I'm getting my wife a Nokia 6300 for xmas, and am only interested in
the handset as we'll use her existing (PAYG) Virgin SIM.
The cheapest place to get on eis the Virgin website, as we can use her
existing "credits" (£30) and they'll knock a tenner off for not
needing a SIM. However, they've been out of stock for the last couple
of weeks.
I was thinking of just getting one from CPWarehouse, but the cheapest
PAYG 6300 is on O2 and so would need unlocking, I thought. But in
reality would it?
I'm guessing that CPW and Phones4U stockroom doesn't contain network
specific PAYG phones - they just give you a Nokia in a Nokia box and a
network branded SIM pack don't they? I imagine that the Nokia boxes
are sealed and the salesperson doesn't open them up to specifically
lock to a network. Therefore you could but the 6300 on O2 and bin the
SIM pack and used the unlocked phone.
Every phone I've had from the CPW have been Unlocked and Unbranded.
"dransfield" <dransfield@mail.com> wrote in message
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I'm getting my wife a Nokia 6300 for xmas, and am only interested in
the handset as we'll use her existing (PAYG) Virgin SIM.
The cheapest place to get on eis the Virgin website, as we can use her
existing "credits" (£30) and they'll knock a tenner off for not
needing a SIM. However, they've been out of stock for the last couple
of weeks.
I was thinking of just getting one from CPWarehouse, but the cheapest
PAYG 6300 is on O2 and so would need unlocking, I thought. But in
reality would it?
I'm guessing that CPW and Phones4U stockroom doesn't contain network
specific PAYG phones - they just give you a Nokia in a Nokia box and a
network branded SIM pack don't they? I imagine that the Nokia boxes
are sealed and the salesperson doesn't open them up to specifically
lock to a network. Therefore you could but the 6300 on O2 and bin the
SIM pack and used the unlocked phone.
dransfield wrote:
> I'm getting my wife a Nokia 6300 for xmas, and am only interested in
> the handset as we'll use her existing (PAYG) Virgin SIM.
>
> The cheapest place to get on eis the Virgin website, as we can use her
> existing "credits" (£30) and they'll knock a tenner off for not
> needing a SIM. However, they've been out of stock for the last couple
> of weeks.
>
> I was thinking of just getting one from CPWarehouse, but the cheapest
> PAYG 6300 is on O2 and so would need unlocking, I thought. But in
> reality would it?
>
> I'm guessing that CPW and Phones4U stockroom doesn't contain network
> specific PAYG phones - they just give you a Nokia in a Nokia box and a
> network branded SIM pack don't they? I imagine that the Nokia boxes
> are sealed and the salesperson doesn't open them up to specifically
> lock to a network. Therefore you could but the 6300 on O2 and bin the
> SIM pack and used the unlocked phone.
>
> I'm just guessing, but am I right?
>
> Dz
I think you are right with CPW. I actually asked the sales guy about
this and he said all phones except Apple were unlocked.
Steve wrote:
>
> dransfield wrote:
> > I'm getting my wife a Nokia 6300 for xmas, and am only interested in
> > the handset as we'll use her existing (PAYG) Virgin SIM.
> >
> > The cheapest place to get on eis the Virgin website, as we can use her
> > existing "credits" (£30) and they'll knock a tenner off for not
> > needing a SIM. However, they've been out of stock for the last couple
> > of weeks.
> >
> > I was thinking of just getting one from CPWarehouse, but the cheapest
> > PAYG 6300 is on O2 and so would need unlocking, I thought. But in
> > reality would it?
> >
> > I'm guessing that CPW and Phones4U stockroom doesn't contain network
> > specific PAYG phones - they just give you a Nokia in a Nokia box and a
> > network branded SIM pack don't they? I imagine that the Nokia boxes
> > are sealed and the salesperson doesn't open them up to specifically
> > lock to a network. Therefore you could but the 6300 on O2 and bin the
> > SIM pack and used the unlocked phone.
> >
> > I'm just guessing, but am I right?
> >
> > Dz
> I think you are right with CPW. I actually asked the sales guy about
> this and he said all phones except Apple were unlocked.
Not always. I have had a Nokia 2310 delivery from CPW recently and it is
locked to Virgin.
On 18 Dec, 09:37, ".newman" <aa...@despammed.com> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
> > dransfield wrote:
> > > I'm getting my wife a Nokia 6300 for xmas, and am only interested in
> > > the handset as we'll use her existing (PAYG) Virgin SIM.
>
> > > The cheapest place to get on eis the Virgin website, as we can use her
> > > existing "credits" (£30) and they'll knock a tenner off for not
> > > needing a SIM. However, they've been out of stock for the last couple
> > > of weeks.
>
> > > I was thinking of just getting one from CPWarehouse, but the cheapest
> > > PAYG 6300 is on O2 and so would need unlocking, I thought. But in
> > > reality would it?
>
> > > I'm guessing that CPW and Phones4U stockroom doesn't contain network
> > > specific PAYG phones - they just give you a Nokia in a Nokia box and a
> > > network branded SIM pack don't they? I imagine that the Nokia boxes
> > > are sealed and the salesperson doesn't open them up to specifically
> > > lock to a network. Therefore you could but the 6300 on O2 and bin the
> > > SIM pack and used the unlocked phone.
>
> > > I'm just guessing, but am I right?
>
> > > Dz
> > I think you are right with CPW. I actually asked the sales guy about
> > this and he said all phones except Apple were unlocked.
>
> Not always. I have had a Nokia 2310 delivery from CPW recently and it is
> locked to Virgin.
>
> Regards- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I work in a phones4u shop, the majority of pay and go phones we sell
are locked to the network. Some are generic boxed stock kitted with
the relevant network sim pack and usually preconfigured for the
network these are often unlocked - especially the O2 variants.
Other phones come in network branded boxes often with some form of
branding on the phone also, these are almost always locked.
Nokia 6300's we have had in on O2 some have been locked some haven't
so not a hard and fast rule.
Hope this helps
Do CPW or Phones4U actually lock PAYG Phones? 
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