I might mention when my last phone conked out, I went to AT&T to buy a new one and guess what??? They don’t sell them. A storeroom full of phones and not ONE for sale. I had to renew my plan, which I did. It’s legal . . . i guess.
I went to a certain phone company store to ‘buy’ a cellphone outright, without a ‘plan’ and they would not sell me one.
The clerk told me that even if he did sell me one it would not work except on their system, not on any others...............