SIM lock

(Subscriber Identity Module lock) A function in GSM cellphones that restricts the phone's use to a particular cellular carrier (a particular SIM card). SIM locks are used to ensure subscribers finish their service contracts when the phones are heavily subsidized by the carrier. SIM locked phones may be unlocked by entering a code.

Apple's iPhone brought the SIM lock into public view because of its original exclusivity in the U.S. with AT&T. However, iPhones were readily "unlocked" by hackers both in and outside the U.S., not only to use a different carrier, but to customize their appearance and download applications even before Apple debuted its App Store. In addition, Apple allowed the GSM iPhone to be sold without the SIM lock in Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other regions where locked phones were either prohibited or a recipe for marketing failure. See SIM card and iPhone jailbreaking.

单词	sim lock
释义	DictionarySeeSIM card SIM lock SIM lock (Subscriber Identity Module lock) A function in GSM cellphones that restricts the phone's use to a particular cellular carrier (a particular SIM card). SIM locks are used to ensure subscribers finish their service contracts when the phones are heavily subsidized by the carrier. SIM locked phones may be unlocked by entering a code. Apple's iPhone brought the SIM lock into public view because of its original exclusivity in the U.S. with AT&T. However, iPhones were readily "unlocked" by hackers both in and outside the U.S., not only to use a different carrier, but to customize their appearance and download applications even before Apple debuted its App Store. In addition, Apple allowed the GSM iPhone to be sold without the SIM lock in Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other regions where locked phones were either prohibited or a recipe for marketing failure. See SIM card and iPhone jailbreaking. MedicalSeeunlockingThesaurusSeeunlock
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