Samsung Galaxy S i9000 Android Phone, free phone £20.31 x 24 months, 300 min / unl text / 500mb web on Orange, - £46 quidco, TCO £441 / £18.39 pm
Just picked up this deal for my dad who asked me to find him his new phone. Cracking phone, I definitely prefer it to my iPhone 3GS. Android 2.1 paired with the most powerful mobile CPU available (90 million triangles per second 3d performance) and a lovely 4 inch AMOLED screen. I'm not going to bore you, google it to find out more :)
As for the deal, it's nothing up front for the phone, and either £20.31 a month (with a redemption dealy) or £24.17 if like me you hate those and take the £20 instant cashback instead. The tariff is fine for most smart phone users (300 min, unlimited text and the all important 500mb - Oranges current idea of unlimited! - internet).
Saves £199 up front over going to Orange direct, and you get £46 cashback via quidco that just tracked for me and that £20 cashback from e2save themselves. 24 month contract.
Currently the best deal on a Galaxy S I can find, and in my opinion, that's the best phone of any kind on the market right now, bigger screen and faster than an iphone 4, ignoring the fact it's a hell of a lot cheaper too. TCO is £441 (inc quidco) over 24 months, the 2700 degree iphone 4 deal is £669 over 12 months... no contest in my opinion!
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Jump to unread Post a CommentAny idea if Orange unlocks these at some point in the contract?
I've not had an orange contract for ages, but the last time I had one they unlocked my treo 600 quite happily for a £20 fee, this was in the last month of the contract. Of course it all might have changed by now, this was several years ago!
Quite simple, really - £279 for an unbranded stock £450 phone is a bargain. In other words, it was cheaper to take out the contract through Dialaphone if you wanted the Galaxy S handset than to go pay £450 to play.com and the like. Most people had their own sims to put in them, or went elsewhere for their data needs - like giffgaff. So yes, the Dialaphone deal was better - cheaper and no redemption required. Also, it's daft saying "if you times this by 0.75....". Your deal is a 24 month contract. 500mb data isn't really too good on a phone like this. Giffgaff is truly unlimited on their £10 goody bag, T Mobile is 1gb for non smartphone users and 3gb for smartphone users.
Any idea if Orange unlocks these at some point in the contract?
They're coming from E2Save, owned by CPW. They should be stock, unbranded phones - i.e. they shouldn't need to be unlocked.
And to say "most people had their own sims to put in them", is distinctly silly. Giffgaff is great, but who's to say they will be around by the end of your contract? They only started in December!
Plus, as every bargain hunter on HUKD should remember... what's the point of comparing anything with expired deals? :)
Quite simple, really - £279 for an unbranded stock £450 phone is a bargain. Most people had their own sims to put in them, or went elsewhere for their data needs - like giffgaff. So yes, the Dialaphone deal was better - cheaper and no redemption required. Also, it's daft saying "if you times this by 0.75....". Your deal is a 24 month contract. 500mb data isn't really too good on a phone like this. Giffgaff is truly unlimited on their £10 goody bag, T Mobile is 1gb for non smartphone users and 3gb for smartphone users.
And to say "most people had their own sims to put in them", is distinctly silly. Giffgaff is great, but who's to say they will be around by the end of your contract? They only started in December!
Plus, as every bargain hunter on HUKD should remember... what's the point of comparing anything with expired deals? :)
Quite simple, really - £279 for an unbranded stock £450 phone is a bargain. Most people had their own sims to put in them, or went elsewhere for their data needs - like giffgaff. So yes, the Dialaphone deal was better - cheaper and no redemption required. Also, it's daft saying "if you times this by 0.75....". Your deal is a 24 month contract. 500mb data isn't really too good on a phone like this. Giffgaff is truly unlimited on their £10 goody bag, T Mobile is 1gb for non smartphone users and 3gb for smartphone users.
Saying that most people already had their own sims is not silly - go read the thread. T Mobile cannot reduce the FUP without giving people a way out of their contracts. GiffGaff is owned by O2, so they won't be disappearing just yet. On a phone like this, you'd be amazed at how much data you can get through. As for your last point, maybe you shouldn't have replied to my original post by saying I was lying. The figures speak for themselves. £279 is better than paying £450 for the same phone. It was never about the O2 contract...it was about paying nearly half the recommended retail price for an unbranded stock phone.
OK, found a better deal:
http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobile-phones/Samsung/Samsung-i9000-Galaxy-S/T-Mobile/T-Mobile-15-%2824mths%29/6068702
Works out £480 (with £30 cashback) over 2 years, with T Mobile - you get 300 minutes, 300 texts and Unlimited Data (3Gb FUP - and they don't charge you if you go over, just warn you to be careful). No redemption needs, but you will need to stump up £150 up front. Overall cost and data is better than your deal.
And to say "most people had their own sims to put in them", is distinctly silly. Giffgaff is great, but who's to say they will be around by the end of your contract? They only started in December!
Plus, as every bargain hunter on HUKD should remember... what's the point of comparing anything with expired deals? :)
Quite simple, really - £279 for an unbranded stock £450 phone is a bargain. Most people had their own sims to put in them, or went elsewhere for their data needs - like giffgaff. So yes, the Dialaphone deal was better - cheaper and no redemption required. Also, it's daft saying "if you times this by 0.75....". Your deal is a 24 month contract. 500mb data isn't really too good on a phone like this. Giffgaff is truly unlimited on their £10 goody bag, T Mobile is 1gb for non smartphone users and 3gb for smartphone users.
Saying that most people already had their own sims is not silly - go read the thread. T Mobile cannot reduce the FUP without giving people a way out of their contracts. GiffGaff is owned by O2, so they won't be disappearing just yet. On a phone like this, you'd be amazed at how much data you can get through. As for your last point, maybe you shouldn't have replied to my original post by saying I was lying. The figures speak for themselves. £279 is better than paying £450 for the same phone. It was never about the O2 contract...it was about paying nearly half the recommended retail price for an unbranded stock phone.
OK, found a better deal:
http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobile-phones/Samsung/Samsung-i9000-Galaxy-S/T-Mobile/T-Mobile-15-%2824mths%29/6068702
Works out £480 (with £30 cashback) over 2 years, with T Mobile - you get 300 minutes, 300 texts and Unlimited Data (3Gb FUP - and they don't charge you if you go over, just warn you to be careful). No redemption needs, but you will need to stump up £150 up front. Overall cost and data is better than your deal.
I agree with most of that, but... didn't think the 3Gb data applied to reseller deals, only direct? Thought the best you could do was use the 'booster' for 1Gb data (on a FUP too IIRC)
Sitting playing with it in the office as I type infact :)
Crackin deal imho. ( I then sold my existing HTC for 65 quid to envirophone )
Excellent deal, Phone up Tmob and they will add the 3gb data and another booster too!!!
Redemption deals are a con IMO!!!
not bad, but no so good neither, and not everybody can put £150 upfront...