How simple to unlock a phone?

[swiftb]

Im thinking of buying a Samsung S3500 which is a Vodafone Pay as you go. I want to use my O2 contract sim in it. Im assuming the phone will be simlocked. How cheap/easy is it to have the phone unlocked. Its not something Ive ever needed to do before so never take any notice of the stalls/shops you see dotted around in town etc.
How much would I be looking at to have this phone unlocked - presuming it can be.

Cheers

[el_oso]

a lot of the market stalls in romford have done it
also dagenham
also in loughborough
usually under £10
theres a load of on-line ones aswell that are usually cheaper
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I've recently had 2 phones unlocked, a Sony Ericsson K800i and a Motorola Razr V3, on a market stall by an Indian bloke with a bank of laptops. Both only took about 10-15 minutes, both cost me a tenner.

Having a quick look around, the S3500 needs to be unlocked by cable, so getting a code online would not be an option.
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[iooi]

Mmm..

You can get it from 02 for Pay & Go - £78.29

Plus you get Salvation Micro 3 Radio Controlled Helicopter worth £39.99
On Pay & Go tariffs only

Ok that £18 more than the £60 vodafone want. But is it worth the risk of unlocking.
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[swiftb]

cheers people will look into it. Yes Iooi was considering buyin an o2 version although other versions are going for around £54 now.
Its a cost cutting option so the cheaper the better

[abi]

To unlock my mobile phones,
I visit this site https://www.unlocking4free.com/
It has the best instructions and methods for unlocking mobile phone!!!!

[The View Askew]

If it needs a cable, then usually it is cheaper to pay an arab at a market to do it (who are normally very good at this sort of thing) than it is to purchase the relevent interface cables and waste time learning how to do somthing you need to do just once.
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