"Karen McDonald" <karen1215@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:cnq7r2148lsoqgmntstgunl59kmnnnrgei@4ax.com...
> Yesterday I bought a PAYG SE K800i from my local CWP store and was
> amazed to discover that it was unlocked.
>
> Is this common?
>
> I thought all network-subsidised phones were locked to the subsidising
> network and did not accept another network's SIM. Not so in this case
> apparently. 02/Voda/Virgin and T-Mobile SIM work fine.
>
> The phone cost £180 PLUS £20 airtime credit = £200 in all, which seems
> about thirty quid cheaper than a SIM-FREE K800i purchased online.



my k750i from e2save - i.e CPW was also unlocked - as was the motorola razer
i got from them a year ago.
tellingly the ones i saw in shops had a little orange logo on then - but
mine didnt.
presumably it allows the CPW to stock 1 type regardless of the network you
get it on rather than 5 slightly different copies of the same phone.


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