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Do all phones from CPW come unlocked?

fluffynit
fluffynit Posts: 11,339 Forumite
Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
Quick question, do all phones from Carphone Warehouse come unlocked, usuable with most/all networks, just something a friend said.

i.e so say I wanted to buy a phone on O2 and it cost £99 on O2 and the same phone on Orange cost £79, could I buy the Orange "one" and still use my O2 sim card

:confused:

fluffynit

Comments

  • My daughter's phone from CPW wasn't unlocked but I do know a great unlocker at Bathgate market, MSE's own Groover :)

    If its a Nokia its easy unlocked yourself by getting a code from the Unlocking Nokia thread
  • fluffynit
    fluffynit Posts: 11,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Just browsing really, I got a Siemens CL75 Poppy, had it a month and still not liking the menu system and it is too slow. I am missing nokia!

    Quite like the 6111.

    My brother in law is on O2 (sim PAYG) and he went instore for a phone, salesperson told him (quietly)that they actually come unlocked so buy the cheapest network, which he did and it worked!

    fluffynit
  • As oppose to buying the handsets from the Networks, they get them from 20:20 logistics which is much cheaper for them, and these are unlocked.

    If the phone comes with a SIM in the box, its locked

    Separate, unlocked.
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