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Question about Unlocked cell phones???.
- Thread starter jeepin
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Very simple.
In the UK the cellphone companies LOCK their phones so that only sim cards from their company can be used on the phone. When you put in a sim card from another company it just doesn't recognise it.
When you UNLOCK the phone you allow it to use any card.
In the UK the cellphone companies LOCK their phones so that only sim cards from their company can be used on the phone. When you put in a sim card from another company it just doesn't recognise it.
When you UNLOCK the phone you allow it to use any card.
Gollnick
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Many cell phone companies "loss-lead" the phone, they sell it for less than it cost them. The goal, of course, is that they'll make that loss up and much more on the profit from selling you air time. But, if you can take their phone and pop in another carrier's SIM card, then they won't get that profit.