Can I trade a locked iPhone 5s for an unlocked iPhone 5s?

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can i trade a locked iphone 5s for an unlocked iphone 5s

i have an iphone 5s but it is locked and i was wondering if i could trade it in for another iphone 5s that is not unlocked.

 

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Re: can i trade a locked iphone 5s for an unlocked iphone 5s

Trade it with whom?
Carrier locked? Or locked some other way?
To which carrier is it locked?