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Unlock Phone or Upgrade First (EE)?
DieDieMyDarling
01-07-2016
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.
d123
01-07-2016
Makes no difference, rather do it sooner than later so it's done when you want to sell it.
nigelbb
01-07-2016
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?
DieDieMyDarling
01-07-2016
Thanks for the info. I've put through my unlock request. Should be all done in about 10 days.
pete taylor
01-07-2016
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.
d123
01-07-2016
Originally Posted by nigelbb:
“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.”

When did they bring that policy in, it's never been a requirement in the past.
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