Three, and every other telco, has a vested interest in getting you to buy something that they can sell you data for [1]. Argos will sell you an unlocked Samsung

Three, and every other telco, has a vested interest in getting you to buy something that they can sell you data for [1]. Argos will sell you an unlocked Samsung phone for 19 euro, Nokia for 25. [1] of course, Three doesn't let you use that data because their network is a joke, but that's another story from the annals of "Ireland may be wealthy, but our infrastructure sucks so hard CERN has a contender for accidentally opening black holes in atmosphere"