Verizon Gets the Iphone

Finally, the wait is over. In early February, Verizon customers who have waited for months on rumors that the Iphone is coming have to wait no longer.

And I was one of those people. Currently, I travel with a Blackberry and an Ipod Touch. Now, I thought, I can get an iphone and only need to travel with one device. One less device, one less charger.

Or so I thought.

While the ATT IPhone is GSM and can be used all over the world, the Verizon model will be CDMA and only CDMA. No quad band as I had hoped.

So, outside North America, and a few countries, spattered here and there, the only way to get connected overseas is via wi-fi—and I can do that now with my Ipod.

Oh well, I still have a year left before I can upgrade. I wonder what Verizon will have in store by then.

Quad band droid?

(Frank II)

Comments

[K-eM]

Sounds like Verizon.

[reeder]

A global moto droid already exists http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-DROID-2-Global_id4842
Review: http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-droid-2-global/4505-6452_7-34212159.html

[Carrie]

I have the Droid 2 Global and it is fantastic. I stopped wanting an iPhone very shortly after getting it. Now the real test will be using it internationally, but since it's quad band I think things will work out well.

The only drawback is battery life but if you get it to the right settings it goes a good 48 hours at least without a charge.

[Andy Mesa]

Verizon is switching to LTE, which is a GSM standard. Very probably the next iPhone will be an LTE phone, since AT&T is also switching to LTE.

You wouldn't want to buy a Verizon iPhone anyway. Apple always announces new iPhones during WWDC at the beginning of June, less than four months away.