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Want a cheap chunky phone that can be unlocked for free.

xxdeebeexx
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Hi I am looking to replace OH mobile. He has been using a NOKIA and the buttons are starting to drop off ! He has great difficulty in remembering how to use his phone so would like one as simple as possible that has quite large buttons and is quite chunky in itself.

I would like to be able to unlock it for free unless I can buy it on O2 network.

TIA

Dx
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  • PNEfan
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    I suggest the Nokia 1600. I recently bought direct from the T-mobile website for £14.99 inc delivery, and as I bought through Quidco I'm hoping to get £10 cashback (it has tracked). Chachi gave me a code for unlocking. I think this deal is still available.
  • gaming_guy
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    PNEfan wrote: »
    I suggest the Nokia 1600. I recently bought direct from the T-mobile website for £14.99 inc delivery, and as I bought through Quidco I'm hoping to get £10 cashback (it has tracked). Chachi gave me a code for unlocking. I think this deal is still available.

    some of the newer 1600's can only be unlocked by service equipment.
  • before_hollywood
    before_hollywood Posts: 20,686 Forumite
    cheapest basic phone on o2 is the nokia 2310 available through o2 retail for £29.99, its basically like the old fashioned nokia's (3 series and 1 series but with a colour screen, even uses the same batteries and chargers as the 1 series i think)
    things arent the way they were before, you wouldnt even recognise me anymore- not that you knew me back then ;)
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  • GunJack
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    lots of good offers on at the mo - asda offering a nokia (sorry, can't remember model but quite basic) for free with a £20 top-up. I seem to remember some other similar deals being around, but not the detail.
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  • PNEfan
    PNEfan Posts: 215 Forumite
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    Further to my earlier post

    Gaming_guy said:
    some of the newer 1600's can only be unlocked by service equipment.

    I know this is right, but I have recently bought and unlocked 3 Nokia 1600s from T-Mobile with free codes - so I'd say it's worth consideration. I also forgot to say before the phone looks good, seems robust, has a long-lasting battery and has a simple icon-based menu.
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
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    PNEfan wrote: »
    Further to my earlier post

    Gaming_guy said:


    I know this is right, but I have recently bought and unlocked 3 Nokia 1600s from T-Mobile with free codes - so I'd say it's worth consideration. I also forgot to say before the phone looks good, seems robust, has a long-lasting battery and has a simple icon-based menu.

    thats why i said some can only be unlocked by service equipment
  • sya220
    sya220 Posts: 106 Forumite
    PNEfan wrote: »
    I suggest the Nokia 1600. I recently bought direct from the T-mobile website for £14.99 inc delivery, and as I bought through Quidco I'm hoping to get £10 cashback (it has tracked). Chachi gave me a code for unlocking. I think this deal is still available.

    Sorry I am not very familiar with this. May I ask who is Chachi, and how do I go about asking him/her for a code to unlock a phone?
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
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    sya220 wrote: »
    Sorry I am not very familiar with this. May I ask who is Chachi, and how do I go about asking him/her for a code to unlock a phone?

    i can generate a code for unlocking your nokia phone if you want
  • Ms_Chocaholic
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    How do you "generate a code"
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  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
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    Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »
    How do you "generate a code"

    by copying the the imei into an unlock calculator.

    a read through the invisible sticky at the top of the board would help
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