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This is not true- those are prices from prepaid “burner” plans with no contracts. If you prepay for 2 months service the phone is then completely unlocked. Thes

by _yb2s 2y ago

This is not true- those are prices from prepaid “burner” plans with no contracts. If you prepay for 2 months service the phone is then completely unlocked. These carriers are a good deal anyways and many are actually the Verizon network, but if you don’t use them, it costs only about $20-30 to have the phone unlocked. I really did pay $100 for an SE2 from Tracfone, and a few months and under $20 later switched carriers. I believe these carriers are subsidizing the phone under the hopes you will use their service long term- but with no obligation to do so. Thank you for actually explaining though- my comments were getting downvoted a lot without replies, and I can see this is because people were assuming I was talking about signing a service contract and not understanding the real cost, which is not the case at all.

cmeacham98 2y ago
Tracfone will not unlock a phone until 60 days after it is activated[1]. Oh, and if you use it on T-Mobile or AT&T's network (instead of Verizon), it's actually 12 months. While this is certainly cheaper than a full price iPhone SE, it is not even close to a "$100 iPhone" - it's a "somewhere between $200-$300 iPhone", depending on which network you use and how you quantify the cost of being unable to switch. 1: https://www.tfwunlockpolicy.com/wps/portal/home/!ut/p/a1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOK9LV0tDC0NDL39zX1NDBxDHb2dnLy9DAwMzPXD9aPASgxwAEcD_eDUPP2C7LxyAP8WlbU!/ https://www.tfwunlockpolicy.com/wps/portal/home/!ut/p/a1/04_...
- _yb2s 2y ago
  Yes, as I already said that requires buying 2 months service which will be somewhere between $15-30 total, but Tracfone is a good carrier on the Verizon network with no contracts and incredibly low prices- so it's somewhat hard for me to see that as an extra expense if you need service anyways. I think I was previously paying about $8/month for them, but switched to another cheap carrier that includes unlimited data. You can get a Tracfone SE for $100- I've seen them that cheap on the website, in person in box stores, and on eBay, but you have to hunt around. It would be $219 total right now for an SE3 and 2 months service on the website.

by _yb2s 2y ago

cmeacham98 2y ago

Tracfone will not unlock a phone until 60 days after it is activated[1]. Oh, and if you use it on T-Mobile or AT&T's network (instead of Verizon), it's actually 12 months. While this is certainly cheaper than a full price iPhone SE, it is not even close to a "$100 iPhone" - it's a "somewhere between $200-$300 iPhone", depending on which network you use and how you quantify the cost of being unable to switch. 1: https://www.tfwunlockpolicy.com/wps/portal/home/!ut/p/a1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfGjzOK9LV0tDC0NDL39zX1NDBxDHb2dnLy9DAwMzPXD9aPASgxwAEcD_eDUPP2C7LxyAP8WlbU!/ https://www.tfwunlockpolicy.com/wps/portal/home/!ut/p/a1/04_...

_yb2s 2y ago
Yes, as I already said that requires buying 2 months service which will be somewhere between $15-30 total, but Tracfone is a good carrier on the Verizon network with no contracts and incredibly low prices- so it's somewhat hard for me to see that as an extra expense if you need service anyways. I think I was previously paying about $8/month for them, but switched to another cheap carrier that includes unlimited data. You can get a Tracfone SE for $100- I've seen them that cheap on the website, in person in box stores, and on eBay, but you have to hunt around. It would be $219 total right now for an SE3 and 2 months service on the website.