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Those smart phones we love so much eat up our data allowances—and our budgets. But while it's not uncommon to hear about consumers "cutting the cord" when it comes to pricey cable services, they're ...

Our round-up of all the top unlocked cell phone deals for Black Friday 2020, including discounts on Apple iPhone 12, Samsung Galaxy Note20 & more BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Here’s our round-up of all ...

It’s not necessarily an old system, the mobile phone world. Prepaid carriers have been around for a while, as have the major carriers. Some have merged, some have dissolved; some have become really ...

Cyber Monday mobile phone deals are underway, compare the best Cyber Monday OnePlus, Google Pixel, Apple iPhone & Samsung Galaxy discounts below BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cyber Monday experts are ...

There have been shady ways in the past to unlock your iPhone or Android smartphone and use a SIM card from a prepaid service, but in the wake of AT&T's recent decision to unlock phones for customers ...

A phone purchase now looks less phony, courtesy of a spike in sales of smartphones that don’t come locked to a wireless service. That should be good news — unless you like preinstalled bloatware and ...

The term unlock and Verizon are mutually exclusive since there's no such thing with their phones. Verizon must put the ESN in their network for the phone to be usable with them. They don't have to do ...

With the Nexus 4 now priced at just $249 for the 16GB version. And that’s unlocked folks. We thought we’d make a nice Top 10 of all the MVNO’s available for your Nexus 4, and soon the Nexus 5. For ...

Rumor has it Apple will start selling unlocked iPhone 4s in the U.S. starting Wednesday. It’s unknown how much the alleged unlocked iPhones would cost, or what networks would run on. For those ...

Whether we like it or not, my wife and I recently became statistics. About eight weeks ago, we moved back to California after spending two years in Germany. We had a suspended T-Mobile USA contract ...