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>any model android that is not carrier locked on pay as you go That's wrong. All PAYG phones are carrier locked - they have to be for the sake of the business.
by pierrefar 16y ago
>any model android that is not carrier locked on pay as you go
That's wrong. All PAYG phones are carrier locked - they have to be for the sake of the business. You can buy SIM-free phones easily (say from expansys).
The only way to get an unlocked phone from a carrier is to get a pay monthly plan, and that's only on some carriers (IIRC, only O2 gives you an unlocked phone, and on T-Mobile you have to request an unlock code and they give it to you 28 days later). The reseller Carphone Warehouse told me that all their pay-monthly deals, regardless of carrier, come with unlocked phones.
- rakkhi 16y agoI would respectfully disagree. You can buy a phone outright and go on a pay monthly plan without a contract. That is what I am currently doing with my iPhone - I paid ¬£440 for the phone outright and pay £20/month on O2 for 300 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data. No reason why you can't do that on n an Android
- pierrefar 16y agoThat's a SIM unlocked phone rather than a "true" PAYG, and yes you can do that with Android. Actually I'm about to :)
- viraptor 16y agoI got my N900 from Vodafone UK on contract and it is not locked. And it is paid via contract, not bought separately. (i.e. I did not pay the full price of the phone, only 30£ or so at the beginning)
- pierrefar 16y agoThanks for the info. Haven't talked with Vodafone for a while because their data prices always seemed high. T-Mobile and O2 were cheaper, hence me knowing a bit more about them.