Unlocked phones on big red

Bosgarage57

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So as an unlimited data user still and verizon effectively closing the subsidized upgrade will verizon ever let unlocked phones on their network?

Yes companies will have to start putting the correct bands in the phones, but what all does that entail? I would think if asus, redmi, or other carriers would slap a correct band, or all bands like Apple does in their device they would be able to sell more units. Then it would come down to verizon letting those phones on their network. They are letting nexus devices.
 
There are severe trust issues when it comes to Chinese phone brands. Plus a great market risk associated with it. So verizon might not be making any plans but seems a possibilty in the future
 
In a lot of cases, people are just popping already-activated Verizon SIMs into the phones and using them. Granted, Verizon won't really offer you much support if you have issues, but those instances are really rare.

As to if Verizon will start allowing them without any hoops to jump through? I wouldn't count on it. Verizon has been, and most likely will always be, the most restrictive carrier around.... they don't like allowing phones on their network that they haven't fully molested.. sorry.. .'qualified' first. And I really do not see that policy changing any time soon.

Yes, they allow the Nexus, but that was a fight. When the Nexus 6 was released, it wasn't until like February that they actually sold it un stores.. and even though the other Nexus 6s were EXACTLY THE SAME model, if you walked into a Verizon store with one bought from Google, not VZW, they would have turned you away.
 
Verizon has to let them on their network if they support the correct bands.

Only Motorola (Moto X third gen, Nexus 6), Apple (iPhone 6 and up), and Google (Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P) have invested in doing so.

Posted via the Android Central App on the Moto X Pure Edition
 
Verizon has to let them on their network if they support the correct bands.

Only Motorola (Moto X third gen, Nexus 6), Apple (iPhone 6 and up), and Google (Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P) have invested in doing so.

Posted via the Android Central App on the Moto X Pure Edition

With the proviso that Verizon won't activate a new phone unless its one of the very few they've signed off on ahead of time. You'll need an existing activate sim card to put in, and you'll get no support from them
 
Verizon has to let them on their network if they support the correct bands.

Only Motorola (Moto X third gen, Nexus 6), Apple (iPhone 6 and up), and Google (Nexus 6, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6P) have invested in doing so.

Posted via the Android Central App on the Moto X Pure Edition

Technically, Verizon only has to let them on their network if they have the 700 LTE Network (band 13) as that is the band with open-access requirements. To my knowledge, none of the others has that requirement and Verizon can use that as an excuse to block access.
 
With the proviso that Verizon won't activate a new phone unless its one of the very few they've signed off on ahead of time. You'll need an existing activate sim card to put in, and you'll get no support from them

Of the phones I listed, they've all been signed off. Though some were after release.

And on support - that's probably the way it should be.
 
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Technically, Verizon only has to let them on their network if they have the 700 LTE Network (band 13) as that is the band with open-access requirements. To my knowledge, none of the others has that requirement and Verizon can use that as an excuse to block access.

Technically yes. LTE Band 13 is what triggers it.