Please help me think through the Verizon debacle

[thischarmingman]

Hi everyone,

I have read with interest the posts here regarding the Nexus 7 LTE and Verizon, but I still have a question:

I am currently within my return period for my 32GB wifi 2013 Nexus 7. I love this tablet more than I thought I would, and would love the LTE version. My cell service is with Verizon, but I am aware of all of the issues around them activating a Nexus 7 right now.

So, my thinking is that if I went ahead and got the LTE version, I am essentially betting $80 that Verizon will eventually let me activate it on their network. Otherwise, I just basically overpaid for a wifi version.

I guess what I am asking is what do you think the odds are that there will be yet another LTE Nexus 7 that works on Verizon, which is different than the current LTE Nexus 7 that Google is selling? Otherwise, my $80 gamble on going ahead and getting an LTE version does not seem quite so risky.

I hope I am making sense. Thanks in advance for your help, and for a great site.

 

[htowngator]

If you have a line that you're not using that is already provisioned with LTE, use that SIM.

Otherwise you won't have to wait forever. It will happen at some point.

 

[jjhoneck]

Use PDANet, convert your Verizon cell phone into a WiFi hotspot as needed -- and forget buying the LTE Nexus 7 altogether.

That's what we did, times three Nexus 7s. Do the math, and you'll see that the savings are immense.

 

[htowngator]

Use PDANet, convert your Verizon cell phone into a WiFi hotspot as needed -- and forget buying the LTE Nexus 7 altogether.

That's what we did, times three Nexus 7s. Do the math, and you'll see that the savings are immense.

I'm only buying one because I have a line that I don't use and my lte SIM enables data just fine.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

 

[Unicorn Rancher]

I guess what I am asking is what do you think the odds are that there will be yet another LTE Nexus 7 that works on Verizon, which is different than the current LTE Nexus 7 that Google is selling?

Everything I hear says it works on LTE from a technical standpoint already, so I doubt Google or Asus would redesign the device to compensate for bugs in Verizon's network.