Re: unlocked cell phones XS11E wrote:
> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>
>> XS11E wrote:
>>> CDMA cellphones are not locked, they use a PRL file to identify
>>> the network rather than a SIM card and may or may not be able to
>>> be moved to another carrier, some carriers will allow it, some
>>> won't.
>>>
>>> VZW is a CDMA carrier so the term unlocked is pretty meaningless.
>> Not necessarily. There have been some phones, at least Motorola
>> phones, that you could buy directly from Motorola and use on any
>> CDMA network. I bought at least one of these in the past.
>
> Sure but that has nothing to do with a phone being locked or unlocked.
Perhaps, but being able to activate it on any CDMA network is close
enough for me. |