There is Verizon service, you have to buy from the US store. But then it is Android and not /e/OS … it took me a while and a fair number of AI tokens to full figure that out.
trl;dr it is a hardware cert problem why the EU version is T-Mobile and the US is VZW/ATT. I still couldn’t figure out why the US-VZW/ATT version can’t have /e/OS but it still smelled like obtaining certification is the problem and there doesn’t appear to be any public statements on a timeline for it.
If you want privacy, buy a pixel and flash GrapheneOS.
If you want modularity/repairability buy a Fairphone.
- If you want modularity/repairability and privacy, buy an /e/OS Fairphone from the EU store but accept only T-Mobile
- If you want modularity/repairability and ATT/VZW, buy a Fairphone from the US store but accept no extra privacy
- If you want it all, guess we gotta wait.