Juliesinar
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Hi,
I've just come back from Meadowhall with my 16GB iPhone 4, which I bought sim free. I thought that sim free meant that I could switch network provider at will. As I'm going to use it on PAYG or on a 30 day rolling contract I thought it was good to have the flexibility, as I'm not still 100% sure who I want to go with.
However, the salesperson said this was not the case, and as soon as I put a sim in it and synched it would be locked to that network, this stumped me a bit as had not expected it to work like that.
Anyway, he said he would double check, and when he came back he said as long as I used a PAYG sim it would not lock it, however if I put a contract sim in it, it would be locked to that network, he also said that a 30 day rolling contract would not lock it but he was not 100% sure.
Has anyone heard the same? I don't mind if PAYG does not lock it as he said, but if it does I might as well have gone for a PAYG and saved £30
Julie
I've just come back from Meadowhall with my 16GB iPhone 4, which I bought sim free. I thought that sim free meant that I could switch network provider at will. As I'm going to use it on PAYG or on a 30 day rolling contract I thought it was good to have the flexibility, as I'm not still 100% sure who I want to go with.
However, the salesperson said this was not the case, and as soon as I put a sim in it and synched it would be locked to that network, this stumped me a bit as had not expected it to work like that.
Anyway, he said he would double check, and when he came back he said as long as I used a PAYG sim it would not lock it, however if I put a contract sim in it, it would be locked to that network, he also said that a 30 day rolling contract would not lock it but he was not 100% sure.
Has anyone heard the same? I don't mind if PAYG does not lock it as he said, but if it does I might as well have gone for a PAYG and saved £30
Julie