- May 28, 2014
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I've recently encountered a complex conundrum that may be more of a legislative question than a technology related one, but who knows? It might be a tech question too.
I've been stuck with an Xperia Z3V for almost two years now. It's a great phone, errr, was a great phone. Long story short, I'm sick of Verizon telling me when and how to update my Android version. The phone has been pushed to a brand new version of Lollipop and the battery life and speed have noticeably decreased since this.
I love Verizon's network though, in terms of coverage and LTE speeds, so I want to stick with them, but not with one of THEIR phones. I was looking into getting the LG G5 H860N Dual SIM variant from Amazon for around 430 bucks unlocked. It's the international version of the LG G5 with support for dual sim cards. It seems to be a great phone with both GSM and CDMA radios in it, according to GSMArena.
There's a problem though. In big font at the bottom of the Amazon page for this LG G5 it says "Unlocked cell phones are compatible with GSM carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, but are not compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint"
Does this mean in general, or just this phone? Are there really no CDMA compatible unlocked phones? I realized recently that tons of great phones like the Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe, OnePlus 3, and Xperia Z5 are GSM only... is that because of international demand for GSM, or the fact that CDMA providers just don't do unlocked?
I'm just a bit confused. CDMA is massively popular in the United States and Japan, and the idea that the CDMA radio was removed from a DUAL SIM version of the LG G5 is flabbergasting.
I've been stuck with an Xperia Z3V for almost two years now. It's a great phone, errr, was a great phone. Long story short, I'm sick of Verizon telling me when and how to update my Android version. The phone has been pushed to a brand new version of Lollipop and the battery life and speed have noticeably decreased since this.
I love Verizon's network though, in terms of coverage and LTE speeds, so I want to stick with them, but not with one of THEIR phones. I was looking into getting the LG G5 H860N Dual SIM variant from Amazon for around 430 bucks unlocked. It's the international version of the LG G5 with support for dual sim cards. It seems to be a great phone with both GSM and CDMA radios in it, according to GSMArena.
There's a problem though. In big font at the bottom of the Amazon page for this LG G5 it says "Unlocked cell phones are compatible with GSM carriers such as AT&T and T-Mobile, but are not compatible with CDMA carriers such as Verizon and Sprint"
Does this mean in general, or just this phone? Are there really no CDMA compatible unlocked phones? I realized recently that tons of great phones like the Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe, OnePlus 3, and Xperia Z5 are GSM only... is that because of international demand for GSM, or the fact that CDMA providers just don't do unlocked?
I'm just a bit confused. CDMA is massively popular in the United States and Japan, and the idea that the CDMA radio was removed from a DUAL SIM version of the LG G5 is flabbergasting.
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