[jasperlin]

Hi Everyone,

My brother is helping me order the phone from Bell. He can get it unlocked for $50, but I was hoping someone knew of a reliable and cheaper option!

Thanks!

[ryleyinstl]

Buy the phone from Google, it will be unlocked.

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[anon(156377)]

Buy the phone from Google, it will be unlocked.

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This.

[jasperlin]

Buy the phone from Google, it will be unlocked.

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as much as I'd like to do this, my broski can get me this phone for $150 CAD vs. $700 CAD by getting it on a contract. i would honestly love to get it on google play and do the 64gb version, but the price differenence is too much.

[ryleyinstl]

If retail cost is an issue you might consider purchasing directly from Huawei. They offer financing (at least in the USA).

[jasperlin]

If retail cost is an issue you might consider purchasing directly from Huawei. They offer financing (at least in the USA).

well... we're talking about a difference of $550. I'm just asking to see if anyone knows how to unlock the device anywhere for a price that is less than $50. my option is to pay Bell $50 to unlock.

[lesliezeta]

I thought all Nexus devices are factory unlocked even if purchased through a carrier

[N4Newbie]

well... we're talking about a difference of $550. I'm just asking to see if anyone knows how to unlock the device anywhere for a price that is less than $50. my option is to pay Bell $50 to unlock.

Doesn't that normally require that you first buy out the contract and/or pay the full retail cost of the phone? That would have been typical in the US back when carriers were charging to unlock a device (does anyone still do that?).

[ryleyinstl]

Canada is still lagging behind in the USA in dumping contracts (still have them as long as 3yrs!!) and locked handsets.

[Civuck]

I thought all Nexus devices are factory unlocked even if purchased through a carrier

Yep

[hpilot]

as much as I'd like to do this, my broski can get me this phone for $150 CAD vs. $700 CAD by getting it on a contract. i would honestly love to get it on google play and do the 64gb version, but the price differenence is too much.

Well, there is no free lunch. The carrier is not taking $550 dollars out of their pocket to give you a phone for $150. You are making higher monthly payments for your service to cover that. It has to come from somewhere...

[wunderbar]

yea....you're not getting it for $150 compared to $700. first of all it's $220 on contract. Second of all, even if he just gives you the phone, he's on the hook for paying off the $480 "subsidy" that you get now.

Someone is paying the price difference. the phone doesn't magically become $480 cheaper.

[constable]

Untrue. Canadian contracts are limited to two years now. They have been for over 2 years now. Research shows the Canadian consumer likes buying a phone at a subsidized price every 2 years so there is no appetite for change.

[jasperlin]

this is a corporate plan so they're still allowed to be three years. he's got a 3 year plan at work which that started a few months ago and he's already allowed to renew.

anyhow... any help with the unlock?? i'm guessing not now.

[jasperlin]

I thought all Nexus devices are factory unlocked even if purchased through a carrier

someone at Costco told me that, but I'm not sure... my cousin got the nexus 5 a year and so ago from Fido and it was locked.

[constable]

All Nexus phones are indeed unlocked

[tehbobs]

Unless something changed, all the new nexus phones are factory unlocked, or they are supposed to be. However, why would you want to unlock the phone? Since you will be paying for service from Bell anyway, why not just use them? Otherwise you will have to cancel your contract and pay a penalty.

[N4Newbie]

Unless something changed, all the new nexus phones are factory unlocked, or they are supposed to be. However, why would you want to unlock the phone? Since you will be paying for service from Bell anyway, why not just use them? Otherwise you will have to cancel your contract and pay a penalty.

He doesn't want to use it on Bell. In fact, I'm not even certain he wants to use it in Canada.

[nibras23]

Hahaha
This made me laugh.
You don't really believe you will get a $700 phone on contract for $150, pay $50 to unlock it and never have to pay the rest of the phone's price, do you?

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[cpowerca]

dude. you can get the phone for free if you sign a new contract with bell, they will happily do that for you. also nexus 6p is unlocked, i've asked a bell employee and no way they would lock this phone.

[Danny jraige]

All Nexus phones are indeed unlocked

Are you certain nexus is unlock of on contract through Canadian carrier as I can't seem to find anyplace online to unlock it

[anon(632115)]

Are you certain nexus is unlock of on contract through Canadian carrier as I can't seem to find anyplace online to unlock it

You can't find any place online offering to unlock it as they are already unlocked. What would be the point?

[dty06]

Wow, people are sure quick to become hostile and condescending around here. The guy is asking for help and instead of offering assistance, people in this thread are laughing at him. I don't quite think that's the way this community is supposed to work.

Anyway, the phone should be factory unlocked, as several others have said.

[Pirate Arr]

Just order from Google. You won't be getting it for 150 mate. That's that payment upfront and you'll still be paying monthly on contract. It'll be cheaper and your phone will be 100% definitely unlocked. If it's to expensive Canadian Dollars perhaps ask an American friend down under to order the phone since its cheaper in the US or just come over the border to a Best Buy and buy it there if you want. Because you won't be paying 150 for the 6P. Just like when some phones are 200 dollars or 99 cents. They aren't

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[bjrosen]

It's the same price, the difference is that you are paying the phone company over the two years of the contract. Have you asked them what they charge for a no contract plan vs a contract plan? In the US all of the phone companies have stopped hiding the cost of the phone, they now separate the cost pf the phone plan and the monthly payment for a phone (assuming you but the phone from them). If you BYOD device then you only pay for the phone plan. Before they explicitly did away with contracts they offered a discound for a BYOD device.