Here let me answer your question better than everybody else.
-Verizon uses the technology they do because 5 years ago it was more advanced then the competing standard at the time (TDMA) -But for whatever reason they stuck with it and now Verizon and Sprint are the only 2 carriers (plus their MVNOs) left that use it. -The rest of the world, including ATT and T-Mobile, integrated into one technology: GSM which IS a better technology despite what some diehard CDMA freaks would tell you on here. The main differences that your average everyday user sees:
1) The GSM association requires all carriers to use the same standard allowing interoperability so there are a lot more phone options. 2) GSM's 3G is faster than CDMA's (up to 28mbps vs. 3.6mbps using Rev. A) 3) HSPA (GSM's 3G) carrys both voice and data allowing for better quality voice and simultaneous voice and data use. So if you're on the internet, calls can get through, you can talk on the phone while using the internet, and do video calling.
“Apart from the fact that it's got a bit of infamy to outgrow, the old model was a pretty sharp-looking handset and the Storm2 refines that look in all the right ways.”
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Here let me answer your question better than everybody else.
-Verizon uses the technology they do because 5 years ago it was more advanced then the competing standard at the time (TDMA)
-But for whatever reason they stuck with it and now Verizon and Sprint are the only 2 carriers (plus their MVNOs) left that use it.
-The rest of the world, including ATT and T-Mobile, integrated into one technology: GSM which IS a better technology despite what some diehard CDMA freaks would tell you on here. The main differences that your average everyday user sees:
1) The GSM association requires all carriers to use the same standard allowing interoperability so there are a lot more phone options.
2) GSM's 3G is faster than CDMA's (up to 28mbps vs. 3.6mbps using Rev. A)
3) HSPA (GSM's 3G) carrys both voice and data allowing for better quality voice and simultaneous voice and data use. So if you're on the internet, calls can get through, you can talk on the phone while using the internet, and do video calling.