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In reply to the discussion: The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone [View all]Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)45. I should have been more clear.
If you buy an unlocked phone, which is more expensive and not one they bundle in the contract packages, you're fine. That's what I meant, but I left that vital part out of the post. What can I say, it's Monday.
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The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone [View all]
xchrom
Jan 2013
OP
Does anyone remember the good ole' days when you didn't even own your own phone?
sadbear
Jan 2013
#1
The problem is, this includes that phones that do not have good deals on them
Horse with no Name
Jan 2013
#10
Maybe the difference today, though, is that a phone is not just a phone. It's a mini-computer.
randome
Jan 2013
#7
They do have the right to hold you to the contract. If you want out you pay an early termination
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#22
you're right, but they probably don't know or care. both control issues...
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#44
This is only on those subsidized (cheap bundled in a contract) locked phones, though.
Lone_Star_Dem
Jan 2013
#29
You can still buy an unlocked phone, you just can't get the subsidy for it from the carrier
Recursion
Jan 2013
#32