Get your Vodafone UK handset unlocked -- free

Whatley picked up this tip earlier today. I never knew that Vodafone were shipping unlocked handsets to their contract customers.

Apparently, if we’re to believe Vodafone blog rep, Peter Edward (posting on N95users.com), Vodafone started shipping network unlocked handsets out to contract customers earlier this year. Here’s his comment:

Good afternoon everyone,

moshah is correct- we can now unlock contract handsets for free.

From earlier this year all new handsets sent out on contract accounts are network unlocked, so it’d hardly be fair for us to still charge existing contract customers to unlock their phones.

The £19.99 inc. V.A.T. charge does still apply to Pay As You Talk handsets, unless they’re over 12 months old in which case we can issue the codes free of charge as before.

Happy to help,

edwardpeter

Vodafone UK

I’ll confirm shortly.