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Verizon taking 4 Android phones global this summer

Summary: Verizon will enable four Android phones in its line to work overseas. Only a simple OTA update for the phones listed is necessary, along with a global data plan.

James Kendrick

By for Mobile News |

If you own a Verizon Android phone and wish you could use it while traveling abroad an announcement just made by the carrier might be important. Verizon intends to roll out a software update for the following four phones that enable the ability to use the phone abroad:

  • HTC Rezound
  • DROID RAZR by Motorola
  • DROID RAZR MAXX by Motorola
  • DROID 4 by Motorola

No date for the updates have been given other than "this summer" so owners shouldn't have too long to wait. Note that once the phones have been updated, customers will need a Verizon global plan to use it overseas.

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  • What who cares about verizon

    Verizon overseas please , first they dont have the balls. Second the rest of the world and I mean the world is on GSM. Locked down devices horrible service and worse contracts. No this is a bs ploy to see if it will work and it wont. There is no way that verizon can hang outside of america without the help of american laws and judges in their pocket they will get bitch slapped and sent back home period. Verizon and sprint are junk the whole LTE and WIMAX are junk it always was tmobile has better networks and they dont lock you to a phone set up by them. Overseas verizon doesnt stand a chance. They can make fancy videos and tv ads about LTE and blah blah but if you know anything their network sucks their morals suck and I really dont think they should even buy the plane ticket. You may have a verizon phone in the US but no one overseas is dumb enough to buy our bullshit greedy shitty products and moreover they should not we are already enslaved and trapped they wont make the same mistake.
    DoDbAnZ
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    • Chill...

      A couple things. For one, LTE is not only far superior to GSM/HSPA, it came from the same 3GPP group that brought you HSPA, etc. It is the universal 4G standard, and the only reason T-Mo lies and calls HSPA+ "4G" is that they lacked the spectrum and cash to roll out their own real 4G network. Apple just lost a couple of suits, in the UK, Australia, and I think some other places in Europe calling their iPad 3 "4G", when said countries had HSPA+, but either no real 4G, or LTE on different frequencies.

      WiMax was largely and Intel thing, and even Sprint is phasing it out. Qualcomm (the company responsible for CDMA2000 and EvDO) had their own 4G protocol in the works, but dropped it, as LTE was just better.

      You're also confused... Verizon is not trying to sell these devices in Europe, they're enabling them for international roaming ... either that's LTE only, or these devices also have a GSM baseband that's now being enabled. Like all LTE devices, they already have a SIM. And many of the cellular chips these days are dual-mode. This is only interesting for US customers with these devices.
      Hazydave
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  • Catch-up

    Quite a poor catch-up with GSM/3G which is the global standard.

    Next to no LTE in Europe, and no CDMA. Will the GSM baseband do 3G ?

    If only calls, I suppose you won;t get a billing data roaming $$$ shock after your holiday - LOL.
    neil.postlethwaite@...
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  • Get an unlocked phone

    I have an unlocked Samsung Nexus S, whick was originally on the Bell (Canada) network. But, since it is unlocked, when I travel outside Canada, I can switch in my T-Mobile SIM for US travel, or if travelling elsewhere I can get a SIM card from that country and a pay as you go plan, thereby avoiding extra $$$ data roaming charges from my original carrier.
    Ceridwyn2
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  • droid 4 horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I AM SO PISSED OFF WITH VERIZON AND THIS STUPID PHONE DROID 4! I WAITED 2 YEARS TO USE MY UPGRADE. AND FOR WHAT THE GET SCREWED! MY FIRST DROID WORKED BETTER. I AM BEYOND ANGRY THAT THIS PHONE NEVER HAS SERVICE, NEVER HAS GPS, NEVER HAS INTERNET! WHAT THE HELL AM I PAYING FOR THEN? AND WHY THE HELL AREN'T THEY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT! BATTERY SUCKS ASS... LASTS 4 HOURS AT MAX!, CAMERA FLASH IS NOT AVAILABLE! WHY? WHY DO ALL MY TEXTS COME BACK 5 MINUTES LATER UNSENT? BLUETOOTH DOESn't WORK! OH AND IT JUST UPGRADED ITSELF.. AND STILL DOESn't WORK!
    saralskeen
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