Sorry for the Offtopic, but I really don't get that US system of buying phones. What shitty system is that where you have to buy a phone based on whether your service provider sells it...?

Over here you MIGHT buy the phone from your carrier, but only because it's "free/cheaper" when you sign that 24 month contract (with monthly fees higher than normally, so actually you end up paying more for the phone), but the normal way is to just simply get the phone from the thousands of alternate source and freaking plug the SIM card in without caring for your carrier's feelings about your new phone... :P