iPhone UK - Insurance Question

[allaboutmusic]

Hi all,

Question for UK users who have claimed a phone on insurance, as I did a while ago. Are the replacement phones locked to a network? I was on O2 and had a claim a new one as I dropped my phone and cracked the screen.

I have left the replacement phone (a 16GB 3Gs) sealed in the box thinking I would sell it when I bought the iPhone 4, but am now wondering if the replacement phone would be network locked.

Any advice very much welcome!


J

 

[Pushkar]

They would be the same as your old handset, so if on O2 - it would be locked but you can unlock it via the O2 Unlocking Website.

 

[allaboutmusic]

They would be the same as your old handset, so if on O2 - it would be locked but you can unlock it via the O2 Unlocking Website.

Is this definitely true? The complication being that I have just ported my number to Vodafone...