http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/marketing-handsets-in-the-superphone-era/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:08:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/marketing-handsets-in-the-superphone-era/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Michael Scharf Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:39:17 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=18427#comment-639 Here's a related question... Given differences in the tech, can a ODM even make a handset that is not "locked" to a specific carrier? Can a phone that works on Verizon, work on Sprint? Given that AT&T and T-Mobile use different 3G frequencies, can you truly build and unlocked phone in the US? If the answer is no, then the carriers end up controlling the market, no matter what ODMs do.... Here’s a related question… Given differences in the tech, can a ODM even make a handset that is not “locked” to a specific carrier? Can a phone that works on Verizon, work on Sprint? Given that AT&T and T-Mobile use different 3G frequencies, can you truly build and unlocked phone in the US? If the answer is no, then the carriers end up controlling the market, no matter what ODMs do….

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