Using Vodafone Sim in a BT Mobile phone

TheHustler

Hi I'm interested in a phone but I'm unsure if my vodafone sim would work with it. I've read that BT Mobile is a virtual operator using the Vodafone network so I'm just wondering would my Vodafone sim work in the phone or would it have to be unlocked? The phone in question is an HTC S620. Interested to know if anyone has tried this. Any help greatly appreciated.

gjchester

TheHustler wrote: »

Hi I'm interested in a phone but I'm unsure if my vodafone sim would work with it. I've read that BT Mobile is a virtual operator using the Vodafone network so I'm just wondering would my Vodafone sim work in the phone or would it have to be unlocked? The phone in question is an HTC S620. Interested to know if anyone has tried this. Any help greatly appreciated.

It depends on how you got the phone.

Vodafone and O2 contract phones are not usually locked, Orange and Tmobile ones usually are. The virtual operators it's more a case of where the phones came from, but in my experience usually are.

Pay as you talk phones usually are locked.

However it's not that simple, some retailer (carphone warehouse usually) hold generic unlocked stock for all phone so they don't have to keep each networks variant of a phone, so it may be an unlocked phone regardless of the above.

Does / did the phone have the manufacturers box, or was it covered in the networks logo? Does the phone have any customisation, ie the networks logo on it or as a screensaver?
If it does it's probably locked.

I'm, not sure that really helps if you haven't bought the phone yet, but as you cna probably see it's not easy to tell other than actually putting a differenet vendors sim in the phone and trying.