HTC 10

[PhoneChanger]

Well HTC have announced their new flagship, as expected the main selling point is a OIS front facing camera.

It does address some of the shortcomings from the previous iterations such as better battery, better rear camera, and more but I feel it is all too little too late to save HTC. They needed to do something big and bold to make people look up, and I feel this phone just won't deliver.

Plus with the price point expected to be that of the S7 it's a tall ask.

[Cairdeas]

Contract phone straight from O2 Den x

[Cleoriff]

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@Cairdeas wrote:

Contract phone straight from O2 Den x

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OK...then I presume it would be locked?

[Cairdeas]

Think so..sending the request now x

[MI5]

There is a good chance it will be locked but also an outside chance it isn't. Not every contract phone from O2 is, but all PAYG phones are.

[Cairdeas]

Didn't know that..I thought they were all locked lol x

[MI5]

No, not all and they never used to lock contract phones at all - It's a fairly recent thing (within the last 5 years or so).
It makes absolutely no sense either as they will unlock most phones for free immediately, so it just makes work for someone to do !

[Cleoriff]

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@Cairdeas wrote:

Didn't know that..I thought they were all locked lol x

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So did I...unless they were  bought outright...

[Cairdeas]

It does seem a little crazy lol x

[jonsie]

They initially started locking contract phones because people were upgrading and then selling them on, people were making a fortune selling iphones on ebay and the network was getting no usage revenue. This was around 5-6 years ago.

[MI5]

Apart from the iPhone restriction, nearly all other phones can be unlocked from day 1 of your contract and you still have to pay the contract that you upgraded to, so it still makes no sense to lock them.