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Will the Google store every offer the Nexus for CDMA carriers like Verizon?
- Thread starter Codec
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I don't think so as the CDMA drivers are proprietary. Once they get past doing dual antenna devices and are LTE only (which I imagine is a few years out) I can imagine them being supported.
Codec
Android Enthusiast
just in time for my next upgrade
AntimonyER
CHANGED FROM AF ADDICT MIKESTONY
We will see. I tend to wonder if VZW will push on the VoLTE rollout hard, considering how much trouble they are having with LTE building penetration (almost non-existant in most steel buildings). Considering the lower frequency, its kind of baffling to me that they are having this much trouble, unless they are running their network well under full power.
Eryl Flynn
Android Enthusiast
Um, no. There is still the issue of freqency. LTE for Sprint is 1900, Verizon and AT&T is 700 but when you say 700 that is not an exact number. I don't have much information but it isn't that simple. Other wise you could easily jump from TMO to ATT and you have to flash a rom and you frequently miss out on the high speed.
Demache
Android Expert
Maybe someday we might get multiband LTE phones? I mean when LTE hits mainstream use.
LoyalServant
Android Expert
No.
Verizon has a very tight grip on the devices that it will allow.
People say that with LTE and sim cards that this will change but I know it will not.
If XYZ makes a device and it's not sanctioned by Verizon it will not work.
Does not matter if it's LTE only...
They know what kind of device it is by IMEI... if it's not on the list it will not register the device.
I doubt this policy will change.
Verizon will never approve a non-branded device on it's network.
They make far too much money selling that right to manufacturers.
Demache
Android Expert
I disagree. On GSM networks, there is no such thing as "activation" as we do with CDMA phones. Its literally plug n play (or insert card and play). Your service is tied to your SIM, not your phone's serial number. Your provider doesn't really give a damn about what phone you use just as long as you pay for the service.
Granted, if they really don't want that happening, they will find a way. I will agree with that much, since Verizon is pretty good at pulling off this jerk corporation stuff.
LoyalServant
Android Expert
I have it on a high authority that this is the way they will do business.
I still know people working in this company and in the wireless division since I used to work in that industry myself.
Is it a jerk move? Absolutely.
The reason that they site doing this is not a secret to anyone...
It's been said by many Verizon parrots that GSM networks are "anarchy" because they let any device on the network.
Anyone with a brain can call BS but that won't stop any Verizon mouthpieces from spouting FUD of this nature.
Their next reason is that their network is better because of it.
They say they test their devices and they have to be perfect before they will sell them.
I am told that Verizon does not ask manufacturers to create these devices for them - it's the other way around.
A manufacturer has to "sell" Verizon on a device.
They charge the manufacturer a fee for this privilege.
The phone has to be branded, carry whatever apps that Verizon wants, etc etc. (Only exception was the iPhone and we know why)
Verizon is actually making money from all angles and that is why they will keep their method of banning any IMEI not on the approved list.
They charge the manufacturer for the privilege, the app developer for placement of their app on a handset, and the customer that buys it.
This practice will NEVER go away.... it's too lucrative.