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Switch between SG3 and iPhone 5?

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jkmasi

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Does anyone know if the new iPhone 5 will take the same Verizon LTE sim card as the SG3? I would like to pick one up if switching back and forth between the two handsets will be easy.

Switching from my iPhone 4s to my SG3 and back again is a pain, because if I activate my iPhone, and want to switch back to my SG3 in a few days, then I have to get a new LTE card.
 
Well from what I saw, the new iPhone is supposedly taking a pico-SIM, which means you will need an adaptor to go between the two...
 
AntimonyER said:
Well from what I saw, the new iPhone is supposedly taking a pico-SIM, which means you will need an adaptor to go between the two...
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It will require use of an adapter. Also, you can't do voice and data at the same time on Verizon or Sprint network unless you are connected via wifi on the iPhone. Now that I have that capability I have started using it frequently.
 
AntimonyER said:
Well from what I saw, the new iPhone is supposedly taking a pico-SIM, which means you will need an adaptor to go between the two...
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You mean nano-SIM. Current phones are using micro-SIM cards. Pico-SIM will be the iphone 6. ;) We're closing in on your subscriber identity module being reduced to a grain of rice so it's easy to lose and will send people by droves to their doctors for anti-anxiety meds as they fear identity theft. It's a vicious circle of capitalism - LOL.


tdperry said:
It will require use of an adapter. Also, you can't do voice and data at the same time on Verizon or Sprint network unless you are connected via wifi on the iPhone. Now that I have that capability I have started using it frequently.
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If you have LTE coverage, you can do voice and data simultaneously as the CDMA signal carries voice. The iPhone 5 will now be capable since it is 4G LTE compatible. What you mention is true for the iPhone 4 or 4s.
 
kyler13 said:
You mean nano-SIM. Current phones are using micro-SIM cards. Pico-SIM will be the iphone 6. ;) We're closing in on your subscriber identity module being reduced to a grain of rice so it's easy to lose and will send people by droves to their doctors for anti-anxiety meds as they fear identity theft. It's a vicious circle of capitalism - LOL.
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Haha, I knew pico didn't sound right. Was thinking, what is the next smallest after micro :p. Thanks!

kyler13 said:
If you have LTE coverage, you can do voice and data simultaneously as the CDMA signal carries voice. The iPhone 5 will now be capable since it is 4G LTE compatible. What you mention is true for the iPhone 4 or 4s.
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iPhone will be the ONLY phone on Verizon where this is not true. Because Apple cheaped out and didn't include seperate antennas for CDMA and LTE. (All Android phones have seperate antennas) So a voice call will still cause data to stop.
 
kyler13 said:
If you have LTE coverage, you can do voice and data simultaneously as the CDMA signal carries voice. The iPhone 5 will now be capable since it is 4G LTE compatible. What you mention is true for the iPhone 4 or 4s.
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Not true. The iPhone 5, even with LTE, is still not capable of doing both simultaneously on Verizon and Sprint. Apple is using different radios and it just can't be done.
Engadget
Gizmodo
 
AntimonyER said:
iPhone will be the ONLY phone on Verizon where this is not true. Because Apple cheaped out and didn't include seperate antennas for CDMA and LTE. (All Android phones have seperate antennas) So a voice call will still cause data to stop.
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Clementine_3 said:
Not true. The iPhone 5, even with LTE, is still not capable of doing both simultaneously on Verizon and Sprint. Apple is using different radios and it just can't be done.
Engadget
Gizmodo
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:banghead:

Thanks for the clarification. Did not know that Apple went the fail route on that.
 
Yep, my coworker who is on AT&T but dealing with awful signal, is EXTREMELY disappointed with this. He was going to switch to Verizon, but says he can't live without SVDO. Of course he defended Apple vigorously, saying it was Verizon's fault. I asked him how it is Verizon's fault, considering every other LTE phone on Verizon can do it, and the only reason the iPhone can't is because Apple made a design decision not to include additional antennas. Said Apple was just being smart with their manufacturing and design process, and its Verizon's CDMA network that is at fault. Nevermind that when AT&T goes to VoLTE, and shuts down their GSM network (ok, in a long long time), their iPhone will have the same problem :p
 
Originally Posted by AntimonyER<br />
Well from what I saw, the new iPhone is supposedly taking a pico-SIM, which means you will need an adaptor to go between the two...
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You mean nano-SIM. Current phones are using micro-SIM cards. Pico-SIM will be the iphone 6. ;) We're closing in on your subscriber identity module being reduced to a grain of rice so it's easy to lose and will send people by droves to their doctors for anti-anxiety meds as they fear identity theft. It's a vicious circle of capitalism - LOL.<br />
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Originally Posted by tdperry<br />
It will require use of an adapter. Also, you can't do voice and data at the same time on Verizon or Sprint network unless you are connected via wifi on the iPhone. Now that I have that capability I have started using it frequently.
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If you have LTE coverage, you can do voice and data simultaneously as the CDMA signal carries voice. The iPhone 5 will now be capable since it is 4G LTE compatible. What you mention is true for the iPhone 4 or 4s.
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No, what I mean is for the iPhone 5. It WILL NOT be able to do both. There are already numerous articles about it out.
 
318sugarhill said:
Very interesting since I can do voice and data on 3G with my HTC rezound on Verizon, as well as on 4G.
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Well, you can do it if you're connected to wifi. The voice goes over 3G (or 4G) and the data is accessed simultaniously over the wif connection. :smokingsomb:
 
I'm confused. I just had my first Facetime video call. My Verizon iPhone 4S and a friend's AT&T phone did voice and video simultaneously. It worked. Not flawlessly. But it worked.
 
Nyobie said:
I'm confused. I just had my first Facetime video call. My Verizon iPhone 4S and a friend's AT&T phone did voice and video simultaneously. It worked. Not flawlessly. But it worked.
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By simultaneous voice and data, they mean you can't make a phone call and use 3G data simultaneously. Using facetime, you are just using data.
 
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