I want to buy the lg shine, but the best priced one is on t-mobile, how can you tell if it is locked? ?

Question

i thought that if it was locked, it would have the t-mobile logo on it, but it doesn't. I asked the shop people but they do not know. I am on vodafone, and prefer to stay with them, but the lg shine on vodafone is too expensive.

here is the phone i would like to purchase.

http://www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/store/dix_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1532568234.1219677946@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfcadeemflhdedcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=952556&category_oid=

Answer 1

Usually if not always when you buy from a company like T-Mobile or ATT they lock their phone. This make them locked to their network. If you want to see if one is locked put a sim card in that is from a different carrier that the one you bought from. If it works with more than one carrier (sim card), its unlocked.

Answer 2

I doubt it will be locked because T-mobile don't always lock their phones. But even if it is locked, you can most probably get it unlocked for tenner.

Last time i bought a t-mobile pre pay phone, my brother's O2 sim worked :)