Ive never unlocked a phone, but I can see why people do. I think it's quite stupid that it will be illegal, if you purchase a device you should be able to use it on whatever service you want.
Here is what unlocking is.
[quote]Unlocking a cell phone is modifying it to run on any network. Say you buy a Verizon phone but switch to Sprint, instead of buying a sprint phone you can unlock the Verizon phone to work with sprint. It's very common for people to unlock AT&T iPhones to run on Tmobile (since Tmobile doesn't offer iPhones).[/quote]
What do you think?
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Edited by lonepaul2441: 1/26/2013 11:37:34 AM[quote]From Saturday, Americans will have to get permission to "unlock" their smartphone so it runs on more than one mobile network. On that date a 90-day time limit that made it legal to unlock phones without permission is due to expire.[/quote] I think your wrong, they are allowing you to do it but you need to register the phone to do it.