that phone will be horribly limited by verizons network alone whichever way it goes. Unlocking phones is becoming more and more popular every day and att/tmobile customers love the fact that all you do is sim pop and your done…where as you have to talk to the arabs with verizon/sprint/cricket which everyone hates. The US as far as cellular devices is concerned is actually behind…now to your average citizen that is perfectly fine…but to a good bit of people they actually like those overseas phones that you will never see on sale here. And if anything will be “better” than the iphone it won’t be running windows mobile…remember…most employees at these companies are brainwashed…