Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dealing with an unlocked or locked phone, the question is whether or not the device can work on a specific wireless network ...

What's the SIM unlock policy for Verizon, T-Mobile or AT&T? These are each carrier's current device unlock policy as of 2026.

If you're buying a new phone, consider the advantages of an unlocked phone against those of one on a contract. As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, covering news and reviews on smartphones, ...

Netflix seems to have found a new reality hit in the form of Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, an eight episode series where a sheriff implements a policy that gives jail inmates much more freedom to see ...

Verizon has started enforcing a 365-day lock period on phones purchased through its TracFone division, one week after the Federal Communications Commission waived a requirement that Verizon unlock ...

In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon breaks down what you need to know about the carrier practice of locking phones. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

Netflix‘s latest buzzy reality show is Unlocked: A Jail Experiment, which follows a very real experiment in the Pulaski County Regional Detention Center. The series, which dropped last week, ...

Resetting your mobile phone to factory condition can take care of technical problems like cramped storage or a lagging touch screen. It removes all your personal settings, including contacts, and ...

What happens when a group of prisoners are left to govern themselves? That’s the question that Netflix’s new unscripted series Unlocked: A Jail Experiment asks. The eight-episode show follows dozens ...

Paranoia is the main character in Unlocked (now on Netflix), a Korean thriller from first-time director Kim Tae-joon in which a serial killer gets his sick kicks by using his victims’ smartphones to ...

The brand new docuseries Unlocked: Family Secrets premieres on OWN Saturday, Sept. 27 at 8/7c. The series premiere episode reveals a wife’s secret that she’s guarded and kept for 25 years from her ...