Pinephone Verizon Compatibility

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I think most people just use a different phone to activate the sim card.

Though I think the fact that Verizon only works on 4g would be a deal  breaker anyhow...

It would be a deal breaker, however verizon is the only carrier that works reliably in my area. I don't like them, or how much they charge, but I don't really have a choice

You could use a Verizon network MVNO that is cheaper and less restrictive. US Mobile, Visible, and PagePlus for instance.

These are good suggestions. Have anyone tried them?
What about goolge fi? I saw people mentioning it, and I think can use all networks (verizon, at&t, ...)r

I know I saw someone try one of the verizon MVNOs, but can't remember where. Someone will hopefully test them and report at some point. I use Google Fi. The Pinephone lacks support to take advantage of the automatic network hopping, so it's stuck on t-mobile. Google Fi uses t-mobile, sprint and us cellular. That may change now that sprint is being merged with t-mobile. Haven't seen any updates on new partner prospects though. Red pocket, US Mobile, Tracphone, and a few others let you pick a network as well, but only google fi does so dynamically.