Looks like Expansys-USA is also carrying unlocked 735s. Sadly, the rep I chatted with confirmed that these will get 2G speeds at best with US T-mobile.
Will the unlocked version support Verizon's 4G LTE signal, or is it necessary to wait for Verizon to release their version?
No it won't and you wouldn't be able to use it on Verizon's network anyway. Verizon uses CDMA for voice and the (current) L730/L735 is a GSM only device. Also Verizon has a long and sordid history of not allowing any non-Verizon phones on their network.
Fred
Looks like Expansys-USA is also carrying unlocked 735s. Sadly, the rep I chatted with confirmed that these will get 2G speeds at best with US T-mobile.
Well I took the plunge, and I'm waiting for a new nano SIM to fit the phone (I'm with Giv Mobile, which uses T-mobile's network). But soon we'll see. I'm starting to get nervous though. GSMArena has the WCDMA 1900 band listed for the phone (that's the one that T-mobile's refarmed areas use, I believe?), but it's not listed on the actual spec page from Microsoft/Nokia. :/ I really like the phone, so I might be able to bear it, since wi-fi is plentiful. Still, I'm crossing my fingers.
I heard that Sprint is going to be the second U.S. carrier after Verizon to get the 735!
It so unbelievable that I think it a nightmare!
T-Mobile looks like they are shut out of both mid-range Lumia(735&830) for 2014!
No Latin America models announce yet for the 735 either! The rest of the models are international versions for South America and EU, Mideast and Far East! So that means the U.S. is lock out of the GSM models until the Latin America models are released!
Microsoft should be ashame of themselves for making U.S. buyers looking to Latin America for 735s! Kind of shows the state of affairs with how Microsoft is marketing their phones on their homeland turf! Totally unacceptable!
Given the official 830 pricing I'm now very interested in the 735. Really hoping we hear an announcement from AT&T soon (or that there is an international version that works with AT&T LTE).