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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

Just ordered mine, and what a deal :)

I've ordered my XDA Exec late last night from mobilefun.co.uk, I just called them and they said it's beeing processed by the warehouse and to be shipped out today
I went for:
O2 XDA Exec on O2 Business 250 + Data 36 (£52.04 per month)
I need the 36MB per mo, as I will be doing allot of e-mail
the Unit itself: £19.95
What a deal !!
Null

Congrats mate, hope you have (mobile)fun!

Have you got a confirmed delivery date though? I cancelled my order with mobilefun after a week of "Sorry we've got no idea when we're even going to find out when we're ever going to get any stock".

Order my XDA Exec eleven days ago with One Stop Phone Shopper and was told it would be delivered next working day (Monday 21st) still no sign and have been told no stock available, the sales guy bascically lied through his teeth to make the sale and took the money out of my account within 20 minutes of confirming the sale!!!
Now just waiting the rumour mill is it could be two-three weeks or even longer.
One Stop is part of the Carphone Warehouse.

With O2's online shop, I ordered on Day 1, received it on Day 3. It was about 20 quid dearer (*) than mobilefun or onestop, but at least it's *real*.
* on the 'today only' price offer last week, using the student link... it's more like 50 quid dearer now I think

matzie said:
Have you got a confirmed delivery date though? I cancelled my order with mobilefun after a week of "Sorry we've got no idea when we're even going to find out when we're ever going to get any stock".
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Well, they said it's to be going out today.
I just got a "welcome" e-mail from O2 .. so they seem to have registed me already.

On the order status I now get !!!
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Your order has been successfully shipped. Please contact us on 0870 460 3211 to activate your SIM card as soon as you receive it.
Your chosen delivery method is Royal Mail Special Delivery.
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whoohoo

Aria no contract for $340 at amazon

For anyone wanting to buy an Aria without contract, the lowest I've seen is at Amazon for $339.99. That's $30-$40 cheaper than other places.
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I submitted my order in the beginning of last week, and waited and waited and waited for it to ship. On Friday, I ended up cancelling it and getting the unit at an AT&T store.

My plan is to get this a few days from now (waiting on an Amazon.com gift card). Hopefully they won't jack the price up or run out of stock in the meantime.

oahceasgnikgneas said:
My plan is to get this a few days from now (waiting on an Amazon.com gift card). Hopefully they won't jack the price up or run out of stock in the meantime.
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They are out of stock or something. Like the other poster above, I ordered last week (on the 21st), still waiting... the delivery date was just delayed again yesterday.

Anyone got it from amazon with no contract yet? almost a week with 1 day delivery for extra $$ and it is being delayed..

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Anyone got it from amazon with no contract yet? almost a week with 1 day delivery for extra $$ and it is being delayed..
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Nope, ordered on the 21st... was just delayed until July 6th... third delay so far. I ordered with the free two day shipping and somehow they upgraded me to one day at no charge... probably due to all my emails asking about the delays.

i waited a few days and ended up cancelling my order. customer service had no answer for why it kept on being delayed.

Hmm... any received the htc aria from amazon yet?

I ordered mine last sunday. It was delayed and wasn't delivered until the following monday. In the end it's here now and I'm pretty happy.
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I ordered mine last week and got it in three days.
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I got my Aria from Amazon, it just took a little longer than I expected. I'm all, a little under a week with one day shipping.
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very tempting deal but i think i'll hold on to my Fuze and wait for the galaxy.

Check the marketplace for one for 300
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What marketplace?

This version without contract is already unlocked for an use worldwide?

xWOLKx said:
This version without contract is already unlocked for an use worldwide?
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It's only off contract from AT&T, it's not unlocked.
Additionally, the ability to easily unlock the phone varies. Some users report finding unlock codes with no issue, my phone and a few others appear to require extra effort on the part of the unlocker, and thus more money to do so.
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Where To Order From (UK)

Hi everyone.
I want to order a Galaxy note but dont want to pay too much.
Does anyone know any cheap prices that they have seen.
Handtec.co.uk is out of stock!!!
and i dont want to wait much longer...

You will get it cheaper from amazon.de than you will in the uk
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Gum tree
Ebay?
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Price on amazon.de rised 70 euros since friday :s

This is one hell most wanted beast of the year!!
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try simplyelectronics.net or on their ebay store.
My Dad and i have ordered ours from their, cheapest legit place £460 with free shipping.

curlymanoliver said:
try simplyelectronics.net or on their ebay store.
My Dad and i have ordered ours from their, cheapest legit place £460 with free shipping.
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Have you received yours from Simply Electronics? I ordered mine a week ago, the money was only taken on Monday but no email confirming dispatch ... cheap but terrible service in my opinion. I have phoned them twice and they have always had stock so simply no excuse for the delay in my mind. Also no option of express delivery annoyed me so I can't really recommend Simply Electronics - wish I'd bought from Amazon.De instead

I've just got one free from buy mobiles.net for £32 a month on o2 with 300 mins unlimited txt 500mb and free bt openzone wifi.
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I got a cracker from mobiles.co.uk for an upgrade on Vodafone to remain at 36 pounds a month. Think they screwed up cause the upgrade was supposed to be 41. 24 month contract, 600 min, 500 Meg data and unlimited texts.
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I have a spare one for sale if you want it

samstables said:
Have you received yours from Simply Electronics? I ordered mine a week ago, the money was only taken on Monday but no email confirming dispatch ... cheap but terrible service in my opinion. I have phoned them twice and they have always had stock so simply no excuse for the delay in my mind. Also no option of express delivery annoyed me so I can't really recommend Simply Electronics - wish I'd bought from Amazon.De instead
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We ordered on the 2nd, no not yet but apparently it is coming on friday, they seem to be extremely slow, but they are no doubt legit, i have seen alot of people complaining about slow delivery, but they seem to get the products... also if there ebay feedback is anything to go by they seem to be good, so we'll see what happens on friday. its stpidly frustrating though!!!

I can almost forgive Simply Electronics as I think delivery was attempted of my GN this morning... I'll find out tomorrow when I can try and get it back from the Royal Mail sorting office! (not that Simply Electronics told me it was on its way or gave me the tracking numbers... and assuming that's what the missed delivery was...)
If you can stand to wait for delivery of 10-14 days they're probably ok as the price was by far the best I've seen PLUS I found an £8 voucher online which made the price even better

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Price on amazon.de rised 70 euros since friday :s
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Amazon.de ran out of stock so only Amazon market sellers have them and are charging a fortune for them,
Wait till they have them back in stock.
I am waiting for the White Note from amazon.de

Got one for you
Used 15 days. Samsung screen sticker still in place. Protected buy Nillkin silicon case from day 1.
XXKL7 firmware. DBT CSC code switchable to anything you like since it's OXAKL7 CSC.
Under 400£. PM me.
Came from GS2 can't imagine going back to it. So much screen real estate, easily pocketable.
Try it U'll love it.
In case you wonder why I'm getting rid of it : just ordered a so gorgeous WHITE Note
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apparently you can get it on contract with low minutes on O2 via third party seller and if you got to thrid party seller via cashback websites like quidco or topcashback then you get about 100£ for contract phones with some providers. Plus if you drop the data plan on the O2 contract then you get the phone for about £440 with free flip cover.
Plus bonus you get Uk charger unlike amazon.de and also you get free 18-24m payments without interest charge if you treat it like buying a sim free phone. mentioned on hotukdeals threads about samsung galaxy note. search for those threads if interested.

Just Google these guys... joke. Simply electronics took 2 weeks, 4 emails and 4 phone calls and a brief communication from Google check out to get me my refund. Keeping in mind I requested the refund 2 hours after payment!
Simply electronics...? simply stay well clear.
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curlymanoliver said:
We ordered on the 2nd, no not yet but apparently it is coming on friday, they seem to be extremely slow, but they are no doubt legit, i have seen alot of people complaining about slow delivery, but they seem to get the products... also if there ebay feedback is anything to go by they seem to be good, so we'll see what happens on friday. its stpidly frustrating though!!!
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i dont wanna worry you but do a google search on simply electronics problems, fingers crossed your order arrives soon
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mancuk29 said:
i dont wanna worry you but do a google search on simply electronics problems, fingers crossed your order arrives soon
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There seem to be about as many positive as negative reviews online! and the ebay rating is pretty high (98.9%), esp considering the number of transactions (15443)...
I did get an email from them today apologising for the delay (but not quite managing to actually let me know when it would be dispatched!)
So I live in hope.

I also ordered one to the states on Jan. 9 and I'm still waiting to be dispatched. I don't know if it will ever come but like you said, the reviews for them are lopsided. Either extremely good or extremely bad.... Has anyone here order from them and gotten one? Was it new and comes with everything including product being sealed?

I have seen a couple of other people in this forum say they have recieved theirs from there...
for the american above me.... you could be waiting a while, im in the uk and i ordered on the 2nd... they said it would be here today, but alas, nothing,im really hoping tomorow! if it gets to monday that would be the start of the third week of waiting!

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Carphone Warehouse: First 1000 orders get a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Haven't seen anything else yet!

I'm no fan of the Carphone Warehouse but have to say this is a superb offer, cant see anything to pre order (as in buy outright)though unless im missing something
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/news/coming-soon/samsung-s3

Not too bad.
Heres a damn good offer from Three UK incl FREE phone
The One plan
24 month contract.
All-you-can-eat-data
2,000 minutes
5,000 Three-to-Three minutes
5,000 texts
£34 p/m

DomCowell said:
Carphone Warehouse: First 1000 orders get a Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Haven't seen anything else yet!
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Only if you buy with a contract though... Sim-free doesn't get you the tab (unfortunately!)
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Isadora said:
Only if you buy with a contract though... Sim-free doesn't get you the tab (unfortunately!)
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Indeed, it wouldn't make financial sense for then otherwise!
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If you just want the phone on its own, o2 will be the cheapest when they finally put it up on the site!

Isadora said:
Only if you buy with a contract though... Sim-free doesn't get you the tab (unfortunately!)
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Bastards i didn't know that you would think if someone was to spend £500 on a phone they would give away the Tab as well.
Maybe ill take out a contract and just not pay

jonny68 said:
Bastards i didn't know that you would think if someone was to spend £500 on a phone they would give away the Tab as well.
Maybe ill take out a contract and just not pay
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I assume you are trying to be funny... Why would they make the effective price about £100 to £200 haha
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Some nice deals already
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Vodafone, Three and O2
Vodafone has it for £41
O2 for a ridiculous £46
and
Three for £34, which seems to be the best deal up until now.
I'm not allowed post links though

I'm waiting for the t-mobile full monty package, had an initial email, just waiting on the pricing....
Unlimited Internet
Unlimited text
Unlimited t-mobile calls
2000 any other mins to other networks
DC
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Guys,
Honestly do not pre-order, you will always get your phone quicker from the actual shops, found that out through experience
JD

JupiterdroidXDA said:
Guys,
Honestly do not pre-order, you will always get your phone quicker from the actual shops, found that out through experience
JD
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Not really i pre ordered my HTC Desire and LG Optimus 3d and it came to my house 9am on the day both phones were released...

Carphone warehouse on Vodafone £31 per month for 24 months, 32 gig in blue free.
800 minutes any network
Unlimited texts
500 meg data
O2 gave me such a fu©king run around with promising to match that deal, then 2 days later saying they couldn't that I decided to go to Vodafone after 11 years with O2.
Yesterday O2 send me a mail saying my order was being processed for £250 handset at £75 a month for 24 months... I was proper peeved. Sorted now, but put me off O2 a hell of a lot.
this deal is the cheapest I seen so far I think.
Edit: Carphone Warehouse also recon I'll get the handset on release day or day later... not sure I believe that, but we'll see I guess.
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Ordered mine from phones 4 U. Free phone, £46 per month on a 12 month contract with vodafone. Free 16gb card and case. 900 minutes, unlimited text, 500mb internet.
Total contract price over 12 months £552!
Should be delivered on the 30th. Highly recommended!

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Ordered mine from phones 4 U. Free phone, £46 per month on a 12 month contract with vodafone. Free 16gb card and case. 900 minutes, unlimited text, 500mb internet.
Total contract price over 12 months £552!
Should be delivered on the 30th. Highly recommended!
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That's a VERY decent deal!
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Meemo23 said:
Not really i pre ordered my HTC Desire and LG Optimus 3d and it came to my house 9am on the day both phones were released...
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Really!!!
There was lots of people that ordered the Desire HD and SGS2 only for it to be released 5 days earlier exclusively to P4U...
My mate ordered 1 month previous to this and I had my SGS2 a full week before him
JD

JupiterdroidXDA said:
Really!!!
There was lots of people that ordered the Desire HD and SGS2 only for it to be released 5 days earlier exclusively to P4U...
My mate ordered 1 month previous to this and I had my SGS2 a full week before him
JD
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I personally have ordered many contracts for my whole family we always pre order a phone we like..
Meaning we always have the latest mobiles blah blah.. Anyway i have ordered a tonne of phones from Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse. We have always received our phones either on the day of release or a day earlier...

Meemo23 said:
I personally have ordered many contracts for my whole family we always pre order a phone we like..
Meaning we always have the latest mobiles blah blah.. Anyway i have ordered a tonne of phones from Phones 4 U and Carphone Warehouse. We have always received our phones either on the day of release or a day earlier...
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Your very lucky then because in my experience (all the way back to nexus one days) pre-ordering is kinda worthless... Will look forward to be proved wrong this time though
Still will prefer to walk in CPW on release day and purchase the good stuff..
JD