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VodaFone - Pay as you go/ handset question . . . .

  • 16-08-2016 06:27AM
    #1
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭


    So with the current exchange rate its very tempting to purchase a Smart Platinum7 (Exclusive to Vodafone) online from Vodafone UK, but will it work here on the Vodafone.ie network?

    I guess the answer is yes, so I might as well save twenty or thirty Euro & buy it online from Vodafone UK, right . . . .

    I mention the Smart 7, but I guess my question relates to all 'Vodafone only' handsets, and whether or not one bought from Vodafone.co.uk will work on the Vodafone.ie network? > the exchange rate its very tempting.

    Or might there be a hitch?


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  • #2
    DopeTech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,191 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    LordSutch wrote: »
    So with the current exchange rate its very tempting to purchase a Smart Platinum7 (Exclusive to Vodafone) online from Vodafone UK, but will it work here on the Vodafone.ie network?

    I guess the answer is yes, so I might as well save twenty or thirty Euro & buy it online from Vodafone UK, right . . . .

    I mention the Smart 7, but I guess my question relates to all 'Vodafone only' handsets, and whether or not one bought from Vodafone.co.uk will work on the Vodafone.ie network? > the exchange rate its very tempting.

    Or might there be a hitch?
    It will need to be unlocked from Vodafone uk to use it on any other network(Vodafone Irl).

    Looking on ebay unlock codes don't seem to be available so I don't think buying from the uk would be a runner.


  • #3
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,069 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    So I rang Vodafone again today just for a different take on the Smart 7, and apparently UK phones are locked into the UK network via the sim card technology, same goes for the Vodafone ROI phones (which won't work with UK sim cards). So I can only buy the ROI phone to work with an ROI sim card ....

    Interesting.


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