Will Verizon EVER sell or support any BLACKBERRY products such as the KEYONE. If so, when ??
Gave up waiting for VZW to get the KEYone. Purchased mine from Best Buy.
One sweet phone.
It’s GSM only, what carrier are you using it on?
Best Buy carries GSM and CDMA
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=keyone+verizon&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17071&type=page&sc=Global&cp=1&nr…
Purchased mine when they had $100.00 off special.
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Upgraded from the Priv to the Keyone. Love the phone. 2 day battery life. Purchased unlocked version for Verizon at Best Buy. Just swap the simm cards. No issues. Run GSM and lte/cdma. In my area usually stay on CDMA cell service. Great phone. Waiting to upgrade my wife to the new Motion since she is not into keyboard. Hard to beat at the price compared to the main name brands.
Waiting for a CDMA Motion also. So far no go.
As am I......
Dick Lewis wrote:Waiting for a CDMA Motion also. So far no go.
Dick Lewis wrote:
Why when Verizon is phasing out CDMA by Dec 31 2019 and won't allow CDMA only devices to be activated on it's network after June 30th 2018.
It's simple really when you remember that these BlackBerry phones that have CDMA are NOT CDMA only.
My KEYone is CDMA and unlocked GSM, therefore should Verizon flip a switch that CDMA no longer works,
likely a new SIM and phone would work because it is also GSM.
VZW first announced they would drop CDMA around 2014, so not holding my breath. So if I want a BlackBerry Motion, for now at least, we need CDMA.
To show that our CDMA phones are not CDMA only, the Samsung Convoy IV basic flip phone my wife uses works on CDMA out of the box. If you remove the battery, there is a SIM slot there to use the phone on GSM.
So her basic phone is ready when VZW flips the switch.
DONUT_1216 wrote:Will Verizon EVER sell or support any BLACKBERRY products such as the KEYONE. If so, when ??
DONUT_1216 wrote:
With all the confusion and some replies a bit off track, I'm replying to original post.
At this stage, it is not likely that VZW will decide to sell the KEYone.
Also we may not see the Motion either, TCL/BlackBerryMobile hasn't even released a CDMA version yet.
Motion GSM has all the correct bandwidths, but haven't read anyone using one on VZW.
In my reply number 3, I mentioned I purchased the GSM/CDMA unlocked version from Best Buy.,
Verizon SIM inserted, activated on VZW without a hitch.
Hopefully with two new models announced for 2018, we will see some BlackBerry love from Verizon.
Dick Lewis wrote:DONUT_1216 wrote:Will Verizon EVER sell or support any BLACKBERRY products such as the KEYONE. If so, when ??With all the confusion and some replies a bit off track, I'm replying to original post.At this stage, it is not likely that VZW will decide to sell the KEYone.Also we may not see the Motion either, TCL/BlackBerryMobile hasn't even released a CDMA version yet.Motion GSM has all the correct bandwidths, but haven't read anyone using one on VZW.In my reply number 3, I mentioned I purchased the GSM/CDMA unlocked version from Best Buy.,Verizon SIM inserted, activated on VZW without a hitch.Hopefully with two new models announced for 2018, we will see some BlackBerry love from Verizon.
No confusion merely pointing out that ANY phone to be able to be on Verizon's network it has to have the proper LTE bands which include band 13 and support Verizon's VoLTE which mean it has to go through Verizon's certification process. If Blackberry doesn't not wish to do that, that is on BLACKBERRY not Verizon.
boringusername wrote:Dick Lewis wrote:DONUT_1216 wrote:Will Verizon EVER sell or support any BLACKBERRY products such as the KEYONE. If so, when ??With all the confusion and some replies a bit off track, I'm replying to original post.At this stage, it is not likely that VZW will decide to sell the KEYone.Also we may not see the Motion either, TCL/BlackBerryMobile hasn't even released a CDMA version yet.Motion GSM has all the correct bandwidths, but haven't read anyone using one on VZW.In my reply number 3, I mentioned I purchased the GSM/CDMA unlocked version from Best Buy.,Verizon SIM inserted, activated on VZW without a hitch.Hopefully with two new models announced for 2018, we will see some BlackBerry love from Verizon.No confusion merely pointing out that ANY phone to be able to be on Verizon's network it has to have the proper LTE bands which include band 13 and support Verizon's VoLTE which mean it has to go through Verizon's certification process. If Blackberry doesn't not wish to do that, that is on BLACKBERRY not Verizon.
boringusername wrote:
Very well aware that any phone to work on Verizon needs their certification.
Also aware what are and how the different bandwidths work.
BlackBerryMobile, not BlackBerry is the make in conjunction with TCL. Blackberry doesn't make phones anymore.
My reply was to the OP, I added what I thought was a simple reply that there would be no KEYone sold by Verizon. Plus hopefully Verizon will start selling and supporting these phones again.
We understand wanting to be able to use any device with the best service possible. To confirm if your phone will activate with our network, we do provide an ESN eligibility check: https://www.verizonwireless.com/bring-your-own-device/
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