Hi guys
Does anyone know of any good deals for the Optimus 7 in Britain? I'll consider both contract and handset only.
Thanks
Vodafone contract
Vodafone are offering the phone free for £30 a month (24Months) or £35 (18months). However if you are an existing customer and been on a higher tariff such as the £40 Blackberry you can negotiate the price down by £5 a month by going through the call centre.
So I've just upgraded and taken an 18 month contract at £30 a month with free phone. This gives me 600 minutes and 500MB.
This is significantly cheaper than other networks are offering a WP7 phone, Orange and O2 are £45 for 18 month contracts. I considered the HD7 and Samsung Omnia but opted to stay with Vodafone as the LG had good reviews and 16GB compared to the Omnia. HD7 looked good if not a little bulky but I wasnt going to pay an extra £270 over the lifetime of the contract.
Has anyone found a place to buy the Optimus 7 sim free in the UK? I've got one pre-ordered from Expansys but they still don't have any details on availability.
I'm tied into my contract with T-Mobile until November (damn 18 month contracts) from when I got my HD2 through mobilephonesdirect.co.uk so my only option is to go sim free. I'm not too keen on buying an unlocked handset from eBay (I've seen a few on there but don't know how much I trust them) - I'd like one stock without any of the Vodafone alterations.
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What's the cheapest price I can get this for on Pay As You Go or SIM free?
what is "this"?
If you know where to get "this" cheap, I am looking to get "that" cheaply also.
adamdon89 said:
What's the cheapest price I can get this for on Pay As You Go or SIM free?
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Prices vary, but your best bet (if you don't want or have £675 + to spend on a new JasJar) is to look on Ebay. Some bids are starting at £300.00! But expect the reserve price to be above £500. Having said that, MDA Pro (T-mobile) are knocking them out on contract quite reasonably priced, which means that some JasJar owners might be letting theirs go soon for less than £600.00, but I wouldn't hold your breath!
Once you've got one of these babys, chances are there's no turning back. They seriously Rock! 8)
The Dutch MDA Pro can be bought for about 800 euros, it is a WWE device. Only minor detail: simlocked to T-Mobile Netherlands, but some rumours say that when you buy a contract-free device, you only have to fax them your invoice to get the unlock code for free. I have however not tested this myself, so no guarantees for that!
I got mine (assuming we are talking about the HTC Universal - I my case an imate JasJar) from expansys.com
I went for the £75 per month package which, due to the 50% line rental offer, is only £37.50 per month for a THOUSAND free minutes (on vodafone). This brought the price of the phone down to £117ish......
Hope that helps!
PS -
1 I'm in the UK
2 the 50% line rental offer is only for 6 months, but I rang them to check and you can change your tariff after 6 months
3 The worst thing (no problem for me) is that the contract length is EIGHTEEN months.....
4 Here is a link http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=126341[url]
and around about £200 brand new?
thanks
Probably very hard, Buzz claimed he found some on the web a few days ago for your price €200 I believe. He didn't mention where though. Try to PM him.
As the magician is retired now the shops won't be selling them I guess, at least in The Netherlands they almost all switched to the Wizard.
Success, M
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and around about £200 brand new?
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That kind of price is going to be very difficult to find but there are other ways to get closer to that price. My brand new, telecom unbranded, unlocked Qtek S110 (yes 128mb RAM) will have cost me a total of £280 (I bought it in December). Here's how:
1) Signed up to an affiliate program that gives you cash back.
2) Bought the phone on an O2 12 month contract from internet company via the affiliate link.
3) The phone cost me £29.
4) I pay 6 lots of £30 rental per month.
5) At the six month point (or just before) I switch my contract to the cheapest £16 a month rental.
Cost:
Initial outlay = £29
6 x £30 = £ 180
6 x £16 = £96
= £305
minus £25 that I get back from the affiliate network
= £280!
AND, I get 6 months of 200 xnet minutes and 100 messages per month and then 6 months of 25 xnet minutes and 25 messages for free!
And the good thing was that the phone I bought was mobile unbranded and unlocked! But that does depend on the place you buy it from.
http://www.buymobilephones.net/store/merchant-4-79-423-Phones.ihtml
T-Mobile Relax 20 (12 month) 3 Months FREE Insurance £299.99
T-Mobile Relax 25 (12 month) 3 Months FREE Insurance £229.99
T-Mobile Relax 30 (12 month) 3 Months FREE Insurance £199.99
T-Mobile Relax 35 (12 month) 3 Months FREE Insurance £14.99
T-Mobile Relax 50 (12 month) 3 Months FREE Insurance £109.99
I saw some errors like this that companies have honoured.
WalMart (Asda) did something silly with the price of digital cameras, but they chose to make the deal to those who bought them because it was good PR and their mistake.
Maybe some of you guys can go buy them for £15, then sell them to us for £100?
I ordered a MDA pro on flext25 with web n walk online
and After waiting 2 weeks for T-Mobile web sales to get any stock in of MDA Pro's I have given this £14.99 offer a try,
whats the worst they can do, cancel the order?
a few years ago I got a pair of kodak dx3700's for peanuts in a simalar deal so there is hope ;-)
Lets see who delivers first as a two week delay by T-Mob gives me grounds to cancel the web order if this company can deliver next day.
Stu.. the bagman..
And thanks very much Jimp for the heads up....
I paid £14.99 for my SPV M5000 as an upgrade on Orange. Just gave them the usual speil about leaving for another network...Left me with some cash for my 4 gig SD card :lol:
Jai
I took the liberty of ordering one earlier this morning at the excellent price.
They've changed the price now to reflect the typo.
I got mine on T-mobile in the Netherlands. 9,99 euros for the MDA Pro if I took out a 2 year flex contract at 30 euros a month.
They also included a free 512MB card (part of the standard deal).
Seemed good to me!
They did not honour it :-(
And I was not in the mood to get stroppy
Oh well I will have to wait for T-mobile websales to get stock back in.
Stu..
Any get a good deal on the HD2?
Im due a phone upgrade and looking to get a good deal.
Seems voda have dropped the HD2 in the uk, which is a shame as they offer £100 cashback
tmob not so generous with the cashback.
Im quite happy to buy the phone network free and sort my own etwork if the price is good
Happy to hear your suggestions
I guess all leo owners here did not get a good deal or maybe not want to tell
I will be coming from topaz forum to leo forum next week, i ordered from Tmob uk
best deal so far at mobilephonesdirect
I got mine direct from vodafone.
Free handset £40/month/18 month contract with 900 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited landlines, 'unlimited' data and £90 cashback from quidco - which equates to £35/month.
Order at Mobiles.co.uk through Quidco on Vodaphone or Tmobile and get £50 cashback. Phones unlocked and unbranded.
Did you get it with the carrier & sign a contract? or Purchased it unlocked?
Personally i got mine for $650 directly 16GB version, i hate phone carriers contracts
I've read some people seems to have paid less even without carriers.
on ebay the average price for the 16GB version is around $750
Mine is going to cost me about £500 in total on an 18 month contract with 600 mins, texts and data.
$550 shipped to the US
There already was a topic about this thing,
I payed ~390 euro (500$) for mine.
380£ for the i9000 8GB version+8GB SD card.
It's so much fun not having to pay VAT. lol.
It depends which version.
The smaller 8GB ones are in the $500-550 range nowadays.
The larger 16GB version goes for about $120-$170 more.
I paid almost $800 delivered for my 16GB
I like the larger storage, since I used to have sporadic corruption with SD cards in WM, and from what I read Android is not exempt from these, either. I want peace of mind when I am on the road and don't have a backup.
£280 all in (inclusive of VAT) with a third party seller on a really crappy contract, but I already have a contract with T-Mobile which I'm now using in the SGS. Mine is an unlocked, unbranded 8gb stock phone, so free of carrier crap too.
Dialaphone - £20pm 18mth O2 contact, downgradeable at month 9 to £15pm, plus I got £35 cashback by going through TCB. The O2 contract is really crap - 100 minutes, unlimited texts and no data allowance, but £280 for a stock SGS is damn good. They stopped doing the O2 deal earlier this week, though.
€ 380 for the 8GB version, no contract. Not paying VAT is nice.
£410 at Carphone Warehouse, SIM free and unlocked.
£355 from o2 unlocked, to get it you have to already have been with o2 for about 6 months I think and then you can ask to purchase a phone from them (i.e. say im unhappy with current phone but dont want to affect contract) this wasn't the best deal by a long way (desire £285) but i wanted this phone.
Damn, Holland is expensive.
16GB with 200minutes/400texts/unlimited data for 2 years at 650€
badasschris said:
£355 from o2 unlocked, to get it you have to already have been with o2 for about 6 months I think and then you can ask to purchase a phone from them (i.e. say im unhappy with current phone but dont want to affect contract) this wasn't the best deal by a long way (desire £285) but i wanted this phone.
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Bollocks! If I knew this I could have saved some money. Is the phone unlocked?
leoon said:
There already was a topic about this thing,
I payed ~390 euro (500$) for mine.
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Where did you buy it? 0.o
kramiz said:
€ 380 for the 8GB version, no contract. Not paying VAT is nice.
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Hello
Could you give a little more detail, like seller and if include shipping.
Thanks
Here is an option:
www.handtec.co.uk
http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/2976/samsung-galaxy-s-i9000--8gb--sim-free-unlocked-
GBP 348.49 (without VAT) + 16.90 shipping to usa.
= USD 561.81 aprox
Ebay USD 568 with free shipping.
Thanks
Free on AUD$49/month that comes with $420 worth of call/text and 500MB of data with free youtube/facebook/myspace/twitter
This is for a 16GB unlocked SGS
Free on £45 (inc VAT) for 18 months, 900 Minutes, Unlimited Texts and 1GB Data, also 1GB BT Openzone Usage.
I got mine on upgrade on T-Mobile for £10 on a 24 month £20p/m contract with £180 credit to use on mobile/international/0845/voicemail, unlimited texts and unlimited internet.
It's completely unbranded - box/splash screens etc.
£350 for the 16GB from someone on gumtree who got it as an unwanted upgrade
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