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Where's best to buy desire sim free

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    #62
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    some may be unlocked - some are not tho.

    the majority are not i wud guess.


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    #63
    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    some may be unlocked - some are not tho.

    the majority are not i wud guess.

    Source?


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    #64
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    source - every carrier, years of past examples and common sense.


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    #65
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    source - every carrier, years of past examples and common sense.

    You're spouting a lot of ****e on this thread - evryone who's actually got one of the phones says they're unlocked. That's from Meteor, O2 and Vodafone.

    You (correct me if I'm wrong here) don't have one but you're telling the rest of us how much we paid for them, where we did or didn't get them and that our unlocked phones are locked.

    Do us all a favour and get off the thread until you have some actual facts.


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    #66
    godskitchen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭godskitchen


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    source - every carrier, years of past examples and common sense.

    That same logic would suggest the Hero I have from Meteor is locked.

    I better take it back to them as faulty as my Three sim is working just fine in it.


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    #67
    Edwordo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Edwordo


    conor.hogan.2 wrote: »
    source - every carrier, years of past examples and common sense.

    your posts are entirely speculative and incorrect.
    O2 still selling sim free HTC Desire. I bought one yesterday and meteor SIM works fine straight off - calls and internet. :cool:


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    #68
    conor.hogan.2
    Registered Users Posts: 5,246 ✭✭✭conor.hogan.2


    1 - go to the android market
    2 - search for dictionary
    3 - after downloaded and installed check the word ''many''

    4 - that is all.


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    #69
    Wats_in_a_name
    Registered Users Posts: 838 ✭✭✭Wats_in_a_name


    I have brought Desires from Vodafone online, O2 Shops & Carphone warehouse. All are unlocked. The one from the 02 shop was branded however, but still works fine with a three sim & my brother meteor.


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    #70
    Nekro Man
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭Nekro Man


    Wats_in_a_name wrote: »
    I have brought Desires from Vodafone online, O2 Shops & Carphone warehouse. All are unlocked. The one from the 02 shop was branded however, but still works fine with a three sim & my brother meteor.

    how bad is the branding?
    Edwordo wrote: »
    your posts are entirely speculative and incorrect.
    O2 still selling sim free HTC Desire. I bought one yesterday and meteor SIM works fine straight off - calls and internet. :cool:

    where did you get it? where in the country like?


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    #71
    Pyro Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 498 ✭✭Pyro Boy


    Can't seem to find htc desire on vodafone's website or CPW ... is it just me or am I going blind :rolleyes:

    BTW for a trade in does the phone need to be working?


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    #72
    maki
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭maki


    Nekro Man wrote: »
    how bad is the branding?

    The o2 branding is just an o2 logo and animation when you turn it on. Other than that there's not a trace of anything else.


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    #73
    Nekro Man
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭Nekro Man


    maki wrote: »
    The o2 branding is just an o2 logo and animation when you turn it on. Other than that there's not a trace of anything else.

    i can flash a rom and get rid of that pretty easy... where did you get it? an o2 shop?


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    #74
    maki
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭maki


    Nekro Man wrote: »
    i can flash a rom and get rid of that pretty easy... where did you get it? an o2 shop?

    I got mine in CPW. The guys in the o2 shop were less than helpful when I asked if they were unlocked (which they are).


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    #75
    fidget76
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭fidget76


    abroad at the moment in spain, have to get one of these when i get back at the end of the month (june 28th).
    So does anyone know if there is loads in stock in Galway? and i have a nokia n95 8gb to trade so happy days
    If its branded, hopefully it wont affect performance. Its a shame their website has none advertised. have to go in person.


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    #76
    Yelnahs
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭Yelnahs


    I just spoke to CPW in Greystones and he said the desire isn't available on prepay... Is it just come branches or what?


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    #77
    Keano
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,802 Mod ✭✭✭✭Keano


    Yelnahs wrote: »
    I just spoke to CPW in Greystones and he said the desire isn't available on prepay... Is it just come branches or what?
    Ring back and ask to speak to the manager. Seriously, Is that what the said? I bought mine on prepay in CPW in Limerick and a few weeks before that I was in Kilkenny and they had them for sale on prepay as well.


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    #78
    seeing_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 382 ✭✭seeing_ie


    Just got one yesterday on O2 prepay €399 in CPW.

    Make sure the box is sealed and it's brand new if you get one.


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    #79
    Tripp
    Registered Users Posts: 398 ✭✭Tripp


    Was just in CPW in The Square and they said that the Desire (o2) was locked :-(

    Any1 know of any shops that sell the unlocked Desire in dublin?

    Thanks


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    #80
    Tripp
    Registered Users Posts: 398 ✭✭Tripp


    Bought 1 anyway from CPW in The Square Tallaght, Was told its locked but i just put in a Meteor sim and all is working :-)


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    #81
    soc
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭soc


    Just curious...

    To the people who spent the money to get an unlocked Desire - what was your reason for spending that much money on the phone versus buying it under a contract with a phone provider?

    * Did you buy it for the flexibility of being able to jump between phone providers to avail of new offers? (e.g. sim-free users are usually only tied into contract for 30 days versus 12mth under bill pay).

    * Or did you get the phone simply because your existing phone provider doesn't sell the phone?

    * Or are you just a PAYG customer, and this was a pretty good offer for PAYG?

    I'm currently a sim-only customer, on bill pay... and am two-minds on whether to buy this phone 'unlocked' and pick & choose a network plan that suits me & phone (as a sim-only customer)...or just sign into a contract with a network provider and get phone at a subsidised cost...:confused:

    I know it's a personal decision... but I"m just curious people's reasoning behind their purchase :o


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    #82
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    I bought my desire in cpw in the UK and was told all phones that they sell are unlocked, then they just supply the sim.

    @soc - I swap between irish and UK sims so guaranteed unlocked was way to go


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    #83
    breeno
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭breeno


    Hi guys, I'm tempted to sell my iphone and get the Desire in CPW and have been told they have them in stock but will not let me check if my Vodafone sim will work before buying. I'm a bit nervous forking out €399 only to find out it's not going to work!

    Anybody know of any branches who let them try their sim card first? Any horror stories of the Desire now being locked or should I go for it??


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    #84
    Idleater
    Registered Users Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    breeno wrote: »
    Anybody know of any branches who let them try their sim card first? Any horror stories of the Desire now being locked or should I go for it??

    I wanted to know the same but having read here that they always tell you that "yes they are locked" and "no we can't test it", I can confirm that the one I bought, though 02 branded, is not locked - confirmed with a meteor sim + phone call.

    I'm on o2 so it wasn't too much of a big issue for me, so I took the risk, but it worked out.


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    #85
    breeno
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭breeno


    Thanks appreciate it.

    Anybody know how big a job it would be to get the phone unlocked if the worst was to happen when I bought it?


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    #86
    MiCr0
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,265 CMod ✭✭✭✭MiCr0


    i bought one in the cpw shop in dun laoghaire - o2 branded as describe above, but sim-unlocked - working happily with my vodafone sim


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    #87
    breeno
    Registered Users Posts: 741 ✭✭✭breeno


    Just to update.

    I bought a Desire in CPW Grafton St on o2 prepay and slipped my Vodafone sim card and it works perfectly.

    Delighted with my new phone, sold my iPhone 3gs to come back to Android :D


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    #88
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    breeno wrote: »
    Just to update.

    I bought a Desire in CPW Grafton St on o2 prepay and slipped my Vodafone sim card and it works perfectly.

    Delighted with my new phone, sold my iPhone 3gs to come back to Android :D

    Did you buy that today? My iphone has died and I want to switch to the Desire. I'm on Vodafone Simply with data plan, but I'm trying to work out if it's worth chancing a prepay and hoping that it's not locked. I have to stay on Vodafone as I travel to UK and Spain quite a bit and their apn allows me to use the internet abroad as part of my data add-on.
    Has anyone actually bought a locked prepay in CPW yet?


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    #89
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    Just wondering if someone can let me know how confident I can be of picking up an O2 prepay from CW Grafton St that is unlocked. My heart is telling me to get one on the way home from work tonight, but my stupid head keeps telling me it might be locked!


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    #90
    Celestial Deity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 66 ✭✭Celestial Deity


    kin9pin wrote: »
    Just wondering if someone can let me know how confident I can be of picking up an O2 prepay from CW Grafton St that is unlocked. My heart is telling me to get one on the way home from work tonight, but my stupid head keeps telling me it might be locked!
    Isn't there a return policy?


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    #91
    kin9pin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 959 ✭✭✭kin9pin


    Celestial Deity wrote: »
    Isn't there a return policy?

    Not sure. I went in anyway to buy one on Grafton St. and they said they don't have any O2 prepay left. The guy checked the system and told me CW sold out of O2 prepay in all stores!
    I checked with O2 in Dundrum tonight and , although they didn't have any, there are some left in other stores. I don't know if these will be locked though, but I presume I could use one of the unlocking sites for it (do these even work?)?
    Mad ain't it, the more trouble you have getting something the more you want it!


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