new phone recommendations

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macman wrote: »

Or from CPW at £119 with a 1 month Voda contract, total cost £137.50 if you have to pay the first month before cancelling.

Doesn't that come locked to Vodafone or does that only occur when you insert the sim first time? If it is locked, how easy is it to get Vodafone to unlock?

ballyblack

not locked to vodafone

but for the sake of £13 would not want the hassle of that


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ed1su

Hi

I was looking for a new cheap phone... I'm I missing something

This phone is £109 + £15.50 for first month then cancel..

https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/motorola/g6-play.deal.html?cid=PAIDSEARCH_Google_1028223053_52353126444_aud-488816790632:pla-348840848556&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5NnbBRDaARIsAJP-YR9qLPBsUwdMGOGkcFBVg9VVdzCbBdsSF1YHQjRN5gCygv7PZmA-t34aApTBEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#!propsId=21236388


Thank you

its_all_over

Giffgaff are selling the unlocked Huawei P Smart for £149, its a good quality phone running Android 8 and must be one of the cheapest phones that will work with WiFi Calling and 4G Calling on both EE and Three.

isabellac

macman wrote: »

Or from CPW at £119 with a 1 month Voda contract, total cost £137.50 if you have to pay the first month before cancelling.

I wouldn't probably recommend signing up to the rolling sim only, especially with Vodafone as their customer service is notoriously poor.. If you go on the CPW site and click on 'Looking for pay as you go?' underneath the plan pricing, you can buy the handset for 149 + a 10 quid topup - admittedly not as cheap but still saving a tenner on the sim free price. The phone will still be unlocked and you'll have a pay as you go sim that you/someone else can use for a month and then bin if you don't require it.

ballyblack

or Argos £149.95 no top up

boatman

I think this is pretty decent, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, global version, better in most ways than the Xiaomi Mi A1 posted at the start. eGlobal are based in Hong Kong but the phones are sent out from UK, so no customs to pay, takes about a week if in stock.There is also a 64gb version for £160. Xiaomi are worth about $50billion, they just don't sell officially here yet, they are in Spain Poland and France, presumably here very soon.

Yes, you can get it a bit cheaper from Aliexpress, But, if you end up paying customs duty of around £20-£25, which is quite likely, it cancels any saving, think eglobal is the better option, just make sure you use Paypal, or a credit card.

pmduk

I've not used eglobalcentral uk and after checking their trustpilot rating, I think I'll keep it that way. https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/eglobalcentral.co.uk

There are more good reviews than bad but why take the chance?

You might want to search for the many other threads on this site about them.

ballyblack

and if it develops a fault it may be hassle to get it fixed

boatman

ballyblack wrote: »

and if it develops a fault it may be hassle to get it fixed

Yes, there is an element of risk, but you can buy it from Amazon Spain or Italy for €200, its an option.