Can I buy a new Samsung Galaxy S6 (or Note 5, or whatever....) without carrier bloatware?

[AC Question]

I want to buy the phone unlocked, but use it on AT&T and their LTE, but I *don't* want AT&T's version of the phone, largely because of their added bloatware *and* because certain functions like integrated hotspot tethering are disabled in favor of AT&T's tethering plans.

So, is there a non-carrier version of the AT&T LTE device? Because I haven't been able to find something like that, similar to, say, the LG G4 H815 unlocked variant.

 

[dirk de boer]

No you can't it's part of their market strategy, but you can root and then delete the bloatware and then you can unroot again

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[Johnny Tremaine]

I thought you couldn't root AT&T Samsung phones? I've heard they lock the bootloader.

 

[dirk de boer]

Yeah unlocking the boot loader is part of to rooting process

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[Johnny Tremaine]

Thanks for the help, but yeah, I'd rather not root my phones, had a bad experience with bricking a past device. I just want to use them the way they come out of the box, like a regular consumer.