Unlocking Your Contract Phone

Saturday, April 15, 2006

This article is part 3 of 5 in our "Selling your Contract Phone on eBay" series.

It is often a good idea to get your contract phone unlocked if it is not to difficult. Unlocking you contract phone is often quite easy. Usually a search on google with the name of your contract phone and the word "unlock" will find websites specializing in unlocking networked locked cell phones. Prices for unlocking your contract phone can range from $5 (£3) to $50 (£30) depending on the model. However sometimes unlocking your contract phone can be impossible with certain models and networks until they release the unlocking codes or other companies figure out how to unlock that model.

By unlocking your contract phone you can often increase its value by $60 (£35) or more when you sell it on eBay as most people are unsure of doing it themselves. It's not always the case so double check before you decide to unlock your contract phone by checking the current market prices on eBay as we previously described.