GiffGaff Pay As You Go Sim in O2 Phone

[DinoF]

Hi all!

My son currently has a giffgaff pay as you go sim, on this tariff:

500MB 4G UK data + 250 UK mins + Unlimited UK texts for £7.50 a month (on a recurring top up)

This sim is being used in old iPhone 4.

He will be going to France soon, with his school and are looking to get him an iPhone 5C, to take with him (the iPhone 4 is ancient and REALLY slow!).

Will his existing GIffGaff sim, work ok in a new Pay As You Go O2 iPhone 5C?

[PhoneDoc · Accepted solution]

Hi there @DinoF. You will likely need to get GiffGaff to transfer his number on to a nano SIM for it to fit inside the 5C, but yes, this will work in an O2-locked phone.
Hope this helps

[Bambino]

@DinoF Any 5C you buy from O2 will be a refurb. Why buy one locked to O2? If you shop around on Amazon you can probably find an unlocked sim free refurbed 5C for a comparable price.

[DinoF]

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@PhoneDoc wrote:

Hi there @DinoF. You will likely need to get GiffGaff to transfer his number on to a nano SIM for it to fit inside the 5C, but yes, this will work in an O2-locked phone.
Hope this helps

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Hi! Thanks for this. I actually think its one of those sims which can snap into several shapes, depending on the phone it will go into. Starts of as a nornal sized sim, but can then snap into a nano sim, and then into a micro sim (O2 do these types of sims as well).

Thanks for confirming.

[DinoF]

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@Bambino wrote:

@DinoF Any 5C you buy from O2 will be a refurb. Why buy one locked to O2? If you shop around on Amazon you can probably find an unlocked sim free refurbed 5C for a comparable price.

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..on O2's website, the 5C is £149.99 - I think thats a pretty good price for an iPhone 5C!  Shame they don't do the blue one though on Pay As You Go, seems like its only the white one but I guess I can just buy a blue case to put on it!

[MI5]

Have you looked on giffgaff too ?
https://www.giffgaff.com/apple/apple-iphone-5c/phone-details/pre-owned

[DinoF]

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@MI5 wrote:
Have you looked on giffgaff too ?
https://www.giffgaff.com/apple/apple-iphone-5c/phone-details/pre-owned

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...actually - no I haven't but will do now - cheers @MI5

[Bambino]

@DinoF There's a blue sim free unlocked refurbed one on Amazon for £165.99. I can't post the link. You'll have to look yourself.

[MI5]

£119 on giffgaff

[Bambino]

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@MI5 wrote:
£119 on giffgaff

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Only listed as in 'good' condition. What's the returns policy on GG?