PAYG handsets from CPW - unlocked?
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From: Steve Terry on 21 May 2010 11:01 "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:QiqJn.177408$BX1.64477(a)newsfe16.ams2... >I need to buy a new handset to replace a faulty one being used on a >contract, therefore an important requirement is that the handset should be >unlocked (especially because I will be changing airtime providers soon to >take advantage of another cashback deal). > > I believe CPW don't lock their phones - is that right, or does it only > apply to their contract phones? I was hoping to buy a PAYG handset from > them on the basis that it would be unlocked - am I right? > > CPW try to stock unlocked standard GSM stock phones to minimise their own stock keeping If network branded then they'll also be network locked Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK
From: Whiskers on 21 May 2010 10:59 On 2010-05-21, Tim Downie <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Lobster wrote: >> I need to buy a new handset to replace a faulty one being used on a >> contract, therefore an important requirement is that the handset >> should be unlocked (especially because I will be changing airtime >> providers soon to take advantage of another cashback deal). >> >> I believe CPW don't lock their phones - is that right, > > Yep, > >> or does it only >> apply to their contract phones? > > Nope, seems to apply to their PAYG handsets too. You will have to purchase > a sim whether you like it or not with typically £10 credit for one network > or other though. > > Tim You don't have to /use/ the obligatory SIM though. I recently bought a new PAYG handest (plus £10 'credit') there and popped in the SIM from my monthly-contract handset and it 'just worked' immediately. (Of course I've changed the monthly contract to a 'SIM only' monthly one). The CPW salesman selected the network with the cheapest initial top-up for the obligatory SIM, which has never been unwrapped. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~
From: JP on 21 May 2010 12:17 "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:a7xJn.38$8L2.21(a)newsfe19.ams2... > JP wrote: >> >> "Theo Markettos" <theom+news(a)chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote in message >> news:Y5t*rFz-s(a)news.chiark.greenend.org.uk... >>> Tim Downie <timdownie2003(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>> Lobster wrote: >>>> > I believe CPW don't lock their phones - is that right, >>>> >>>> Yep, >>> >>> Does that work for phones bought online, or just in shops? >>> >>> Theo >> >> Yes to both. Got a phone from CPW online yesterday (orderd Tuesday) and >> ir was unlocked... > > And it was a PAYG one? > > Thanks > David Yes, it was....
From: Woody on 24 May 2010 12:03 An easier solution - get an Asda PAYG - they even say on the box that they are unlocked! If you just want a simple dual-band phone, no frills, the Nokia 1208 at �17 takes some beating. -- Woody harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
From: Steve Terry on 24 May 2010 17:53
"Woody" <harrogate3(a)ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message news:KrxKn.229336$xy6.47279(a)newsfe20.ams2... > An easier solution - get an Asda PAYG - they even say on the box that they > are unlocked! > > If you just want a simple dual-band phone, no frills, the Nokia 1208 at > �17 takes some beating. > Woody > > OK for a Orange OVP Virgin Sim if you can find one for transfer But for only around a fiver more you could have a 3g ZTE 102 with all the usual 3g features, and stick a costing nothing off the shelf Three Zero sim in it. Steve Terry -- Welcome Sign-up Bonus of �1 when you signup free at: http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/G4WWK |