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Bid.tv Phones Unlocked?

Hello all,

Just wondered if anyone had bought a T-mobile phone from any of the Bid.tv family of channels, and if so was it unlocked?

I have my eye on a Nokia 6303, but need to put an o2 sim in it.

Just wondered if anyone has any experience of the phones from this channel. When they are selling them the phone box doesn't look branded or anything.

Sam

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    I'd suspect not ,they tend to buy these in as surplus stock from the Network
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  • Thanks Browntoa, I got the feeling they are unlocked, as there doesn't seem to be any branding anywhere, but hopefully someone out there may have bought one..........
  • ryan92
    ryan92 Posts: 612 Forumite
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    My mum has bought 3 phones from the sit-up channels ( bid tv, price-drop tv and speed auction tv ) for members of our family.

    On the product description , it tells you which network the phone is limited to, and yes, you'd need to get them unlocked.

    I've only ever saw them sell Virgin,T-Mobile, Orange and Vodafone phones though!
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