Verizon compatibility

[Stinger4321]

I'm confused.. on Verizon and ordered this phone... Question is I have never had the ability to be on a call and still have internet access unless on wifi.. I have had a Note 3, 2 different nexus 6s and a og pixel xl.. Some are saying they do have this ability... Is this true?

 

[canawler]

I'm confused.. on Verizon and ordered this phone... Question is I have never had the ability to be on a call and still have internet access unless on wifi.. I have had a Note 3, 2 different nexus 6s and a og pixel xl.. Some are saying they do have this ability... Is this true?

You can do voice and data at the same time on Verizon if you have the advanced calling features enabled on both the phone and your Verizon account. You'll be using the VoLTE feature so the voice call will be using the LTE bands along with data. The simplified story is that when in an LTE coverage area but without VoLTE turned on, the voice calls go over the CDMA network and data goes over the LTE network. Phones only have one radio antenna now so you can't do both CDMA and LTE at the same time. There were some older Verizon phones that could do simultaneous voice and data back when their network was all CDMA but those phones had to have two radio antennas. They started dropping the second antenna in 2014 as their LTE network was improving. I had a Droid Turbo back then and it was a bit of an issue when they introduced the phone with one antenna and no VoLTE capabilities so no simultaneous voice and data. It took them several months to roll VoLTE out in an update and even then it wasn't usable in my area because calls would drop whenever you lost the LTE signal. Someone please correct me if I didn't state that well?

 

[Stinger4321]

You can do voice and data at the same time on Verizon if you have the advanced calling features enabled on both the phone and your Verizon account. You'll be using the VoLTE feature so the voice call will be using the LTE bands along with data. The simplified story is that when in an LTE coverage area but without VoLTE turned on, the voice calls go over the CDMA network and data goes over the LTE network. Phones only have one radio antenna now so you can't do both CDMA and LTE at the same time. There were some older Verizon phones that could do simultaneous voice and data back when their network was all CDMA but those phones had to have two radio antennas. They started dropping the second antenna in 2014 as their LTE network was improving. I had a Droid Turbo back then and it was a bit of an issue when they introduced the phone with one antenna and no VoLTE capabilities so no simultaneous voice and data. It took them several months to roll VoLTE out in an update and even then it wasn't usable in my area because calls would drop whenever you lost the LTE signal. Someone please correct me if I didn't state that well?

Thanks for the info and clarification.. I have a company issued phone and today had them look into those advanced calling features... Seems that only my phone the HD Voice was declined on.. Had them enable it and bam.. can make calls and access data on my old Nexus 6..

 

[canawler]

Thanks for the info and clarification.. I have a company issued phone and today had them look into those advanced calling features... Seems that only my phone the HD Voice was declined on.. Had them enable it and bam.. can make calls and access data on my old Nexus 6..

Nice! Glad to be of some assistance.

 

[messypotamia]

Can anyone tell me how good it actually works on Verizon? I am considering getting it since I am on an old unlimited plan it would be nice to buy an unlocked
-snip- Thanks.

I'm trying a vzw mvno (us mobile) and I can't get mobile data to work (voice sms ok) I think they didn't provision my phone right. Or they don't know what they're doing.