A couple years ago, I bought a second hand phone. Turns out it was carrier locked to Spectrum Mobile. I called them to try and unlock it and was told (and I’m paraphrasing here, two or three years ...

Contracts now offer small discounts tied to duration, making unlocking phones difficult. The FCC's proposed change would allow unlocks after 60 days, which is facing resistance from carriers. T-Mobile ...

What just happened? T-Mobile has expressed strong reservations about the FCC's proposed rule that would require carriers to unlock users' phones within 60 days of activation. In a filing with the ...

T-Mobile and AT&T are pushing back on an FCC plan to require cellular providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation. As Ars Technica reports, both carriers submitted ...

It feels like the issue should have been resolved by now, but alas, seventeen years after the launch of the original iPhone and we’re still arguing about carrier device locking. T-Mobile and AT&T this ...

Devices are cheaper because the carriers bend you over on the contract service fees. Yes, they're not called contracts anymore. However, subsidies are only paid per month so if you want to pay your ...