Do you think I would be able to use the Verizon Nexus One in another country?

[MancusoX]

I am currently in college and I am going to be studying in Germany for a semester in the spring of 2011. I would like to know if I would be able to use the Nexus One in Germany if I buy one. Might it be like the Blackberry Storm and have Sim card on it for world use?

 

[Soupdragon]

No idea about the properties of the Verizon sim-card, which is what you are really asking, except that Verizon is a US network - we don't have it in Europe.
The nexus, given an appropriate simcard, WILL work wonderfully - no doubt you have noticed a fair few posts from UKers-who-shipped the-nexus-from-US whilst you have been reading the forums

This Verizon International Cell Phone Service Information suggests you would incur significant roaming charges so I'm guessing that the best (and cheapest, no doubt) option would be to purchase a simcard for a German network once you are in Europe - we have them over here too, ya know, along with running water and central heating (joke!!!, no offence meant!!)

http://www.justlanded.com/english/Germany/Germany-Guide/Telephone-Internet/Mobile-phones

 

[QrafTee]

It is very doubtful. I would love the Nexus One to be a world phone, but there has been no hint of it at all so it's unlikely that it will have a SIM slot to use out of the country.

 

[grainysand]

Uhh, the N1 is a world phone. Standard GSM. Insert a SIM card and voila, instant usability.

If you're buying the Verizon CDMA version, though, then you probably deserve being stuck without GSM viability.

 

[Soupdragon]

It is very doubtful. I would love the Nexus One to be a world phone, but there has been no hint of it at all so it's unlikely that it will have a SIM slot to use out of the country.

Now I really am confused - the Nexus One does have a SIM slot and I'm absolutely using mine "out of the country"
Did the OP mean something else entirely to which you are responding?

 

[Soupdragon]

Uhh, the N1 is a world phone. Standard GSM. Insert a SIM card and voila, instant usability.

Cheers, grainy!!
Thought I was losing my marbles there for a while

 

[grainysand]

Yeah, I got confused too. I think what they're asking is whether the upcoming Verizon version of the N1, which is CDMA-compatible, will also be GSM-compatible ala a "world phone." It should reasonably retain GSM compatibility, but dunno what Verizon might do to it.

 

[konman795]

I would believe that Verizon wouldn't do anything to the phone since Google is the one selling it...unless it goes to stores, NOOOOO

 

[mi_canuck]

Uhh, the N1 is a world phone. Standard GSM. Insert a SIM card and voila, instant usability.

If you're buying the Verizon CDMA version, though, then you probably deserve being stuck without GSM viability.

hehehehe...

 

[MancusoX]

Yeah, I got confused too. I think what they're asking is whether the upcoming Verizon version of the N1, which is CDMA-compatible, will also be GSM-compatible ala a "world phone." It should reasonably retain GSM compatibility, but dunno what Verizon might do to it.

You hit the nail right on the head.

 

[QrafTee]

Now I really am confused - the Nexus One does have a SIM slot and I'm absolutely using mine "out of the country"
Did the OP mean something else entirely to which you are responding?

The OP is asking about the Verizon's version of the Nexus One which will probably not include a SIM slot. Don't believe me? Look at the Droid and the Milestone.

Although I hope I'm wrong because I would like to bring my phone out of country.

 

[mi_canuck]

Yeah, I got confused too. I think what they're asking is whether the upcoming Verizon version of the N1, which is CDMA-compatible, will also be GSM-compatible ala a "world phone." It should reasonably retain GSM compatibility, but dunno what Verizon might do to it.

well - I don't think HTC has ever made a hybrid CDMA/GSM HTC... while some Blackberries are VZW "world" phones, like the Storm, and Tour - have both CDMA and GSM on board... they're the exception not the rule for verizon phones... i highly doubt the Desire will be a dual cdma/gsm style world phone - just too thin to cram all that in there... But who knows...

 

[androidmaddy]

This is THE question I am waiting to be answered before I buy my Nexus One. I wish to use Verizon service, but want to be able to use local SIM cards when I visit other countries. Some time ago, I read on the Nexus One FAQ that Verizon Nexus One is NOT going to be compatible with GSM networks, but I can't seem to find that information on Google.com/phone now. Maybe there has been a change in the plan and they intend to prepare a phone compatible with both Verizon network and world GSM . Here's hope to freedom of choice of cellphone service providers!

 

[Rob]

AndroidMaddy! Welcome back!

Back on track - I agree that we'll have to wait and see the specs of what Verizon is offering. I'm not terribly optimistic it will be a world phone or have SIM-card support but that would be an amazing surprise. I doubt it will be more than a month or two until it's announced officially.

 

[MancusoX]

I hope it turns out to be a world phone. It would be a waste to buy a N1 and use it for a few months, then go to a different country for a few months and just let the N1 collect dust.

 

[QrafTee]

I hope it turns out to be a world phone. It would be a waist to buy a N1 and use it for a few months, then go to a different country for a few months and just let the N1 collect dust.

Dude, quoted for truth man. Even though I don't see Verizon allowing it, I would love to be able to take this phone from the U.S. to China, Japan, Korea, or Vietnam.

 

[MKeditor]

My thread on using the Nexus abroad:

http://androidforums.com/nexus-one/42908-field-test-traveling-abroad-nexus-one.html