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Purchased you N95 from an operator? Flash it!

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By: , IntoMobile
Friday, April 13th, 2007 at 1:24 AM

When you’ve got someone like Andy Abramson telling you that it’s your right to use the VoIP stack in your N95, you simply have to stand up and applaud.

Lesson learned: Do not buy branded phones. I can’t stress this enough.

In a perfect world operators would sell access to their network and people would purchase their phones directly from Nokia, Motorola, Pantech, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, etc.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • sam gonzales

    it doesnt take a brain surgeon to know that buying a branded phone will give you a stripped down version of whatever the carrier wants you to have..nokia e61 vs e62.. but theres a few things I tell my friends when they ask me what phone they should buy..remember a few things
    -support – unlocked phones arent supported by the carrier..who you gona call? ghostbusters! if you arent a techie good luck with any issues
    -insurance: carrying this $400 phone in my pocket is nice and all until it gets stolen, lost, broken.. no US carrier will insure it
    -settings and access: if you arent a techie you are going to have a hell of a time putting all those cool features like the SIP client to work.. buy a carrier branded phone walk out of the store 100% up and running..as far as access until recently i was able to view the cingular videos even though my e61′s 3Gless here.. now its blocked.

  • Viipottaja

    And, you do get the phone cheaper (assuming you still need to use the same service plan with the unblocked phone anyway) if you are willing to put up with the possible limitations on its use.