UK iPhone 4S Activation/Usage Abroad
Hi,
I immigrated from the UK to Hong Kong on Saturday 15th. I was lucky enough to have my 4S pre-order from the Apple UK Online Store arrive on the 14th at my doorstep.
Does anyone know why I can't activate certain SIM cards in my 4S?
I'm currently still on my O2 sim and roaming, but when I tried a local PCCW (it's equivilent of BT over here) sim card, it wouldn't activate. The shop owner then tried it in another new 4S (also from UK he said) and it activated fairly quickly eliminating the SIM to be the problem.
I can activate 3 Hong Kong SIM cards without issue. I'm going to try Smartone-Vodafone later today (who I plan to start a SIM only contract with anyway) when the store opens but any idea's before I go?
All networks here are GSM based and not CDMA.
Are UK iPhone 4Ss locked down to UK similarly-based carriers (i.e. the UK has a 3 network presence, hence it works in HK)?
Thanks in advance, any answer could solve my problem.
iPhone 4S-OTHER, iOS 5