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Why do phones still come locked? It makes no sense! You purchase a phone for so much money only to be limited to one company. I can understand when years ago you were given a phone for very little or even free with a contract, then it makes some sense. But nowadays when you purchase phones for pretty much full price, why be locked to a company? Even when you get a “prepaid” phone from a store such as the ones AT&T sell at best buy or wherever, it is locked to that specific company. They will not unlock it for you unles you use their service for a consecutive amount of time usually 6 months which is more money and time than you can wait for. When you purchase a computer you can use any internet provider. When you purchase anything, you are free to use it however youd like. Why are companies still selling locked phones you should be able to choose whatever provider you want! And why is internet still so expensive in 2018 as if it just came out! And you cant even choose different providers since every company has control on certain territories of their own!
Broadband internet providers in most of the U.S. are duopolies, so there isn’t much competition.
It is only locked if you buy it on a payment plan. Once you finish paying off the phone they will unlock it upon request.
Try amazon or ebay. Ive personally had luck with amazon. Just make sure to vet the sellers before buying
It’s called monopoly, and we’re suposed to have laws against it – unless you’re big enough to buy/intimidate Congress.
Printers also come locked.
To the brand’s cartridges.
You can get “generic” printer cartridges just like you can get generic drugs. Office Depot, for one, sells recycled and refilled toner cartridges that cost half the price of the brand-name ones and work just fine. Check on line and save some money.
What you could do to make your phone work abroad is as follows. Rent or borrow a mifi or similar product. Activate it to the country your going to use it in . Download from the app store a google # or similar onto your locked smartphone . switch your phone to wifi only . Pair your phone to the mifi unit and your good to go. You can also use your tablet off this mifi. It works flawlessly as long as your mifi is having a good signal.
I dont know why companies just cannot let the consumer be happy with their purchase and use the product as they wish. Its like this forbidden feeling that the companies have regarding not locking your phone.
Look, you always have a choice. If you want to buy the phone from your cell provider, you take the risk of having a locked phone. If you want an unlocked phone, buy it new from a reliable place. This isn’t rocket science, and in the scheme of things, it’s not worth obsessing about.
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