SPV C500 - two deals, any better?

bigbadbren

Hello All,

It about time to renew my mobile contract and I want to get the SPV C500 or SPV C500s.

The deals I have found so far are:
http://www.e2save.com/mobile/phones/disphandset.php?network=orange&handset=SPVC500
Your Plan Crossnet 120 - £25.00 - £12.50** 120 (+120 1st 6mths) - 12 Months ½ Price Line Rental

OR

http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/handsetsearch.aspx?searchType=2049&phoneDesc=SPV_C500_Orange&ID=1
£25.00 Off Peak 1,000 - 1,000 Off Peak XNet Mins but with 9 months half price line rental.

However, they are both part of a cash back plan, and I would prefer the discount to be all up front (as I dont want to be in a situarion like people who bought off fwdcelluar)

Anyone got any better deals??

PS: i know i can get some extra cash back by using a link through R-points.
PPS: the links above are not referral links

Thanks in advance

Bren

grumbler

bigbadbren wrote:

PS: i know i can get some extra cash back by using a link through R-points.

Rpoints pay just £1.25 for e2save.
You can get £18.75 (£25x75%) through funds4me.

GeoThermal

I've been looking for it on a good deal without cash back, but no joy yet. What I am thinking of doing is getting the Samsung D500 on BT Mobile's 200 xnet minutes deal, sell the D500 and buy an SPV C500 on PAYG.

The BT Mobile deal is £14.99 for six months, then £33 but you can downgrade the tariff. You get 200 xnet minutes, 50 texts and 1000 minutes of up to two minute calls included.

bigbadbren

wouldn't that mean the SPV would be locked to the orange network and you would have a BT sim card?

GeoThermal

More than likely but I would just get it unlocked.

grumbler

GeoThermal wrote:

More than likely but I would just get it unlocked.

Be prepared to pay £20 for ulocking! :eek:

MoneySavingGenius_2

Ulocking is expensive, this is the only people that seem to do it:
http://www.imei-check.co.uk/ £20
I haven't found any software or alternatives. Anyone know any?

GeoThermal

Yeah I knew unlocking it was £20 but the D500 sells for £200+ and the C500 is £138 on PAYG so even with unlocking you should have a few quid left over.

Epiphone

MoneySavingGenius wrote:

Ulocking is expensive, this is the only people that seem to do it:
http://www.imei-check.co.uk/ £20
I haven't found any software or alternatives. Anyone know any?

The guys that run imei-check get a load of C500's and work out how to unlock them themselves. End result, you can unlock your phone but they have a lot of dead hansets from experimenting on them. They're just recouping their costs.

kevinyork

Beware Dialaphone. Pushy salesmen, wont answer queries over the phone saying 'its all on the website' and most importantly the cashback goes to your airtime account, not as a cheque payment to you.

Also read reports of poor customer service.