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Switching to Verizon from Tmobile.

I'm switching to Verizon from Tmobile, I can't make up my mind on the GS3 or GN. I get a good deal threw my company and I can get either phone for $ 49.99. I want the Nexus because it has the best development and gets all the latest updates, and want the GS3 because of the amazing hardware and features...
What's should do?
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Spec wise the S3 is better, Development wise the Nexus is better but the new Nexus is coming out this year. So, it's all up to you in you want an older phone with little bit worse specs than a newer phone with better specs unless you want to wait for the new Nexus.

JetBlue said:
Spec wise the S3 is better, Development wise the Nexus is better but the new Nexus is coming out this year. So, it's all up to you in you want an older phone with little bit worse specs than a newer phone with better specs unless you want to wait for the new Nexus.
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What does the new Nexus come out?
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Hoezack said:
What does the new Nexus come out?
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Nobody knows except for Samsung and Google. Samsung is announcing the Note 2 on August 15th so they could possibly incorporate the new Nexus but nobody knows really.

JetBlue said:
Nobody knows except for Samsung and Google. Samsung is announcing the Note 2 on August 15th so they could possibly incorporate the new Nexus but nobody knows really.
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Well, unfortunately i can't wait that long. I need to make up my mind by Friday. I guess I'm going to go with the galaxy s3. Thanks.
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Hoezack said:
Well, unfortunately i can't wait that long. I need to make up my mind by Friday. I guess I'm going to go with the galaxy s3.
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You definitely made the right choice.
We have both phones on our VZ corporate account. The GN has a few more ROMs available, but other than that the G3 is light years ahead of the obsolete GN.

jmorton10 said:
You definitely made the right choice.
We have both phones on our VZ corporate account. The GN has a few more ROMs available, but other than that the G3 is light years ahead of the obsolete GN.
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Plus the GN has almost a year of development time, it hasn't been a month yet for the GS3. Give it some time there will be some killer stuff on this phone.
Btw.. The roms and themes already available for the GS3 are fantastic, battery life is great and it will only get better. Go for the better hardware, roms will come!
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I would honestly be surprised if the next Nexus phone is available on Verizon.
The GNEX was problematic because of the CDMA radio. The whole 'not a real nexus' and all. I think google has shown us how they want to start selling Nexus devices, and it doesn't appear to involve a carrier.

Coop9 said:
I would honestly be surprised if the next Nexus phone is available on Verizon.
The GNEX was problematic because of the CDMA radio. The whole 'not a real nexus' and all. I think google has shown us how they want to start selling Nexus devices, and it doesn't appear to involve a carrier.
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If they do this, there's no way in hell verizon would approve having a device that goes over their jurisdiction be allowed on their network. The only way you can get a device on Verizon is through them.
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Div033 said:
If they do this, there's no way in hell verizon would approve having a device that goes over their jurisdiction be allowed on their network. The only way you can get a device on Verizon is through them.
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Well, what about the GS3 Developer edition?

I don't think you'll regret having the S3! It's been a great phone, and even though it's "locked" - there are/will be plenty of custom ROM's, hacks, and themes you can put into it!
I like the concept of the Galaxy Nexus but the screen is not as great as the S3, and even though it's only a 4.3 inch device, while the S3 is 4.8 - the S3 is the same size as the nexus and even a little thinner!!! Definitely nicer in my opinion!

Samsung Galaxy S4 Developer Edition headed to Verizon and AT&T

Oh my, more choices.
Not sure if I should hold out for these versions but from my understanding either this dev or google version will only be 16gb?
Where as there is a 32gb currently with at&t?
http://phandroid.com/2013/05/23/galaxy-s4-developer-edition/

SysAdmNj said:
Oh my, more choices.
Not sure if I should hold out for these version but from my understanding either this dev or google version will only be 16gb?
Where as there is a 32gb currently with at&t?
http://phandroid.com/2013/05/23/galaxy-s4-developer-edition/
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damn them. lol

jetlitheone said:
damn them. lol
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Even more AT&T S4's will be on Swappa, craigslist, and ebay. All depending on the price of course. I would think it would have to come under the Google edition price for folks to be interested.

If this is priced under the Google Edition, I'll probably be putting mine up on craigslist when the Developer Edition it comes out.
Unless, of course, this could help Adam or Dan or someone else find a permanent unlock for the bootloader...

mattdm said:
If this is priced under the Google Edition, I'll probably be putting mine up on craigslist when the Developer Edition it comes out.
Unless, of course, this could help Adam or Dan or someone else find a permanent unlock for the bootloader...
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at&t pricing under the google edition? I seriously doubt it.
Wonder if at&t will release it before google. Samsung really whoring themselves out with this galaxy model this time around huh

Don't look now but rumor has it that HTC is coming out with a Google edition soon.

Nice! This is what I have been waiting for, best of both worlds. Just wish it was the 32gb.

If it's subsidized, I will be picking one up! Still have 2 upgrades available!!
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scott14719 said:
Don't look now but rumor has it that HTC is coming out with a Google edition soon.
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Htc one Google edition, developer edtion, or the at&t developer edition either way I liked the sgs4 screen much better.

I dont understand the point of this phone. Why not just release one model with the unlocked boot loader?
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Will LOKI ROMs and kernels even work on these phones?

calvin35 said:
Will LOKI ROMs and kernels even work on these phones?
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They won't need loki patched roms. Bootloader is unlocked on those versions
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dxwilliams40 said:
They won't need loki patched roms. Bootloader is unlocked on those versions
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So developers will be releasing two versions of their ROMs and kernels? One LOKI and one not?

calvin35 said:
So developers will be releasing two versions of their ROMs and kernels? One LOKI and one not?
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No. They are not required to do so. However as a courtesy some will.
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AutoUnion said:
I dont understand the point of this phone. Why not just release one model with the unlocked boot loader?
- sent from Galaxy S4
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Two Words
MORE MONEY!!!
and to screw the people that bought the locked version of the phone!! your phone WILL be worth alot less when they hit the market. now that everybody has *****ed and blogged about the bootloader being locked on AT&T

Rotary Parts said:
Two Words
MORE MONEY!!!
and to screw the people that bought the locked version of the phone!! your phone WILL be worth alot less when they hit the market. now that everybody has *****ed and blogged about the bootloader being locked on AT&T
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nope. 99% of the people buying the phone just want the phone to use, not to mod.

zlatsky said:
nope. 99% of the people buying the phone just want the phone to use, not to mod.
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Thank you for pointing this out.
Half of the people posting on these threads no idea how to root/mod/flash anything as it is and are learning. Half of the people I talk to about my s4 being rooted don't even know what it means, I say ROM, they go "Whats thats!"
When I sold my s3, the guy had no real concept of what it meant when I said It was rooted running a stock rom...
"What does that mean?"
"Um... let me put it this way... You're getting better battery life, features, and all sorts of stuff than a regular S3 is..."

Rotary Parts said:
Two Words
MORE MONEY!!!
and to screw the people that bought the locked version of the phone!! your phone WILL be worth alot less when they hit the market. now that everybody has *****ed and blogged about the bootloader being locked on AT&T
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Don't think the phone will be worth less. Once the boot loader exploit is out, you don't have to deal with any of these issues
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Other device, comparisons to other devices, and upgrading phone discussion

Please use this thread to discuss devices other than and any comparisons with other devices on or about the GS 5 in this thread and any other off-topic issues that are not needing a new thread.
Post with respect, this is a helpful community, hope we all learn from this stuff in here.

wish we knew when we can pre-order, or buy the S5. since the HTC ONE M8 is a no go for me

I have heard 2 different dates. April 11th and April 22nd.
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Looking to upgrade - but no way, no how will I spend my hard earned cash on a device (Verizon) that in all probability won't be able to run anything other than Touchwiz. Holding out to see what LG and others have to offer this summer -

putney1477 said:
I have heard 2 different dates. April 11th and April 22nd.
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Which location is it?

Have any upgrade notice for Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 5 ?

I think they still dont have the new update.

Lodaserves said:
I think they still dont have the new update.
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Right.. But i think it's needed important upgrading.. Because i have lost here my previous work ability for a little time..

Yeah upgrading is your priority specially in your works.

Lodaserves said:
Yeah upgrading is your priority specially in your works.
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I think when it upgrade then it will change minor. Therefore i will works as a newer...:fingers-crossed:

Yeah men much better then.

tkacer said:
Looking to upgrade - but no way, no how will I spend my hard earned cash on a device (Verizon) that in all probability won't be able to run anything other than Touchwiz. Holding out to see what LG and others have to offer this summer -
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OKay. I think you do not want upgrading Verizon. Therefore if you want LG then please tell me how many opportunity you will get from there ?

Guadalupeohara said:
OKay. I think you do not want upgrading Verizon. Therefore if you want LG then please tell me how many opportunity you will get from there ?
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Obviously not staying with VZN - the handwriting is on the wall - will probably go with Tmobile or Sprint. Don't really utilize the features that TW brings to the table, so not having the ability to use AOSP Roms is a deal breaker. Might also have to give up some cell coverage for flashing freedom, but well worth the trade off for me.

I have the htc one m8 and the new gs5, I prefer the htc one m8 and my Lg g2 Samsung dropped the ball on this phone
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tkacer said:
Obviously not staying with VZN - the handwriting is on the wall - will probably go with Tmobile or Sprint. Don't really utilize the features that TW brings to the table, so not having the ability to use AOSP Roms is a deal breaker. Might also have to give up some cell coverage for flashing freedom, but well worth the trade off for me.
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What do you not like about the galaxy s5 that the m8 does better?
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sdsubball23 said:
What do you not like about the galaxy s5 that the m8 does better?
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Not so much S5 vs M8, but VZN vs other carriers that do not lock down their phones. I first and foremost will be changing to either Tmobile or Sprint. Call me spoiled, but after years of being able to flash whatever Rom suits my fancy, I will not (and at this point) do not have to give that up. Will I have to sacrifice some coverage to get that - yes, but a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
After that, I will probably wait until the batch of phones (LG g3, Sony Z2, Nexus 6, Oppo Find 7 etc) hit the market. Not impressed enough with the improvements that either the S5 or M8 have brought (processors, display, camera) vs their predecessors to change over right now. I'll stick to my loki exploitable S4, and come summer or early fall, say good-bye to both Samsung and VZN!

Verizon has definitely dropped the ball here!! Bad! They took away 2 of the s5 main features! But I still like the s5 over the m8. I have both. I will say the boomsound is unbeatable, yet everything else goes to the s5 in my book. Battery life is almost twice as good, camera seems better, overall feel in the hand is better. The m8 is just too heavy. Both are high quality phones for sure but I personally think the s5 wins, in spite of big red being the evil step parent beating us with the nearest available object in public. ....
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Jeremiah_1988 said:
Verizon has definitely dropped the ball here!! Bad! They took away 2 of the s5 main features! But I still like the s5 over the m8. I have both. I will say the boomsound is unbeatable, yet everything else goes to the s5 in my book. Battery life is almost twice as good, camera seems better, overall feel in the hand is better. The m8 is just too heavy. Both are high quality phones for sure but I personally think the s5 wins, in spite of big red being the evil step parent beating us with the nearest available object in public. ....
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Which 2 features are missing? The quick glance (I think that's what it was called) that I could do on S4 was nice. Where you wave your hand over the front sensors to see time and notifications while it's asleep, seems to be gone. I really liked that. The S5 does feel good in hand. Really enjoying the dimpled back. Feels nice. The display is lovely has well. As we all have our own opinions, I enjoy the M8 a bit more. I love Sense.. Now. I'm a vanilla Android guy and was really shocked I liked sense and blink feed. Shocked lol. I actually find it easier to hold in one hand than S5, by a bit. I can type easily on the M8, not as easily on the S5. Camera, that has me confused. Love the M8 features and UI. For me, quality is better in certain situations and better on the S5 in situations. Obviously, with the S5, you can crop to your hearts content and that's a big advantage. Either way, IMO, both are great devices and as Android users, we're lucky to have these options.
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Verizon took out the download boost and PayPal fingerprint scanner, I'm hoping for root and some flashable zips to get them back from big red, but I do really like the phone regardless
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[Q] Any way to unlock booleader on 4.4 yet?

the Samsung Galaxy s3 has been out for a while now.
And nobody seem to be working on unlocking the boolader. how can that be even possible seems like nobody cares anymore.... so can some developer give us a hand here??

julio900710 said:
the Samsung Galaxy s3 has been out for a while now.
And nobody seem to be working on unlocking the boolader. how can that be even possible seems like nobody cares anymore.... so can some developer give us a hand here??
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Most developers have moved on from the VZW S3. And I'm leaning towards there will probably never be a fix for the locked bootloader
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As far as I know, the only developer for the s4 is @mohammad.afaneh , and I don't think he is even working on the bootloader. It's three generations old, and I doubt any unlock will be made...
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You can use JTAG to downgrade to the bootloader unlockable firmware... its around 100-150 bucks though from what I have heard.

XxD34THxX said:
As far as I know, the only developer for the s4 is @mohammad.afaneh , and I don't think he is even working on the bootloader. It's three generations old, and I doubt any unlock will be made...
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You can use JTAG to downgrade to the bootloader unlockable firmware... its around 100-150 bucks though from what I have heard.
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Good luck finding a reputable jtag service however
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ShapesBlue said:
Good luck finding a reputable jtag service however
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True. Doing it yourself is a pain and easy to screw up your phone beyond repair.

julio900710 said:
the Samsung Galaxy s3 has been out for a while now.
And nobody seem to be working on unlocking the boolader. how can that be even possible seems like nobody cares anymore.... so can some developer give us a hand here??
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Will sell you my galaxy s3 with an unlocked bootloader in great condition for $250 it's a sch-I535 btw

Datboi459 said:
Will sell you my galaxy s3 with an unlocked bootloader in great condition for $250 it's a sch-I535 btw
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$250? Really? I bought my Nexus 5 for that price. Your quite high on that one. BTW selling on xda or even offering is against the rules
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ShapesBlue said:
$250? Really? I bought my Nexus 5 for that price. Your quite high on that one. BTW selling on xda or even offering is against the rules
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I didn't know that. Oops. An s3 with an unlocked bootloader that is a Verizon model is rare isn't it?

Datboi459 said:
I didn't know that. Oops. An s3 with an unlocked bootloader that is a Verizon model is rare isn't it?
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Not a lot of people have them anymore that I'll give you. I still have mine and will never sell it
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Sent you a PM man

No way

I think I'm the only one that bought one of these phones. Haha.
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Lol, motorola should reward you for that.
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Got one with the $300 trade-in promotion (with new line)! Like it because of LTE B3/7 for international networks.

el6006 said:
I think I'm the only one that bought one of these phones. Haha.
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I really want to buy one, but I won't unless there is some love from the devs here. This is the perfect phone for me but i need root. Hopefully it will come

I bought it because of the 300 trade in. I did not really much of it but it meant I could get 300 for my Moto X 2013 which was my backup phone. This way I was able to get a newer backup phone for cheap. I like the phone though. Honestly the only thing I really really wish it had was an AMOLED screen instead of the LCD. Otherwise it's a pretty good mid range performer for me.
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el6006 said:
I bought it because of the 300 trade in. I did not really much of it but it meant I could get 300 for my Moto X 2013 which was my backup phone. This way I was able to get a newer backup phone for cheap. I like the phone though. Honestly the only thing I really really wish it had was an AMOLED screen instead of the LCD. Otherwise it's a pretty good mid range performer for me.
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You could've sold it and bought new nexus 6 easily, at least thats what I thought of doing. BTW, did you received any text msg from vzw that starts with MX...?

I am trying to decide if I want to keep a maxx 2 or moto x 2014. Thoughts??? Which one!
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Hey guys! Just found this post here and wanted to says that you guys are not the only ones who bought it. Well, maybe in the US (hehehhe) but all over the world this model is called Moto X Play. You can check it for general stuff on the xda page but YOU CANNOT FLASH THE SAME ROMS. appart from that you have lots of stuff there about the phone. Good luck
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Liamfm said:
I am trying to decide if I want to keep a maxx 2 or moto x 2014. Thoughts??? Which one!
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Hry, about that, although the Moto X 2014 is more beautiful, in terms of specs its way worse than this. Only the processor is better and the screen is amoled (and I think amoled is bad because it burns after some use). Apart from that this phone is better. It doesn't have all gestures like wave to wake up but it wakes up as soon as you pick it. Also they removed the gyroscope but it doesn't make a difference unless you use photosphere or Google cardboard. I would pick the droid maxx 2. Good luck

Ooh, I didn't realize the gyros cope thing until now. Not a deal breaker but, that was a feature I enjoyed using on my original moto X. I've got everything loaded on the max right now and we'll try it out for a few days. I think the battery life and turbocharging is going to outweigh the gyroscope
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Also on droid maxx 2, can say I do like the camera more then my previous phone
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I bought one because I'm stuck on Verizon and I was returning to Android and didn't want to spend a lot of money. My trade paid for half the cost, so not too bad.

I've just yesterday decided to throw a Data only T-Mobile SIM into 'ye olden Maxx 2 and have been Binge-ing Netflix, and Hulu on it. LOL.

elite001mm said:
I really want to buy one, but I won't unless there is some love from the devs here. This is the perfect phone for me but i need root. Hopefully it will come
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Liamfm said:
I am trying to decide if I want to keep a maxx 2 or moto x 2014. Thoughts??? Which one!
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grumpygoof said:
I bought one because I'm stuck on Verizon and I was returning to Android and didn't want to spend a lot of money. My trade paid for half the cost, so not too bad.
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Gents, if you like this phone, this dude is selling XT1564 which is an unlocked Moto X Play, same thing as this and can be used on CDMA (Verizon) http://goo.gl/jA8Nqa

mtoomey79 said:
Gents, if you like this phone, this dude is selling XT1564 which is an unlocked Moto X Play, same thing as this and can be used on CDMA (Verizon) *link removed*
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Thanks for the heads up although I think I'm done buying phones for awhile! I would like to go this route when I buy my next phone though because leaving the US carriers out of the update loop seems like a good plan.

Wow it's dead in here. Getting bored with my G3 so I just snagged a used Maxx 2 since I enjoyed my original Maxx and the Turbo. Looks like a nice midrange device that can hold me over for a few months.

True, looks like very few people bought this device.
The reasons why I bought it:
1. CDMA - Verizon phones are compatible with the CDMA network in my country;
2. GSM/WCDMA/3G support to travel internationally;
3. Good LTE-bands coverage, especially Band 20. You can find very few phones which pack CDMA/GSM/LTE (Band 20).
Looks like it is a single-SIM phone - according to the location of the pins inside the sim-card slot.
Has anyone tried XT1564 - does it have the Verizon bloatware?

Something has happened to mine. I decided to factory reset and start fresh. The T-Mobile SIM wont work in it anymore. When I search for available networks, it locates T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T but when I select T-Mobile, it says registering on network but never does. Same SIM I had used in it before. Tried Global as well as LTE/GSM/UMTS network mode. Manually added T-Mobile APN settings as well. No dice. Hmmm

I really like the display of this phone with 64 GB Card .. its a nice phone ...
when Android M going to release ?

aamszia said:
I really like the display of this phone with 64 GB Card .. its a nice phone ...
when Android M going to release ?
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It is being released now:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/motorola-droid-maxx-2-update/

not available on my phone .....