Buy N8 from O2 or NokiaDirec​t?.

[Anonymous]

Hi all
I have a sim only contract with O2.
First question: What is the difference and benefits etc in me buying an N8 from O2 for £330 on PAYG versus buying an N8 from NokiaDirect on PAYG for £369.00 plus compulsary £10 (for O2 Top Up) versus buying a SIM Free N8 from Nokia Direct for £429. Would I be able to use my old SIM ? (in the first two scenarios I would be discarding the PAYG SIM that comes with the handset)
Second question: Why do people buy the more expensive 'SIM Free' handsets, as opposed to the cheaper PAYG handsets. If they are direct from Nokia, I am assuming they are unlocked and unbranded anyway even if they are shown as PAYG.
My tariff with O2 allows 'unlimited web' bolt on (from before they scrapped it), hence why I do not want a newer tariff tied with a new N8 handset.
Please help/advise me as otherwise my wife is going to make me switch to Apple (she has same contract as me and our trusty N95s have finally fallen apart too much- thanks to our kids!)
Thanks

[Anonymous]

@buxz777
Thanks for the info. What did those two people do about the £20 spent for the unlock code? Did Tesco refund? Sounds like a schoolboy error on the part of Tesco- if anyone should be able to provide a working unlock code, it should be the network provider- who in this case is also the handset supplier.

[Anonymous]

http://www.nokiausers.net/forum/nokia-n ... rk-11.html
there you go mate its in that thread
93 who it happend to is top notch with phones etc
he has to send it off at his exspense to a tesco phone plac to be manually unlocked
could take 3-5 days
bit harsh to say the least