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You don't see it as a problem because you find it easy to buy pre-unlocked phones. This is not as easy in the US. Possible? Yes. Common? Hell no. And until very
by illuminate 14y ago
You don't see it as a problem because you find it easy to buy pre-unlocked phones. This is not as easy in the US. Possible? Yes. Common? Hell no. And until very recently, it was near-impossible to find cheaper service for unsubsidized phones.
- illuminate 14y agoTo add on, you're also effed if you want to buy used phones. They're locked, and since you were never a customer, they won't unlock them for you. Even if you were to "become" a customer for a month with no contract, they still wouldn't unlock them for you, I think you have to be a "customer in good standing" for three months or so according to most providers' policy? That's also only for the carriers who have policies that allow their agents to unlock. Myself, yesterday I paid a person in India ~$2.00 to unlock an iPhone so I could use the gift on another service. People on Craigslist or local GSM repair shops are less lucky, I've seen demands of 40-100 bucks for the same privilege.