Originally Posted by
bchandler02
The Droid 4 and Droid Razr MAXX are technically capable, however Verizon has not chosen to enable this yet. Everything I have seen posts to mid summer for them to enable the global (GSM) side of it via software, but there's no promise or official announcement.
I'm waiting on this exact solution myself. Until then, my BB9930 will remain my solution.
Does this mean that if I purchase one of these phones today that it can be enabled later when Verizon chooses to, or would I need a new phone?
I am actually going through this myself as I currently have a Droid Pro and go back and forth between the iPhone 4s and Razr Maxx for my next phone. I suppose I can wait for the iPhone 5 but I doubt its battery will be anywhere close to the Razr Maxx for use time.
If I go with the Razr I'll just have Verizon reactivate my Pro or old BlackBerry to use overseas (so I can keep my number and emails) and then just switch back when I'm home. In fact I like the Berry for this since it uses so much less data than a Droid and therefore costs significantly less to run for simple talk and email.