Originally Posted by
PTravel
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If you're in the U.S., you'll get better coverage and reception with Verizon, which is CDMA. Just pick up a cheap GSM phone and buy a local SIM card for when you travel -- it will be lots cheaper than taking a U.S. carrier's GSM phone with you. Verizon also has the Motorola z6c, which is a dual CDMA/GSM phone.
That's a overly generalized statement. In my neck of the woods I get much better GSM (T-Mo or ATT) coverage than I did with Verizon CDMA. Generally speaking Verizon has better coverage - Generally but not always.
I look at it this way, with GSM I have potentially thousands of phone models to choose from with CDMA it is hundreds. I prefer choice along with my coverage.