Thread: Orly? N9 not coming to USA
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2011-08-09 , 23:14
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Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
Because unlocked means nothing when you have only two GSM carriers and the other two carriers are CDMA. No savings for an unlocked phone, just that the manufacturer gets more of that money.
well you do have some advantages of unlocked phones, you can sign up for service with your own equipment, waiving those fees, and it also protects you from paying mandatory smartphone data plans as they are unable to tell what kind of device it is.