Asda sim in orange phone ?

janec

Hi all
I'm trying to find my mum a better PAYG deal so am looking at an asda 30 day sim .its EE Network and she currently has an orange phone which seems to be part of EE ,So can I use asda sim without unlocking it ?
Thanks in advance for any help

macman

Suggest you look at White Mobile instead, which also runs on EE. Much cheaper than Asda Mobile.
Three 3-2-1 trumps all of them, but requires a 3G handset.

Silk

janec wrote: »

Hi all
I'm trying to find my mum a better PAYG deal so am looking at an asda 30 day sim .its EE Network and she currently has an orange phone which seems to be part of EE ,So can I use asda sim without unlocking it ?
Thanks in advance for any help

No it would need to be unlocked

J_B

What is the phone and are you sure it's locked?

janec

Just a real basic one,not even sure what one ! I assume it's locked ,branded orange .maybe not then !

macman

The model is marked on the phone, and the model number is usually in the battery compartment...
Swapping the SIM out for a free one from another network, eg Sainsbury Mobile or giffgaff (Voda and o2 respectively) will immediately tell you if it's locked to Orange/EE or not.
Most old phones are branded, that doesn't mean it hasn't been unlocked. But if it is, unlock codes for old phones such as Nokia's are free or very cheap.
But without the model number, we can't help you.

mac.d

If it's an Orange branded mobile, it will almost certainly be locked to Orange. My Mum had an old Orange branded Siemens phone and we couldn't find anywhere to unlock it so ended up just buying her another phone and made sure it was a sim-free (therefore unlocked) when we got her a Giffgaff sim.