Locked Mobile Phones in India

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Another day, another locked mobile phone for the Indian market.

Airtel is leading these scary developments. They have now collaborated with i-mate to launch their JAMA 101 Smartphone ‘exclusively’ for Airtel subscribers.

What more, the phone would work on Airtel’s state-of-the-art EDGE wireless network as well!

Whoa, I had no idea that Airtel had such a smashing EDGE network. Especially when MTNL and BSNL are already on their way to launch 3G services.

I need India to be free of locked mobile phones. Especially considering they are not sold at any discount thus offering ‘some’ form of benefit for the end user.

This is also essential considering we do not seem to have any law or ruling requiring the mobile service provider to provide unlocking mechanism to the customer after a particular time period.

It’s just craziness. You pay the full amount and you do not even get the freedom.

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equark

can't agree more. pajama phone for pajama people.

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pita

pajama phone for pajama people

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Sushubh

there are means to get them unlocked i agree. but the problem is that it limits the freedom...

for example the Google G1. i doubt it would come to india unlocked.

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Abhishek

Nah. People are smart enough to find ways and means to get over it. I know for once that any of these "locked" phones would be unlocked by flashing their software before they are sold. People sell their soul for a fistful of cash. Locked phones would not be an exception. Plus, they cant afford to restrict themselves to their "exclusive showrooms". They would need the retail muscle to be able to sell exclusively.

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