Deals on locked phones
Living in India, there is no such thing as a locked phone. We are so free in our telco market that we are able to buy whatever mobile device we want and it will work with any mobile telecommunications network. However, we tend to take this freedom for granted without knowing that this is not so in other countries. This issue became a hot topic with the launch of iPhone that is locked to one network and people who want to use iPhone legally would have to take out a two-year contract with that particular telco provider.
I read in the papers that this anti-competitiveness is illegal in Germany. Germans who want to buy the iPhone will have two options. They can subscribe to a specific telco like their American counterparts, or they can pay and additional EUR100+ for a legally unlocked phone which they can then use with any other mobile service provider.
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