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T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users

(arstechnica.com)
197 points LorenDB | 2 comments | 21 Oct 24 20:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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afavour ◴[21 Oct 24 20:47 UTC] No.41908375[source]▶
> claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide cheaper handsets to consumers

Weird, because they seem to have the same prices as Verizon.

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1. reaperducer ◴[21 Oct 24 21:06 UTC] No.41908533[source]▶
> claiming that locking phones to a carrier's network makes it possible to provide cheaper handsets to consumers

And somehow an iPhone today isn't cheaper than when it first came out and there was no subsidy from Cingular.

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2. dmonitor ◴[21 Oct 24 21:24 UTC] No.41908660[source]▶
Getting AT&T to unlock an iPhone (or buying one unlocked from Apple) is little more than a formality. It's the $50 pre-paid phones you can pick up from Wal-mart that they don't want to unlock.