hm, I don't see why you feel you are "locked" to a phone... I mean yes I understand your point... but not why you are angry over it :S
The phones are subsidized by plan, you can always buy it outright and use it on plan without problems and you won't be locked to a phone. I mean expecting to get a new phone whenever you want at a subsidized price is kind of unreasonable to me since the company still has to make some money in this
Well I do think the companies over charge for plans, but that's another thing separate from the subsidized thing for me, just because they charge so much on one end doesn't mean you can expect to take money out of them on something else. To me it's like expecting cars to be cheaper because using them (gas price) is getting more expensive...
that said, I've had no problems just waiting a month/or two and getting one from ebay/craigslist and using it, I'm not one that needs it RIGHT now and besides waiting a bit lets them pound out more roms/toys for me to play with
