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Re: [OT] Mobile phone - simple query
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).
> TIA
> Chris P
You might have to pay a small fee to get the phone unlocked if it was
previously locked to another network/SIM card.
There may be some financial advantage to buying a new PAYG phone and
porting the number, compared to buying a phone "off-SIM".
Some (much?) older phones only worked on the 900MHz band, so may only
work on O2/Vodafone (although they have some 1800MHz cells now AIUI).
All recent stuff is either dual or triple band (1900MHz for US GSM).
Jim
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