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Old 22-01-2007, 22:20
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Hey

do t-mobile sim cards work in Virgin mobile phones?
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Old 22-01-2007, 22:40
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Yes they should do.
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Old 22-01-2007, 22:40
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Originally Posted by Jac Naylor
Yes they should do.

Ok.. can anyone confirm the N73(Virgin) will accept my t-mobile SIM? before i buy it.

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Old 22-01-2007, 22:43
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Just had a look on another forum and Virgin SIMs work in T-Mobile, but T-Mobile SIMs don't work in Virgin phones, so it would need unlocking.
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Old 22-01-2007, 22:44
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Originally Posted by Jac Naylor
Just had a look on another forum and Virgin SIMs work in T-Mobile, but T-Mobile SIMs don't work in Virgin phones, so it would need unlocking.
which isnt available yet... surely if the sim works in virgin it should also work the other way round?

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Old 22-01-2007, 22:51
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Just found this "Today my son put a T Mobile sim card in his phone but he found that the signal was just as bad so he took it out and inserted an O2 card but the screen on the phone read 'Insert correct sim'."
he is on about a SE on virgin
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Old 22-01-2007, 22:52
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lol i got a deja-vu with this thread

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Old 22-01-2007, 22:52
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Originally Posted by SPARKIE1984
lol i got a deja-vu with this thread

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hehe so what do i do? risk ordering the N73 From dialaphone or not?!
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Old 22-01-2007, 22:57
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why not order it and if its no good send it back within 28days!!! as long as its still in good nick with all accesories you can send it back and cancel....

you can also sign up to virgin instore, you get ur phone there and then rather than waiting for it!

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Old 22-01-2007, 22:59
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Originally Posted by SPARKIE1984
why not order it and if its no good send it back within 28days!!! as long as its still in good nick with all accesories you can send it back and cancel....

you can also sign up to virgin instore, you get ur phone there and then rather than waiting for it!

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But this is through Dialaphone... not virgin...they dont accept phones back if they have been used... only fauklty
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Old 22-01-2007, 23:03
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oh rite, sorry been a long long day! i dunno then i thought all places had a certain length of time you can return your phone and cancel your contract??!

from their terms:

If you wish to take advantage of our returns policy, it is your obligation to return the phone in question together with any accessories and other goods supplied at your own cost by special delivery. Our returns policy only applies to phones which are unused (i.e. not used to make or receive calls or send or receive messages or data).

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http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/help.html#seven

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Old 23-01-2007, 01:08
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Surely they are covered by the Distance Selling Regulations (http://www.oft.gov.uk/Business/Legal/DSR/default.htm).

Because you haven't physically seen the product you're buying you can return it within 7 days even if you don't like the colour.
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Old 23-01-2007, 02:32
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I brought a N73 on o2 via carphone warehouse's online sales dept.

Everything was as smooth as could be and i got the phone at 8:30 am the fridyday after ordering at 6pm the day before...

I had nothing but nightmares with the phone... too numerous to list here...

rang them up and complained to the hilt and they just said go and take it back to any carphone warehouse store or we'll arange to get it picked up...

I took it back with no probs... execpt the look on the store mnagers face when i listed all the problems on a brand new 4 day old phone... (which had onl been out since the previous monday)

i was able to take it back because of the Distance Selling Regulations (http://www.oft.gov.uk/Business/Legal/DSR/default.htm). because at the end of they day if you had brought it in the store you "could" have seen a working version of the handset... but as you are buying from a call center of on-line you aren't able to actually do this...

I then settled on a SE K800i on T-mobile Flext... then got pissed off because they released the blckberry pearl about 3 weeks later!!!

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Old 23-01-2007, 02:45
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Originally Posted by lamby
But this is through Dialaphone... not virgin...they dont accept phones back if they have been used... only fauklty
Send it back as faulty then, they don't check, they just send them back to the supplier
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Old 23-01-2007, 07:46
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Why not just get the phone on T-Mobile? That way you wont be paying a Virgin contract as well.
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Old 23-01-2007, 09:59
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Originally Posted by prking
Why not just get the phone on T-Mobile? That way you wont be paying a Virgin contract as well.

How? i cant upgrade till Dec and cant afford to pay £255 out in 1 go.
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Old 23-01-2007, 13:43
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I got a reply from Virgin, they said they will unlok it if i have used £30 worth of airtime.. or made a call before 1st Aug 2001 (!) did they mean 2007??
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Old 23-01-2007, 19:05
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Originally Posted by lamby
How? i cant upgrade till Dec and cant afford to pay £255 out in 1 go.
Take out a second contract with T-Mobile.
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Old 23-01-2007, 19:07
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Originally Posted by lamby
I got a reply from Virgin, they said they will unlok it if i have used £30 worth of airtime.. or made a call before 1st Aug 2001 (!) did they mean 2007??
No they mean 2001, think about it.
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Old 23-01-2007, 19:08
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Originally Posted by prking
Take out a second contract with T-Mobile.
Just looked... and they dont offer as good deals as dialaphone... the cheapest for a free phone with t-mobile would be £40 a month!
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Old 23-01-2007, 19:41
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Also, if i did get the phone from Dialaphone, who would i contact to get the phone unlocked? direct through dialaphone or virgin?
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Old 23-01-2007, 22:28
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one suggestioon would be to go to a virgin megastore that has the mobile section and actually try the handset out before buying it online - that is what i normally do
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