KrK
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Re: GSM the already open network
Well, if we had open phones, you could buy all kinds of gee-whiz and wow phones from Asia and China, and no, they wouldn't be that expensive.
Not to mention you could use old phones as cheap backups, lenders, etc etc |
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| said by KrK  :Well, if we had open phones, you could buy all kinds of gee-whiz and wow phones from Asia and China, and no, they wouldn't be that expensive. I dont think the two are related. Almost all phones in Europe and Asia are unlocked, yet the prices have been $400 to $1000 for years. People have the misconception that consumers in the US dont have options for open (unlocked) phones, and thats just not true. There are myriad online and "brick and mortar" stores that sell them, all you need to do is ask. While people on CDMA networks are certainly more limited, you can still purchase phones without contracts to give yourself leverage with the provider.
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