When dealing with an unlocked or locked phone, the question is whether or not the device can work on a specific wireless network that's different than the network the phone was designed to work on. An ...

Nokia and Sony Ericsson are looking to crack the unlocked phone market in the U.S., but their quest will be an uphill battle. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering ...

The battle for control over mobile consumers is shifting in a major way as consumers purchase unlocked devices allowing cell phone carriers to once again woo consumers into making purchase based on ...

As you may know, the business model for delivering cellular phones and services in the U.S. is for network operators to heavily subsidize the cost of the mobile phones they sell alongside their ...

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 ...

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Living the unlocked life is living the best life, at least when it comes to your smartphone. Many handset makers offer unlocked versions of their top devices, including, as of this week, Samsung. If ...

I want to buy an SE z600, but I'm a picky SOB. Ebay and I are feuding, and most of the auctions seem sketchy enough that I'm spooked. And I want a new-from-the-factory never-locked phone anyway, not ...

As more and more of the US has gone mobile, the nationwide postpaid-first carriers have exercised more and more hegemony over the market. Whatever AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile dictate is what ...