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MightyBobo · 01-29-2010, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chupacabra

Why is being a gsm phone such a plus? I understand the whole traveling bit. But when you go to another country you still have to buy a new sim card (pre-paid) and all your contacts are usually on your US sim-card.

I used to be the biggest fanatic of GSM, until I did the stupidity of getting a 2 year contract with T-mobile which is done this Monday, and not soon enough. I am most definitely switching over to versizon and CDMA. CDMA orks better than GSM but you loose the international ability... But for that just buy another phone just for traveling.

GSM isnt really superior at all. Its the old-school style, and not nearly as secure as CDMA.

Eventually, a unified standard will come out (I think thats HSPA?) and that should be going to ALL carriers...

theDreamer · 01-29-2010, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

GSM isnt really superior at all. Its the old-school style, and not nearly as secure as CDMA.

Eventually, a unified standard will come out (I think thats HSPA?) and that should be going to ALL carriers...

It will be called LTE, AT&T and Verizon are both rolling it out Q4 of this year and a lot in 2011.
GSM v. CDMA is mostly about the world travel factor, but even then 90% of CDMA phones have the ability to work on GSM networks around the world.

MightyBobo · 01-29-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

It will be called LTE, AT&T and Verizon are both rolling it out Q4 of this year and a lot in 2011.
GSM v. CDMA is mostly about the world travel factor, but even then 90% of CDMA phones have the ability to work on GSM networks around the world.

Ahh, LTE - thanks.

LTE will be better for all of us - phones will all use the same radios (and, hence, be able to roam to different carriers easily), and production should be somewhat cheaper since they'll all be using the same ****. Not that we'll notice it Im sure

XwChriswX · 01-29-2010, 01:28 PM

I'm on ATT, so anything that primed to Verizon is useless to me.

Thats why I want to unlock it. So I can use it wherever, cause I do go overseas, and I don't wanna have to get another phone just for that.

Edit: And that link was dead.

MightyBobo · 01-29-2010, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX

I'm on ATT, so anything that primed to Verizon is useless to me.

Thats why I want to unlock it. So I can use it wherever, cause I do go overseas, and I don't wanna have to get another phone just for that.

Edit: And that link was dead.

Weird, works fine for me...

XwChriswX · 01-29-2010, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MightyBobo

Weird, works fine for me...

Prolly just the gay @ss AF Firewall here...

dad · 02-16-2010, 10:45 PM

My wife and I got one each yesterday. It's nice having the internet in your pocket. I made 370Z, the home page.

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