SIMable makes unlocking simple

Unless you work for a wireless carrier, it’s difficult to not support the practice of unlocking phones. It means that the phone you purchased is truly yours. You can take it to a compatible carrier of your choice, without having to pay the new carrier for yet another handset. There are just a couple of problems. First, it’s not always easy to unlock handsets — and newer phones are further complicating the issue. Second, there are only two GSM carriers in the U.S. and one in Canada. While there are a select few GSM MVNOs, options are still limited. In any case, there’s a new device on the market, called SIMable, a chip that attaches to your SIM card, rendering it unlocked.

Yes, it’s really that simple. There are three steps involved.

1. Punch a hole in the SIM card, using the tool that comes along with SIMable
2. Place SIMable chip on SIM card
3. Insert SIM into locked handset

The best part is that because this is a temporary measure, it does not invalidate the handset’s warranty — or so SIMable claims.

This is a British company, but they do ship worldwide. If you go to SIMable’s website you can check it out for yourself. Through PayPal‘s converter, I found out that the device runs $40.74 U.S. dollars. That includes delivery and the cutting tool.

The only unfortunate part of this is that it doesn’t cater to a larger market. Hopefully, unlocking will come around full force once the major carriers switch to LTE technology.

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