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HTC Desire simfree?

  • 05-05-2010 9:19pm
    #1
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭


    Anyone know the best brick and mortar store to pick up a Desire simfree in Dublin?

    How bad is the 02 or Vodafone branding on these phones?

    And which is the better prepay deal between 02 and Vodafone?


    Thanks :)


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  • #2
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    Venom wrote: »
    Anyone know the best brick and mortar store to pick up a Desire simfree in Dublin?

    How bad is the 02 or Vodafone branding on these phones?

    And which is the better prepay deal between 02 and Vodafone?


    Thanks :)
    A meteor phone on a 12 month contract (Connect €25) is only about €30 more than sim free and you get 12 months worth of calls and texts for that as well. No branding and not locked.


  • #3
    niallb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭niallb


    I didn't know O2 were doing the Desire yet.
    I can't vouch for Vodafone, and I know it's not what you're asking, but my meteor Desire has no meteor branding at all, and came unlocked direct from a Meteor shop.


  • #4
    djgaillimh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭djgaillimh


    Yeah, first batch of phones on Meteor were all unlocked. Don't know if that's still the case, though. I think they were just in a rush to get it out before everybody else.


  • #5
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    djgaillimh wrote: »
    Yeah, first batch of phones on Meteor were all unlocked. Don't know if that's still the case, though. I think they were just in a rush to get it out before everybody else.

    It won't matter seeing as they can be now easily rooted...


  • #6
    partyatmygaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,992 ✭✭✭✭partyatmygaff


    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    It won't matter seeing as they can be now easily rooted...
    Rooting has nothing to do with sim locking.


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  • #7
    v10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,866 ✭✭✭v10


    Venom wrote: »
    How bad is the 02 or Vodafone branding on these phones?
    No branding on my Vodafone version


  • #8
    EdgarAllenPoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,686 ✭✭✭EdgarAllenPoo


    Downside to buying sim free in a bricks and mortar shop is that they usually charge a fortune and online is generally cheaper....in my experience.


  • #9
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    partyatmygaff wrote: »
    Rooting has nothing to do with sim locking.

    In any case there are unlock services

    e.g.
    http://htcsimunlock.com/htc-desire-unlock.html


  • #10
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Well ported over to Vodafone today and picked up a desire while I was at it :)


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