And Scott, Do you have any idea when that will be?
I would have thought Nokia would have had a hand in it's dev but they don't really exist anymore in the mobile world. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Sent: Wednesday, 13 April 2016 3:03 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Unlocked Phones that’s until 5G is ratified right? :) > On Apr 12, 2016, at 10:10 AM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > > That's good to know, I think eventually the CDMA networks will be phased out > and it will all be GSM lte which is a good thing since that's what the rest > of the world is using. > Original message: >> Mike, this was true last century.:) Actually a little more recent >> than that but is no longer the case, sort of.:) > >> First, yes, you can most definitely buy an unlocked iPhone from Apple >> directly for example and slap a Verizon SIM in the phone and join the >> network no problem. Is this officially supported, not exactly but Verizon >> runs a pretty open network so phones should join and auto provision >> including LTE. This is actually the part of the VZ network I worked on. >> The LTE channel now supports voice so your calls route over the data channel >> and use GSM just like the rest of the world now.:) Verizon gives you some >> other interesting features like video over the voice channel and of course >> now that it’s all GSM / LTE you can browse and talk on the same device at >> the same time. >> Sprint it’s been my experience could accept other phones but locks >> their network to the phones they sell. I have been told though I believe on >> this list and as well on the eyes free list that you can now insert a Sprint >> SIM in to an unlocked phone and it ill join their network. I don’t know >> about their frequency usage other than they are doing a carrier aggregated >> thing similar to T-Mobile across more than one band. One of the good things >> about the 6S is it has the same radio chip across the product line so you >> get a wide amount of support in one handset. It’s a true world phone. > >> Hope that helps. > > > >>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 7:51 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote: > >>> With unlocked iphones, you can definitely choose at&t or t-mobile, with >>> verizon and sprint it's a bit more interesting, unless this has changed, >>> you need to have the model of iphone designed for these two carriers. >>>> On Apr 11, 2016, at 5:52 PM, E.T. <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > >>>> Scott G, you probably can answer this easily. I am on a family plan now >>>> but may need to go on my own. If I buy an unlocked iPhone (likely the 6s) >>>> from any source, any capacity, can I choose any plan from any carrier >>>> (likely Verizon)? Reason I ask is I just looked at their site and did not >>>> see any 6s models, just the plus. > >>>> I should probably go to a local store and at least look at the different >>>> models and compare sizes. Could ask about plans too while there. > >>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard... >>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> Many believe that we have been visited in the past. 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