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Unlock Phone or Upgrade First (EE)?
I currently have a Galaxy S5 on monthly contract with EE. My upgrade date is in two weeks, when I plan to get an S7.
I want to sell the phone I have now, when I upgrade, but the question is, should I unlock the S5 now, through EE's online form, or should I do it after I've upgraded? Does it make a difference? I've always kept my old phones in the past, or, on the one occasion I did sell my S3, I let the person unlock it in a high street shop, and took that amount off the selling price. |
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Makes no difference, rather do it sooner than later so it's done when you want to sell it.
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The phone will need to be in service with EE to be unlocked so you either need to do it before you upgrade or will need to get a PAYG SIM after upgrading & the existing SIM/number being moved to your new phone. Unlocking should only take a day or two after the request so I can't see any reason why you wouldn't do it immediately before changing phones. What possible reason could you have to delay?
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Thanks for the info. I've put through my unlock request. Should be all done in about 10 days.
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I would unlock while your still in contract, I did as I was ready to change from EE mobile to BT mobile. However when I requested my code to leave EE, they offered a better deal than BT.
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The phone will need to be in service with EE to be unlocked so you either need to do it before you upgrade or will need to get a PAYG SIM after upgrading & the existing SIM/number being moved to your new phone.
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