[Update: Phones automatically unlocking] The Pixel 3 is the first Verizon LTE Android phone to be SIM locked in a decade, and that'll be a problem for some

• Update 1: 2018/10/19 7:58am PDT
  In a strange twist, it looks like Verizon has begun to automatically SIM unlock every Verizon Pixel 3 with an active Verizon SIM in it.

Back in 2008, Verizon agreed to the FCC that it wouldn't lock its LTE phones in exchange for winning the 700MHz Upper Block C spectrum. Earlier this year, however, Verizon decided that it didn't have to follow the rules anymore, announcing that its phones would no longer be SIM unlocked out of the box.

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[Update: Phones automatically unlocking] The Pixel 3 is the first Verizon LTE Android phone to be SIM locked in a decade, and that'll be a problem for some was written by the awesome team at Android Police.

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