SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Irrelevant, the OP asked for a definition of the term "Unlocked", the
term does not apply to a CDMA phone.