carrier lock
- SIMPhone identity module
- phoneHandheld communication device
- networkInterconnected system
- restrictionLimit on action
- freedomAbsence of constraint
contract · switch · jailbreak · cellular · mobile · provider · AT&T · Verizon · trapped · bound · release · device · smartphone · plan · prepaid · GSM · CDMA · international
- mobile servicesdata plan, mobile plan, unlimited plan, prepaid plan, text messaging
- feature phonesfeature phone, flip phone, basic phone, clamshell phone, dumbphone
carrier lockunlocked
Not fastened shut
unlocked phone · BYOD · consumer choice · jailbroken · portable