I have been buying non-carrier phones for well over 15 years possibly as far back as 20. Life for unlocked phones became much easier when everybody moved to GSM now LTE. The thing is that the carriers have multiple frequency bands and the phones also support multiple frequency bands. You just need to make sure that the bands of your carrier of choice and your phone have overlap. I have had Google phones, Samsung phones, Asus phones and LG phones and have had plans with Bell and Rogers so there is no need to buy a phone from the carriers. The last phone I got from a carrier was a locked Bell CDMA phone that had about 60% of the features disabled. That was the last time I made that mistake. On 2025-09-07 09:06, Scott Allen via Talk wrote:
On Sun, 7 Sept 2025 at 00:56, Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> wrote:
because I get some extras 411 directory assistance exemption, in some cases a 20% or more discount on my plan, I am hoping to accomplish both together. You didn't mention any financial or other incentives when you said only three providers sold the phone, implying that you could only go with three providers in order to use the XP3 Plus phone.
I was merely pointing out that an unlocked XP3 Plus very likely would work with any provider that allowed "bring your own" devices.
Anywhere is a stretch, when I had someone from toronto public library search, their own investigation indicated telus and bell as the only networks supporting the device. I'd be surprised if Rogers and Videotron, and most other providers when traveling, wouldn't support an unlocked XP3 Plus using their SIMs.
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