[Gllug] [OT] Unlocking Mobile Phone

[Christopher Hunter]

On Friday 10 Dec 2004 10:13, Doug Winter wrote:

> And that is partly because they are recouping the cost of a 500 quid
> handset which they gave you for a tenner :)
>
> The UK market is very unusual with the subsidised handsets - in much of
> Europe this is illegal, so you have to shell out for the handset in full.

In the kind of quantities the mobile operators buy phones, the price is VERY 
much lower than £500.  You may be quoted £500 - 1000 for a handset 
replacement by an insurance company, however!

The fact remains - even with cheap handsets, ALL communication charges (phone, 
mobile phone, datacomms, PMR, whatever) cost much more in the UK than almost 
anywhere else in the world.

The mobile phone companies recoup their outlaw on your handset in a matter of 
a few months by inflating the price of "line rental" and call charges.

Chris
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