Where I'm from, phones were always decoupled from carriers. The carrier sells you a SIM card, that's it. It's on you to buy or already have a compatible phone t

Where I'm from, phones were always decoupled from carriers. The carrier sells you a SIM card, that's it. It's on you to buy or already have a compatible phone to stick it into. I don't think any of the big carriers ever offered financing as part of the contract the way US ones do. Also we only have prepaid plans. It's a shame still that you can't have a 100% open-source phone. I'm the kind of person who believes that all of the humanity's knowledge must be freely accessible to everyone. Including schematics and documentation for every device ever made, including ICs. It's counterproductive when multiple companies have to reinvent the same thing... and then keep it secret like the others.