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Originally Posted by stevedusa
Now it is possible that VZW did follow the FCC's regulations where it will lock down the US-GSM providers BUT NOT ROAMING onto it, unlike Sprint it just kills it doesn't matter what SIM card it is, home service or roaming.
However you were right since nobody has put in a local provider's SIM to try it, we can't tell. Guess someone has to try. If VZW end up like Sprint, locked out of US-GSM providers, then it's just a bigger can of worm to open and figure out.
Think this is why the HardSPL has been delayed?
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The delay is definitely because they don't have a device to test on.
We do know that once the phone is unlocked, none of this will matter, and the phone's potential will be realized. It DOES mean that US GSM frequencies are available which is the biggest deal, but I guess we already knew that from the Telus version.
I still prefer the reliability of the CDMA networks here in the US, so I think using the GSM pre-paid SIM will be a very RARE occurance.