If people will tell me that they actually have a problem with GSM using the included SIM then I will listen. The original post said "foriegn sims" and what I have read is all about using it with sims other than the included one.
Which means there is no grounds for a lawsuit because niether motorola nor verizon support or guarantee it will work with anything but verizons equipment
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Here I am, I have problems with the vodaphone sim card, using the global email feature from verizon. I have a weak signal in places where I used to have a superb signal with a blackberry storm, running the same sim card. If I am traveling by car overseas, I lose this crappy signal frequently, and have large areas of no coverage, prompting the int'l roaming warning message incessantly. These large areas of no signal still had a decent signal with my BB. In some places I have a few bars, but the data connection will not establish itself. There was another thread discussing this, I am not the only one. If GB does not fix this, I am calling and notifying them I want the global data plan back on my BB (which they will claim I can't do, since I am grandfathered on the 'other' smartphone plan, but can't switch off it to get unlimited global BIS). If they won't let me reactivate my BB with the plan, I am paying my ETF and they can stuff the whole thing, I've had enough of not being able to use my "global" phone overseas in major cities, and I refuse to give up my data plan to go back to BB and have to pay $21 / MB.
I can't comment on overseas experiences except in China. It has taken me a few months, but i'm quite happy now with the bits and pieces i've scraped together for service and affordability.
For starters, I got a sim card from China Mobile. I prepay maybe the equivalent of $30 US and i'll have voice, text and data for at least a few months. Finding the right plan is key.
For me, I sort of stumbled upon using 2G instead of 3G solution when i'm away from home or work. If i'm out and about, the speed and service is perfectly acceptable. When i'm home or at work, i'm using wifi anyway, so the "data plan" isn't needed there.
Speaking of the "data plan" - china mobile charges about 15 cents per MB for their 2G service, so I'd rather pay and use this than vzw's outrageous $24/MB any day. However, china mobile has several tiered usage plans, all the way up to 5GB per month for 200 RMB (about $30)...ummm, yes I'll take 5GB instead of only 1MB for about the same price, please.
Actually, since I don't use much 2G I dropped down to under 100 MB per month, thanks to wifi. Service is dirt cheap, I can do all the stuff that's really important, and get down to the business of working in china without my phone being a constant source of annoyance.
Sometimes, you have to explore your options and make acceptable trade-offs. In my case, I thought I HAD to have 3G, but found I can live without.
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