Telus/Bell are more expensive because of the new securities within the device itself. Most prices will be about the same across the board.
Thanks for answering the question I was about to ask, since Rogers/Fido is Canadian and the rest of the $10 carriers are American. You figure Rogers/Fido would be in the $30 category like the rest of us.
Not to be too aggressive here, but in all honesty, what "new securities" could there possibly be in the Telus and Bell BlackBerry 9700 versions that warrant the massive increase in unlocking charges?
Not to be too aggressive here, but in all honesty, what "new securities" could there possibly be in the Telus and Bell BlackBerry 9700 versions that warrant the massive increase in unlocking charges?
We haven't raised our prices...we're still charging the same price as before. $29.99 CAD using coupon code "crackb50"
Sorry to be unclear, but I meant what are the "new securities" you said existed between a Rogers BB 9700 and a Telus/Bell BB 9700? There are big differences in the unlocking prices.
Sorry to be unclear, but I meant what are the "new securities" you said existed between a Rogers BB 9700 and a Telus/Bell BB 9700? There are big differences in the unlocking prices.
Telus/Bell codes are harder to get so they cost us more. Rogers and other providers are much easier to get.
I would just like to know if there are extra securities like you claimed or not. No big deal.
The RIM firmware and unlocking protocols should be identical between carriers assuming they are the same device (9700 and 9700) so when you claim to people that one IMEI is harder to provide a code for than another even though it is only the carrier that is different, I am a little offended.
I'm just saying there are no new securities like you claimed. Yeah, you can charge more (you run a business, I understand, after all you are there to make money) because in the past Telus SIM devices were more expensive to unlock than others. But now it is the same hardware and the same software from Rogers to Telus, but you say otherwise
'New securities' appear to be a way of saying higher profit margins.
It's all cool though. Not trying to make your day difficult, I'm was just saying what I thought
Here's how it works..Most Blackberry codes are generated based on an algorithm.
Let's take Bell for example...they kept the same algorithm for the 9700 (for the MEP Code) but added a new SP Lock which we are not able to generate yet based on the IMEI, so the only way to get it is through contacts we have with RIM.
Now for Telus...they removed the Mep Lock and added only SP Lock which we are not able to generate as well so we need to get it from RIM.
Rogers 9700 Mep Code has the same algorithm as all previously released Blackberry by them.