(09-15-2021, 05:26 PM)rvh Wrote: O.K. folks. This is a big deal. As far as I can tell, there is no cdma carrier that will accept a pinephone. It seems deliberate to me. So for now if you need cdma, your daily driver pinephone, just became a door stop. So now what?
If you live in an area that only has CDMA (most likely very rural), then yes, the Pinephone is a door stop for now. However, all U.S. carriers are rolling out VoLTE and discontinuing CDMA and GSM service, which renders CDMA vs. GSM moot. CDMA and GSM will be dead as a dodo bird by the end of next year.
Many Pinephone users have reported that Verizon works. I've never tried Verizon on the Pinephone but reportedly it is necessary to activate a Verizon SIM card on another phone and then move it to your Pinephone. Thats what I always do anyway.
I advise checking the same thread that bcnaz suggested.