Perhaps somebody here can clarify something for me: Is the iPhone 5 a "cross network" phone, or are there different hardware versions for the different networks? Will the same phone operate on ATT, Sprint, Verizon, etc? Obviously it would need to be provisioned onto the network in question.
I'm considering getting a non-ATT carrier with my 5, but I don't want to loose the ability to get a local sim when I travel (assuming I can get the phone unlocked). -Pete On Sep 13, 2012, at 1:56 PM, objectwerks inc wrote: > It really depends on who you want LTE with in the US. All the phones have > the 4 UMTS bands at up to the highest DC-HSPA or whatever it is called, > speeds. > > None of the phones cover outside the US LTE bands that are commonly used > (2600mhz, 800mhz) etc. They cover some of the LTE bands used but only a > minority. LTE roaming, even if on the same bands, is not a guarantee (per > various articles I was reading last night). > > So I would get that one which will do the best for you every day here in the > USA and if you go outside the US, use the high speed HSPA networks which you > can roam on. > > And it also depends on whether you can buy an unlocked CDMA phone in the US > (at least with the SIM unlocked). With the 4S I am not sure how Verizon or > Sprint handled the SIM locking since their normal networks didn't use it but > Apple did not sell an unlocked CDMA version. > > > > On Sep 13, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Scott Lewis wrote: > >> It would seem that the CDMA version is the world version, and has GSM. >> >> http://gigaom.com/apple/4g-fragmentation-forces-apple-to-build-3-separate-iphones/ >> >> >> On Sep 13, 2012, at 04:25 PM, Kevin Callahan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My understanding (according to the Apple website) is that the new iPhone 5 >>> doesn't have both CDMA and GSM, and they have a new micro sim. Which >>> version version is the better "world" phone for international travel? >>> >>> K >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> iPhone-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> iPhone-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
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