Everyone has a phone number (or three), so how is it that people keep getting new phones with different numbers associated with them? There can’t possibly be that many phone numbers, right?

When you purchase a new phone, what do you look for? Access to apps? Camera or screen resolution? Maybe which phone just plain looks better? While it isn't normally an issue if you're buying a phone locally and only using it in Canada, the band frequency a device uses can be very important, for determining coverage and speed. Everything your phone transmits and recieves travels along these frequencies, yet many people don't stop to figure out exactly what the difference is.

If you’ve purchased your phone from a telecom provider, chances are your phone is locked. A locked phone is one that will only work on the network that it has been locked to, meaning that you can’t use a SIM card or services from another provider. Companies do this in order to secure your business for an extended period of time, as it ensures that you will not use the device you purchased from them on another network