Cell phone use was a US thing that spread there before any other country. Five fold the amount of mobile phone users than the next closest country. They were also invented in the US.
The way of buying a cell phone and paying too much for the monthly pan, but getting the phone for free kicked off in the 90s and has never managed to go away because yeah, the cell companies are assholes, but also because consumers got used to getting phones this way. The bs part is that you plan isn’t any cheaper, even if you own your phone outright.
But for most people in the US there’s little use for switching carriers while using your same phone, so sim stuff isn’t all that important. Most don’t vacation outside of the country.
Cell phone use was a US thing that spread there before any other country. Five fold the amount of mobile phone users than the next closest country. They were also invented in the US.
The way of buying a cell phone and paying too much for the monthly pan, but getting the phone for free kicked off in the 90s and has never managed to go away because yeah, the cell companies are assholes, but also because consumers got used to getting phones this way. The bs part is that you plan isn’t any cheaper, even if you own your phone outright.
But for most people in the US there’s little use for switching carriers while using your same phone, so sim stuff isn’t all that important. Most don’t vacation outside of the country.