Ideally, as I’ve read somewhere, carriers may be obliged to unlock your device for a fee (a hefty one usually) or, for free if you are not under any contract with them or if the device warranty has expired.īut as we know, while this may hold true for some few markets (US), generally speaking it’s an unheard of practice in most countries. As a matter of fact, it’s big business now considering the countless premium online services that charge to have devices, smartphones included, unlocked from a particular carrier. It’s no wonder that unlocking modems as well as phones has become a most sought after service. Unlocking your device opens the door to such a possibility. If the network to which the device is locked to can’t offer that at some point in time by virtue of being an evolving business, it makes little sense why one shouldn’t shift to better offerings. After all, as consumers our instincts drive us to where the best value for our money is guaranteed. With such temporal reasons, unlocking network locked devices proves to be inevitable at some point.
Carriers can justify this measure on grounds of selling such devices at a discount, on contract or simply, on the basis of competition.
