By akademiotoelektronik, 11/10/2022

The advantages of unlocked smartphones |SFR Actus

Identify your phone, it's a slightly barbaric term to signify that it is made compatible with any operator.In the event of a change of device or chips (abroad for example), there are often a whole bunch of procedures to perform.While with an unlocked phone, it is possible to use it right away.

Good use of simlocling

In general, the smartphones that can be found in the trade are simlocked.That is, they are only compatible with SIM cards sold by the operator concerned.In France, we have four major operators (SFR, Orange, Bouygues, Free), which are called MNOs (mobile network operators), but also several virtual operators, MVNOs (M6 Mobile, La Poste, NRJ...), which have agreements with one or the other of the four main operators, to use its network.Suddenly, when you buy a smartphone from an operator, it is supplied with a SIM card from this operator (with its logo on it, by the way), and it can only be used with SIM cards from the operator concerned.You may have already asked that you are asked if you could take your smartphone to you according to your operator, so that the person can place their SIM card and make their calls without breaking your package.So here is what simlocking is: a blocking of SIM cards, only usable by a single operator for a simlocked smartphone.

Why unlock your phone?

Delocker your phone is therefore an operation that can be practical in many cases.First, if you are thinking of changing the operator soon, but want to keep the same smartphone, which suits you perfectly, it is better to make sure that it is compatible with its next SIM card, and not have to buy another phone.It is neither economic nor ecological.Then, an unlocked smartphone is more than recommended if you go abroad, and plan to use a local SIM card.Nothing worse than buying a SIM card from a local operator, placing it in your smartphone, and noticing that no, in the end, it does not work.And finally, there is the second hand.If you are thinking of changing your smartphone and want either to resell yours, or give it to someone around you, in your great generosity, it is better that it is compatible with all possible operators, so as not to brake thesale.There are therefore many advantages to the unlockering, to make your life easier easier.

At SFR, all smartphones are sold by

If it is possible to unlock your smartphone yourself, at the cost of some often tedious steps and manipulations, with a lot of constraints to observe at the level of the contract (having your phone for more than six months, having subscribed to an offer without...), SFR has decided since 2015 to sell only unlocking smartphones.With a device purchased from SFR, it is therefore possible to use a local SIM card when you are abroad, to insert one of another operator without any problem, or to resell your smartphone without having to modify itor take steps in this sense.

Time saving and simplification of use that proves that to retain users, it is best to offer quality services, rather than just blocking them...

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Sources: SFR, unblock.org

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