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what stores sell sim free phones

  • 21-02-2010 6:29pm
    #1
    estreetb
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    are there any bricks and mortar stores that sell sim free phones


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  • #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Yes. Where are you based?


  • #3
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Believe it or not.. Tesco sell SIM free phones now. Mostly low end Nokia phones, along with budget Motorola and Samsung. The brand has a green box with a leaf logo of some sort.

    The prices are ok, not great, for instance, the Nokia 1208 is 29.99 euro. Sim free.

    ---

    Just to pre-empt a question, the 'Tesco version' of the Nokia 1208, for 19.95 euro, cannot be unlocked, at the moment, as far as I know. The phones originate from Hungary and have a custom firmware and encryption, specific to the Nokia 1208 sold under the Tesco Mobile brand.


  • #4
    Davy
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    http://www.powercity.ie/?par=20-30&cat=%20%20MOBILE%20PHONE


  • #5
    estreetb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭estreetb


    Amalgam wrote: »
    Believe it or not.. Tesco sell SIM free phones now. Mostly low end Nokia phones, along with budget Motorola and Samsung. The brand has a green box with a leaf logo of some sort.

    The prices are ok, not great, for instance, the Nokia 1208 is 29.99 euro. Sim free.

    ---

    Just to pre-empt a question, the 'Tesco version' of the Nokia 1208, for 19.95 euro, cannot be unlocked, at the moment, as far as I know. The phones originate from Hungary and have a custom firmware and encryption, specific to the Nokia 1208 sold under the Tesco Mobile brand.

    nothiung wrong with the price but are they sim free or not. im confused by your post.

    thanks for the power city link. i just seen in the paper that harvey norman sell them also


  • #6
    Amalgam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,026 ✭✭✭Amalgam


    Yes, they are SIM free.

    The reason I added the bit about the Tesco Mobile brand non SIM free Nokia 1208 sold alongside the SIM free models, is that they are selling it for 19.95 with 500 Tesco points. You might be tempted to buy and unlock, because it is such a good offer, but the Tesco branded Nokia 1208 have been modified specially for Tesco, you cannot unlock them at the moment.


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  • #7
    estreetb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 228 ✭✭estreetb


    thanks, i understand now


  • #8
    GerardKeating
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    estreetb wrote: »
    are there any bricks and mortar stores that sell sim free phones

    Dunnes Stores have a small range of them in most stores.


  • #9
    Mimikyu
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #10
    tman
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    Captain Morgan wrote: »
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    If they're valid questions, what's the problem??


  • #11
    estreetb
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    Captain Morgan wrote: »
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    mind your own business. your not a mod


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  • #12
    Mimikyu
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #13
    YourSQL
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    in the good old days every phone shop used to sell them but then they got greedy with their network kickbacks


  • #14
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,751 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Most Harvey Normans have a couple of models, usually low end Nokia and Motorolas


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