Comments on: Verizon turns on Razrs’ GSM radios, pushes out Android 4.0 upgrade

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:04:34 +0000

Can Verizon Motorola Razr Maxx be unlocked abroad so it can be used on another GSM network with a new sim card?

By: Chris Lex

Chris Lex — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:04:11 +0000

FYI I was looking at my Verizon account the other day and if you view the details for your phone in your My Verizon profile there is an option to click to display the SIM unlock PUK.

By: svashist

svashist — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:43:43 +0000

Verizon global phones can use other GSM/UMTS SIM’s to get on their network to use voice/msg/data.
LTE will only work on Verizon networks, you will be limited to HSPA when in GSM/UMTS mode.
Using domestic US GSM/UMTS network SIMs is blocked however.

By: Fee

Fee — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:17:27 +0000

I thought I remembered the case being that Verizon can remotely approve/disaprove usage of the sim tray even when abroad. Like in the iPhone 4s for verizon it still can’t pop in any foreign sim unless verizon unlocks that phone. i could easily be mixing it up though

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:51:49 +0000

Hi Dilip,

That’s true. Domestically Verizon uses CDMA technology which has no SIM and it depends on CDMA providers for roaming. GSM networks, which Verizon will use (in part) for international roaming, though, authenticate to a SIM card. Unless Verizon has done something crazy, like gotten its vendors to embed some kind of internal SIM, then those GSM networks should link to same SIM card used by the LTE network.

Sorry I can’t give you a definitive answer. Our handset guy Kevin T (confusing, yes?) is off today. So I’m filling in on the device stuff for the day.

By: Dilip Ramachandran

Dilip Ramachandran — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:40:25 +0000

Hi, I was told that the new Verizon phones with SIM cards, the slots are for LTE only. I thought you couldn’t pop any domestic SIM cards, and the ones you did just gave you LTE service outside the US and not voice and messaging. Can you talk to this? This is a point of confusion for me in picking VZ