I’m looking to buy a Pixel 7 Pro and found a local shop offering two options: brand new and “brand new, soft-unlocked.” I was told the soft-unlocked version is carrier-unlocked (likely from US carriers like Verizon) and will remain unlocked unless I factory reset it. If I do reset it, they said it’s a quick 5-minute fix to unlock again.

The price difference between the two is about $60. Does what they’re saying make sense, or should I be concerned about potential issues down the road?

  • Admiral PatrickEnglish
    11•4 months ago

    TMobile is pretty open, but AT&T a lot less so (though still more permissive than Verizon).

    Basically any capable phone will be accepted on TMob, but AT&T will refuse to allow “unsupported” devices even if they are compatible. They shut out my OnePlus 3 which was working perfectly fine with VoLTE and VoWiFi for being too old despite being on a recent Lineage build. So instead of getting a new device, I switched to T-Mobile lol.

    • SolidGrueEnglish
      3•4 months ago

      That’s good to know. I’ve pretty much always been a TMO customer aside from a couple of years when I was with Cingular around the time of their buyout. They were pretty open back then.