topic Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2 in Apple

Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:12:54 GMT

Considering joining Vodafone at end of contract. 2 questions: will my iPhone 5s be locked to O2, is there a chance 02 would match the 15% discount on a contract I can get elsewhere?

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:16:16 GMT

Unless you bought the iPhone from Stoke directly then the device will lock to the first sim card put in so yes it will bet locked.

You can ask o2 to unlock it for free as a contract customer

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

MI5 — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:16:28 GMT

Yes, there is a good chance it's locked.
Unlocking help here http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-Services/Unlocking-an-O2-phone-to-use-a-different-SIM-card/td-p/540294
Call CS and discuss your options for renewal and any discounts - Unless you ask, you won't know....

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:27:36 GMT

Yes it will be locked to O2. You can get it unlocked for free, you could call retentions to see if they offer you anything

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:33:53 GMT

If you are happy with o2 generally then I would definitely ask the question of retentions.

If refresh is not important to you then you may also want to think about upgrading with o2 at Carphone Warehouse as they do some good deals from time to time.

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:40:25 GMT

But don't forget that if you upgrade via CPW then you won't be able to have a refresh tariff as those are only through O2 directly, you'll be on a standard 24 month contract with a subsidied handset plus any perks that may come with the particular deal

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Bambino — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:40:54 GMT

Also check that the signal and coverage where you spend the most time, i.e. your home and workplace, are as good or better with Vodafone as you are currently getting with O2.

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:45:10 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
But don't forget that if you upgrade via CPW then you won't be able to have a refresh tariff as those are only through O2 directly, you'll be on a standard 24 month contract with a subsidied handset plus any perks that may come with the particular deal

Isn't that what I said? "If refresh isn't important to you. ..."?

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:53:47 GMT

I'm just elaborating & expanding the answer so as to be clear for the op

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:57:17 GMT

Okly doklies. I shall endeavour to be clearer in future 😆😆😆😆

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Anonymous — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 07:50:59 GMT

Have you tried another non uk SIM card in it ?

Did you get the iPhone with your contract through O2 ?

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

jonsie — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 08:07:49 GMT

To be clear,

If you got the phone from O2 it's locked

If from an independent it's likely to lock to the first network sim used

If you got it from Apple it won't be locked unless you took out an O2 contract through them.

Either way, do as suggested above and fill in the unlock form.

Re: Will my iPhone 5 be locked to O2

Cleoriff — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 08:11:53 GMT

@jonsie wrote:
To be clear,
If you got the phone from O2 it's locked
If from an independent it's likely to lock to the first network sim used
If you got it from Apple it won't be locked unless you took out an O2 contract through them.
Either way, do as suggested above and fill in the unlock form.

Thank you for that clarification @jonsie Even I understand that bullet point explanation