I have been holding out for an HTC Incredible 4G LTE device because an authorized Verizon dealer (but not a Verizon-owned store) told me a couple of months ago that it looked like it would be Ver...
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I have been holding out for an HTC Incredible 4G LTE device because an authorized Verizon dealer (but not a Verizon-owned store) told me a couple of months ago that it looked like it would be Verizon's first "tri-mode" (for want of better words) phone - i.e.: it will work on GSM, 4G-LTE and older 3g/CDMA (or whatever I should call them) networks. However,Verizon is taking its sweet time about bringing this phone out and in the meantime Verizon support will not confirm for me this capability. In the meantime, a Verizon customer service person recently told me that Verizon will be modifying the software side of the Rezound, RAZR and Bionic so they can do GSM, but that there was no timetable. I was disappointed not to get a timetable. The net effect is that I keep checking my hardware upgrade path and filters and if I check off both 4G and Global Ready then I get no phones So, I came here to write this out for two reasons. First I'd like to hear from any fellow Verizon customers who may use this to see what their thoughts are, particularly if you regularly travel outside the US and have considered different options of what to do. For example, in the past I have maintained a Verizon Escapade that I own for travel outside the US, but this is just not a good solution to me any more. It's hard to make blanket statements about whether it's worth it for another user to stay with Verizon, but for you is Verizon worth it, given their failures on this front? Even if I get a GSM capable phone, the cost of holding a conversation when receiving a call at my number in London, for example, will be so absurdly high that I will just use it to ask the caller if I can call them back, and then I will have to figure out a wifi or skype or vonage or other solution. For me Verizon has so far been sort of worth it for reception and maybe one or two other reasons, but they tend to kind of "intensely dissatisfy" me on some points. The other reason I came here was to see if anyone (Verizon CS or otherwise) could offer insight on my expectations for the GSM capability of the Incredible 4g LTE or some of the Android 4g LTE phones I've mentioned. I've been checking that filter for one or two months and every day it has turned up blank (plenty of selection at ATT Wireless though). However, today it shows that the RAZR and RAZR MAXX will offer me both "4G" (is this the same thing as 4G LTE) and "Global Ready" capability. So, maybe Verizon has finally officially made this possible? Can anyone confirm? If so, does it work properly, out of the box? Would rather not be walking along on some expensive call on some street outside the US and have the call dropped due to poor glitchy early tech implementation.