Currently have a blackberry, want to switch to HTC One X

[Razultull]

Hi there, so i currently own the blackberry 9930 from Verizon. However i wish to switch to using an HTC One X that i will acquire in another country that will be an international unlocked version.

Does verizon allow this switch to take place? The phone is a CDMA/GSM phone.

TIA to anyone who can help.

[Spiral]

No, the only phones Verizon allows to be activated are ones that are Verizon branded.  So even though your foreign purchase is CDMA compatible, Verizon will NOT allow it to be activated. 

[Dave-in-Decatur · Accepted solution]

Verizon does offer some "global phones," as they call them: http://businessportals.verizonwireless.com/international/Global_Phone/index.html. The selection is extremely limited, though, as you may have found. 3 of the 7 models are Blackberries, which you're trying to move away from. There's an iPhone, an HTC Trophy (Windows Phone 7), a Casio G'zOne Ravine 2, and a Pantech Jest. Not an Android device among them.

Now if you're just going outside the US for a short time and need a GSM-capable phone, they'll give you a loaner for free (calling and data plans extra!), and they do have some Android offerings (http://businessportals.verizonwireless.com/international/Global_Travel/index.html). It's not a bad deal, but also not a solution for a frequent international traveler.

Frankly, IMO Verizon's greatest shortcoming is in the area of international interoperability.