Will iPhone 6 get BLOCKED after non payment of Bill? Conflicting info online?
A work mate has offered to sell me her iPhone 6. She's been with o2 for 12 years and can no longer afford the bill so she's stopped paying. Companies lock the sim and not the phone however people mention blocking contract phones when people sign up to a contract, order s new phone then claim on insurance. That's when the block happens. A company won't block a phones IMEI number and then chase you for the debt as you're being chased for a debt for something that won't work. It is my belief that a phone is blocked when filed as lost or stolen however non payment of Bill it's the sim not the handset. It's been unlocked so I'll just stick my own sim in etc but reading up about blocked phones is a worry incase I buy a brick but by the same token if it's just scaremongering I won't be buying a brick? Can someone please clear this up for me? I would like the phone and be able to help her out by buying it but… Is there really a risk of a block?
If a phone is on a contract that has been defaulted on it will be blocked. The company will still chase for the money owed on the contract (you think they just give the phones away for free?). Frankly your friends Iphone is really just an iphone shaped paperweight now!
If purchased on contract then yes it will be blacklisted. It would be good for her though to find someone dumb enough to buy it when it wasn't paid off, so maybe you should do that.
If your workmate bought the phone with a service contract, then the phone will be blacklisted once she goes into default (non-payment) status. The phone will not work anymore. It would be really pointless for the carriers to simply deactivate the SIM, since the person running off with the phone could just use it elsewhere.
She scammed the carrier, and now she's trying to scam you.
Phone on contract are got Blocked due to No payment of bill, otherwise it will work fine with other company SIM card. If you have smartphone, you could even install Leo Privacy Guard, with Improve operation performance.
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