looks like the cannot be unlocked by the usual ways.
so can only be unlocked by the carrier aka the network company three its locked to.
so this evening i got my nephew to contact three as it was hes iphone 14 that he was contracted to and he gave the details like imei number etc and it will be unlocked by the carrier three ib 2-3 working days so happy days as im a vodafone and eir customer.
for such exspensive phone the only take one sim card,where as oneplus samsung etc are dual sim.