Comments on: Want unlocked, unsubsidised handsets? Go to Belgium! http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-243866 davecurtains Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:44:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-243866 Ahhh... I think that's what was being communicated. I've since read that this isn't actually the case, and that Mobistar have even removed that reference from their website. <br><br>It must have been to discourage iPhone tourists that had no plan to use their network :-) Ahhh… I think that's what was being communicated. I've since read that this isn't actually the case, and that Mobistar have even removed that reference from their website.

It must have been to discourage iPhone tourists that had no plan to use their network :-)

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-243865 Ben Smith Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:32:35 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-243865 Problem is in territories where it was a legal requirement not to operator-lock phones IPhones have been geographically locked (using a less frequently used lock setting) to only operators in that country... so in theory a Belgian iPhone wouldn't be any good in the UK anyway unless jailbroken and unlocked via the usual hack approach. Problem is in territories where it was a legal requirement not to operator-lock phones IPhones have been geographically locked (using a less frequently used lock setting) to only operators in that country… so in theory a Belgian iPhone wouldn't be any good in the UK anyway unless jailbroken and unlocked via the usual hack approach.

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-243864 davecurtains Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:16:43 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-243864 So how much is a PAYG iPhone 3G in Belgium then ? And when will they be sold online ready to ship to us in the UK via some grey import site - in fact i'd be pretty sure this is already being done... got the link ;-)<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve. So how much is a PAYG iPhone 3G in Belgium then ? And when will they be sold online ready to ship to us in the UK via some grey import site – in fact i'd be pretty sure this is already being done… got the link ;-)

Cheers,
Steve.

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-243863 James Whatley Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:39:08 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-243863 Not that our man Terence tell lies but I can verify this, it rocks my socks and makes me a very happy VF customer indeed... Not that our man Terence tell lies but I can verify this, it rocks my socks and makes me a very happy VF customer indeed…

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-243862 TerenceEden Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:48:02 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-243862 *shameless plug*<br>All contract handsets on Vodafone UK are now sold unlocked. If you've got an older contract one, you can request a NUC for free. If it's PAYT it needs to be older than 12 months for a free NUC, otherwise it's £19.99.<br><br>See <a href="http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=371" rel="nofollow">http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic...</a><br><br>(I work for Voda, this is not official advice. Consult a doctor if symptoms persist) *shameless plug*
All contract handsets on Vodafone UK are now sold unlocked. If you've got an older contract one, you can request a NUC for free. If it's PAYT it needs to be older than 12 months for a free NUC, otherwise it's £19.99.

See http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/index.php?showtopic…

(I work for Voda, this is not official advice. Consult a doctor if symptoms persist)

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-236109 davecurtains Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:44:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-236109 Ahhh... I think that's what was being communicated. I've since read that this isn't actually the case, and that Mobistar have even removed that reference from their website. <br><br>It must have been to discourage iPhone tourists that had no plan to use their network :-) Ahhh… I think that's what was being communicated. I've since read that this isn't actually the case, and that Mobistar have even removed that reference from their website.

It must have been to discourage iPhone tourists that had no plan to use their network :-)

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-236108 Ben Smith Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:32:35 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-236108 Problem is in territories where it was a legal requirement not to operator-lock phones IPhones have been geographically locked (using a less frequently used lock setting) to only operators in that country... so in theory a Belgian iPhone wouldn't be any good in the UK anyway unless jailbroken and unlocked via the usual hack approach. Problem is in territories where it was a legal requirement not to operator-lock phones IPhones have been geographically locked (using a less frequently used lock setting) to only operators in that country… so in theory a Belgian iPhone wouldn't be any good in the UK anyway unless jailbroken and unlocked via the usual hack approach.

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-225669 davecurtains Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:44:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-225669 Ahhh... I think that's what was being communicated. I've since read that this isn't actually the case, and that Mobistar have even removed that reference from their website. <br><br>It must have been to discourage iPhone tourists that had no plan to use their network :-) Ahhh… I think that's what was being communicated. I've since read that this isn't actually the case, and that Mobistar have even removed that reference from their website.

It must have been to discourage iPhone tourists that had no plan to use their network :-)

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-225668 Ben Smith Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:32:35 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-225668 Problem is in territories where it was a legal requirement not to operator-lock phones IPhones have been geographically locked (using a less frequently used lock setting) to only operators in that country... so in theory a Belgian iPhone wouldn't be any good in the UK anyway unless jailbroken and unlocked via the usual hack approach. Problem is in territories where it was a legal requirement not to operator-lock phones IPhones have been geographically locked (using a less frequently used lock setting) to only operators in that country… so in theory a Belgian iPhone wouldn't be any good in the UK anyway unless jailbroken and unlocked via the usual hack approach.

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-225667 davecurtains Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:16:43 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-225667 So how much is a PAYG iPhone 3G in Belgium then ? And when will they be sold online ready to ship to us in the UK via some grey import site - in fact i'd be pretty sure this is already being done... got the link ;-)<br><br>Cheers,<br>Steve. So how much is a PAYG iPhone 3G in Belgium then ? And when will they be sold online ready to ship to us in the UK via some grey import site – in fact i'd be pretty sure this is already being done… got the link ;-)

Cheers,
Steve.

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-225666 James Whatley Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:39:08 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-225666 Not that our man Terence tell lies but I can verify this, it rocks my socks and makes me a very happy VF customer indeed... Not that our man Terence tell lies but I can verify this, it rocks my socks and makes me a very happy VF customer indeed…

]]> By: TerenceEden http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/want_unlocked_unsubsidised_handsets_go_to_belgium.html/comment-page-1#comment-225665 TerenceEden Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:48:02 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7157#comment-225665 *shameless plug*<br>All contract handsets on Vodafone UK are now sold unlocked. If you've got an older contract one, you can request a NUC for free. If it's PAYT it needs to be older than 12 months for a free NUC, otherwise it's *shameless plug*
All contract handsets on Vodafone UK are now sold unlocked. If you've got an older contract one, you can request a NUC for free. If it's PAYT it needs to be older than 12 months for a free NUC, otherwise it's

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