Verizon Droid International Phone Service

[David Jones]

Does anyone know if Verizon is working on European phone service for the Motorola Droid? I'm going to Budapest in July and would love to take it with me.

[lord_luapssor]

I had the pretty much same question when I my Droid. But I wanted to know if it worked in Australia. From the answer the sales team gave me was if the country still uses CDMA then it should. But since a lot of countries outside of the US have all gone to GSM the Droid wont work.

I was also told that Verizon can give you a loaner phone for the trip and the only thing you pay for is the minutes that use over there. Might want to ask a Verizon agent for better details though.

[LtKen]

Originally Posted by lord_luapssor I had the pretty much same question when I my Droid. But I wanted to know if it worked in Australia. From the answer the sales team gave me was if the country still uses CDMA then it should. But since a lot of countries outside of the US have all gone to GSM the Droid wont work. I was also told that Verizon can give you a loaner phone for the trip and the only thing you pay for is the minutes that use over there. Might want to ask a Verizon agent for better details though.

This is consistent with the technology. The Droid is a CDMA world, and 99% of the countries outside the US use GSM, so you'll need a different phone.

[bmkim]

Originally Posted by LtKen Originally Posted by lord_luapssor I had the pretty much same question when I my Droid. But I wanted to know if it worked in Australia. From the answer the sales team gave me was if the country still uses CDMA then it should. But since a lot of countries outside of the US have all gone to GSM the Droid wont work. I was also told that Verizon can give you a loaner phone for the trip and the only thing you pay for is the minutes that use over there. Might want to ask a Verizon agent for better details though. This is consistent with the technology. The Droid is a CDMA world, and 99% of the countries outside the US use GSM, so you'll need a different phone.

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