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Sim Free Phones
slyfox51
14-08-2007
I am a complete novice about mobile phones & am thinking on joining Vodafone.
What is a sim free phone & the advantages/ disadvantages over a sim phone?
iDan
14-08-2007
SIM free basically means that you're buying the phone, without a SIM card and exactly as it left the manufacturers factory.

These require you add your own SIM card.

The benefit is that they're not branded or locked in any way and you get to use the phone exactly how it was intended.
slyfox51
14-08-2007
So if I go to my local Vodafone shop & buy the phone (Nokia 1600) I still have to buy a sim card as well?
RYPW
14-08-2007
Originally Posted by slyfox51:
“So if I go to my local Vodafone shop & buy the phone (Nokia 1600) I still have to buy a sim card as well?”

If you buy it from a vodafone shop it'l be locked to vodafone. But if you go into carphone warehouse and buy it on vodafone it'l be unlocked as they use ulocked phones
slyfox51
14-08-2007
Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479:
“If you buy it from a vodafone shop it'l be locked to vodafone. But if you go into carphone warehouse and buy it on vodafone it'l be unlocked as they use ulocked phones”

Thanks for info. Both shops are opposite each other in the precient.
iDan
14-08-2007
Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479:
“If you buy it from a vodafone shop it'l be locked to vodafone. But if you go into carphone warehouse and buy it on vodafone it'l be unlocked as they use ulocked phones”

Most, not all...
Sćglópur
14-08-2007
Originally Posted by ryanwilliams479:
“If you buy it from a vodafone shop it'l be locked to vodafone. But if you go into carphone warehouse and buy it on vodafone it'l be unlocked as they use ulocked phones”

A lot of phones on Vodafone and Orange are packaged separately. at the Carphone Warehouse and are therefore locked to the respective network.
RYPW
14-08-2007
Originally Posted by Sćglópur:
“A lot of phones on Vodafone and Orange are packaged separately. at the Carphone Warehouse and are therefore locked to the respective network.”

My gf bought a 7373 from there on vodafone and it was unlocked and ive bought phones from there on orange before and they were unlocked. Maybe I havent kept up with any changes.
iDan
14-08-2007
The majority are but there's some now that are locked/branded.
Pingu
15-08-2007
I know someone who bought a locked and branded Orange phone from CPW last month.
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