Verizon

[Poke]

Verizon: Voice Over LTE, LTE-Only Phones in 2014 Verizon CFO Claims LTE Only Will Lower Consumer Costs

Will be good when all carriers only have LTE devices and due away with all order devices less to support should drive cost down.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Voice-Over-LTE-LTEOnly-Phones-in-2014-123385

 

[Poke]

Verizon reportedly looking to 'resolve' relationship with Vodafone this year

Hmm wonder how they will like that.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/5/40...-resolve-relationship-with-vodafone-this-year

 

[truckracer]

Does this mean you will be able to talk and surf at the same time?

 

[Juan]

correction..drive VERIZONS price down..not the consumers

 

[John Kotches]

juan:

Are you saying trickle down doesn't really work?

In theory less radios == a lower BOM == a lower cost handset. But how much does not including a CDMA radio really save? I'm not up on the cost of radios to offer an informed answer.

Will that trickle down to us as consumers? Good question. It's implied that it will, but implied is not a guarantee.

 

[John Kotches]

Will be good when all carriers only have LTE devices and due away with all order devices less to support should drive cost down.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Voice-Over-LTE-LTEOnly-Phones-in-2014-123385

Assuming they can make a multi-band LTE radio that handles all carriers. Yeah, like that'll happen.

 

[Poke]

50% of Verizon Wireless Traffic Now LTE As Verizon Continues to Dominate Sector

More speed.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/50-of-Verizon-Wireless-Traffic-Now-LTE-123502

 

[Poke]

Vodafone Close to Selling Stake in Verizon Wireless 45% Share Could Net Company $135 Billion

Wow serious money.

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Vodafone-Close-to-Selling-Stake-in-Verizon-Wireless-123629

 

[Poke]

Hmm preloaded stuff sometimes is good other times not so good.

Verizon to preload Games Portal store, social network on Android devices

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/26/4...s-portal-store-gaming-network-android-devices

 

[Neutron]

I hate preloaded crap on anything whether it be a computer or a mobile device.

 

[Poke]

I hate preloaded crap on anything whether it be a computer or a mobile device.

Yeah I agree. Most time I would rather them leave the device alone just to ship with the standard software.

 

[Ramy]

How will LTE phone calls affect your data usage I wonder? Will it cost you data?

 

[Poke]

Motorola DROID BIONIC to get Android 4.1 in Q2

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Motorola-DROID-BIONIC-to-get-Android-4.1-in-Q2_id41265

 

[mike123abc]

How will LTE phone calls affect your data usage I wonder? Will it cost you data?

It should not make any difference, just like now calling over 3G does not effect your 3G data. Essentially all your calls are just data, the phone company just charges you minutes for the data it knows are voice.

 

[Ramy]

It should not make any difference, just like now calling over 3G does not effect your 3G data. Essentially all your calls are just data, the phone company just charges you minutes for the data it knows are voice.

As far as I know, no company's voice calls go over the data connection yet.

 

[Juan]

they will on pure LTE

 

[mike123abc]

As far as I know, no company's voice calls go over the data connection yet.

The phone digitizes, and puts your voice into packets which are sent over the same frequencies. It is not TCP/IP VOIP, but dedicated data packets. It is still just data, analog cellular is completely gone in the US.

 

[Poke]

Android 4.1 comes to Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Stratosphere II

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Android-4.1-comes-to-Verizons-Samsung-Galaxy-Stratosphere-II_id41288

 

[Poke]

BlackBerry Z10 now available at Verizon

http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-Z10-now-available-at-Verizon_id41307

 

[Juan]

The phone digitizes, and puts your voice into packets which are sent over the same frequencies. It is not TCP/IP VOIP, but dedicated data packets. It is still just data, analog cellular is completely gone in the US.

it will be VoIP on pure LTE