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"feb" <feb@feb.com> wrote in message news:Fx7zh.826$YK6.136@newsfe06.phx...
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> whats a USIM compared to a SIM ?
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> "Karen McDonald" <karen1215@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:05:49 -0000, Jon <spam@jonparker.plus.com>
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>>>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.
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>>>> Is this common?
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>>>At CPW, yes.
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>>>> 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.
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>>>You have a generic K800, not an Orange one. Did you get a USIM with it
>>>or just a SIM?
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>> It was a USIM.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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