On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:05:49 -0000, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com>
wrote:

>karen1215@yahoo.com declared for all the world to hear...
>> Yesterday I bought a PAYG SE K800i from my local CWP store and was
>> amazed to discover that it was unlocked.
>>
>> Is this common?
>
>At CPW, yes.
>
>> 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.
>
>You have a generic K800, not an Orange one. Did you get a USIM with it
>or just a SIM?

It was a USIM.

Actually, the guy in CPW told me they'd been having bother with Orange
3G SIMs to the extent that the sales staff had been told not to push
the K800i handsets on Orange. He only sold one to me because I
specifically asked for a K800i on Orange and, as it happened, they'd
'just' got a batch of new Orange USIMs into stock.

IMHO the K800i is the best phone I've ever had. Much better even than
my previous K750i, which I thought would never be improved upon.