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There was a time when getting a new cellphone felt like signing a mortgage — except with worse terms. You’d walk into a carrier store, pick out a shiny new phone, and they’d practically hand it over ...

Well, I dropped Verizon three years ago and I buy my phone directly from Apple to avoid provider locking. Your phone is locked from Apple unless you buy it sans-carrier. If its the 17 or 17 Air, you ...

The growing market of consumers who are buying unlocked phones (which are not bound to a specific wireless carrier) are less brand loyal — both to provider and device — than other consumers. According ...

I'm considering getting an S23 or S24 from Swappa, and I want it to be unlocked. There are many available that were originally from a carrier like Mint Mobile, but they are now unlocked. After a phone ...

There was a time when getting a new cellphone felt like signing a mortgage — except with worse terms. You’d walk into a carrier store, pick out a shiny new phone, and they’d practically hand it over ...