Huawei G300 £65 from Tesco

JethroUK

EDITED 6/5/13 because the thread is very long now I'm Keeping this first post upto date with latest price to save trawling thru it - G300 can still be had for sub £65



4" Gorilla Glass, 1 Ghz, 5 mp Camera with flash

Best price for the G300 Ascend at the moment :

G300 £109 from Very.co.uk spotted by:

sillygoose wrote: »

... looks like a better deal on very.co.uk ...

get £30 off using promo code 2D894 or 2D8GZ for new customers

minus any Topcashback discount

= £65 ish



G300 is locked to Vodafone but can be unlocked to any sim for £5 within 48 hours

Heres a seller that has been reported by many as reliable

You can upgrade to Official Ice Cream Sandwich Version 952 here - easy to do even for a novice like me and comes with instructions


For people who upgraded to ICS Android version 4 - first question they seem to ask is where has the weather clock gone and where can i download it - for those people just google totemweather.apk which finds it first hit

For people wishing to roll back to the original GB android version 2.3 - luci found this link (use with caution - not for novice)

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MillicentBystander

I can confirm this glitch definitely works - just bought a G300 from my local Tesco, put some Mars Planets through the till before the mobile and voila - £15 discount.

PS If you are thinking of getting one i would advise you to ring CS first to confirm the store has stock - they are getting very rare. Geo number for CS is 01382822700

Tony5101

Are the phones sim free/unlocked?

Cheers

Rusty!

Seems to be luck of the drawer. Some are locked to Voda, some aren't.

Quentin

Tony5101 wrote: »

Are the phones sim free/unlocked?.....

Sometimes. You need to check before paying for an unlock code.

System

How techinical is it to unlock a phone? Ive never unlocked one before.

Rusty!

Generally you get a code and just type it in when you power on the phone with the 'wrong' SIM in. Peasy.

MillicentBystander

Yes, I'm no mobile expert and was a bit worried about getting a code off ebay but to be honest it really is easy peasy and the ebay code came with full instructions. Takes 60 seconds at most and really just involves inputting a 12 (or is it 13?) digit code when the phone requests it.

Kernel_Sanders

MillicentBystander wrote: »

I can confirm this glitch definitely works - just bought a G300 from my local Tesco, put some Mars Planets through the till before the mobile and voila - £15 discount.

You can put a phone through the self service scanners?
BTW, how many of these phones do you and Mrs Bystander now have?

MillicentBystander

Kernel_Sanders wrote: »

You can put a phone through the self service scanners?
BTW, how many of these phones do you and Mrs Bystander now have?

We now have 4 in the family - me, Mrs MBS, my nephew and now my father in law. Word of mouth = best form of advertising, isn't it?

You get a card from the mobile phone section with a barcode to scan and you then take the receipt (and card) to CS to pick up the phone. I was of course risking that they actually had it in stock but central CS had already informed me that theere was one in stock at that store so I kept the CS bloke on his toes when it came to looking in the mobile cabinet (which was in a right state btw). He eventually found it.

Kernel_Sanders

MillicentBystander wrote: »

I was of course risking that they actually had it in stock.

But you didn't have to buy £30 of stuff that you mightn't have otherwise bought. Am I missing something here or are you just referring to the potential lost time/travel costs etc.?