You can switch to another wireless provider without buying a new phone. Here’s how. By Courtney Lindwall Switching to a new cell phone service provider can save you hundreds of dollars per year—and ...

If you have Boost Mobile, you might need to unlock your smartphone, even though locked devices are increasingly a thing of the past. Here’s how to unlock a Boost Mobile phone, and what you need to ...

Are you tired of being locked into your US Cellular phone? Do you want the freedom to switch carriers or use your phone while traveling abroad? Unlocking your US Cellular phone is the solution you ...

Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...

You might be ready to leave T-Mobile and its Magenta network in your rearview mirror. However, that doesn’t mean you have to give up the phone you bought from the carrier. In fact, it might save you a ...

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There are two types of phones—those locked to a carrier and those free to use whatever carrier they want. There will come a time when you need to know which one your phone is. Thankfully, you'll have ...

When purchasing a new Android device, you may have found different pricing plans on different websites. While the original manufacturer's site usually lists the price in full, buying a phone through a ...

iPhone 14 models require eSIM rather than physical SIM cards. That means those getting Apple’s latest handsets have to activate them via eSIM – they can’t simply plug in a SIM card to get connected to ...

There was a time when getting a new cellphone felt like signing a mortgage — except with worse terms. You’d walk into a carrier store, pick out a shiny new phone, and they’d practically hand it over ...

Learn how to unlock an iPhone without a passcode before you're stuck. You never know when these methods will come in handy. Perhaps you recently changed your iPhone’s passcode to secure your ...

Apple continues to tighten iOS security, and iOS 16.3 (and iPadOS 16.3, and macOS Ventura 13.2) includes support for physical security keys. In other words, a physical device can verify your Apple ID ...