A simple guide to unlocking your iPhone from the comfort of your home
If there’s one thing we’ve all experienced more of in 2021 its spending time at home. Never before have more of us spent so much time at home, albeit not by choice, our personal and professional lives have been flipped on their heads in the past 11 months. Working from home, though a growing trend since the early 2000s, remained several years away for a lot of large businesses. However, out of necessity born from government regulation and the immediate health and well being of their staff, many have been forced to adapt more quickly than had ever been planned. Being stuck at home has meant a change in what we can and can’t do, almost everything, bar the most essential of tasks, which requires people to leave their home is now off-limits.
With that being said, there is now the revelation that a relatively large range of regular tasks that previously many had believed could only be achieved by leaving the house can, in fact, be completed far more easily from home. Given the almost total inability of many to leave their home, many across the board are now far more aware that these regular tasks can be completed from the comfort of their own home significantly easier, and often cheaper, than ever before.
Among these revelatory now-completed-at-home tasks may also help many overcome another shared ailment of the last year. A record number of people in both the US and the UK have been made redundant over the last year, unemployment is higher than it has been for well a decade and previously made gains have been decimated in as little as 5 months. Many are struggling to pay their bills and it is uncertain exactly when they will be more financially stable. Saving money on your monthly and yearly overheads is more pertinent than ever.
So how can millions of us do this from the comfort of our own homes?
The answer may surprise you. A simple iPhone Unlock will save you money every single month and make travelling cheaper for all with a network contract. If you’re asking how to unlock the iPhone the answer is much easier than you may have imagined.
As the price of mobile handsets has steadily crept up in recent years, due mostly to their being more technology than ever crammed into each device, networks have sought more ingenious ways to make purchasing the latest technology easier for eager consumers keen to keep up with the Jones's. The majority are not able to afford the large handset device, for the latest iPhone well over £1000, as a one-off payment and so were open to options which allowed them to spread this cost over the year. The network contract, which around 50% of us now opt for, allows buyers to spread the cost of their device, as well as their usage, over several years, thus giving them a more ‘affordable’ monthly payment. When purchased via a network contract device are locked to this network.
This may sound great; however, there are downsides to network contracts which mean users pay more ‘hidden costs’ than users with unlocked devices. The cost of minutes and data on network contracts is almost always a lot higher than the same data and minutes available via a SIM-only contract. Unlocking your device, whether paid or not, means you can continue to spread the device cost whilst cancelling the usage element of your contract, removing the network SIM and inserting a SIM purchased on a SIM-only contract.
This will likely save you around £20 per month, that’s over £200 per year.
Locked devices, the inevitable by-product of network contracts, also means users are subject to roaming charges when travelling. Roaming charges are often extremely expensive and are the only option for those with a locked device wanting to continue to use their phone abroad. Whether you travel once, twice or a dozen times a year, roaming charges will cost you a great deal. Unlocking your iPhone is a simple way around this. Smartphone owners with an unlocked device can simply remove their domestic SIM, find a local store and purchase a local SIM, insert this into their device and continue to use their device as normal.
This is likely to save you at least £20 if travelling just once per year.
Unlocked devices also achieve 20-30% more in the second-hand market and so for a cost as little as £20 offer a great return on investment. Unlocking your iPhone will overcome these issues and save you money. Whether you want to Unlock iPhone 6, Unlock iPhone 7, or unlock any number of other iPhone models, a website like Direct Unlocks is more than suitable.
