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Originally Posted by bloodhound31
I see. Well it sucks. 
My poor friend wasn't told any of this when he bought the phone. |
The question is, did your friend ask if they could put another carriers SIM into the phone?
As stated elsewhere, pre-paid doesn't mean no obligation. Carriers are still subsidizing the phones, that is why it it is a Telstra, Optus, Vodafone etc, pre-paid. When you buy it, it states in the bill of sale that it is for use only on that carriers network and that unlocking fees may or may not apply (varies from carrier to carrier). They are locked because it pre-paid, they still need you to spend money with them. Post paid contract phones aren't locked as you have a 12 or 24 month contract which locks you to using the carrier anyway.