Would an Iphone or a Droid work in India without AT&T or Verizon ?

The phone will only have service from the place you buy it from. If you get a phone from Verizon then it will have to have a Verizon plan. Same goes for AT&T an all the phone CO. You could always call the phone store an ask them an see if they have Verizon or another co. out there. All I know is I tried to bring a phone I already had from another phone company an they said they could not put there service on it . I had to buy one of their phones if I wanted Verizon even though the service from the other co. was turned off. I have a friend who lives in Nebraska an he has a cell phone from there with a Nebraska phone #. He has had the phone for a few yrs. now. He moved to Puerto Rico an he kept the same phone an service from when he was in Nebraska. He just keeps paying his bill an there is no problems or anything. As long as you pay your bill I don't think they care.