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Can you buy a 'pay as you go' mobile for a present for someone who wants to keep their number ?

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WHEELYbahhumBUG · 03/12/2007 19:23

Can you just swap the sim card over ??

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PersonalChristmasElf · 03/12/2007 19:26

You can if they want to stay on the same network. Just switch sim cards.
If the phone is on a different network then they need to phone for a code from the first network to 'unlock' the number and transfer it.
I'll remember what the code is called in a minute!

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WHEELYbahhumBUG · 03/12/2007 19:27

thanks - same network is fine

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PersonalChristmasElf · 03/12/2007 19:29

Oh then should be easy, as long as the first phone is not too old.
Ask about number transferring when you buy the phone, they may give a leaflet with details.

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NotQuiteCockney · 03/12/2007 19:30

Same network is easier. But you can get any phone unlocked anyway, so you can buy a PAYG phone for network A, while the person has a number and sim for network B - you go to a mobile phone shop and get the phone 'unlocked', and then you can use it for network B, too.

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WHEELYbahhumBUG · 03/12/2007 19:32

thanks. I knew you could do it for contract mobiles but wasn't sure about PAYG. Thats MIL sorted then (and DH and BIL might even be able to manage it between them !).