Have you ever gotten a new phone only to find out it’s locked to a specific carrier? This often happens when you purchase a subsidized phone from a carrier. The carrier locks the phone so you can’t ...

Caleb is a full-time writer who spends most of his time covering mobile devices and consumer tech. He also publishes on Medium about video games, books, and some times movies. He also has a YouTube ...

A SIM card, or subscriber identity module, is a small card in your cellphone that connects you to the network. Your SIM card contains your phone number, and lets you make phone calls, send text ...

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 ...

Switching to a new cell phone service provider can save you hundreds of dollars per year—and there’s no need to ditch your current phone to do so. To make the move, though, you may have to first ...

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 ...