Comment on Google Nexus Android phones do not include Carrier IQ tracking softwareComments−nodata14yCarrierIQ - does this mean that contract-free phones don't have it installed?−w1ntermute14yOf course not. If you bought the phone through a carrier that has CarrierIQ normally installed, then why would they make an exception for the 0.1% of customers who bought a smartphone off-contract?So no, the name has nothing to do with it.−nodata14yWho said anything about buying through a carrier?−cbs14yYou kind of implied it when you said contract-free instead of not from a carrier.At least here in the States, the majority of contract free and prepaid phones for sale are associated with a particular carrier.−nodata14yI avoided saying "unlocked" because it would imply it was locked at some point. What should I call them?−AkThhhpppt14yThe convention I've seen is "SIM-free."−bobbles14yIn Australia the retailers generally call it a 'handset only' purchase
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CarrierIQ - does this mean that contract-free phones don't have it installed?
Of course not. If you bought the phone through a carrier that has CarrierIQ normally installed, then why would they make an exception for the 0.1% of customers who bought a smartphone off-contract?
So no, the name has nothing to do with it.
Who said anything about buying through a carrier?
You kind of implied it when you said contract-free instead of not from a carrier.
At least here in the States, the majority of contract free and prepaid phones for sale are associated with a particular carrier.
I avoided saying "unlocked" because it would imply it was locked at some point. What should I call them?
The convention I've seen is "SIM-free."
In Australia the retailers generally call it a 'handset only' purchase