Absolute nonsense. As others have noted, that's why there is a contract in place - if you don't pay the monthly bills, they can seek to recover the costs from

Absolute nonsense. As others have noted, that's why there is a contract in place - if you don't pay the monthly bills, they can seek to recover the costs from you. Also, what you're saying would do nothing to stop someone selling the phone to another customer on that carrier.