Is the Moto Z2 Force bought from Motorola carrier locked?

[lchiu7]

Looking at getting a Moto Z2 Force directly from Motorola since it's on sale at the moment for Mother's Day for $500

https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-z-force-edition-gen-2/ecomm

But when I go to select one I am asked to choose a carrier. And a chat session with Moto support says the phones are carrier locked.

That seems very strange for a phone bought with no plan. Is it hard to unlock?

Thanks

 

[Uzephi]

T-Mo one can just be unlocked with an active SIM, no other need for it. Other carriers, I don't know about.

 

[pkgingo]

If you get the TMobile version from Moto bear in mind you will have to go through a bunch of hoops to get it unlocked after you qualify. The IMEI never makes it to TMobile for them to unlock so you have to do a stupid appeals process over Facebook of all things. It adds almost and extra month to the unlock time.