Can I use a unlocked gsm on my verizon phone plan?

Answer 1

As I am researching the answer for you, the answer keeps on drifting to NO.

Verizon is one of six U.S. carriers to use CDMA technology, the others being Sprint Nextel's Sprint PCS division, ALLTEL, U.S. Cellular, Cricket, Midwest Wireless and Metro PCS.

Verizon's policy is in contrast to its major competitors (both GSM and CDMA): Cingular, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel, and Alltel; which allow their customers to use all the features that are available in the manufacturer's reference firmware design.

Verizon advertised the Motorola V710 as having full Bluetooth capability, when in reality it had no OBEX or OPP functions built in.
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Read the blurb on the WIlkepedia
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GSM is better than CDMA any day so why are you using this provider anyway?. CDMA is useless out of the country
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CDMA has lower talk time than GSM because the transmitter (CDMA) is active all the time.
GSM has higher talk time than CDMA based phones because the transmitter (TDMA) does not require constant transmit. The transmitter can be idle when not actually transmitting packets
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International Roaming:

GSM is clearly the winner here. Most or the world only supports GSM, albeit of 4 different frequencies. The phone you buy must support the frequency (1 of the 4) used in the country you wish to visit. GSM the more internationally accepted and has more international ‘roamability’ than CDMA
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So maybe you do not roam and this will not matter to you.
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If you ask me, I will buy the best phone I can afford but make sure I can use it with any provider, and not be limited to only one. So along that line of reasoning, I suggest that you go ask around, use any other provider that uses both technology.


T Mobile or Cingular is probably better.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

No, Verizon is CDMA.