Subj : luckymobile, anyone?
To   : Digital Man
From : Ogg
Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 07:47 am

Hello Digital Man!

>> Sorry, I hadn't heard of the mobile devices without SIM cards.

DM> There's a new thing called "eSIM", maybe that's what they're referring
DM> to: https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/esim-explainer/

Locked-devices with physical SIMs predate eSIM tech which
emerged in 2016.

However, "Different mobile telephones may not support an eSIM,
may have a permanently programmed, unchangeable one, or one
that can be reprogrammed for any carrier that supports the
technology."   ..so, there does seem to be a case were there
are "unchageable" eSIMs.

Since Dec 2017, "The CRTC, Canada's wireless regulator, has
ruled that every cellphone sold in the country must be
unlocked, and carriers can no longer charge their customers to
unlock their current devices"

Something similar took place in USA.

So there is a narrow window when eSIM tech emerged 2016 and
when the unlocking was mandated, and where some devices have
the "unchangeable" eSIM variety.

But *all* mobile devices after 2017 have to be unlockable.



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