swintec

Physical keyboards are played out

 

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Not really. Emailing, running commands via connectbot for example, answering support tickets etc with a touch screen is damn near impossible. if you only use your phone for texting and watching online videos like the masses then yea you have no use for a keyboard.

Tough nuts. All initial Sprint LTE handsets have embedded SIMs. And international roaming is an issue for about one percent of the population about one percent of the time.

Yea I knew about the embedded SIM for LTE, when I saw "(SIM is embedded in the phone, GSM SIM is locked and not removable)" I thought maybe there were two SIMs (one for LTE one for GSM). If there is two I dont know why they couldnt make it accessible for the non-LTE GSM part, especially being a phone geared towards business travelers. Ahh well, not like I have any international traveling planned anyways, besides Canada.

One cannot use a local SIM.

 

A "world phone" has a rather loose definition, meaning that a phone supports at least one band/airlink combination that allows it to roam in another country.

 

AJ

Lame. Well, I guess this would just mean you wouldnt have to rent a GSM phone from sprint if you traveled overseas then.

· Frequency: LTE, CDMA 800/1900 EVDO Rev A, World Phone - GSM 850/1900/1800/900, UMTS 850/1900/2100 (SIM is embedded in the phone, GSM SIM is locked and not removable)

I really want this phone. When it says the GSM SIM is locked and not removable, how can one travel overseas and buy a local SIM, i thought this was the idea of a world phone?

Outside of the iPhone, I thought that Sprint world phones came SIM unlocked for international use.

Oh honestly I dont know. I have read the pains of the world phone iphone features I had just assumed it was the same now. Good to hear. I think I will be all over this if it has a keyboard. Although my Epic works perfect now....grrr...

Looks like the Motorola Photon Q has hit the FCC with Model XT897.

 

http://www.engadget....oton-q-lte-fcc/

 

FCC Link

https://fjallfoss.fc...%27IHDT56NL2%27

Please please please have a keyboard! How hard is it to get sprint to unlock the world phone capabilities for international travel so I can put a SIM in it?

if this thing has a keyboard, it will be my mom's next phone

If this thing has a keyboard it will be MY next phone. I was getting worried i was stuck with my Epic for a long time with no hope for anoher great phone.