 GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
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Re: Can't disagree said by en102:The only other US carrier of any size that could deploy the iPhone is T-Mobile, and it doesn't support T-Mobiles AWS band for 3G. It would be interesting if all that was needed to change was a different radio that Apple could implement easily.
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| said by Gbcue:said by en102:The only other US carrier of any size that could deploy the iPhone is T-Mobile, and it doesn't support T-Mobiles AWS band for 3G. It would be interesting if all that was needed to change was a different radio that Apple could implement easily. From pictures of a stripped down iPhone, it would appear to be possible. The wireless interface board appears to be separate from the applications circuit board. I would imagine that all that is needed is a wireless board for the T-Mobile AWS frequencies and you would be good to go. I have no doubt it would even be possible to put in a CDMA based board if one existed. The SIM slot would have to be plugged up but otherwise I would think it would work.
Even my ancient Treo 600 has a wireless interface board that is separate from the main board.
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Washington, DC | This does mean that there'd have to be two different iPhones. I think they'd just come out with a new one that supported both. Of course, the exclusivity agreement means they don't have to think about it for now. |
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| Just need to make a world phone. GSM and CDMA....Just like the Storm. Supports both GSM via SIM and CDMA. |
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GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
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| said by hottboiinnc:Just need to make a world phone. GSM and CDMA....Just like the Storm. Supports both GSM via SIM and CDMA. You don't need CDMA to make it a "world phone".
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kudos:12 | said by Gbcue:said by hottboiinnc:Just need to make a world phone. GSM and CDMA....Just like the Storm. Supports both GSM via SIM and CDMA. You don't need CDMA to make it a "world phone". You do for the US market. |
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GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
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| said by Matt:said by Gbcue:said by hottboiinnc:Just need to make a world phone. GSM and CDMA....Just like the Storm. Supports both GSM via SIM and CDMA. You don't need CDMA to make it a "world phone". You do for the US market. GSM is fine.
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| Not when you have 2 major carriers that still relay on CDMA. Why do you think the BB Storm has a SIM Card slot? So you can take it overseas and use it if you want on their networks and then come back here and use the VZW CDMA network.
Also the last time I checked VZW and Sprint used CDMA NOT GSM. |
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GbcueAlmost P.E.Premium
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| said by hottboiinnc:Not when you have 2 major carriers that still relay on CDMA. Why do you think the BB Storm has a SIM Card slot? So you can take it overseas and use it if you want on their networks and then come back here and use the VZW CDMA network. So Verizon can tout it as a "world phone".
Without it, it's just another Verizon phone. Notice how you can't get the Storm on any other network besides Verizon? I wonder why... Probably because nobody else wants it and that's Verizon's only way to market that phone.
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