We’ve seen hacks and hints, but Verizon has finally confirmed that select devices in its 4G LTE stable will be getting access to global roaming soon. The HTC Rezound and the Motorola DROID RAZR, DROID RAZR MAXX and DROID 4 will all have their latent GSM capabilities switched on this summer, with voice roaming possible in “more than 220 countries” and data in “more than 205”. Exact dates were not given.
Just like current CDMA world phones, customers will need to pay extra for a global roaming feature from the carrier. Luckily, this can be enabled independently from your contract when you begin travelling and turned off when you return. Likewise Verizon didn’t detail the prices it would charge for international roaming, but the current prices at the Verizon Global website range from about 40 cents per minute to as much as nine dollars.
In related news, a Verizon retail associate told us that all Verizon 4G LTE devices were capable of international roaming, and that the feature would be activated for these devices soon. Take this with a grain of salt, of course: retail employees are known for being rather creative when it comes to information. In any case, this is good news for Verizon customers planning on travelling abroad – hopefully the LTE roaming capabilities will be added before the Summer Olympics begin.
Meanwhile the promised Ice cream sandwich has melted and evaporated…….way to go moto!
can I assume a moldy rotten jellybean update also?
ICS has leaked for all of these phones. the latest even has a toggle for Global capabilities. They haven’t completely melted, but are taking forever that is for sure.
Coming probably next month.. lol but this is Moto so it’s anyone’s guess
rezound has miui with full working gsm calls text and data, for free check out xda rezound android development. Their are some other Roms with full gsm capabilities, A fix is being worked on for ALL CIS roms. aosp will also be done on the rezound soon only main thing left is an aosp based kernel.
Provided these phones will get the Global Roaming upgrade, does that mean they can be used with a european SIM card just like any other european GSM/UMTS phone?