Mobility Minute: The Solution Provider's Guide To Selling Unlocked Smartphones

Traditionally, mobile phones have been locked, meaning that the device only operates on the network of a specific carrier, sold at a subsidized price on a two-year agreement.

But now, a generation of unlocked, ’no contract’ phones have come to market, introducing a new way for solution providers to sell smartphones.

One advantage these unlocked phones provide is the ability to be deployed as WiFi-only devices. Used on-premise, they can replace smaller legacy devices and offer new business use cases in various verticals.

Solution providers working with healthcare institutions, for example, can sell unlocked phones to replace pagers, legacy phones, and nurse call lights.

Those working in the retail space have a range of use cases to sell to. Unlocked smartphones improve the efficiency of point-of-sale, inventory management and other key applications.

In hospitality, hotels can used unlocked phones to access specialized applications that can manage everything from inventory to time and attendance.

Today’s smartphone is so much more than just a phone. With unlocked phones, solution providers can find new opportunities selling outside of the traditional call and text use cases.