I was just wondering, why do mobile phone manufacturers even bother locking a phone to a specific network these days?
As there is now loads of software out there, and even full time businesses that just unlock mobile phones!
I think if all phones came unlocked for all networks, they could sell them for a little more and maybe more people would buy a specific phone for this reason!
The thing that made me laugh about all this is that a friend had a phone that was tri-band! So it should work in America!
He went to america thinking his phone would work fine! It did work fine, the problem was that his network did not work over there. So he had to buy a new SIM card! And yes, you guessed it! The SIM card did not work as his phone was locked to a specific network!
Saying that, this did happen about 4 or 5 years ago, and most phones should work over seas now!
But i just can't understand why they keep on locking these phones! The first thing i do when i buy a new phone is go down to the market and get it unlocked!
The funny thing is that i could maybe buy a new phone for say £190 on say vodaphone, then spend £10 to get it unlocked! Thats a total of £200!
Or i could buy the same phone for £250 SIM free! You do the math!
Im glad i got that out of my system! I now have to go get a phone unlocked! lol
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