Buying 2nd hand iphone

im looking in to buying a used iphone from eBay. it says not been unlocked or had and jail break software installed on it. its 6 month old and bought in the uk. no sim card supplied, i got some Q's.
where can i get a sim for it O2?
if the phone has been unlocked/ jail broke where do i stand with my warranty from apple?

you can pretty much restore, the iphone and fix the baseband, which is what the unlock does downgraded the baseband, if you have a legit Orange account, and you erased the Jailbreak, and Unlock the iphone will be the same way as one coming fresh out of the box. And it will ask you for you to activated the iphone, if you don't have an iphone account. So if I were you I'll buy a brand new one. Get an extra 6month of warranty.
On top of that you will need to revirginize your iphone which is a very tricky.
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