are mobiles from mobiles.co.uk and affordablemobiles unlocked?

senorsombrero

Anyone know for sure?
Thanks

grumbler

Don't know about Affordablemobiles, but mobiles.co.uk phones normally are unlocked unless they specifically say otherwise (usually for some '3' phones).

Only the supplier will tell you for sure. Nobody here will.

gjchester

senorsombrero wrote: »

Anyone know for sure?
Thanks

Generally speaking phones from 3rd partys are generic stock and should be unlocked. That way if you buy a ABC Model XYZ they send any phone anhd the appropriate sim card and it worls.

However if anything is network exclusive (say a certain model or colour) then all stock will have come by the network and probably be locked.
It's also possible the network had an offer on and the 3rd party bought from them to get a deal, and these may be locked.

Iphones are I think supplied unlocked and then locked in the activation process on Apples Database rather than on the phone before you get it.

Long and short is as Grumbler says there is no guarantee at all.

senorsombrero

Thanks guys, good answers. Its the s2 or galaxy note I was thinking about and to my knowledge there is exclusivity related to them.

Rusty!

You can unlock them both for free anyway.

sdduk

don't know if this helps but my son in law just got a contract with mobiles.co.uk and the Samsung mobile he got was unlocked..he got one of them packages all good so far.

senorsombrero

Rusty! wrote: »

You can unlock them both for free anyway.

By rooting the device? Or another method?

juggy09

Had a few phones from mobiles.co.uk and they have always came unlocked.

keith1950

Same as above reply.

echo

had two phones from affordable mobiles and they were locked

Rusty!

senorsombrero wrote: »

By rooting the device? Or another method?

Yeah you need to root, then just use an unlocking app