John Lewis & Partners Deals & Offers

I wouldn't have a clue.

I mean check prices last few days ago. Like amazon camel

I... what?

do you have price history for argos?

The curved screen was worrying me too .. always like a plastic screen protector on my phone plus one of those flip cases. Might look silly, but I would hate to have to pay for a cracked screen.

Nope it is more expensive was just asking opinions

Is this a lot better than the Amazon fired hd 10?

The Huawei is not the same price though is it?

As this only has a 400 series CPU, I'd be looking elsewhere. With £150 in my pocket, I'd probably go second hand Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 or Huawei M3. Credit due to Lenovo for at least putting 3GB ram in this particular tablet. Shame they left off a FP scanner.

Bought the Mrs a Mediapad M3 a year ago and its been awesome. It got 1 major OS update and now gets the occasional security update but I don't expect anything more. Build quality, speakers & battery life are all top draw as she regularly gets 7 hours of screen time and no problems with overheating. For me, I'd go Huawei.

So seems like all of these S2 deals are because Samsung are announcing an s5e tablet which is meant to replace the aging S2 and S3. Personally I'd wait for this device instead of buying the s2.

I have the Exynos version (the older 2015 version,) and it's on Android 7, Nougat. No chance of an OS update, but Samsung still push out the odd security patch.

For anyone who has got the SM-T813 model, could someone check if it has support for Widevine L1. This can be done by downloading the DRM Info app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidfung.drminfo). Might potentially be able to run Netflix in HD if it has Widevine L1 support.

Good point. Might call them tomorrow for clarification.

The specs on the JL website list it as the SM-T813NZKEBTU modal (Qualcomm) but then everything else mentions the Exynos chipset. Can someone who bought it from JL confirm what they modal they recieved?

it’s loaded to your account on activation as a voucher that you can use at a later date.

If you’ve previously had an account or passes they sent out emails, with offers. It’s not guaranteed to The Free stick though it’s selected accounts

I’m thinking of trying Now TV once... How can I get the email for free TV stick?

with this, and other Now TV deals posted, can you 'save' the deal and activate it, say, a couple of months later when you'll need it? I'm looking for a Now TV deal for Game of Thrones, but dont want to get it until GoT S8 is aired in UK.

“Re: When will now TV be 1080p ‎16-11-2018 12:16 look like its not happening till next year. if its happened anytime soon then sky q bussiness will be killed badly. then there will be no reason to have sky q when you are getting now tv in 1080p or 1080i. Having it on apple tv would be additional charm.” https://community.nowtv.com/t5/Set-top-boxes-Smart-TVs/When-will-now-TV-be-1080p/td-p/484202 It’s not bad for that price. Now they also have Offline downloads in mobile apps :D

How good is Argos with regards customer services .. if anything goes wrong ? I know from experience John Lewis is very good

Hmm,might go for the argos Nokia 7 Plus 64GB, i get 10% off making it £206.

Aha great to see! That'll be a the start of a great Sunday morning then :D

Still in stock at £229.95 at Argos, I've gone for one (delivered tomorrow morning 7:00-10:00!). https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8165105

Try Argos, £229.95

There was an issue with HDR that was fixed by a firmware update about a month after the Q9FN launched in June last year, and he reviewed it again:

It was a Note 9 with a Q9 when I brought mine a month ago. I cannot fault the Q9 (or Note 9) & the operating system on the Q9 if far superior.

The hdr algorithm is atrocious on the q9. Have you seen Vincent's hdtv test YouTube review?

It's not equally as good. The Q9FN can hit well over 3000 Nits. The Sony doesnt even come close to that. Also every rating on that link you quote is higher for the Q9FN. It's very expensive but its often considered the best screen for normal 4K HDR viewing (and gaming) currently on the market.

Check rtings comparison tool. The xf90 is equally as good and half the price. https://www.rtings.com/tv/tools/compare/sony-x900f-vs-samsung-q9fn/585/599?usage=4854&threshold=0.1

At £650, it's at a great price for this spec, very in line with other good gtx 1050 deals! Are there a stash of gtx 1050 laptop deals I'm unaware of? You can scroll through the Gtx 1050 deals in the search, and see they're all very similar to this price :)

Since you are talking price point to component ratio, this is still not a good deal compared to other laptops of similar or greater spec. It is a shame you fail to grasp this.

I have a 5% code for the 2 in 1, bringing the price down to around 569, which I will post in the normal morning hours.

whats the fan noise like? One review I read also said that the i7 version and the Ryzen 7 might struggle with the single fan and therefore throttle. Anyone who has it can confirm this?

This hp is now only 599. I feel another deal post coming on haha... https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=4AS57EA&opt=ABU&sel=NTB

thankyou

This is a 2015 tablet. Perhaps a 2016 (minor) refresh. It has a very good screen and is still one of the best Android tablets but I think it's a false economy to buy such an old tablet. Samsung abandoned it a long time ago (2017), it will never get Android 8.0.

Yup

8 mins after the "free" headphones offer was added to the curry's sales page... which was a price match against the John Lewis price reduction.. I know who most people would rather have a 2 year no quibble exchange warranty with... (y) If you try and ADD the deal and the store has no stock of the AKG's (we tried it in 2 different locaitons) the sku for the single purchase will show and then you have to barter with the manager, to say you have a pair of FREE headphones, which then results in the above conversation taking place.. At no point have I knocked or said do not buy the other deal, I just said, there is NO stock anywhere, other than the ones that hukd members likely reserved and then did not bother buying or forgot about... (ninja)

For watching films and youtube, the speakers are not great and underpowered on the S2. They are are located at the bottom edge, when you are using it in landscape mode, only one side has sound. The S3 has AKG tuned quad Speakers (two on the bottom and two on the top) are so much better.

I contacted them originally about the trade in deal and replied tge next day, will keep you posted.

Still 475 is less. But, from the latest few comments it looks like they are not doing price match any more for this model...

Sent email twice, but no luck so far...... Already two days are gone...

Same from recent experience

Ken, as other person above said, clearly sh*t themselves when so many pricematch requests came in and decided to first use the software excuse then just stop pricematching them

I cant understand why they dont allow u to trade the Samsung S8 in as part of the deal only up to the S7.

Good effort. Have some heat

Wouldn't it be £449.99?

You can get a working iPhone 7 from xs items ebay for £170, trade in value of £230. Saves you £60, but I don't think this is a deal as it stands, unless you have and old iphone 7 plus, that you are currently shifting on. Good bit of detective work though op. (y)

I agree, upgrading from an S6 for example is a better bet as you'd notice the difference more and around £150 for an S6 isn't bad.

Like the waterproof one but it is out of stock.

I never go with brand name but quality matters..

Still very expensive. I can get better prices on these items even without sale, no John Lewis label though. Primark, Pepe Jeans, H&M and Matalan have year round sale if you look at John Lewis prices.

Great offer.....

We had a problem with an Iphone at JL - Did you know they send them off to another company for a second opinion. After 1 year they will offer a refurb one if found faulty not a new one. If you buy from Apple Direct you will get a UK and Ireland consumer warranty or simething - 6 years. However if you buy an iPencil from Apple, they regard it as battery so after 1 year, tough NOT a pencil!

First time I've had an apple anything. It's great. Dead quick, no glitches like android, good battery and excellent screen I'd definitely recommend it (y)

If her birthday isn't until July, you could wait a month. The new iPads are out in March that'll lower the price of this one and the new one is rumoured to be the same price as this one currently is. If its not the same price, this current one will go down in price anyway Personally that's what I'm doing as it's my partners birthday in a few months and I'm looking to do the same

Looking to get an Ipad for my daughters birthday in July and was going to get a refurb. Do you think this would be the better option - price seems reasonable. Appreciate any advise as I've never had an apple product. She currently has a samsung tab and it's awfully slow, as needs updating I think.

Got mine last week. Space grey for £299. Well chuffed with it (y)

I advise checking instore ... My store said oos online but they had 5 plus instore.... Insist they use that RING10 code too....

but most people are saying currys are primarily oos...

Don't know enough about them, didn't notice the pro bit!

I do agree even I do prefer JL but Currys are offering Chime pro worth £40 with Video Doorbell 2 for £146

Yeah but JL is worth £3 surely?

Oos

Ooooh sexy.....said no one ever! (lol)

I wanted something like this for Halloween to be the girl from the grudge but couldn't find anything like it at the time. Good price

Prefect for fancy dress

Oos

Awww so cute! Ordered thanks

Are they any better than Bixby as a personal assistant?

Omg they are so Cute. Heat (y)

Good idea. 🔥

Waiting for the Carpet now that would be Magic.

Frozen lollies for everyone in the comments (embarrassed)

A year ago it was a current game! Lol (lol)

About a year ago this would have got heat

I’m going to bring my milk and butter in here. It’s getting very cold.

Was £5 in Asda (shock)

Hot fit. Hot price. I love it.

Voted hot as there are also plenty of dresses and other jumpers reduced that I've bought. Thanks for the heads up (cheeky)

I love it, thanks op (y)

I think it's meant to be an off the shoulder slouch look. I like that style but each to their own.

Looks like a terrible fit, no wonder it's reduced.

It's bad because it performs badly. Lots of lag, general slow performance browsing. I hate even trying to use it after being on my phone because it's so tedious to use. I also installed the Play Store changed the launcher to Nova Launcher set everything to 'Faster than Light' and it was still terrible. I didn't waste too much on it though. £119 and got a 32GB Micro SD and a decent case. If one of those docks comes up cheap sometime. I'll get one and use it in the front room as an extra Echo Show. The reason it costs £109 is because it performs like a tablet that costs £109.

I want this tablet mainly for reading my kindle books. Might even buy the Fire 7 as its only £35

Why do you say its crap? It really depends on what you compare it to or your expectation. I had no expectation the device would be a speed demon, or to play the most challenging games. As a media consumption device, it is fine - nice high res screen. The speakers are pretty awful but any headphones or bluetooth speaker can do better. I use opera as my browser of choice. It is "chunky" and more so with a cover - the amazon covers are great - really protective of the device. I dont mind if the device gets scratched or breaks. If I had spent north of 300-400 pounds, I would worry all the time that I might have overspent. I want a new ipad (I dont need one) - and I can spend 300-1700 (not a spelling mistake !) for one. I would like to root my device, but cant be bothered. (Done it so many times, and its a pain bricking and unbricking your device!) I use my tablet in preference to my better/more expensive other ones, simply because its throwawayable - if it breaks or the battery gives up, I am down 100+ pounds and not the higher value ones. And a replacement is only another 100+ pounds. The Fire7/8 devices really are sub-par. Maybe your fire 10 is the older model? I think the current ones are 2GB RAM. I wish all tablets were at least 4GB - avoids delays when flipping between apps; at 2GB, they have to restart, and you get a big delay in app switching. (Depending on the size of each app). So, I am curious on why you think its bad? (I am not an amazon fanboi or apple etc - each has its place and position in the market; i wish all tablets were half their current prices!)

Thanks. I love and appreciate your thorough response. I think it's time to buy! 😁 (y)

These are crap as tablets, but as an Echo Show with a much larger screen area, they work very well. With a recent software update you can enable Echo Show mode. You need the dock to keep it charging which is an eye watering £49.99. I bought one on a QVC deal for £119 and it never get used because it's absolute crap as a tablet, so much lag it reminds me of a 6 year old Android phone when you couldn't buy any Android device without significant lag. I really really really hate my Fire HD 10 as I've said it's a full on lagfest dung heap of an experience, I won't be paying £49.99 for a dock as I already have a 1st gen Echo Show. However as a cheap Echo Show with a larger screen than any current Echo Show, this is decent. Although it won't have the speaker capability that an Echo Show has. https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-New-Show-Mode-Charging-Generation/dp/B07DK5D1GD/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549662955&sr=8-2&keywords=show+mode+charging+dock Summary: Buy it if you're in to doing things on the cheap and don't mind regret. Have I said how much I hate mine? I might buy that dock so I can boot it off the dock across the room, it would be worth it. *BAM* have that you laggy cackfest of a monstronsity.

Probably because not everyone tries to squeeze a 60" TV on a 40" stand. I'm not a fan of huge Tv's hanging over the edge of a stand

Why they make side feet for TVs this size I don’t know...

Got some lackluster reviews

Just hold your phone closer (lol)

Save yourself a fortune, get a VR headset for your phone XD

Great product, not so great price. I manage to get this few months ago for £160 (£199 - 20% ebay deal) from Hughes. After that bosch was giving £50 cashback so I paid in total £110 At the time £200 was the price in most of the shops.

Your comparison doesn't seem to be for these headphones unless I'm missing something.

I think these earphones are midrange sound and aren't going to be a higher spec like Bose or jabras. Remember you get a 2 year guarantee which some earphones last within a year and break depending on how much you use it.

Saving is closer to £20 as AO do them for £119.99 Shame really as the Elite look pretty awesome

These are not the earphones that are shown in your graph, these are not the "elite" model with Bluetooth 5.0 and 38 hours of black. This is the older model. :)

Amazing real wireless hi def kit, no idea, why on earth everyone in "audiophile" world, keeps saying that these are nearly as good as apple air pods.. they blow the air pods out of the water in all aspects, plus they do not look like you have 2 drainpipes hanging out of your ears!! Fab price and tiptop spot! 8)

I know them and sports direct.

I don’t understand why John Lewis is one of the only retailers to Charge for Click and Collect...

These are lovely boots, they are not foam bottomed ones like traditional uggs but more like proper winter boots. Heat added!

Adults wearing them is stupid - making kids wear them is cruel!

Ugly, ugly, ugly.....

OI, OI OI!

Uggie, uggie, uggie.....

My son used to do exactly the same! He is 4 and a half now and still loves getting up at 5:30 but this has changed everything now because even if he wakes at that time he knows not to get up until the sun comes out

This thing is good but my 3yo has already worked out if you press the button it turns orange... trying to persuade her that’s not what she should do isn’t the easiest!!

Wont let me add teh amazon Price match to title :( messages.threadpersistence.error.user_not_allowed_to_modify_thread

Price match at amazon now, was second hand for this price earlier

Same price from boots.

Sorry that's what I was getting at when I said optically neutral. You would just have to fill in the scratch. Me neither but I was thinking of something like that stuff they use to repair 'bullet' holes in windshields with.

In theory, I'd assume that'd work - though it'd need to have the same refractive index as the acrylic - but you'd still have to deal with the missing coating, which has an effect as significant as most scratches. Still, most scratches will just be the coating, rather than the lens itself, and I've never seen any kind of filler like you suggest.

Not that I know for certain but I would have thought it would be possible to get (optically neutral) stuff that fills in scratches?

There are lots of these on ebay for a few pound. All graded for camera lenses. So £10 seems a little steep.

If it was caused by glasses, it's probably just the coating; in that situation you're almost certainly going to make it worse rather than better - especially with something as strong as Polywatch.

Looks like a Faraday cage (with an Edison bulb in it no less!)

It won’t work for tracking your son unless his jumper is near your phone that is

Found these to be a lifesaver when I've lost my keys/ purse/ etc and need to get to an appointment. Someone else also found a lost item of mine the other day - so the system does work. Heat added

After reading most of this thread I'm not sold so for that reason I'm out :D

I think it’s still easy to replace. If it had the risk of running out after a week or two then recharge would be a good addition. You could replace every 6 months though on this and know it wouldn’t have run out. Rechargeable would add bulk to the device. The batteries are really cheap to buy.

Just dont lose your stuff 4head...

I notice that John Lewis have updated the spec overnight, downgrading it from the high spec 4GB/64GB machine to the lower spec 3GB/32GB one which is available for the same price at Argos etc. I was tempted, but not anymore.

Funnily enough, I thought that it may have been low too actually?. It's a shame though still (considering it's price point ... )

Huh?, how so?. It's a Lenovo Tablet using Google Android. It's not an Amazon Fire Tablet using Amazon Fire OS. So how can it's 'default' be Alexa? (when Alexa is purely Amazon ... ) :-)

Such a shame it's Alexa and not Google Assistant

Yes, but take into account that I have never left a positive review for JL. So there must be hundreds of thousands like me who havent bothered leaving reviews because it is just a normal store I go to to shop. Amongst those exacting customers, sure around 6.5k have left poor reviews (if we presume all of them are bad). Surely 6.5k over many years is a drop in the ocean for how many customers pass through JL. Look at the first bad review today: "hi im rafsha, today i bought iphone x 64gb space grey, then in few minutes later they canceled my order and will refund my money, when i get my money back? I want my money as soon as possible because I want to buy the iPhone X, because on Friday I returned to my home country." I mean is that really negative review? Or someone who just wants a refund the very same day? Which clearly cannot happen. Next one: "I’m also one of the many who purchased the Stoves dual cooker at £180 only to be let down by John Lewis cancelling the order. I could understand if this was a simple price error but this was clearly marked as reduced and showed the price drops so really felt this should have been honoured by a company as reputable as John Lewis." This is just a chancer who is angry that a misprice wasnt honoured.

I'm trying to decide between the S and S plus and I think you've just pushed me I to the S. I'm not fussed about paying with it and you're right, I'll have my phone on me on long runs so why bother with music? Most races ban all headphones and some are beginning to ban the bone conduction ones too so I won't need music while racing. Plus if it's a long run I've got OS maps on my phone. Thanks Xenole (y)

I bought a dark grey / black Fenix 3 for around £300 at Xmas (don't like the silver rim that sticks out too much) and it does what I need it to do. Havent really looked at anything beyond running time and distance yet. Mapping might be useful but this like Garmin Pay and music playing isn't worth the premium to me. If I'm running long enough, say an ultra of 50miles, I'll always have my phone with me should I need to listen to music and that's far easier to charge on the go with a powerbank. The S variant is the smaller "girly" type one isn't it?

I like your thinking but I suspect £360 is a tad optimistic based on recent ebay transactions. £50 net of fees looks more like the likely resale value.

Fantastic price, sell the headphones and you've got a 5plus for £360 shame they don't do the x or the standard in black.

I've got the Fenix 5s and it's amazing. I don't use half the features but it looks gorgeous and I love it. Tempted to upgrade!