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Just ordered it, just as you said, 265GBP, flogged off my XDA2 for 180GBP, and got a spare sim!!! with 100 minutes per month!! What a joke!
http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/84/1/
MDA £20.00+VAT on Relax 100 12 month contract (£23/m) with 3 months 1/2 price rental...
MDA=20.00*1.175=23.50 (17.5% VAT)
3 months half price line rental=11.5*3=34.50
9 months full price line rental=207.00
Total=£265
Don't all rush there yet
It may be simlocked, I'm going to find out tomorrow...a minor detail as i rushed to buy it....
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mikeycollins13 said:
It may be simlocked, I'm going to find out tomorrow...a minor detail as i rushed to buy it....
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If you ordered after 5pm, they probably won't post it until tomorrow so you'll not find out tomorrow.
Simlocked
But the local phone shop will unlock for 30GBP, so it cost me 295, with a sim for one year and 100 mins that I didn't need. Not so bad?
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But the local phone shop will unlock for 30GBP, so it cost me 295, with a sim for one year and 100 mins that I didn't need. Not so bad?
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Which shop is that? Have they confirmed that they unlock this model and not just "We unlock all XDAs"?
t mobile will unlock it after the first month for £15
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t mobile will unlock it after the first month for £15
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Is that if you tell them that you're travelling somewhere with no T-Mobile coverage?
nope
That's for everyone, just have to wait one month
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That's for everyone, just have to wait one month
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I don't get that. Why do they wait a month. Why don't they do it on day 1?
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Stop you floggin them off on ebay
mikeycollins13 - if you got it yet, is it sim locked?
if it is - does anyone know where you can go to get it unlocked? any local t-mobile store?
Actually cost 290 GBP
After bucket shop unlocked it...
so t-mobile aren't the only people that can unlock it then?
where did you get it unlocked?
Well
two things: firstly that's not info I would post.
secondly, i'm getting it back today at 2pm, so until I get it back who knows, maybe they fried it. They said it was one of the most difficult ones to do.
thirdly, it's actually 43gbp cheaper than I thougt...so cost, before unlocking, is actually 223 GBP..pas mal?
Could you PM me the info the the place you sent it to if it works pls?
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Ok guys I will be visiting the UK this week, I really need someone to help me get this phone as o2 only sells to UK residents. I saw on one of theses treads that they now have a student price for 114 ponuds with a 1 year contract bringing the final price to around 345 pounds....CAN ANYONE HELP? FYI:
will pay cash
would buy 2 if price is good (extra phone for wife)
don't want to try EBAY :shock: that place is just to scary for me!!!
will pay little extra for your time/trouble
Hello All,
I don't live in the UK, however I really want one of thoses black beauties (XDA EXEC). I need an o2 member to buy the phone for me with the lowest 1 year subscrition. I will then pay for the cost of the phone and half the cost of the subscription! You get a full year of service with o2 at half the online cost to use on your present phone and I get a XDA EXEC at a reduced price can any of you be willing to help me! of course this is for people who don't really want a XDA but want a new o2 contract at half the price!
Thanks [/list]
wont they release the phone contract free??
I think you'll struggle to find anyone willing to accept that deal, truth be told. O2 don't offer great deals with subsidised 'phones (in the UK at least) apart from maybe to existing customers whom they hope to retain. For example, the cheapest tariff available with a handset is something like £17 for 50 minutes but it's not difficult to find, for example Vodafone sims (with cashback) that effectively offer 1000 minutes for free. e.g.
http://www.scancom.co.uk/product.php/958/476//655aea8edf70d8d14da1da39d5d245e6
Also, the XDA Exec will be locked to O2, maybe even to O2 Uk, so I'd either just stump up the extra for a jasjar/qtek or wait until there's a proven unlock procedure.
sorry to be so negative.
:shock: well i really hope someone is interested in helping, i know the phone will come locked, but with a community like this :lol: i KNOW i will be able to unlock it. Call me silly but the JasJar is ugly compared to the xda exec, hence me wanting one. xiasma, thanks for your feedback, i guess it would not be worth anyones time to take up my offer!
Well, it seems you're aware of the options, so if an XDA is the handset you want, O2 have suggested a contract-free price of £400, so this may be your best bet. The prices should be available by the end of the week, or Monday next week at latest, i'd guess.
I'm hoping O2 offer it on their online, business-only tariffs (£16.50+VAT / month) at less than £250+VAt for the XDA. Failing that, I don't mind which network really, and the colour doesn't bother me, so it'll probably be T Mobile, possibly on their 100mb 3G tariff.
£400...that would be the cheapest price yet for this kind of device, Do you know if this applies to non UK persons? that works out to $TT4000.00 in my currency :lol: If you get more info PLEASE keep me updated. Thanks a mill friend!
As soon as I know pricing and availability, I'll post it in this forum. Unless someone beats me to it
Somebody is deaming
T-Mobile is tradtionally the cheapest and most agressive, and they sell it for 550GBP on Germany. There is no way o2 is doing for 400GBP. your are kidding yourself. Expect, at best, between 500-600 sim free from o2. They are just never cheap to buy from o2.
REALLY NEED YOUR HELP GUYS!!!
oh I forgot please PM me your telephone contact and i will call to finalize any details!
thanks again
haha, are you kidding?
you can get the phone for 114 + 19x6= 228 pounds, and the one who get it for you, need to pay for 114 pounds for 50 mins per months and no new phone at all?
then what is the benefit for him?
i think if i sell the phone for 400 pounds, there are a lot of people want to buy it....
then at least he/she no need to pay for the whole year contract and earn a little bit of money..
@siupiu
How do you get a 6 month contract? I have misunderstood your calculation?
the guy said that he will only pay for half of the cost of the subscription, so he only pay for 228, and the the person need to pay the rest of the subscription, so the person who help him to get the Exec, need to pay 114 and have no new phone...
to be honest, who will do this stupid things???
if there are anyone who to sell the phone to me for 228 pounds, i probably buy as much as i can.
siupiu, I WILL PAY FOR THE FULL YEAR SERVICE...so i get the phone and the person gets 1 year's services paid up front to use.
siupiu
these phones (XDA EXEC) are flying of ebay for £450 to £600, put on tomtom and throw in a GPS reciver and youl get more-one just went for £695.00 with the GPS stuff on ebay, mate youl be lucky if you get one for less then £250.
If you do give me a shout il buy em in bulk! lol
Get them while there hot again, O2 stores have got an error on there POS system, which they are not able to correct untill Friday, consequently, you can get a new XDA Mini S (HTC Wizard) for only £79.99 on whatever Tarif you want, including the low price base ones, got my two upgrades free but with a £50:00 trade in of a crap old nokia got myself a third for £29.99 and an additional £7:95.
So I am now the proud owner of 3 HTC Wizards which cost me in total the princeley some of £29.99.
So don't miss out get down to the UK O2 shops with your crappy old trade inns now before they get the system fixed.
Thanks Chaps,
Regards Ash'e
Is this right? You can buy a non contract wizard for £80?
I'd be interested in one for development...
V
Hi - what did you have to supply to get the £50 trade in - just phone or other bits of kit?
Scott
vijay555 said:
Is this right? You can buy a non contract wizard for £80?
I'd be interested in one for development...
V
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No, he said on whatever tariff you like, so probably 10 or 15 quid a month and 79 quid outlay initially.
Blimey, if I'd have known that I'd have stuck with o2. Ah well, never mind, T-Mobile seems fairly good and cheap...
Trade Whatever you want
Hey Guys
you can trade in whatever phone you like, as long as it boots and as long as you have its charger.
Then you get £50.00 back taken of the £79.99 leaving you with just £29.99 to pay (bargain) but here the really good part, untill the end of the week you can put it on any tarrif you want including the low band ones starting at £16:00 a month. But hurry chaps they won't let this keep going on for long.
Best Regards - Ash'e
As an Added Bonus
Oh & forgot to mention as an added bonus O2 are also offering DOUBLE MINUTES & TEXTS for SIX MONTHS on all UPGRADES & NEW CONNECTIONS (BONUS SCORE)
Regards Ash'e
PS - (Can you really go wrong chaps considering the real value of the Wizard)
(& Think of what the other poor sods in the rest of Europe have to pay.)
(Now if we could only get an I-Mode browser for the wizard to take advantage of O2 great new service, Still I live in hope, O2 I-Mode is totally free till the first of January & I-Mail is Totally Free till April 2006 eclusive to O2).
This poor sod is on T-Mobile netherlands and paid 110 euro for a 1 year 150 minutes (21 euro a month) contract renewal...
That sucks for me. Because i have an online contract, i can't take advantage of any of these deals.
The upgrade centre don't even have the XDA mini on their systems yet!!
So angry
Just tried this on in my local O2 highstreet store and they wouldn't do it. They basicaly said 'thats obviosuly an error, f**k off'.
Oh well, at least I tried...
I called O2 for an upgrade and they said I could have the Mini S for free or the Exec for £150.
Yep - got my XDA mini with O2 - lowest tariff, traded in a broken mobile.
Scott
Where have you had sucess doing this? I tried a shop in central london and the guy wasn't having it at all!
Hmmm. I need to look for a discount airfare r/t over there. LOL
low airfare.
well, new york london for only £120 check cheapflights.com
ehehehe
Geez, I haven't been into UK since I bought my nickel plated, Metisse framed, two barreled weber carburated, side hack mounted Trumpet...and then left my wife and kids in the hotel to ride it back to Germany...in November. LOL
Man, those were the days..197?
Check out This
http://www.mobileswizard.co.uk/display.asp?hs=xdaminis&tariff=none
to compare O2 plans and how much you will end up paying if bought online
and this for T-Mobile
http://www.mobileswizard.co.uk/display.asp?hs=mdav&tariff=none
I like the info on the right saying "Min Term Cost"
gives you and idea of how much you will end up paying.
Still the tradein offer (if you get in 25 quid) is cheaper making it. £217)
Or even if you dont get trade in and have an offline tarif for £16 you will be paying £291.
Think anyone can beat that??????
let me know I am after the phone.
Call O2 Store Uxbridge
Just got mine yesterday form the O2 Store in Uxbridge, payed a grand total of £29:99 for it on upgrade, on my low tarif asked the same deal is available on new contracts, if you don't believe me call the store on (01895) 252163 ask for Greg (Nice Aussied Chap) and you will see. That other O2 store is talking BS,
Regards Ash'e
Well Done, just been down to O2 in Bath, got mine on O2 25 £16 per month, all the staff have bought one this morning as well. traded in crappy old sony phone. bye bye exec..
Richard
i just got an 02exec with a 19pound per month plan ...
is there a way to get the wizard for 29 pound only without signing up for more months?
what is an upgrade? i dont get it...
thanks
Hi All
I just missed out on the O2 £162 offer :evil:
So I am looking to see if there are any other cheap offers, I am not bothered by the monthly part as I will use my work SIM.
Any ideas
Regards
ben
Still maybe 02 online at £149 and £19 per month for 50 xnet mins and 200 texts. 12 month contract.
Thats what I got my wizard on although the wizard was only £99.
So the exec works out at £377
You might get one cheaper on T Mobile but it may be one of those sending your bills in and you get a cheque back type deals.
In fact there is a website that will give you the total outlay for any phone with all networks. Forget the addy though.
I would be very interested in that website roader :-D
Shame about missing the amazing Data 5 deal.. I would've done that :-(
You could maybe go for that online offer and change your tariff to the lowest available after 6 months if you're not planning to use the sim :roll:
got a few simfree ones here in any1 wants, pick up in south london, looking for £400 each (got 3)
Hi,
Got my O2 Exec for free.
What you need to do is
A) Get your daughter who is on o2max to get a free upgrade and give it to you for christmas.
B) Put your 3 sim card in it out of your Nokia 6630
C) In return you take out a contract on o2 online at £19 for 100 mins and give the new free Samsung 730 phone/bluetooth headset/Samsung printer to your daughter for Christmas.
D) Put the new o2 sim in an old Nokia 6600 and give to wifey.
E) Sell your 6 month old Nokia 6630 on ebay, hopefully.
Result - everyone happy. Thanks o2
Cost so far £19/month for wifes contract.
Happy new year everyone.
John
Johny1fin said:
A) Get your daughter who is on o2max to get a free upgrade and give it to you for christmas.
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C) In return you take out a contract on o2 online at £19 for 100 mins and give the new free Samsung 730 phone/bluetooth headset/Samsung printer to your daughter for Christmas.
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Cost so far £19/month for wifes contract.
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So your daughter's going from O2Max (1000 mins a month) to 100 mins contract? Hmm. I reckon there might be hidden costs in your plan there John.
richardkemp said:
I would be very interested in that website roader :-D
Shame about missing the amazing Data 5 deal.. I would've done that :-(
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http://www.mobileswizard.co.uk
Cracking website m8. Just click on all handsets and have browse
A quick look reveals
The cheapest deals look to be ....
M5000 on orange would be £480.99
MDA Pro T Mobile would be £512.99
XDA Exec on O2 would be £377.99
Imate Jas Jar on O2 would be £649.99
Have a look yourself.
I wrote:
A) Get your daughter who is on o2max to get a free upgrade and give it to you for christmas.
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C) In return you take out a contract on o2 online at £19 for 100 mins and give the new free Samsung 730 phone/bluetooth headset/Samsung printer to your daughter for Christmas.
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Cost so far £19/month for wifes contract.
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So your daughter's going from O2Max (1000 mins a month) to 100 mins contract? Hmm. I reckon there might be hidden costs in your plan there John
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Hi SiliconS,
My daughter keeps her old sim on O2max(100mins) with the Samsung I bought and my wife gets 100Mins on my old 6600. No way can my daughter manage with 1000mins. part of the deal when she upgraded was to get double mins for 6 months ie 2000 mins. She is a bit of a yakker. Wife does not know how to use a mobile and will probably use 20mins max.
Whilst I am on, must say what a great site. Already baught Pocketbreeze 5 and iLauncher. Trying out pocket weather now.
John
Go for Pocket Plus too. Pocket Breeze and Pocket Plus together are making my Exec sooo much more user friendly and are fixing most of the things that are annoying in Windows Mobile.
I've been looking in to getting hold of one of these and finally decided to take the plunge.
Unfortunately neither O2 or T-Mobile have any in stock on-line at the min.
Does anyone know why? Is it due to be replaced?
Theres a shortage of components apparently
You can get it from the vodafone business site - click www.vodafone.co.uk/business
You can buy from here even as an individual if you dont mind selecting a business price plan
Just wait a week or so, i guess the reason O2 are out is because they offer it for £49.99 with an online tariff £19 for 50 any network mins and 200 texts
Gotta love it
Are these locked to the O2 network? I've been waiting for more than 3 weeks on vodafone and there's still no signs of stock coming in.
as far as im aware O2 stopped locking their phones, as you have to pay for the year anyway.
I could be wrong though, i dont have another sim to test atm.
O2 Mini S Unlocked?
I can confirm they are unlocked. As is the universal.
from O2.
Regards
Chris
thanks. Anyone knows when the phones will be back in stock? I was told May 16 by Vodafone but its still not in. I'm wondering if I should move to O2 if they have it in.
there is never a shortage on EBAY =)
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thanks. Anyone knows when the phones will be back in stock? I was told May 16 by Vodafone but its still not in. I'm wondering if I should move to O2 if they have it in.
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as above - vodafone business store online has (limited stock) them
No stock on vodafone or o2. No stock on vodafone business site as well. Apparently, they hold the same stock. Anyone with info on release dates for more handsets?
I was in a Cingular store yesterday and they had a bunch.
Does none think that the fact that the replacement for the wizard (hermes) is due out very soon and they are bound to be concentrating thier efforts and resources on producing that?
O2 UK Website isn't out of stock: http://shop.o2.co.uk/shop/o2uk/jsp/handsets/viewHandsetDetails.jsp?prodID=consumer:O2:XDAMini:GROUP
Ordered mine pretty recently and have had it for about two weeks now, really pleased with the price!! It came with the new rom on it and everything. Surely they must be loosing money on this...
£470 Phone (last time I checked)
£50 for phone + 12 lots of about £20 a month
= £290 !!! Then you can cancel the contract as the phone is yours!! Bargain :wink:
Or get it from T-Mobile - FREE MDA Vario (XDA Mini s) PLUS FREE unlimited GPRS 'web & walk' for about £20 a month
Personally, i would wait for the Vario II if i was buying again. But as people righly say, you could wait for something better forever.
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No stock on vodafone or o2. No stock on vodafone business site as well. Apparently, they hold the same stock. Anyone with info on release dates for more handsets?
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I can assure they do
And they dont hold same stock
Who told you it wasnt available on the vodafone business site?
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penyekz said:
No stock on vodafone or o2. No stock on vodafone business site as well. Apparently, they hold the same stock. Anyone with info on release dates for more handsets?
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I can assure they do
And they dont hold same stock
Who told you it wasnt available on the vodafone business site?
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Customer care on 191. Basically, I want to upgrade my current mobile and was offered a good deal on this model. When I accepted, the chap told me it was out of stock. The date keeps on being pushed back... last I heard it was 22 May and still its not in. I've been asking them to supply me one from my business site but the lady (who asked her manager) said it was out of stock and that they obtain their sources from the same stock list. ??? Whether its vodafone not wanting me to upgrade and playing games or not I don't know but my patiance is running out... I might go to O2 soon.
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Or get it from T-Mobile - FREE MDA Vario (XDA Mini s) PLUS FREE unlimited GPRS 'web & walk' for about £20 a month
Personally, i would wait for the Vario II if i was buying again. But as people righly say, you could wait for something better forever.
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Where is this deal? I can't find it on the t-mobile website. It seems to be sold only with GPS copilot and the cheapest is £169 for the phone on a £20/month tariff for 18 months,
penyekz said:
dangerous_dom said:
Or get it from T-Mobile - FREE MDA Vario (XDA Mini s) PLUS FREE unlimited GPRS 'web & walk' for about £20 a month
Personally, i would wait for the Vario II if i was buying again. But as people righly say, you could wait for something better forever.
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Where is this deal? I can't find it on the t-mobile website. It seems to be sold only with GPS copilot and the cheapest is £169 for the phone on a £20/month tariff for 18 months,
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You have to phone thier direct sales line to get it without co-pilot. I don't know why its not on the web site.
I can get this on a new contract and its not upgrade? If so, I'll get it first thing tomorrow!
Just spoke to tmobile. They do the Vario for £40 on a £27/month relax20 + web and walk tariff. On a £20/month tariff, its £80. So still cheaper on O2...