Verizon’s Prepaid Services Add A 365-day Wait To Unlock Phones

It's been conscionable 1 week since Verizon sewage support to assistance its 60-day telephone unlocking period, and nan bearer is already making changes to its policy. Now, Verizon says customers who activate a telephone connected 1 of its sub-brands, including Visible, TracFone, Straight Talk, and Total Wireless, will person to salary for work for 365 days earlier switching their telephone to a different network, arsenic spotted earlier by Droidlife.

In summation to nan longer fastener period, Verizon will besides require customers to petition that their telephone beryllium unlocked, alternatively of doing it automatically. Visible's argumentation states that "if you extremity paying for service, your advancement t …

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