Best place to buy a new sim-free mobile from?

Huwbert

If you were buying a Samsung Galaxy S7 sim free outright, which deal would you do?

John Lewis - £519
Very.co.uk - £450 paying through their Very Account with the 10% off for first customer order?

Not sure how Quidco/TCB cashback would be affected by using the Very 10% off for for first customer order (I do find a lot of the "rules" for cashback etc somewhat hard to understand as they can be somewhat complicated!).

Cheers!

Frozen_up_north

Check out the warranty and repair policy before purchase. There have been some reports of repair problems on this forum, under warranty it's down to the retailer.

Three shops sell unlocked mobiles too, no idea about cost or warranty though.

martinthebandit

I would be buying it from Amazon personally.

Huwbert

I asked in Three, hoping as a customer (sim-only) they might be competitve - £569!!

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http://www.hotukdeals.com/search?action=search&keywords=s7&closed=0&closed=1&online_only=false&text_only=false&type=1&category=0&sort_type=submitted&date_range=

not new or sim free , but the O2 Refresh deals are worth looking out for.

20aday

Myself? John Lewis for their extended warranty. I've never used them myself but from what I've seen here on MSE (and elsewhere) the reviews seem to be more positive than negative.

Might be worth keeping an eye out here: https://www.mobilephonechecker.co.uk/sim-free-phones/ (found the link through MSE).

Farway

20aday wrote: »

Myself? John Lewis for their extended warranty. I've never used them myself but from what I've seen here on MSE (and elsewhere) the reviews seem to be more positive than negative.

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I ahve used JL for big ticket items, not for phone though, and found the service & extended warranty worth the posible extra cost

With JL click & collect is OK for delivery to a local Waitrose, so could be handy for phone and security, not being in for delivery etc

Huwbert

Thankfully there is a John Lewis near me, but the price has now gone up there to £554!

Had a look on O2 refresh and the only ones I can find on there are the "perfect" ones for about £475

martinthebandit

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Mobile-Phones-Smartphones/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-SM-G930F-Smartphone/B01BWV9A42/ref=sr_1_5?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1483895918&sr=1-5&keywords=S7

flashg67

I bought my LG from Very - got topcashback and the new customer discount. I did need a warranty repair but find it easier to deal with the manufacturer direct even though I know the retailer is technically responsible, they likely end up back at the manufacturer repair agent anyway.

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Huwbert wrote: »

Thankfully there is a John Lewis near me, but the price has now gone up there to £554!

Had a look on O2 refresh and the only ones I can find on there are the "perfect" ones for about £475

Do John Lewis still offer price matching?