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"You’ll be able to get the device unlocked on Essential’s website for $699"

So, which is it? Is it exclusive to Sprint, or available unlocked?

Exclusive as in the only carrier to sell it in their stores.

You can still buy it unlocked from their website.

Everybody in these comments seems to understand "exclusive" as "it's locked to this carrier," including me. Bad wording.

So, if my girlfriend and I are being exclusive. That means we can both get sim cards from any carrier and put it in our phones? What is she going to say when I tell her I misunderstood exclusive.

Come on. Context matters. The title says "exclusive carrier."

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