I seriously wish they went with Motorola. Almost all phones are officially unlockable. They are also available at reasonable price (€100-200 - Moto G4 to newer ones).
Sorry US hn readers, we Europeans do not (may be rarely have) have locked/carrier controlled phones.
> we Europeans do not (may be rarely have) have locked/carrier controlled phones.
I think it's fairly common with subsidized pay as you go phones (at least in the UK), since the network has to earn back the subsidy somehow. With phones on a contract, it's not necessary since you're locked in to the contract, but even so, it at least used to be the rule that the phone would be locked to the network, but they would provide the unlock code once your contract was over.
I can get a Moto G4 unlocked for $100-200 in the US. Its just that people desire phone far more expensive than they can realistically afford so they will keep financing it.
