What is an Unlocked Phone? – Tech Tips from Best Buy

What is an Unlocked Phone? – Tech Tips from Best Buy

This is Tech Talk from The Lab, where Blue Shirts go over the basics on all sorts of tech. Today Jen, a Best Buy Home Expert, gives us the scoop on unlocked phones. She’ll explain what it means for a phone to be unlocked, why you might want to choose an unlocked device, how to swap service providers with a new SIM card and more.

Interested in products featured in this video? Check out the links below:

Unlocked phones: https://bby.me/zmv8qa.

Prepaid service from Simple Mobile: https://bby.me/536bfa.

To check out our Tech Tips video about SIM cards, click the link: https://bby.me/2c2mk4.

To see more about prepaid service, watch our Tech Talk video all about it: https://bby.me/p35dt5.

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Readers Comments (26)

  1. This is a commercial for simple mobile

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  2. 👍

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  3. Plays like an ad for simple mobile. She intentionally leaves out a very important point. The difference between factory unlocked and carrier unlocked

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  4. Thank you I need a phone and this is helpful

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  5. S I M P L E M O B I L E

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  6. I bought a unlocked phone from Best Buy the iphone is carrier locked. No sim supported. Can you help me with that please ????

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  7. Is it safe to buy unlocked pixel phone

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  8. yur maddening music in the background makes it infuriating to listen to.

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  9. Can I use the unlocked phone in any other country with local sim and use all the resident apps in that phone?

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  10. I see options for unlocked and fully unlocked. What’s the difference?

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  11. @sikelelabright1952 January 6, 2025 @ 12:03 pm

    Thank you

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  12. @BirdFromYakiVegas January 6, 2025 @ 12:08 pm

    What is an Unlocked phone "A HEADACHE!" Buy a phone that comes from your carrier! idkw they act like you can get an Unlocked cell & just pop in a SIM card and be good! Nope nothing but app crashes and carrier disputes

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  13. *Am a bit confused! Does unlocked phones are the same as SIM free or sim free is another state?!*

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  14. Im glad i was able to find this video. I had no idea how an unlocked phone was added to a network and a best buy employee told me that it wasnt an unlocked phone because i said "im not sure how to add a carrier to an unlocked phone" before saying it would be best to go somewhere else.

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  15. The music is horrendous

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  16. If I buy a phone locked to verizon from best buy and need to change service providers in the future, can I unlock the phone some how?

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  17. @sebahatdinyldrm9602 January 6, 2025 @ 12:21 pm

    Thank you

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  18. @matthewhwang9399 January 6, 2025 @ 12:24 pm

    If I unlock the phone now without switching to a new network, will I still have phone service from my current provider?

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  19. @fyrewatermelons January 6, 2025 @ 12:24 pm

    From my experience, factory unlocked Moto G phones perform better than network locked Moto G phones.

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  20. This music triggers me but thanks for the video.

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  21. Thank you Best Buy

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  22. @dominikamimari427 January 6, 2025 @ 12:35 pm

    Quick question best buy but can i use the iphone 14 unlock phone for like as my hobby,camera, selfies phone I only want to use this phone to upload on tiktok in YouTube am I allowed to do that?

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  23. @robertbrawley5048 January 6, 2025 @ 12:35 pm

    Çut off the frigging music

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  24. @fahadalmutairi5645 January 6, 2025 @ 12:36 pm

    Proudly brought to you by T-mobile

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  25. I can not endure the background music,

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