1 year, 10 months ago
Unlocking smartphones legally approved by Government.What do you think?
More Information : http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc3236
Finally smartphone owners can unlock their phones legally to install the third party applications and to use other carriers.
Have you unlocked your smartphone? What do you think?
Finally smartphone owners can unlock their phones legally to install the third party applications and to use other carriers.
Have you unlocked your smartphone? What do you think?
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I think it makes sense and would imagine that unlocked would be how smartphones are sold in the first place. Can you imagine if you bought a car and that car only ran on Exxon/Mobil gasoline? Can you imagine if you bought a television and it would only receive Comcast cable? Can you imagine you bought a house phone/land line and could only use AT&T for long distance calls? I think it only makes sense to have the choice of the carriers and plans you want to use when activating and or using your smartphone.
Hopefully this will be a step in the direction of smartphones all being sold unlocked to begin with. I know the way they are sold here in the US has the price of the phone discounted to the buyer in lieu of the purchase of a predetermined carrier plan but I feel that way of doing things is just backwards and would rather see all smartphones sold at full price and with the choice of data/voice carriers being left 100% up to the buyer.
At the very least the option to buy the discounted smartphone with a preset data/voice carrier requirement OR the full price unlocked full carrier option smartphone should be offered to every consumer in the market for such a phone.
My smartphone, the Google Nexus One I won here in Mahalo Answers, came in the box unlocked why can't this be the way every smartphone is sold?
Hopefully this will be a step in the direction of smartphones all being sold unlocked to begin with. I know the way they are sold here in the US has the price of the phone discounted to the buyer in lieu of the purchase of a predetermined carrier plan but I feel that way of doing things is just backwards and would rather see all smartphones sold at full price and with the choice of data/voice carriers being left 100% up to the buyer.
At the very least the option to buy the discounted smartphone with a preset data/voice carrier requirement OR the full price unlocked full carrier option smartphone should be offered to every consumer in the market for such a phone.
My smartphone, the Google Nexus One I won here in Mahalo Answers, came in the box unlocked why can't this be the way every smartphone is sold?
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