I’m in NY. That sucks that they were locked. What kills me is going back to the 6, I had no idea they locked phones. Gave 2 6s away to family overseas, they tell me the phone is locked. Had no idea what they were talking about. That was with Verizon. I paid cash for those phones from Apple. Verizon locked them.

Had 4 phones added to T mobile, no one of them was locked. Out of all the devices, I only had one that was on a payment plan with T mobile. The minute I paid the phone off I was able to unlock it in the app.

Maybe a sealed case? LifeProof is a water resistant case, should keep dust and dirt out of your phone.