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Just buy your own phone. A midrange Samsung is like 350 eurodollars these days.
by PearlRiver 9mo ago
Just buy your own phone. A midrange Samsung is like 350 eurodollars these days.
- shadowpho 9mo agoSome of devices automatically lock once used on a carrier network
- charles_f 9mo agoIf you buy them unattached? First time I hear of that, do you have an example or source?
- pixl97 9mo agoThats some lawsuit level bullshit.
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- OkGoDoIt 9mo agoI don’t believe that’s true. Locking is entirely something done by carriers for promotionally-priced phones attached to active phone plans. Can you point me to anywhere documenting your claim? That would definitely be a new low if true, but I really don’t think that’s how it works.
- rgovostes 9mo agoSadly it is true. It’s called Flex Lock or US Carrier Flex Policy: https://www.usmobile.com/blog/what-is-flex-lock/ https://www.usmobile.com/blog/what-is-flex-lock/ The gist is that it allows a third-party seller to stock a bunch of identical, not-yet-locked phones and offer a choice of carrier plans. The phone binds to whichever carrier the user first activated on. So if you’re buying a phone, verify it is not one of these units.
- paxys 9mo agoNo they don't
- faust201 9mo agoNot in EU