Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] OT question about USA phone plan

>>> I live in the Southwestern part of the US, but a family member recently spent a week at a conference in Washington, DC. He has an iPhone 6 with Verizon service and said that it performed well in that area. His is a contract situation so I know nothing about a pay as you go plan.
>>> Pat
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>> In terms of coverage, everyone is pretty good in the DC area.
>> But a phone bought in Oz is going to be a GSM product, so I wouldn't think of Verizon as my first choice.
>
> Apple tells me that CDMA phones have GSM radios in them but that GSM phones do not have the CDMA radios that Verizon would need
> KLM

You can look here:
<http://store.apple.com/au/buy-iphone/iphone6>
and check which Ozzie iPhone 6 model you have and what networks/bands it covers:

• Model A1549 (GSM)*
• Model A1522 (GSM)*
• UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• 4G LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)

• Model A1549 (CDMA)*
• Model A1522 (CDMA)*
• CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• 4G LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)

• Model A1586 (GSM)*
• Model A1524 (GSM)*
• UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• FDD-4G LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)
• TD-4G LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)

• Model A1586 (CDMA)*
• Model A1524 (CDMA)*
• CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• FDD-4G LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29)
• TD-4G LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)

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