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13-05-2008, 12:15 PM
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At least the advantage will be, that if we go on a 24 month contract, that the warranty can be extended to cover the whole contract period. Not like the usual deal with phones nowadays which are just 12 months.
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13-05-2008, 12:28 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by mechcon
At least the advantage will be, that if we go on a 24 month contract, that the warranty can be extended to cover the whole contract period. Not like the usual deal with phones nowadays which are just 12 months.
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All BlackBerrys come with a 24 month warranty 
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13-05-2008, 12:32 PM
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13-05-2008, 12:41 PM
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I'm crackin' skulls
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by andytlr
I'm pretty sure Vodafone still lock phones even if they're on a 24 month contract. But they will unlock them for you, for a fee.
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I'm pretty sure they don't. Anyone? |
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13-05-2008, 01:38 PM
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Location: Sydney
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I'm pretty sure they don't. Anyone?
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I'm on a 12 month (should be 24, someone screwed up) Vodafone contract but I have no way of telling if it's locked and I never bothered to ask (I just assumed it was). Any way to tell without popping another SIM in? |
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13-05-2008, 01:43 PM
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You could try entering your IMEI at http://vodafone.com.au/unlock and see whether it says one way or the other. |
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13-05-2008, 01:46 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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I'm pretty sure they don't. Anyone?
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I was just going on the fact that my old phone was locked even though I was on a 24 month contract. |
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13-05-2008, 01:47 PM
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Our records show that your handset with IMEI Number: *removed* shouldn't be locked to the Vodafone network.
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Guess they don't lock 
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13-05-2008, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by andytlr
I was just going on the fact that my old phone was locked even though I was on a 24 month contract.
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13-05-2008, 01:51 PM
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So we can confirm that Virgin, Optus, Telstra and Vodafone don't lock theirs then.
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13-05-2008, 01:52 PM
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This is all news to me, I was under the impression everyone was still locking their phones.
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13-05-2008, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Edd
So we can confirm that Virgin, Optus, Telstra and Vodafone don't lock theirs then.
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The prepaid phones are.
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13-05-2008, 02:07 PM
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Location: Melbourne
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The prepaid phones are.
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13-05-2008, 02:09 PM
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Sure, but I don't think you're going to see any carrier offering a prepaid network locked iPhone. Not for a while, anyway.
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True, though AT&T did it with GoPhone plans. It's not something that would fly *here* fortunately.
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13-05-2008, 02:11 PM
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Even taking all this into account, the deal made with the carriers may require the phone to be locked. That seems unlikely at this point however.
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