If you bought a phone through a carrier on contract, there’s a good chance the phone’s SIM could be locked to the network. This is normal. However, you can request to have it unlocked. Unfortunately ...

When Verizon refused to unlock an iPhone purchased by Kansas resident Patrick Roach, he had no intention of giving up without a fight. Roach sued the wireless carrier in small claims court and won.

I'm not sure if any telco locks their phones at all anymore these days here in Finland. I just buy my phones from my telco and pay them off in monthly installments over 3 years and the phone doesn't ...