Google clarifies why CDMA Galaxy Nexus isn't supported as developer device

2. protozeloz posted on 03 Feb 2012, 17:35 3 0

This won't . Google is simply telling people that they are responsible for getting those files needed. Since they can't provide them . Devs will use the files from the nexus anyways so I don't see it as much of a big deal now.

4. squallz506 posted on 03 Feb 2012, 21:00 1 2

i want it on magenta too. im going to pick up an unlocked gnex when it hits $300, maybe 6mos from now.

9. Jeromeo posted on 03 Feb 2012, 23:19 5 2

The GSM version has freedom...
I'm kinda glad that one of the most important companies in the entire world called out CDMA as total crap. No SIM, no simultaneous voice and data, no international roaming (unless you have a newer chipset), required carrier activation, permanently limited/ceiling 3G speeds, no backwards compatibility with newer technologies and network upgrades, no similarities with the majority of EU and Asian networks, and so many more reasons why CDMA just sucks! Unfortunately 2 of the top 4 carriers in the planet's most lucrative cell phone market employ it.

17. Muaddibe posted on 04 Feb 2012, 23:27 0 0

You are slightly off the gnexus on vzw does support voice and data at the same time as it operates on their LTE network that is a sim based technology and is going to be the network base for EU as well though vodaphone that funny enough is one of the parent company's for vzw so that is three things that you are incorrect about oh and one more thing how can the phone be limited to a 3G ceiling for speed when the phone supports a 4g connection that has the fastest average data speeds compared to other advertised 4g networks where available please research a topic before commenting

11. RevKBA posted on 03 Feb 2012, 23:47 0 0

Nevermind, missed "recent CDMA Android devices implement core telephony functionality in .apk files provided in binary form by the carriers." the first time reading through.

13. remixfa posted on 04 Feb 2012, 12:05 4 3

this has nothing to do with retail vs subsidized, its an issue with the carrier and the tech. In order to operate on a cdma network like VZW or Sprint, you need to have certain software in the phone so that way the network will recognize it and allow you to use it. On a GSM carrier like ATT/Tmobile, you only need to have the phone carrier unlocked and pop in the SIM, since all that info is in the SIM, not in the phone.

I said before that the VZW nexus would never be a true dev's phone because of VZW needs for control. Now, time to release the true google nexus device on Tmobile darn it.

18. bossmt_2 posted on 05 Feb 2012, 12:43 0 0

LTE and VOIP will be the standard in not that long.

16. remixfa posted on 04 Feb 2012, 22:23 0 0

its not something that they did just to this phone. its something that has always been on every VZW phone. The phone cant connect to the network without it. Its a CDMA thing. Its not just VZW. Sprint will have the same issue when it launches the nexus.