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Re:T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones... by reaperducer on Monday October 21, 2024 @05:06PM (#41908533)
> claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide cheaper handsets to consumers

And somehow an iPhone today isn't cheaper than when it first came out and there was no subsidy from Cingular.

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Re:T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones... by dmonitor on Monday October 21, 2024 @05:24PM (#41908660)
Getting AT&T to unlock an iPhone (or buying one unlocked from Apple) is little more than a formality. It's the $50 pre-paid phones you can pick up from Wal-mart that they don't want to unlock.
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