PAYG iPhone - Locked or Unlocked?

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Hey folks,

If you bought an iPhone from the Apple Store at the full PAYG price and activated it with a carrier such as o2, is that device then locked down to that carrier or does it remain an unlocked device?

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quite sure it stays unlocked.

once a phone is unlocked it stays that way,might be different for a iphone though,sure someone will confirm this.
 
I think if you buy an iPhone DIRECT from apple they are unlocked..

Because.. when I sent my iPhone for repair it was locked to o2 and they sent me a unlocked on.
 
It won't lock unless you bought it directly from a network as iPhones bought directly from apple are on their database of unlocked iPhones.
 
Thanks for your answers. Reason I asked is because I sold an "unlocked" 3GS and the buyer said it wasn't unlocked when they got it. But it slipped my mind that o2 had exclusivity of the 3G and 3GS for a time so maybe that was the problem.
 
Sorry to intrude on your thread but I have a similar question, someone has asked me if they can buy a iPhone 4S on payg and use their tesco mobile contract sim in it.

I know it will need cutting down or replacing by tesco, but will a payg or o2 payg accept a tesco sim without a problem? As I noticed Tesco dont sell the payg 4S
 
Pij said:
Sorry to intrude on your thread but I have a similar question, someone has asked me if they can buy a iPhone 4S on payg and use their tesco mobile contract sim in it.

I know it will need cutting down or replacing by tesco, but will a payg or o2 payg accept a tesco sim without a problem? As I noticed Tesco dont sell the payg 4S
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No, its likely the phone will be locked to o2 if it was bought from an o2 store.

You also can't get o2 to unlock the 4S for now. I have a contract with o2 and they wouldn't unlock my 4S.
 
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