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Operator Castration of Mobile Phones Alive and Well in the UK, Too

Sheesh, I thought this was a US-only problem, but apparently, operator castration of phones is alive and well in the UK as well, at least with respect to the Nokia N95 and the SIP stack.

Let’s be clear about something: the carriers themselves request with device manufacturers to remove certain features from the handset. The handset makers, which sell a large chunk of their handsets through carrier channels, comply with these requirements. The carriers themselves generally don’t have any mechanism to do this on their own.

As usual, if you don’t want a castrated mobile phone, by an unlocked, unbranded GSM phone. It’s the only way to ensure you get the maximum functionality from your device.

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  1. That sucks, I would never buy a crippled phone. Whre I come from (Denmark) I have never seen a crippled phone. The carrier branding is often not that intrusive, like my N73 the branding was a startup logo from the carrier and the default homepage of the browser was the carriers. Both was easily changed.

    1. Martin Schultz on April 13th, 2007 at 1:38 am

  2. It’s a real shame…. But honestly, would you expect anything else from providers? The only way is to buy unlocked and pay-as-you go. I hate cell plans especially since at least 80% of my calls go via SIP stack and wifi anyway….

    2. dziny on April 12th, 2007 at 7:51 pm

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