But networks can still charge you to do this.
If you are using a pay-as-you-go phone you can get it unlocked.
It doesn’t matter when you started your contract, your phone is still eligible for free unlocking at the end of the contract. The agreement only relates to pay-monthly contract devices, not pay-as-you-go phones. To see more about our past campaigns and the ones we’re currently running head over to our campaigns hub. Finally, in October, phone unlocking fees on pay-monthly handsets were scrapped. Earlier this year ministers contacted the CEOs of major network providers laying out the changes they wanted to see to the unfair practice of charging for phone unlocking. The government started looking into ending unlocking fees in 2015. With all this support, Ofcom and the government had no choice but to take notice. We didn’t think that charging customers to unlock a phone that they already owned was fair, even before you look at the eye watering £48 million it was costing people each year to get the problem sorted! Which? supporters agreed with us, and our campaign received more than 37,000 signatures. So why should you unlock your phone? And when is the best time to do it? Which? campaign success If you are still under contract it will cost £8.99. Unlocking is only free from EE when your contract ends. The move brings EE in line with Three, O2 and Vodafone, who already unlock phones free of charge. The government has reached an agreement with providers that phone unlocking charges, which cost phone users £48m a year, should be scrapped. It’s like buying a Sony Blu-ray player and only being able to play movies produced by Sony Pictures.īest mobile phone networks – which provider offers the best service Get your new Samsung Galaxy S7 or iPhone 7 from EE and it will only recognise EE Sim cards. Find out how unlocking your phone can save you money and make it worth more when you sell it.īuying your phone on contract locks it to that network.