{"id":3122,"date":"2014-06-03T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T04:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/?p=3122"},"modified":"2014-09-05T07:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T21:48:34","slug":"what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm","title":{"rendered":"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you consider switching your cell phone carrier? If yes and your phone is still a locked one, you will need to unlock your phone first.<\/p>\n<p>Locked phones are the phones that locked to a certain phone carrier, usually the one you purchase your phone with. If you buy directly from a phone carrier, you can buy a smartphone like Samsung Galaxy S 4 or iPhone 5S relatively cheap, for 200-300$. However, if you bought it unlocked \u2013you would have to spend 600-700$. Phone carriers lock the phones to make sure that you will stay with them and to ensure that they recoup the cost of the phone over your 2-3 years contract with the company.<\/p>\n<p>So, why to unlock your phone? There are a few reasons why unlocked phones are better than the locked ones:<br \/>\n1. You can easily switch to any provider in the world. Just pop out your current SIM card and replace it with another one of your choice.<br \/>\n2. Unlocked phones cost more if you ever decide to sell or trade in your unlocked phone. You can sell your phone to anyone in the world. Unlocked phones will work in any country.<br \/>\n3. Completely forget about unexpected roaming charges. If you need to travel abroad, simply use a SIM card by a local phone carrier and you will certainly save a bunch of money:-)<\/p>\n<p>The only downhill of unlocked phones: it might cost you a bit to unlock it, but here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/\">FreeUnlocks.com<\/a> we take care of this problem. At FreeUnlocks.com you can unlock a phone for free. You surely want to know how we can offer such an irresistible deal to you: the answer is quite SIMPLE indeed. We have partnered with one of the biggest e-commerce platform TrialPay. So, thanks to TrialPay, you can get a free phone unlock at FreeUnlocks.com. To receive your free SIM network unlock PIN, you will need to complete any free TrialPay offer listed on our website. It will only take a few minutes to complete one offer and once it is done, we will send you an email with all the required information on how to unlock a phone for free and your free unlock code.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s it: just enter your phone unlock code on your phone and your phone will be permanently unlocked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Unlock any HTC FREE | FreeUnlocks.com\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uwcOvf3t-J4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>At<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/\">FreeUnlocks.com<\/a> we offer 100% satisfaction guarantee. If your unlock code did not work, we will refund every penny you have paid or give you a free credit for future phone unlocks if you tried to unlock your phone for free.<br \/>\nSince 2009 we have unlocked over 66, 500 mobile phones and you can be one of our thousands of satisfied customers who now own an unlocked phone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you consider switching your cell phone carrier? If yes and your phone is still a locked one, you will need to unlock your phone first. Locked phones are the phones that locked to a certain phone carrier, usually the one you purchase your phone with. If you buy directly from a phone carrier, you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,67],"tags":[7927,1073,69,55,7939,640],"class_list":["post-3122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phone-news","category-unlock-codes","tag-free-phone-unlock","tag-how-to-unlock-a-phone","tag-trialpay","tag-unlock-code","tag-unlock-phone-free","tag-unlocked-phones","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free - FreeUnlocks.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free - FreeUnlocks.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Do you consider switching your cell phone carrier? If yes and your phone is still a locked one, you will need to unlock your phone first. Locked phones are the phones that locked to a certain phone carrier, usually the one you purchase your phone with. If you buy directly from a phone carrier, you &hellip; Continue reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FreeUnlocks.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-03T04:55:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-09-04T21:48:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-03T04:55:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-04T21:48:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\"},\"wordCount\":473,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"free phone unlock\",\"How To Unlock A Phone\",\"Trialpay\",\"Unlock Code\",\"unlock phone free\",\"Unlocked Phones\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Phone News\",\"Unlock Codes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\",\"name\":\"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free - FreeUnlocks.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-03T04:55:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-09-04T21:48:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"FreeUnlocks.com\",\"description\":\"Free Cell Phone and Mobile Phone Unlock Codes. Exclusive here with TrialPay!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/author\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free - FreeUnlocks.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free - FreeUnlocks.com","og_description":"Do you consider switching your cell phone carrier? If yes and your phone is still a locked one, you will need to unlock your phone first. Locked phones are the phones that locked to a certain phone carrier, usually the one you purchase your phone with. If you buy directly from a phone carrier, you &hellip; Continue reading","og_url":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm","og_site_name":"FreeUnlocks.com","article_published_time":"2014-06-03T04:55:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-09-04T21:48:34+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free","datePublished":"2014-06-03T04:55:36+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-04T21:48:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm"},"wordCount":473,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["free phone unlock","How To Unlock A Phone","Trialpay","Unlock Code","unlock phone free","Unlocked Phones"],"articleSection":["Phone News","Unlock Codes"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm","url":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm","name":"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free - FreeUnlocks.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-06-03T04:55:36+00:00","dateModified":"2014-09-04T21:48:34+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/what-is-an-unlocked-phone-and-how-to-unlock-a-phone-for-free.htm#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is an Unlocked Phone and How to Unlock a Phone for Free"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/","name":"FreeUnlocks.com","description":"Free Cell Phone and Mobile Phone Unlock Codes. Exclusive here with TrialPay!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/author"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3122\/revisions\/3307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeunlocks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}