FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-Mobile aren't so keen

Re:FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-M... by ezfe on Sunday September 22, 2024 @09:46PM (#41621673)

But it's not $10 because being locked to a major US carrier doesn't depress the price significantly.

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Re:FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-M... by xp84 on Sunday September 22, 2024 @11:00PM (#41622066)

Indeed. Anecdotally I’ve seen in a few places where the going rate for one carrier or another is actually a bit higher than unlocked because people aren’t that well-informed and think “I need a Verizon phone cuz I’m on Verizon.”

Which was pretty universally true in the USA 15 years ago.

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Re:FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-M... by toast0 on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:25PM (#41629585)

Before Verizon stopped using pre-LTE, most unlocked phones wouldn't work on Verizon. I imagine you get burned by that once, and then you pay attention longer than necessary.

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