Will a tesco sim work in my O2 iPhone 5?

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Switching over to Tesco mobile as their sim only deals are far better. My iPhone 5 was bought from an O2 store PAYG. Will the Tesco sim work without unlocking?
 
Concorde Rules said:
I don't know about O2 stores but I don't see any reason why the PAYG phones should lock given your paying above apple prices as it is.
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It would lock as it wouldn't be in apples database of unlocked iPhones (most of those would be for those sold in apple stores), and since tesco would be classed as a separate network (as well as most of the phones they sell being double locked or so I've heard) it's unlikely that it would work in a locked to o2 phone (that might not be the case for giffgaff, but others that use another network won't work in phones locked to that network).
 
Bizarrely O2 sent me a text this morning saying my iPhone was now unlocked.

I didn't request it and it specifically says on their website they will not unlock iPhone 5s. I don't have any other network sims to test it though.

www.o2.co.uk/unlockmyiphone
 
Zoom7000 said:
Also, I'm not sure if Tesco provide Nano SIMs, so you might have to buy a cutter to cut one.
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tesco do provide free nano sims and if its a 02 phone it works on tesco as they use 02 network

re giffgaff
For only £12 a
month you get:
250 UK minutes
Unlimited UK texts
Unlimited Internet
Free to giffgaff

with Tesco my kids get £12.50
600mins
unlimited texts
2gb data
all capped by choice so no creep up bills i hardly see giffgaff as smashing there
 
I agree giffgaff aren't what they were but there are two obvious things missing there.

For £10 you can get the same texts/mins and 1gb data for £10.

Also if to u get your family all on GG you get unlimited free giffgaff to giffgaff calls - and it's there you make the savings.
 
Pug said:
I agree giffgaff aren't what they were but there are two obvious things missing there.

For £10 you can get the same texts/mins and 1gb data for £10.

Also if to u get your family all on GG you get unlimited free giffgaff to giffgaff calls - and it's there you make the savings.
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That and the payback you can get. O2's network is proving to be pretty patchy and I'm tempted to switch, however I am currently lined up for more than £20 payback, £10+ for some unknown reason, and another £10 for switching two other people. Very little effort and I'm already getting a substantial discount.
 
this post is in the style of niff naff i mean giff gaff ------ hello hello hello-- (dropped call dialing agen ))
as i was sa---- hello hello......yes i was on giff gaff as it was s-----hello hello---- yes so cheep my pho--- hello hello.---. my phone bill dropped from £60-80 down to 15£ the wife was on it all my mates was on my son hello hello ...my son is still on and when i ring him all i get is 50% of the time is...welcome to niff naff the parson you are call........hang up... so as i was saying---- hello hello ---one resan it was cheap for me is 0800 and 0845 numbers ar free -hello hello...Fu@k this
 
davev8app said:
this post is in the style of niff naff i mean giff gaff ------ hello hello hello-- (dropped call dialing agen ))
as i was sa---- hello hello......yes i was on giff gaff as it was s-----hello hello---- yes so cheep my pho--- hello hello.---. my phone bill dropped from £60-80 down to 15£ the wife was on it all my mates was on my son hello hello ...my son is still on and when i ring him all i get is 50% of the time is...welcome to niff naff the parson you are call........hang up... so as i was saying---- hello hello ---one resan it was cheap for me is 0800 and 0845 numbers ar free -hello hello...Fu@k this
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