[ale] Verizon Nexus 6?

[Charles Shapiro]

Yep.  You can get bimodal phones (my old HTC Incredible 2 can be used on
both types of networks), but most are either CDMA or GSM.  GSM phones have
slightly higher resale value, since it's much simpler to use them -- you
just install a GSM card in its slot and you're good to go. To use a phone
on a CDMA network, you have to go through a registration process. This also
makes it difficult or impossible to use the same phone with two different
carriers, and makes it less convenient to stop using the phone with your
carrier and resume later.  Most of the world outside the USA uses GSM
networks, so if you plan to travel overseas a GSM phone will be much more
useful.

T-Mobile's coverage is sometimes a little spotty, but they seem marginally
less likely to engage in privacy or network fuckery (
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2839816/secretive-unblockable-verizon-perma-cookies-kick-up-privacy-concerns.html
). I've been pretty happy with my T-Mobile HTC One, although the
speakerphone mic leaves much to be desired.  You can factory-unlock a
T-Mobile HTC One; Verizon has blocked that path so you're forced to rely on
software exploits to unlock their HTC phones. T-Mobile has used Carrier IQ
on their phones ( http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397128,00.asp ),
but running a 3rd-party build like CyanogenMod will take care of that.
Buy your phone from a 3rd party (http://swappa.com) and go BYOD with your
carrier if you can. This simplifies changing carriers should you need to do
that.

-- CHS

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://account.oneplus.net/downloads/manuals/oneplus-one-quickstart.pdf
> 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
>
> in the U.S., Sprint, Verizon and U.S. Cellular use CDMA. AT&T and T-Mobile
> use GSM.
>
> looks like an AT&T/T-Mobile phone..
>
>
>  I'm slobbering over the OnePlus. Need to verify if it works with Verizon
> or better, change providers.
> On Dec 12, 2014 7:12 AM, "Paul Cartwright" <pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> has anyone heard any news at all about Verizon selling the Nexus 6??? My
>> Galaxy 3 battery is starting to not charge as good, last as long, and I
>> may need to get something new SOON... like an HTC One...
>>
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