unlocked cell phones: What does "unlocked" mean?
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Unlocked Cell Phones (GSM standard with SIM card) can be used with different GSM compatible carriers worldwide. That means an Unlocked phone can be used with T-Mobile, Cingular, etc. in the USA and any other GSM service provider anywhere in the world. These areOEM Unlocked phones. These phones come directly from the manufacturer and were never assigned to any service provider. These phones usually come in manufacturer's original packaging. OEM phones does not have any service provider's logos or customization. So if your like me and have a pay as you go account, or even if you already have a phone and have a valid SIM chip, then you should have no problems using this phone. Just make sure you save what you want onto your sim before changing phones. Always keep the receipt, know the rules for returns or exhanges and all should be good.
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I don't know what you mean by unlocked. This is a tablet, not a phone. There is an expansion slot for added storage.
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Yes, if the phone is unlocked then it is unlocked everywhere. There is no company or country that can claim it for its own ubscription. Unlocking simply means freeing the phone.
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Unlocked means that you can use it with other telecom carries. Yes you need a telecom carrier or ISP who provides internet connection with a SIM card. You can use it for your wifi enabled cell/smart phone, laptop and the likes. You must use a SIM on it from any telecom carrie who offers Internet connection. I hope this helps? If so I am glad to have assisted you.
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I don't know what unlocked means but I can say that this phone uses a SIM card and is made for the Verizon network.
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Locked means it is linked to ONE network, like Us Cellular. It can only be used on that Network. You can't use it on Verizon Network. Unlocked would mean, you'd be you able to use it on ANY network, like Straight Talk, T-Mobile or Verizon.
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It means there is no restriction to network carriers to use. The network sim is unlock. I hope this answer your query.
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It has a regular size sim card slot. Unlocked means diffefent things for different people. Usually it means activated on its network . Should mean network free. Might need to buy unlock code to be network freeThat happend with my phone. I had to complain to seller that it was not unlocked and they sent me a code. Now worka fine with Tmobile.
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It means the phone is not hardwired to a specific wireless company like AT&T.; Being unlocked you can select what company will give you service, by inserting the corresponding chip(s) in your phone
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The phone that I purchased was unlocked. It functions just like any phone you would get from Verizon. We took it to Verizon to have them load our contacts and pictures from the old phone into this one. It works just fine.
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Unlocked means you can use a SIM card from any carrier. A locked one is tied to an specific carrier. Regardless locked or unlocked they do have a SIM card slot
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It is an Unlocked SIMcard phone... the SIMcard is what dictates the service you get with most phones (unless their locked to a specific carrier, and don't use a removable SIMcard.) Unlocked means, that it will work with any compatible SIMcard, from any carrier worldwide, and will utilize whatever service plan is associated with said SIMcard
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It means that your phone won't have loaded all the useless software and configurations from carriers.You will also have access to some configurations or actions that could be blocked by some carriers.It also means (sometimes) different specs, usually better specs.You shouldn't have any issue to use your phone with your regular sim card and you would be able to change carries by just changing the sim card.-elvaldo
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An unlocked phone is a phone that is not contracted to a telephone provider like AT&T; or Sprint and so on. Unlocked phones can be hard to find. You have to worry about fraud as well. I purchased an used iPhone 4 for my daughter and it was locked to AT&T.; I bought it from a vendor that sells iPhones and accessories. Hope this helps..
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Locked means it is linked to ONE network, like Us Cellular. It can only be used on that Network. You can't use it on Verizon Network.Unlocked would mean, you'd be you able to use it on ANY network, like Straight Talk, T-Mobile or Verizon.
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It means you need to get a working sim card. These phones come unlocked & you have to put your own sim card in it. Mine didn't come with a sim card. I took my sim out of my working phone & put it in that phone. Hope that helps.
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Unlocked means you can put a SIM card in from any carrier and it will work. Great for when you travel to Europe etc. You pop a local SIM in the camera (you can get prepaid data SIM cards) and you can email your photos and use all the features of the camera just as if you were at home.