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9/29/2014 | 1:24:22 PM
This same trend can be seen in other third world countries, where phones aren't restricted to the carrier, and even more so, the local service provide actually encourage the black market because they're willing to activate any phone as long as they can support it.
For both Iphone and Samsung, and like any product that it's trending, black market smuggling will always exist.