All cellphones in Chile must be sold unlocked

Re:All cellphones in Chile must be sold unlocked by hippich on Thursday January 05, 2012 @08:39AM (#3428595)

It becomes useful after contract ends. I.e. I did not hear that locked phones magically unlock themselves after period of a contract. Instead you need to call some number, hold on a line, explain to reps what you want to do, explain that you contract is over, etc and then finally get unlock code.

It will be way less hassle if it would be just unlocked from start.

ps: still have Ericsson T60i and Motorola RAZR Gold.. While currently unused, old and scratched, I can rely on these when traveling somewhere with GSM networks.

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Re:All cellphones in Chile must be sold unlocked by felipeota on Thursday January 05, 2012 @11:06AM (#3429147)

Here in Uruguay the carrier is allowed to keep your phone locked after the contract expires. I have an Iphone from Movistar and they say they won't unlock it. It is a shame, because I used to travel and couldn't use my phone in countries where Movistar isn't established or doesn't have a deal with a local carrier.

Here the only way to get a subsidized Iphone is from two companies which won't unlock your phone. The third one, the public one, couldn't make a deal with Apple to offer it. So I guess my next phone is going to be an Android.

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