[kwhitefoot]

Mobiles in Europe are generally unlockable by calling the network supplier after the contract expires. In Norway, in my experience at least, this is free.

But the reason I have a handful of paperweight mobiles is not that they are locked but that they are no longer useful. They have low resolution cameras, little memory, small screens, obsolete operating systems, etc. I sometimes try to sell them but no one wants them even free.