XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Arlen Holder  wrote:   
   > Which major cellular carriers also unlock phones   
      
     What IS that!? "unlock"? Does that mean that the phone is "locked" in   
   some way?   
      
     Just kidding!   
      
     In our country - The Netherlands - (carrier-)locked phones are a thing   
   of the past, both for postpaid/contract and for prepaid.   
      
     'Free' postpaid/contract phones are illegal. The phone part is   
   considered a loan, which is seperate from the running costs. So there's   
   no point (carrier-)locking the phones (other than to annoy one's   
   customers).   
      
     I think that 'free' prepaid phones would still be legal, but the   
   suppliers just don't bother to (carrier-)lock them anymore, for various   
   reasons.   
      
     But indeed my last Australian phone was still (carrier-)locked when I   
   bought it.   
      
     BTW, in our country, cars aren't fuel-supplier locked either!   
      
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