Verizon has quietly rewritten the rules that once made it relatively painless to take your phone to another carrier. A long standing promise to unlock devices after a short period has been replaced ...

Verizon has added on a step for customers wanting to unlock their fully paid-off devices by introducing a new waiting period in certain cases. Under Verizon’s current device-unlocking policy, ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We still haven’t heard back from Verizon after asking for an update on their supposedly incoming new device ...

After the FCC lifted a restriction on how soon carriers need to unlock devices, Verizon has extended its device unlock policy to a whopping 365 days. Effective starting today, January 20, 2026, ...

Until recently, if you wanted to unlock your phone in order to switch carriers, there was a good chance that you’d have to do it without the cooperation of the carrier you were with. You could search ...