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steventruong on June 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Unlocked iPhone 4 up for sale

I don't think this is necessarily 100% accurate as to why it's locked. After all, you were still tied to a contract with a cancellation fee.

jemeshsu on June 14, 2011 [–]

Agreed. In Hong Kong & Singapore, phones are subsidized by telcos also. You are locked into telco's contract, and not by phone's hardware.

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