Between a “locked” cell phone and an “unlocked” one – which should you opt to buy? Although the decision is yours to make, we would recommend you to pick the latter option for practicality. Why? Even though at first glance, unlocked cellular phone units are a bit expensive compared to its locked counterparts, it can guarantee you this – continuous phone usage. An unlocked cellular phone usually has a SIM card reader and when you run out of load on one network provider, simply switch the SIM cards and you can keep on sending SMS or whatever electronic communication there is that’s built in the phone’s memory. With a locked phone unit, you’re phone is at the mercy of the contract you’ve signed with the phone network provider.