For those of you who are on a budget but want a certain freedom when choosing a carrier, we prepared a list of best unlocked smartphones under $200. Let’s first cover the terms “locked” and “unlocked” ...

Black Friday is a great time for a phone upgrade. Don't miss this 25% Black Friday deal on the 4.5-star, Editors' Choice ...

With two-year contracts slowly but surely going the way of the dodo, more Americans than ever are looking at new ways to buy smartphones. And that trend seems now to have spilled into the unlocked ...

All of the latest Samsung Galaxy phones are on sale for Cyber Monday. Whether you opt for the top-of-the-line model or ...

Smartphone reviews often ignore an increasingly important feature: the ability to switch from one cellular carrier to another. Here's why that capability matters. The decline of long-term cellular ...

A locked phone is one with a software code from the carrier that sells the device. The carrier is the company that provides your cell phone service, like AT&T, T-Mobile, etc. The code in the phone, or ...

If you’re like most technology buyers, you’re accustomed to purchasing locked smartphones — that is, phones that are restricted to the network of the specific mobile carrier from whom you purchased ...

Unlocked cell phones and smartphones are pretty commonplace in most parts of the world. In many ways, the U.S. market is an exception with phones that are locked to a given carrier (regardless of ...

Unlocked smartphones let you use your device on the carrier of your choice, whether at home or travelling overseas. Though unlocked phones tend to be pricey, you can't really put a price on the ...

Secondly, there's little reason these days to buy a new phone when you make that switch. Phones aren't improving as fast as they used to—today's models are only moderately better than two-year-old ...

Buying a new phone can be an exciting activity, but more often than not you pretty much add a weight to your ankle by signing on for another couple of years of overpriced phone plans, so we thought we ...