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Re:Walmart’s $10 Smartphone Has Better Specs Than the Origin... by sremani on Monday November 16, 2015 @10:12AM (#10574825)
Most phones in US are tied and branded to a single carrier. You can find an unlocked WP the cheapest being 49.99 and but a more decent spec ones from 99.99 USD. AT&T is the most WP friendly carrier and T-Mobile is a distant second. Verizon and Sprint, are most often not on board since they are CDMA. Hopefully VoLTE will change that.
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Re:Walmart’s $10 Smartphone Has Better Specs Than the Origin... by DanBC on Monday November 16, 2015 @06:20PM (#10578065)
Most phones in the UK are locked to a carrier, but we don't have anti-unlocking laws like DMCA. There are little shops on the high street that offer unlocking services.

(This is just carrier locking. Anything that changes IMEI is illegal with a maximum 5 year prison sentence)

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Re:Walmart’s $10 Smartphone Has Better Specs Than the Origin... by novaleaf on Monday November 16, 2015 @11:56AM (#10575487)
FYI I use Ting, which allows GSM or CDMA devices (they contract with Sprint and TMobile)

They arn't the cheapest carrier you can get, but seems a good tradeoff for device interchangeability and price.

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