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Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US |
| Posted by Nick B. on 2013-01-28 23:49:08 |
| Well, speaking as someone with an unlocked Handy, I have no trouble swapping SIMs between countries. I *think* the point of a locked phone is that swapping SIMs *won't* work, right? This unlocking procedure must be a way to get around this, I assume. If a company has "subsidised" the cost of a phone to a buyer by locking it to their services, and the buyer has entered into a contract agreeing not to break this lock, then isn't the buyer breaking the contract if he or she then breaks the lock? I guess I don't see why making such a contract enforceable by law should be seen as an evil thing. Just buy an unlocked one. |
| Followups: |
 Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by Nick B. on 2013-01-29 00:20:17 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by barry on 2013-01-29 02:00:40 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by DonS on 2013-01-29 06:55:38 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by Mike B. on 2013-01-29 07:53:55 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by barry on 2013-01-29 09:44:05 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by DonS on 2013-01-29 13:14:23 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by Fred Waltman on 2013-01-29 23:09:36 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by Mike B. on 2013-01-30 04:50:17 |
| Unlocking Cell Phones Now Illegal in the US by Fred Waltman on 2013-01-30 06:59:02 |