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Mental Millet Part 2: Phone Specifications and Price
Yesterday we reported on Chinese phone manufacturer Millet processing an incredible 1.62 million phone orders over a non-stop 72-hour period, blasting the local Chinese market with their latest technology release. Today, we’ve uncovered some more information on what’s contained within this most-wanted piece of kit thanks to MyDrivers. Simply called the ‘Millet 5’,…
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Samsung Sneakily Add Region Locking To “Unlocked” Galaxy Note 3 Handsets
Bright Side of News reports that Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 has sneakily added in a region locking feature, this applies even if the handset is an “unlocked” version. This begs the question how can it be an unlocked handset if it is region locked? The report suggests that Galaxy Note 3…
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U.S NTIA Petitions FCC To Require Carriers To Unlock Handsets For Free
Android Central reports that the U.S National Telecommunications and Information Administration (the NTIA) has petitioned the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to tell U.S network carriers that they should be required to unlock customer smartphones. Currently handsets in the USA are often locked by carriers and there have been disputes between…
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U.S Phone Unlocking Up 71% Despite Being Illegal Under Recent Law Changes
According to VentureBeat, handset unlocking in the USA is on the rise quite quickly. This comes despite the fact phone unlocking was made illegal in the USA around5 months ago. The figures of one unlocking site who servers U.S customers, Mobile Unlocked, stated that the number of requests from U.S…
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The White House responds to phone unlock petition, agrees that it should be allowed
After collecting a total of 114,322 signatures via an online petition on The White House’s website to remove DMCA exemptions for unlocking cellphones which was implemented by the Librarian of Congress, The White House has given a response: You should be able to unlock your phone with no legal penalty as…
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FCC to Investigate Smartphone Unlocking Ban
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission mentioned about the Library of Congress’s controversial decision to stop allowing consumers to unlock their cellphones so that they can switch to their preferred wireless carriers. FCC chairman Julius Genachowski gave an interview to techcrunch, where said that the “ban raises competition concerns;…
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