSM LG Watch Sport. My Sport is on the way purchased from the Google store but never had the option to choose between GSM or CDMA. Are they interchangeable? Can you just add an AT&T or Verizon SIM to any Google Store purchased watch? Thanks. I use AT&T.

Nobody uses CDMA anymore. That's simless and requires an internal activation.

 

[kg4icg]

Nobody uses CDMA anymore. That's simless and requires an internal activation.

Verizon and Sprint still do

 

[Richard Servello]

Verizon and Sprint still do

I guess for legacy device purposes. But nothing new uses it. Haven't for several years.

 

[kg4icg]

Verizon doesn't have 100 percent volte coverage which means some of your phone calls fall back to CDMA.

 

[Richard Servello]

Verizon doesn't have 100 percent volte coverage which means some of your phone calls fall back to CDMA.

Unfortunately Verizon still uses outdated tech for calling... Which is why you can't talk and use data.

 

[kg4icg]

Actually CDMA is better then GSM, more capable, its just some didn't want to pay what Qualcomm was asking so they went cheap on GSM.

 

[itinj6]

Thanks for the replies. So does anyone know if the watches sold from the two different carriers and Google are interchangeable?

 

[Richard Servello]

Thanks for the replies. So does anyone know if the watches sold from the two different carriers and Google are interchangeable?

They are unlocked, any sim will work

 

[Richard Servello]

Here's the bands on the box.

 

[itinj6]

Thank you. Was just wondering why they would list it as GSM unlocked

 

[Richard Servello]

Thank you. Was just wondering why they would list it as GSM unlocked

Marketing

 

[E60351]

Marketing

Yup

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Actually CDMA is better then GSM, more capable, its just some didn't want to pay what Qualcomm was asking so they went cheap on GSM.

While CDMA had better call quality, I recall that GSM was more capable with things like simultaneous voice and data. Was a pretty big thing back then to NOT have to hang up with someone to check something on that dinky web and WAP browser, then call them back.

But, man, Qualcomm were sharks even back then, and the reason companies like Samsung can't use their Exynos chips in the smartphones here in the US is because of Qualcomm's licensing costs, so they end up using the Snapdragon in their US variants. Similar debacle with the Intel/Qualcomm modem in the iPhone 7 series.

 

[kg4icg]

While CDMA had better call quality, I recall that GSM was more capable with things like simultaneous voice and data. Was a pretty big thing back then to NOT have to hang up with someone to check something on that dinky web and WAP browser, then call them back.

But, man, Qualcomm were sharks even back then, and the reason companies like Samsung can't use their Exynos chips in the smartphones here in the US is because of Qualcomm's licensing costs, so they end up using the Snapdragon in their US variants. Similar debacle with the Intel/Qualcomm modem in the iPhone 7 series.

Oh but here is kicker, to accomplish that, you actually have 2 cell radios in your phone, the gsm side for calls and SMS, and the wcdma/hspa/hspa+ and let's not forget LTE plus all the necessary antennas to do it, for in which the evil Qualcomm was and still is getting there cut.

 

[phxXD]

Best I can tell this would be compatible with Sprint.

 

[kg4icg]

Best I can tell this would be compatible with Sprint.

Actually, those lte bands are AT&T. Sprints are 850—band 26, 1900- band 25, and 2500-2680-band 41