n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| Unlocked Phones
Verizon must be smoking the same stuff that Sprint is. If unlocked phones were soooooo bad for the network, then all of the GSM providers in world would be having network issues up the wazoo. The only entity that unlocked phones are bad for is Verizon not the consumer.
Gee, the ability to buy a phone and take it to a different carrier when you get fed up with your current carrier. What a concept.
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I support the right to keep and arm bears. |
en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
| I agree...having the ability to reuse (or use) whatever phone you want.
Verizon = Serivce provider
- They rent/lease/sell the devices tailored how they want it, and only their devices will work, and can force you to upgrade.
Since the phone is tied directly to your account by ESN, you can not just 'swap' phones. Carriers do allow for ESN swaps, but typically, they have a list of phones that are allowed by ESN numbers. I.e. Sprint won't allow you to use a Verizon Wireless phone.
SIM card (AT&T/T-Mobile)
- They rent/lease/sell the devices tailored how they want it, however, you CAN take an unlocked, or older GSM phone that you used in the past, and insert your SIM card. Data features would have to be set manually (i.e. WAP), and some SMS/MMS may not work properly, but it does offer a LOT more flexibility. |
