The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that will allow Americans to legally "unlock" their cell phones once their original plan expires.
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed a bill on Tuesday night that will allow Americans to legally "unlock" their cell phones once their original plan expires, allowing them to bounce between carriers. So theoretically, if you had an iPhone 5s on AT&T but wanted to switch over to T-Mobile once your contract expired, you could do just that, no questions asked.