are iphone 6s locked to 02

[Anonymous]

hi, i have purchased a iphone 6s from ebay, the guy says it is an unwanted upgrade from 02 ,sealed box, and unlocked , i would like to if this sounds right? or will it be locked to 02.

many thanks for any help

[viridis]

If from O2, it is locked 100%

[viridis]

Also, if he doesn't pay his bill, it will be blocked from use too.

[Anonymous]

Great thanks for super quick reply he has not posted yet so I think I will ask for money back
thanks again

[Cleoriff]

Hi @Anonymous We have seen so many problems recently with phones bought from Ebay. It could be genuine but is it worth the risk?? Not in my opinion...an expensive mistake could be made...:smileysad:

[Cleoriff]

Also remember this. If it was an 'unwanted upgrade from O2' ....it could've been returned within 14 days for a full refund...

[viridis]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Also remember this. If it was an 'unwanted upgrade from O2' ....it could've been returned within 14 days for a full refund...

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I think the term is used loosely, I didn't want my iPhone upgrade, I wanted the 600 quid....

[Cleoriff]

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@viridis wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

Also remember this. If it was an 'unwanted upgrade from O2' ....it could've been returned within 14 days for a full refund...

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I think the term is used loosely, I didn't want my iPhone upgrade, I wanted the 600 quid....

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Still mind boggling however....and not 'best practice' (in fact quite shady)

[viridis]

I would never go the eBay route tbh

[Anonymous]

I used to buy from ebay but would not now due to all the shady practices.

Smartfones isnt too bad thet sell unlocked they us royal mail next day before 1pm delivery excellent service.

giffgaff which is a movo of o2 and owned by telphonica sell factorty unlokced phones ( though there have been at least two instances recently of all the iphones going out locked but they were unlocked eventually) they use ukmail, I am not overly fond of them but they do now track and give you an hour timing and will send an email or txt I have had the last two deliveries from other companies actaully come on time.

Buying from apple direct is a very safe way and they sometimes have fianace deals 

carphone warehouse and the like sell sim free iphones which lock to the first network used (o2 possibly being the esiest to unlock cought splutter compaired to the other networks friends have been stuck on  )

If your spending hundreds you dont want to end up with problems from an ebay purchase, except from a company with very high satisfaction scores (99.8 or above) same for amazon.