Virgin SIM in New O2 Phone

Right, looking for a new phone and the one on 02 is the cheapest. Does anyone know if a virgin network SIM would work fine inside?

Cheers.

Reply 1

Minardi

No, it won't (or isn't likely to).

You'll probably have to get it unlocked. When you buy a phone, it tends to be locked to the network its sold on. You only know for definite when you get it though.

Reply 2

mollymustard

It should do but it depends on where you buy it from.
My phone came with an 02 sim at the Carphone Warehouse but my Virgin sim works fine inside.
If you buy it from an 02 store other networks might be blocked.

Which phone is it?

It's this one:
http://shop.o2.co.uk/phone/Samsung/D900i.

And I was planning to buy it from the 02 store, so maybe I'll think otherwise.
Thanks for the help.

Reply 5

filastini

Some phones come SIM-free while others are locked on the network. There's not really a way of being able to tell other than to ask them.

If you really just want the phone, ebay is the best place, if that's possible for you. It's cheaper and you'll know if its unlocked/or not.

Even if they are locked to O2, you can get them unlocked for only a fiver.