The major carrier pushes against the FCC’s proposed policy, claiming it’ll prevent them from offering payment in installments. Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some articles ...

A couple years ago, I bought a second hand phone. Turns out it was carrier locked to Spectrum Mobile. I called them to try and unlock it and was told (and I’m paraphrasing here, two or three years ...

Contracts now offer small discounts tied to duration, making unlocking phones difficult. The FCC's proposed change would allow unlocks after 60 days, which is facing resistance from carriers. T-Mobile ...

What just happened? T-Mobile has expressed strong reservations about the FCC's proposed rule that would require carriers to unlock users' phones within 60 days of activation. In a filing with the ...

T-Mobile has written to the FCC warning that the proposed 60-day unlocking rule could severely hamper the subsidies it offers to consumers. The carrier pointed out that subsidies for its prepaid ...

T-Mobile and AT&T are pushing back on an FCC plan to require cellular providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation. As Ars Technica reports, both carriers submitted ...

T-Mobile is invoking the major questions doctrine, which the Supreme Court strengthened in 2022, to explain why the FCC shouldn’t make companies unlock phones within 60 days of activation for use with ...

It feels like the issue should have been resolved by now, but alas, seventeen years after the launch of the original iPhone and we’re still arguing about carrier device locking. T-Mobile and AT&T this ...

Devices are cheaper because the carriers bend you over on the contract service fees. Yes, they're not called contracts anymore. However, subsidies are only paid per month so if you want to pay your ...