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XDA II in UK Shops!

Popped into town at lunch, into my local O2 Shop.
Just checking for an update, and please to be informed stock just received.
Was able to touch/hold/feel/see contents etc.
Only at last hurdle did sales assistant realise he coulndt sell it - that's next Saturday - 1st Nov.
Pricing was 'debatable' - initially quoted £450 under contract. Then he said it would change again 1st Dec. Mumbled something about £250. Challenged him with £349 and he said 'who knows'.
Am expecting a phone call before then. Will update or if you guys find anything....

You can buy an XDAII online now from the O2 website for £349.99
goto http://shop.o2.co.uk/shop
choose link 'build my own'
and it appears on second page of phone options

or you can order one from them on 0870 225 7879
They just quoted me 7-10 days delivery

is that without the contract then seems to be blimey thats good isnt it

That's with a twelve month contract

Best deal on XDA II in UK (e2save.com?)

After being shafted by one stop phone shop, i've been searching for the best deal on a UK based XDA II.
I've just found e2save.com who are doing the XDAII with 3 months insurance on o2 200 for £119. Thats the same deal as one stop were originally offering. Other best i can find is £139.
Anyone dealt with e2save.com? They offer 7 day return and price matching as well.
They quote the o2 200 tariff at £30.99, most other places quote £30. Is this because they have bolted on itemised billing?
I think o2's rule now is that contract has to be kept for 6 months isn't it, then it can be downgraded to a cheaper one.
The double talk and text they are offering at the mo runs out at the end of april. I presume that if i ordered a phone before then, but it didn't get delivered and connected until after, would i still get the offer?
Also is it 3 months doubled for the months after connection?
I will get an XDA II one day, if the offer is right!
cheers

The e2save deal sounds (as you say) comparable to the one that I got from OneStopPhoneshop ...
Do a search on eBay for seller "uncle-jamal" and he is selling XDA II's for £139 on O2 400, with other deals available - but not as good as e2save.
The only other seller I found (via this board) was Uplands, but they were not as good (price-wise) either.
One piece of advice - wherever you go, it may be worth making a quick phone call before placing the order to see if they actually have any stock - I gather that O2 cannot get enough of these models at the moment, and as a result I had to wait 3 weeks for mine from OSPS - it was worth it though.
HTH
Mark

When i spoke to mobiles2yourdoor, they said they order them in and there would definately be no problem getting one within 4 days!. I suppose once they've got your money, if there's a delay that's too bad.
I'll phone e2save and see whats what, but i'm sure most places like onestop will say they have them even if they don't just to get the customer.

phoned up e2save today and they said that there was a delivery of the xda II today (thats why the prices have gone up on their site!!)
Well i ordered the o2 100 traiff at £139 plus P+P. They charge £25.99 a month and you get free itemised billing. I pointed out its not free as your paying for it and you can't elect not to have the billing (which other shops allow you to do!)
3 months free insurance as well.
So it should be delivered wednesday, hopefully!

Hi,
Just ordered my from e2save via the phone mine is coming tomorrow, did you notice that the insurance was not being supplied via O2
" 3 months FREE insurance with Allianz Cornhill " with a £50 access and you have to cancel the insurance after the 3 months or the will keep on taking the £7.99 it out your bank
steve

What time did you order yours? I phoned at about 5.30pm, and they said i wouldn't get it until wednesday
yeah the insurance is pretty standard. Its free for 3 months, then you just ahve to cancel direct debit if you don't want it any more. I will probably drop it as its no better than my home insurance.
Shame its not like the old ornage insurance. Free, new phone in 24 hours wherever you are, and no excess, oh happy days
It annoyed me that they changed their offers just because they got stock in!

Hi ordered mine around 3 o'clock (uk) the girl on the phone said they had only just come in, she also said that there was more in stock,
My son who ordered one from Carphone Wharehouse was told that they had no stock on sunday but they shipped it on monday so perhaps a lot of place got some form of stock,
When i spoke to the O2 shop in Derby the guy said that they had a back order list of 10.
steve

Well came today as expected, so i'm happy with their service. Seemed to be the best deal around at the moment. needless to say in a week or so there will be a better one!

I got jerked around by onestopphoneshop too!!! :evil:
They accepted my first order on 23/4/2004, asked for utility bills and then just dumped the order without telling me anything, by phone, email, or whatever. I only discovered it when I phoned up to check the order on the 1/5/2004, no reason given. I re-placed the order immediately, but, ahh sorry sir they're now UK£20 dearer AND you have to have a 6 months 02 200 contract not 4 months as it used to be. B*STARDS!
Even then they tried to cancel the order twice as the first utility bill I sent them was a month out of date, and then they lost the second one. It was only frequent and persistent phone calls that got me it at all.
DON'T BUY IT FROM THEM! GO SOMEWHERE ELSE!
Oh, and the free car kit they send you with it? The XDA II is too wide to fit it.

best deals
Guys i went for mobileshop.com
I got my XDA II the next day! with O2 250 + 50 bolt-on for 37 a month
Their service is excelllent and I am a business user

Vario II T-Mobile UK upgrade availability

I have been trying to get an upgrade for my tmobile account to flext20 + Web and Walk and a Vario II. I have agreeded a price but apparently you can't acutally order it untill they have some instock.
It was suppost to come in stock last weekend but last time called it still wasn't. They keep promasing to call me back when it comes in. But I still havn't herd anything.
As you can tell I am quite keen to get my hand on it. Reading this forum is not helping either with everyone talking about how good they are.
Has anyone managed to get a Vario II upgrade from T-mobile Uk (over the phone) this week.
Charlie

Just phoned T-MOBILE for the exact same thing and they told me that they should be getting stock back in maybe next week.... hope this helps

I ordered the phone + contract from t-mobile's website yesterday. I'm not upgrading though; I'm a new customer.
Got the out of stock message once I submitted my order request. A bit disappointed but not totally surprised. Usually in these cases I would cancel and go start looking in stores but I'm going to give t-mobile 3-4 business days.
Anyone else waiting for stock? I feel kinda cheated that they don't give delivery estimates. As far as we know they could not get them for months!!

Thanks
Thanks for the info. I have got fed up calling them every day, once there was a twenty minute wait. Still aslong as they eventually get some I will be happy.
Charlie

I was also told over the phone that they are out of stock. Since I'm a new customer they suggested ordering online and waiting for stock to arrive.
I'm looking forward to receiving it but not desparate yet!
In the mean time I ordered a leather case from www.pdair.com and a 1GB Micro-SD from MobyMemory.com

We need some insider info on when they're gonna get stock. I'm getting a bit desperate now, lol.

The most I know
The guy I first got through to (seemed pritty knowlegable) said they had in initial batch of a few hundred (for launch) but they were much more popular than expected.
He said they were now waiting on a bigger shipment, which should have arrived last weekend. He seemed pritty sure it was comming then (I don't think it was a random date plucked out of the air).
Everytime I have got through this week I got the same repsonce. It should have been with us by now, don't know when it will get here, this sort of thing happens. Makes you wonder if they have had to repeat that a lot this week.
Charlie

posting from phone. just got call fromk tmob web sales. no shipment till second week oct. cancelled order. gonna try some tmob stores in london.
bummer

This may be due to the screen issues and might not be a bad thing to get a functioning device.

tried flagship tmob store on oxford street. they told me its sold out there and at all other tmbo stores. possible delivery wed but seeing as tmob web isn't getting for two weeks, I find that unlikely. I think its becoming obvious we will not see these for a couple of weeks. gonna try the big vodafone store as well for the heck of it, although their tariffs suck.

I ordered off the web the other day but was told the same thing - ended up going into my local T-Mobile highstreet store (in Birmingham) and getting the handset there and then for £65 on Flext 25 with Web 'n Walk (27.50 a month).

nothing at vodafone but plenty sim-free ones on tott court road. only 490 inc VAT . adventure over. heading home.

I ordered a vario II from the website yesterday, 21st September, with flext 25 + web n walk, but got the email saying it was out of stock.
so i phoned them direct, and the guy told me, they'd be in next week.
but then i got a call today, 22nd September, and they said it wouldn't be available till second week of October, so I asked if I could just go to one of the T-Mobile stores and get one, but they just said they would be out of stock to, which according to you guys is true.
as far as I'm concerned there's no other better phone deal out there at the moment, o2 wanted to offer me a great deal, but still not as good.
100 mins, 500 texts, 200meg for only £25 a month.
which would be great if they could offer me the XDA Trion, but only could offer a XDA Mini S.
I'm just gonna wait it out.

After being told that T-Mobile Retail were out of stock, I just walked into my local store (the one on Corporation Street in the centre of Birmingham) and got one straight away, no hassle with stock availability or anything.
They'd probably be able to match the offer I got online as well if you tell them that you ordered but it was unavailable - I got my handset for £65 but I had to pay for the first three months of web 'n walk (there's only £2.50 difference in it once you tot the figures up). If you want your phone right now (and I needed mine there and then as my O2 contract runs out on Sunday!) then there's no harm in giving it a shot.

All the stores in the Newcastle upon Tyne area are out of stock....

Looks like we're gonna have to play the waiting game. This phone along with the unlimited internet t-mobile deal is really an amazing package, considering you can watch high-bitrate streams off the web from anywhere!
Looking forward for them to get it back in stock.

steverae said:
All the stores in the Newcastle upon Tyne area are out of stock....
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Unlucky mate looks like I might have been a bit lucky...
Don't you wish that mobile networks did 'courtesy phones' while you wait for the real thing! You start paying your tariff (but say on like, 2/3 rate) while you have your temporary phone, and then you could get your SIM then and there and start using it - and then your phone gets delivered to you and you start paying full whack again for your contract.
Course, none of the networks'll do it. Nah.

business
The business customer services are waiting to. The lady I am dealing with emails me each afternoon after 4 to tell there have been none in the delivery.

Bought mine in Guildford on Saturday . there were a few in the City last week (Cheapside & Fleet St).
Still playing with it. Hanging on to Tmob at the moment to get HSDPA switched on. do they ever answer the phone? i assume 150 is a free call or i'm going to run out on mins very soon!!

not free
150 is only free on certain tarifs - sorry - I got caught out at the begining with that too.

O2 Trion (UK) Anyone been able to get hold of one?

Today was supposed to be the day it launched, but O2 say it is TBC. However it has been available to order from their website since Friday. All very strange.

birmingham o2 store in the bullring have some in stock , all the best

Thanks for that, the Oxofrd Street (London) stores are hopeless. One said what is that, the other siad it had been cancelled, i told him that was the Zinc and he went to check with his manager.
They are clueless!!!!!

asked yesterday, who said just keep calling each day! nothing yet in oxford area.

Just been informed by O2 that the offical release date has been moved from 23rd April to 30th April

Which is a joke, as you can buy it on their website!!!!

But it says "Pay Monthly - £89.99 - Up to 14 days delivery" so i guess thats so it can take orders, without fullfilling them for a while. cheeky!

what sort of deals are you guys hoping to get? im upgrading from the xda mini s.
I would hope to get the handset free and pay around £35 a month including insurance...

I was on O2 Max £75 a month but at half price for 12 months (on a 12 month contract)
If they will do tha deal again then i will go with it, but i really want them to throw in a few more texts as well.
I also have a data bundle as well.
What are you guys getting, i like the idea of free insurance?

called today-still not available. will try again tmrw.

Called 8 times today, stock sheet was updated today at 2pm, no sign of it

Nothing in Exeter- they not even aware of this XDA!!!
Spoke to 202- nothing in stock, they don't know when will be available.
The thing is that they are not going to do ANY BETTER deals then those posted online... I haven't upgraded my phone (EXEC) for 7 months or so, paying my bill by DD and I'm getting same prices as everyone else.
Shame.
The other thing is that I'm happy with my EXEC but I need a new phone for my missus so Trion seems to be perfect...
Will try next week
Cheers
Chris

I got told it will be tomorrow. So lets see.

Spoke to O2 at around 3pm. Said that there was stock and that my Trion was sent today - should be here tomorrow (or Wednesday). I was told that stock was available yesterday as the person I spoke to issue one yesterday.

just orderd!!!
I was told that it will rel. on 30 so today i called to upgrade my contract with o2 trion and i got it!!!! it is in stock and will ship asap!
lets see i will let others know about it. I mean o2 packing etc. but on £35/m you have to pay £90/-

Why if i called 10 times today would they say they did not have it in stock?
Are they really that stupid?

@ theraq
If you were on an upgrade because your contract was due for renewal, why didn't you threaten to go elsewhere.
I did it with Vodafone back in Feb including sending a fax declaring my intentions to terminate the contract. I got a telephone call the next day with an offer of the V1605 free on a £25 p/m contract if I were to continue with Vodafone.

What kind of deal are you guys getting from O2?
DD, 8 months over contract, one of the oldest tariffs (35 quid/m but I've never paid less than 60-70), 3 years with O2.
What should I ask for? Send them an fax?
Cheers
Chris

Ordered yesterday - and arrived at 9am this morning. Good service.

Yes, I have one now. Really annoying customer service. Was to be delivered on the 21th, then the, 24th and then 26th. Finally got it Saturday morning on the 28th.
My initial impressions were good. However, I'm now having it door-to-door replaced. I've found a random issue with it whereby you will receive a text message and the messing software will not respond to the keyboard. The keyboard does work, because should I press Shift, then the 'C' notification appears. Should I press Space then the Start menu pulls down. It as if the messenging 'window' is not selected. The only way to get the keyboard working again is to soft reset the device. In doing so, you lose the text message you were responding to. Nice bit of data loss on a brand new device there. Hopefully the replacement will work. To test, I would do a hard reset but they want the device.
Will let you know what happens tomorrow.

Orders from O2

Thought I'd make a separate thread for o2 as finding information seems to take forever as posts are scattered about.
Pay as you go orders - From what I've heard so far everyone is still stuck on "in progress" (as am I) and delivery for pay as you go units arriving at the o2 warehouse are expected on tuesday (this information is from someone phoning up). There is no confirmation whether these will be locked/unlocked and whether they will be branded. Some people have phoned up and been told they will be but can't be sure until someone receives the phone as everyone's saying different things.
Pay Monthly Orders - I think most of these have gone through and some people are expecting to get their phone tomorrow? No no one knows for sure whether these will be locked/unlocked and whether they will be branded.
In Store - So far no store has sold these from what I've read and are expecting delivery either tuesday, some wednesday and some even later during the week.
Will update this post to reflect once users have received their phones whether they are branded and locked to o2.

bilal671 said:
In Store - So far no store has sold these from what I've read and are expecting delivery either tuesday, some wednesday and some even later during the week.
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Well, not according to this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13401584&postcount=294
And I've read somewhere (I think on this forum) someone picked one up from an O2 store.

Yeah, my PAYG ordered Thursday is still in progress.

AaronUK said:
Yeah, my PAYG ordered Thursday is still in progress.
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Same here ordered thursday and nothing, i rang up yesterday and they said its actually on preorder and they should have them in stock by tuesday funny that the website doesnt say that tho.

ah_wong said:
Well, not according to this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13401584&postcount=294
And I've read somewhere (I think on this forum) someone picked one up from an O2 store.
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O2 major store Friday no stock and had no idea for delivery
Smaller O2 hoped for delivery Monday same store this morning said hoped for delivery Wed and both those stores responded to a query on Friday O2 have not launched the phone yet .
Rumours very little cold hard facts with an O2 phone in hand .
Long time post Hot deals O2 PAYG again none in anybody's hands .
jje

I get this reply from them:
Hi Jon
Thanks for emailing us.
All our Pay & Go phones are locked to our network.
To get the Samsung Galaxy S II unlocked, you'll need to use it for 12
months on our network.
Once its unlocked you can use any other service providers sim and other
apps other than O2 apps in it.
Did you know about our O2 Money card services ? You just have to load
money on to this card and use it when required. To find out more about
this, click here:
http://money.o2.co.uk/
If there's anything else I can help you with just let me know.
Regards
Josvel
O2 Customer Service

To get the Samsung Galaxy S II unlocked, you'll need to use it for 12
months on our network.
Thats what they have said all along . However they said exactly the same when i bought SGS 1 and that was unlocked .
jje

I hope it is unlocked but I don't think it will be @ £399. If it is not unlocked I will try mobileunlocked.co.uk and if no luck with them I will send it back and get SIM free for £499.

I ordered Friday morning over the phone from o2, my order is awaiting collection by DHL so im expecting the phone Wednesday

Good idea for a separate thread.
My PAYG order from Thursday evening is also still In Progress but my pay monthly order from Saturday morning was confirmed Sunday morning but is still awaiting collection so I don't expect it now until Wednesday.
I would also be interested to hear how long it has taken Quidco to track orders. My PAYG order was tracked in 36 hours but the pay monthly has still not been tracked after 54 hours. Hope I didn't muck it up as the pay monthly will be more expensive than the PAYG if I don't get the cashback. I won't be using the SIM.

Waiting for tomorrow to see if the o2 phones are locked or not.
Iv been told by o2 many times that all their phones are locked to o2 and have o2 software on them..
If thats not the case i will cancel my order @ carphone warehouse and buy one from there.

My contract order has been completed so expected Wednesday.
Going to get the unlock request off to O2 as soon as it arrives so my 3 sim will work
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My O2 online contract order was placed yesterday (Sunday) and is now showing complete with tracking information. I'm expecting it to arrive on Wednesday since DHL haven't got it yet.
I was told it will be locked, but I can get it unlocked immediately by O2 for free since I'm on a 24-month contract.

WhiteHartMart said:
My contract order has been completed so expected Wednesday.
Going to get the unlock request off to O2 as soon as it arrives so my 3 sim will work
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did you no read that you have to have the handset for 12 month before you can pay to have it unlocked from o2?

That is true for pay as you go not contracts.
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did you no read that you have to have the handset for 12 month before you can pay to have it unlocked from o2?
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I got my tracking information on thursday evening for a contract phone . DHL website hasn't been updated since then and states " Parcel data received awaiting coll." Has anyone elses tracking information say anything different?

I don't really care it's locked or unlocked, since I'm on giffgaff anyway, and you can use an giffgaff SIM in an O2 locked phone.
More of my concern is whether these will be branded? That would seriously put me off buying it Does anyone have any info about this?

Ordered Saturday night, still processing at the moment. Heard various days for stock, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - but nothing so far.
Hopefully with tomorrow going back to normal in the UK something will actually happen.
Not concerned about lock/unlock as I'll be moving to GiffGaff and I doubt there'll be any branding as I've not seen branding on O2 phones in along time. If for some strange reason it is, it'll be going back!
Hopefully tomorrow brings better news and progress.

redbullcat said:
I don't really care it's locked or unlocked, since I'm on giffgaff anyway, and you can use an giffgaff SIM in an O2 locked phone.
More of my concern is whether these will be branded? That would seriously put me off buying it Does anyone have any info about this?
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I was told by o2 staff they have no branding on the case but have o2 software on them.

RedBlueGreen said:
I was told by o2 staff they have no branding on the case but have o2 software on them.
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That shouldn't be too much of problem, I'll use adb to remove the O2 apps.
Thanks!