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Re: [OT] Mobile phone - simple query




On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, steamer2uk wrote:
> Hope you can help me with this simple query (but then I'm a simple
> guy).
> I want to buy my daughter a new mobile phone. The query is, can I
> buy 'any' phone and just swap SIM cards so that she can retain the
> same number etc.? Also, can this be done 'across' networks (i.e. can
> you swap an Orange SIM card into a 'Vodafone' handset?
> (She is on Pay As You Go tariff).

In most cases you will have to 'unlock' it for it to accept any SIM. You
can unlock it over the web these days or a local shop/market stall will do
it for a fiver.

Maccy



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