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Verizon carriers start switching to 365-day device unlock policy, up from 60 days (9to5google.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Not from us and cannot understand why smartphone needs to be bundled with network operators. Those are 2 separate entities and there is no need for one to be dependent on another. You buy a phone you buy a sim.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    If you were already planning on using a specific carrier, buying a locked phone is cheaper.

    Like for a extremely frugal example:

    A Samsung Galaxy A15 is $200, a locked version can be as low as $60. Still the same 5 year security updates (presumably, unless the carrier fucks with it).

    But if you were gonna use X carrier from the start, then then it doesn't cost you extra. You can still use that cheap plan same as if you BYOD. And it used to unlock in 60 days, so before this policy took effect, you could just switch carriers after 2 months.

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