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Need an 02 phone - no sim required

Hi, I need a simple phone - no photo's/emails/etc. - as I have a sim card for a 'Pay up front for life' deal from 02 (about 10 years ago). Where is the best/cheapest one I can buy from please?

Does it have to be an 02 or can I buy, say, a cheap Tesco phone and unlock it?

Thanks
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  • mrLazy
    mrLazy Posts: 28 Forumite
    You can buy:

    a phone that is locked to 02
    or a phone locked to another network then get some to unlock.
    or a phone that has been unlocked or never was locked.

    You can go to Tescos or any other shop. Amazon used to have a simple nokia phone that was unlocked and about £15 pound. The battery life was good and the phone nice and small and simple. If you get a cheap phone it likely to cost you more to unlock than to buy same model unlocked. Just check for the model you want. I recomend typing unlocked mobile into google and then click the word shopping on the google page. This should take you to google price comparison site. You will see lots of unlocked phones under £20 locked is only about £5 less
  • Bowling_4_Gold
    Bowling_4_Gold Posts: 1,771 Forumite
    You can buy any of these phones, which are subject to a minimum £10 top-up. Even then, some come to a total of less than £15. You don't have to worry about what network the phone is bought on, as all of Carphone Warehouse's phones are unlocked.
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