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Ever notice unlocked phones for sale on ebay or in local kiosks with Tmobile, Verizon and other US carrier branding? I've wondered how these phones go up for sale unlocked even after being sold as contract phones.

This article is a good read, an interesting look at the mobile phone industry and unlocking......

http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/engadget-primed-phone-unlock/

....."A lot of companies have runners, or people that buy devices from different stores or from people on Craigslist, verify the merchandise and then sell it to [that company]," Negri said. "Some of them aren't ethical. They'll go into AT&T, say they have a business account, buy 10 lines and then sell those $199 phones for $450. They don't tell people they got the phones this way. By disallowing these runners to just walk into a store and buy phones [this way], it cleans up the industry. You'll only have ethical people involved. It's a huge issue in our industry -- ethics, period. It's so hard to find honest and trustworthy people to buy and sell to. I believe that having this law will minimize the amount of people getting involved, and will clean it up. It's going to be a good change for the industry, but it'll hurt manufacturers and carriers.".....

"There were organized groups purchasing TracFone devices and then unlocking them and reselling them in Mexico and other countries that use the same frequencies," Altschul said. "It was an arbitrage scheme. You'd buy it in the US and there wasn't a contract, but there was a software lock to keep the device locked to the TracFone prepaid service. The phones would get unlocked and sold outside the US, closer to the retail price than they were being sold at in the US. TracFone was very concerned that this kind of widespread practice was a real threat to their ability to provide discounted handsets and grow their business."

TracFone has fought a seven-year battle against phone traffickers, and copyright protection is one more tool it can add to the toolbox.
This is all part of a battle that TracFone has fought since 2006, filing lawsuits against hundreds of accused phone traffickers in the last seven years. Up until this year, however, the company's only weapon was in the area of trademark law. Now that phone unlocking is no longer exempt from copyright law, TracFone has another tool to fight with....

......Businesses, on the other hand, may feel a little more pressure from carriers to stop their copyright-infringing practices, but only if their activities appear carriers' radars. According to Ochoa, "What's likely to happen is that if the phone carriers find evidence that someone is offering software that unlocks the phone on the internet, they'll send a notice to try to get that software removed. If it looks like a software provider is a repeat player or is making a lot of money, the phone carriers will likely try to sue him."....

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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 05:15:38 PM »
very interesting

I've suspected this all along

unscrupulous people iwmc

nexus to the world


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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 06:58:45 PM »
Or for us cheap ppl.... Moto G to the world

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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2014, 07:48:19 PM »
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/moto-g-vs-nexus-5/

Pretty much every category of comparison between the Nexus 5 and the Moto G is won by the Nexus 5. The Moto G feels like its from another “era,” albeit one just a couple years old. It’s powered by an older model of the Snapdragon processor and has half the RAM of the Nexus 5. It’s display maxes out at 720p and its cameras are less impressive. It’s likely still a solid phone as most of the devices coming out of Motorola are, but it’s just not in the same game as the Nexus 5.

Nexus to the world!

Especially when you consider it's already half the price of flagship smartphones.

Not to mention I can just get by with 32gb on the Nexus, not sure if I could live in a 16gb phone without external expansion options.
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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2014, 03:28:08 AM »
The Moto G is the king of the low end market. It isn't supposed to win in a comparison to the Nexus. At 180 usd unlocked it is a bargain for those looking for a cheap phone.

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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2014, 07:52:23 AM »
Agreed, if you're upgrading from a nokia me2 and stepping out of the dark ages for the first time, you can't go wrong with the moto g @ $199

That said, compared to the US$700 iphone 5, US$600 Note 3 and US$500 S4, the nexus is CHEAP at a mere US$399 without compromises.

Flagship level performance at mainstream pricing with stock, pure android gets my wallet excited every time.


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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2014, 12:44:37 PM »
True the Nexus is a great phone no doubt. In the end though I bought a new s4 as a gift for $470 usd yesterday.

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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2014, 02:03:07 PM »
I thought you would have gone with the Moto G, could have gotten two for that price and enough change to buy...


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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2014, 02:12:27 PM »
Lol I ordered 2 Moto G phones as well actually.

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Re: Engadget Primed: making sense of the US' new phone unlocking policy
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2014, 02:43:29 PM »
#dazwhawetalkinbout

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