Verizon stores receiving shipments of Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris

12. rjt185 posted on 01 Nov 2009, 17:12 0 0

No. Every review has mentioned the fact that it lacks VZW Global Capabilities.

24. Man_of_God posted on 01 Nov 2009, 21:00 0 0

China does have limited CDMA coverage. Google it.

29. Kiltlifter posted on 02 Nov 2009, 04:25 0 0

Mainland China is complete saturated with CDMA service. I don't know what you are talking about. China has their own CDMA-based 3G network that is compatible with VZW/Sprint CDMA. If you are goign to hong kong though, you are out of luck.

7. kjack628 posted on 01 Nov 2009, 10:53 0 0

Since I see the tech in your user name..is there any word on the omnia II or passion? Which one of the phones is better omnia II,driod, eris, passion?

9. Literati posted on 01 Nov 2009, 12:49 0 0

Just because someone puts tech in their name doesn't mean they are one. The Omnia 2 and Eris aren't in the same category as the Droid and the Passion. They are using old processors. The Droid and Passion are both using next generation processors. The Droid would win in this case because the Passion pictured is GSM and a CDMA version isn't coming anytime in the near future. A phone like this hasn't even passed the FCC yet, so as of right now, it's still vaporware.

10. cjg13c posted on 01 Nov 2009, 13:06 0 0

So the Motorola Droid will work in China? What about the Eris?

13. rjt185 posted on 01 Nov 2009, 17:13 0 0

@vzwtech. It might have CDMA, and there might be CDMA in other countries. But unless its identified as a Global Phone, it wont work outside North America. Why mislead if you're really a tech?

15. nh1234 posted on 01 Nov 2009, 18:57 0 0

@rjt185... The phone will work in China. vzwtech is not misleading anyone. You're misleading people and yourself thinking that you know what your talking about. Check out the link...http://b2b.vzw.com/international/outside_us.html. Once you educate yourself, come on back and post again.

16. vespec posted on 01 Nov 2009, 19:12 0 0

Dude! you have no idea what your talking about. The Droid will work in China, vzwtech is correct and you're not! China runs on CDMA so any CDMA device will work there. The user will be charged an international roaming rate while in China. Please check your sources before you act smart.

17. vespec posted on 01 Nov 2009, 19:13 0 0

Either one of those devices will work in China.

20. cjg13c posted on 01 Nov 2009, 20:05 0 0

thanks for all your input on the China question! That b2b.vzw.com site has great info. I just hope its acurate, so I don't run into trouble when I go to China.

21. the igit posted on 01 Nov 2009, 20:17 0 0

you're a moron. cdma is hardly the global standard gsm is- but it exists in many countries including china, mexico, parts of the caribbean, israel, india, canada and a bunch of others. cdma is cdma- so stop acting smart.

22. macron2000 posted on 01 Nov 2009, 20:21 0 0

Uhm, actually just because another country uses the same technology, CDMA in this case, doesn't mean the frequencies are the same. So you could end going abroad and your phone would be searching for a network even if you are standing on top of the tower, litterally. A world phone is called a world phone not just becasue of the technology, but because it also utilizes frequencies found both in your homeland as well as your country. I'm a member of a global support team and we service all carriers and get these calls every day. Hope this helps.

23. cjg13c posted on 01 Nov 2009, 20:32 0 0

Then I'll ask you. Will the Droid and Eris work in China? I am a US verizon wireless user travelling to China.

26. spruce posted on 01 Nov 2009, 21:36 0 0

It's not as simple as nh1234 suggests. In fact most places in China have only GSM service, while some, in particular the larger cities, have both CDMA and GSM. If you bore down from nh1234's page tohttp://b2b.vzw.com/international/Roaming/Asia-Pacific/China.html you'll see that Verizon's map for all of China shows only GSM service. (They don't seem to have a mechanism for displaying places with both CDMA and GSM.) Sprint's site (http://www1.sprintpcs.com/explore/coverage/internationalroaming/Search.jsp - search for China) does a much better job of breaking down exactly what systems and speeds are available in every city. I've used my Sprint CDMA phone in Beijing and Shanghai but it's not usable in many other places. I'm not certain that the CDMA areas Sprint identifies are all available to Verizon CDMA phones, but clearly both the Verizon and Sprint sites contradict the claim that the CDMA Droid would generally work in China.

27. vzw fanman posted on 01 Nov 2009, 21:38 0 0

hmmm. bro i think 2 people already answered your question. probably certain parts. but as they said gsm is more prevalent in foreign countries.

30. Kiltlifter posted on 02 Nov 2009, 04:29 0 0

RJT... A phone doesn't need to be labeled global to work in other countries. CDMA phones that aren't labeled global which work in CDMA networks that operate on the same frequencies. New Zealand, parts of Australia, South Korea, Japan, Mexico, Mainland China, parts of South America, and Canada will work with ALL VERIZON PHONES! Don't need to have global in the name. GLOBAL UMTS/GSM/CDMA hybrids are labeled GLOBAL becuase they will work EVERYWHERE!

31. spruce posted on 02 Nov 2009, 06:09 0 0

Just wish I could put off my next trip until the Motorola Zeppelin appears - reportedly the first Android world phone.

33. jundibasam posted on 02 Nov 2009, 11:19 0 0

its not entirely accurate either. cdma may be offered in in china, south america, etc, but i know at least in south america cdma will only give you voice coverage. You will still need a Quad band GSM or GSM/CDMA device to use data in south america, which i travel to about 2-3 times a year. I don't know about the other places, but as everyone on here suggests, call vzw global support to check which CDMA services are available in china and other places to be sure. Also, CDMA actually covers as large of a percentage of the population as GSM, although most places with CDMA also have GSM (China, India, U.S., Indonesia, and South America). The only places that are GSM-only (no CDMA) are all of Europe, Russia, parts of Africa and Asia.

35. VZW posted on 02 Nov 2009, 14:00 0 0

Yes, the Eris will work too.

36. kjack628 posted on 02 Nov 2009, 15:47 0 0

The driod is inferior to the omnia II

11. artz1986 posted on 01 Nov 2009, 15:55 0 0

Dixie Highway..aww man it's been a min since I heard or even read anyone mention that road [home]...

28. vzw fanman posted on 01 Nov 2009, 21:39 0 0

i know very exciting.

25. vzw fanman posted on 01 Nov 2009, 21:36 0 0

ik that would be nice.

34. vzw fanman posted on 02 Nov 2009, 12:08 0 0

how do you know it's the top 10 busiest?