Mobile Phones for Under £10.

OwtForNowt

I did a search and couldnt find anything. What i was thinking was we could have a thread that has all the mobile phones about that are under £10. That way if people are in need of a cheap phone in a rush they will be able to easily find a deal by checking the thread? Probably a rubbish idea but heres my go;

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5181522/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%252C%2BPC%2Band%2Bphones%7C9555804/c_2/2%7Ccat_9555804%7CMobile%2Bphones%7C9555929.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5474253/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%252C%2BPC%2Band%2Bphones%7C9555804/c_2/2%7Ccat_9555804%7CMobile%2Bphones%7C9555929.htm

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5180547/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice%252C%2BPC%2Band%2Bphones%7C9555804/c_2/2%7Ccat_9555804%7CMobile%2Bphones%7C9555929.htm

debjk

from Monday Netto have an LG camera phone on virgin for 9.99 the one in the picture is pink not sure if it comes in other colours or how good it is just noticed the leaflet today then saw this post.
http://www.netto.co.uk/internet/nettog/menu/main.nsf just click on this weeks offers Monday the 30th June and its on the 2nd page

taney

can these phones be unlocked free?

borosteve_2

taney wrote: »

can these phones be unlocked free?

Normally I think no, but dealextreme.com have a sim unlock attatchment for $7.26 (about £3.80 through paypal) which you slide under your normal sim card which fools the phone into thinking its unlocked. This could be a cheap way of adapting these phones for your sim. There's a list of compatible phones on the site I think, the product code is 12167. It seems to get the thumbs up on Hotukdeals.com.

Gazza68

Good idea...
My brother bought the LG Jaguar KB130 that was going for £9.99 in Tesco's a number of weeks ago. Great little phone with camera +++, but locked to Tesco's Network. Ordered a SmartSim from DealExtreme and it works fantastically.... but check first if it is compatible with the phone you want to unlock - It said it was OK for Nokia phones, but didn't work on mine...did a bit more research afterwards and found (by accident) that it was not compatible with that specific Nokia model...so be careful there!

bribrian

taney wrote: »

can these phones be unlocked free?

The Nokia will be able to be unlocked free. Get a code online for it.....

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OwtForNowt

Why was it moved here? The whole point was that deals from all places could be posted in the thread.

borosteve_2

bribrian wrote: »

The Nokia will be able to be unlocked free. Get a code online for it.....

Quoting from the phone unlock forum on here:
There are also now a new batch of unlockable phones coming out , the Nokia 2310, 2610 , 2630, 1112, 1200, 1208 and some of the later 1600's all use a method of lock that we cannot do for free at this time. These are now unlockable by using service equipment at a market stall etc
so I think it will cost you the best part of a tenner to unlock.

I've unlocked a few myself in the past and this model isn't on the trycktill or nokiafree websites so please be aware before you buy.

Clowance

if you unlock a phone (haven't managed it yet even though it should work so will have to pay) can you then switch between different networks or does it lock itself again to the first network sim you put in afterwards? I have quite a few free sims with free minutes on diff networks and would like to swap about once I have unlocked. So its only worth paying if this is possible.
TIA

borosteve_2

Clowance wrote: »

if you unlock a phone (haven't managed it yet even though it should work so will have to pay) can you then switch between different networks or does it lock itself again to the first network sim you put in afterwards? I have quite a few free sims with free minutes on diff networks and would like to swap about once I have unlocked. So its only worth paying if this is possible.
TIA

If you unlock the phone then it remains unlocked. However check how much people are trying to charging to do it and add it in to the cost of the phone - ebay is a good benchmark.