If you buy a phone from a non-affiliated company then it won't come with all of the bloatware that companies typically add on. I have an LG-G4 that came with both LG and AT&T apps that are not possible to remove, and some you can't even disable. If I'd bought the phone directly from LG or from a non-affiliated seller that has unlocked phones. And then look at all of the plans possible, not just with the big guys - MVNO - mobile virtual network operators. My son has been using TING for a few months and reports that it works well.