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| From | Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android, alt.cellular |
| Subject | Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? |
| Date | 2018-08-18 10:24 +0000 |
| Organization | NOYB |
| Message-ID | <pl935g.8og.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <pl6u3l$6eg$1@news.mixmin.net> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> wrote: > Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones What IS that!? "unlock"? Does that mean that the phone is "locked" in some way? Just kidding! In our country - The Netherlands - (carrier-)locked phones are a thing of the past, both for postpaid/contract and for prepaid. 'Free' postpaid/contract phones are illegal. The phone part is considered a loan, which is seperate from the running costs. So there's no point (carrier-)locking the phones (other than to annoy one's customers). I think that 'free' prepaid phones would still be legal, but the suppliers just don't bother to (carrier-)lock them anymore, for various reasons. But indeed my last Australian phone was still (carrier-)locked when I bought it. BTW, in our country, cars aren't fuel-supplier locked either!
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Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-17 16:45 +0000
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-17 12:52 -0400
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-17 20:35 +0000
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-17 17:31 -0400
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-17 23:14 +0000
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-17 19:22 -0400
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-18 01:11 +0000
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-08-18 10:24 +0000
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? Arlen Holder <arlenholder@nospam.net> - 2018-08-18 22:00 +0000
Re: Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones using a free push-button app like T-Mobile does today? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-18 18:14 -0400
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