[jason18]

Is there any way to pre-order a bb10 phone from an out of country carrier and have it work on Verizon when the phone comes out? Or do I have to wait for Big Red to have it for me?

[BergerKing]

Is there any way to pre-order a bb10 phone from an out of country carrier and have it work on Verizon when the phone comes out? Or do I have to wait for Big Red to have it for me?

Gotta wait, you'll not get any other carriers' phone on Verizon, as they will not activate a non-Verizon phone and most devices around the world are GSM, with Verizon being CDMA technology. Incompatible, sorry.

[raino]

For it to work on Verizon, it would need to have the proper bands. I'm guessing Verizon will be carrying a LTE variant, so you'd want the phone to have the corresponding band(s). I'm not sure what VZN's "fall back" network is--3G or 2G. You'd want those bands too.

[jason18]

What about at&t?

[raino]

What about at&t?

Nope. AT&T's LTE devices won't work on VZN's wireless network, and their fall back networks are different too (GSM vs. CDMA.)