Wileyfox Deals & Offers

I've got one of these and it's excellent value for money and has had 2 major updates to android since I have had it. the first got rid on cyanogen, the second gave me Nougat. Oreo is in the pipeline. NO other mobile company has upgraded my phone 3 times as most do a runner after the initial release. OK support was patchy but it's in new hands now. The phone itself works well and has 3gb of ram, 32gb of memory and a 5.5" screen. I got mine when the price had dropped to £160 but clearly they are trying to push value now by bundling it with the amazon thingy.

The problem with Amazon is that far too many people leave a "OOOH SHINEY !! 5 STARS" review, 1 minute after unboxing; it has got to the point where i ONLY read the bad reviews, because they tend to be in-depth and detailed. WileyFox are a rebadged, generic phone made by an unknown Chinese maker; the quality of no-name Chinese goods is always "variable"; even Renault have had their fingers burnt (had to delay the launch of their first electric cars due to all the production batteries from China being fakes filled with sand). In fact I have had it myself, I took a risk and bulk ordered some products; they were really good, so placed a second, bigger order, and received fakes.

I haven't, there was history behind his comments, but I'll let it go until he pipes up again, appreciate your input.

If the reviews are scathing enough, maybe people need to know about them? I research carefully before I buy, I'm sure most do nowadays. I wouldn't take it to heart.

I own every deal I post, take the good with the bad. Mr smithee above has swiped the bad reviews, there are some good in there too, but people as usual will always focus on the negative, not the positive reviews given.

So being sold via a 3rd party, if any issues arise do you go via them or Amazon?

Well when I tried many times to contact wileyfox about an issue with my phone they failed to reply to every email

And you think Samsung has Cs? I promise you not as you think it. Your customer support is Amazon, any problem they take it back full refund. Better than Samsung or LG who'd tell you to send it in and 3 weeks later inform you it is water damaged and out of warranty

Literally non existent customer service in my experience.....

Had got one as gift for some one last year. Could tell that the box had been previous opened and the product number label had been pasted over by another label. The phone was in a very good condition. The touch screen on the phone felt a bit laggy or did not seem to register some of the touches.

You can get the gel cases in "various" designs (read 136 pages worth of design) from this Amazon UK seller. The seller has confirmed to me that they are indeed cases for Spark X (5.5). I have ordered one, will post back if the case is really good and fits well Amazon UK seller link for Spark X gel cases

I received this phone the other day and set it up last night, seems to be fine if you consider the cost. Anyone who has one know where you can get a case & screen protector (only a hard case on the Wileyfox website). I thought I saw someone say in a review that the iPhone 6 case will fit but can't find the comment now!

Have you tired plugging it in?

...got my phone and it wont charge grrrrr! Any ideas?

Damn just ordered that Kodak one...

Not voting but just a sobering note here. I'm on the WF Swift 1. When the OS was updated I lost the original phone dialling app which was replaced by WF with Truecaller. I couldn't get used to it, didn't like it, it didn't work for me etc, so I replaced it with one off the playstore. We recently had an emergency where 999 was needed urgently. After SIX attempts I found that the app wouldn't call 999 - simply didn't seem to recognise it. Not sure who's fault all that is but I won't be buying WF again.

Wileyfox is a UK firm who get their phones manufactured in China. Apple get their phones manufactured in China as well so nothing wrong with that. We have the base non plus version in the house and it does a decent job and still works well after a year.. The best thing about the phone is the Wileyfox are really good with security updates as they use an unmodified version of Android, unlike Huawei and EMUI. You won't be disappointed with this phone if you go for it.

"Made in the UK" hahaha like the KAZAM, JCB, CAT and Kodak Ektra, right?

Great phone. Made in the UK too. So expect quality craftsmanship and honesty, not the update forcing brand names.

there are some used like new condition for £112, whats the return/warranty on warehouse deals?

Down to £68 now, so not a bad deal

Not a bad phone for the price, I had one last year, but I needed a snappier phone, one that was able to keep up, went back to samsung :) but good for older children and people that don't expect to much......

Isn't it Android 7.1.2 with a Cyanagenmod skin?

Aha. Another school day. I really need to do more reading on Android and all this fragmentation.

I don't think Lineage are going to support the Spark X because it has a mediatek SOC.

Price now £109.99

The Wileyfox Swift 2 only comes in 2gb

Can't see the RAM on there..is it 2gb like this deal? Thanks

It was based on android but now officially dead (horror) 😁

Thought about getting this (the like new from warehouse) but sadly too many issues with screen breaking and battery faults developing. A shame, price and specs were just what I want.

It nothing about the phone but the company, expect a wait. Ordered phone on 24th November. All it says on very account is possible 5th December and i can't seem to be able to contact them to find out why its a "possible" etc. Might cancel and go somewhere else.

Where did you get the discount voucher from? Thanks

This or CPW Huawei P10 lite deal?

I had a £30 off a £60 spend at Very, so have just bought this for £120. :D

The camera is an additional/free (whatever way you want to look at it) item. It's nothing to do with the phone's own camera. Camera can be found here

Resurrected as as an Amazon Deal of the Day 11/12/17

All prices, apart from the Swift2 Plus bundle deal at £149.99~( https://www.hotukdeals.com/visit/threaddesc/2829741/15655947 ) , have now risen substantially and I am expiring the deal

Me too. I have a plusnet hub and 48mb. never had a problem on 2.4 Yep.

Yep.

Is this the best phone for £150?

Thank you, I have now set it to expired

Back up to £219.99.

In my experience that would be about as productive as emailing void@black-hole.com.

£163 gets you a better phone from many other Chinese brands if you don't mind that. Snapdragon 430 for that kind of money doesn't exactly excite me.

customersupport@wileyfox.com or for OS update support nougat@wileyfox.com

still nothing from them after contacting them twice two months ago!!!!!

surprised to hear complains about customer service with wileyfox.. i had a messed up Swift 1, sent them an email, they opened a ticket and got back to me in minutes, i couldn't provide all the info they needed (not actuall the phone i use), and they still guessed our (software) issue correctly and provided instructions.. extremely good CS imho! maybe dont call, use their online system. that said i'm not ordering because apperently camera on swift 2 is still no good :(

My Swift 2 Plus arrived, and I ordered Used - Very Good. It didn't come in its original packaging and there were some very small scratches longer than 0.6cm in length, so I wondered if they'd sent me a differently classed condition instead (Used - Very Good is defined as in original packaging). After calling to ask Amazon have credited me with £10 whether I decide to return the phone or not. One thing I was more worried about was any form of guarantee, as just a 30 day satisfaction guarantee isn't much peace of mind particularly on electronic goods, but I've just spoken on chat and had confirmed that 'There is One year warranty' on Amazon Warehouse Deals, which adds a bit more peace of mind. But to confirm, all warehouse deals have a one year warranty?Yes. You are absolutely correct. You can get back to us if there is any isue.issue**

Managed to get one of these for my mum who was after a cheap smartphone. Got it for only £55ish a couple months back. Was stunned to find aw had sent the plus version. A few minor scratches to the back but screen was perfect and my mum is very happy with it.

I bought one a while ago. Whilst it's a pretty good phone customer service is literally non existent! In that they never responded to any form of communication when I had an issue with it. Ever....

Would someone be able to take a look at the info on a photo you have taken, using Google photos to view it. On mine it says f2.2 aperture not f2.0. anyone else the same?

Sorry to torpedo my post but I received my phone yesterday and was initially pleased for about half an hour until I installed the first update at which point the phone ceased charging. It is now dead and going back to Amazon for a refund. I guess I'll leave this up so people can make up their own minds? but personally very disappointed. :(

Quick update sluggishness Al but disappeared weird ghost touch thing comes and goes but only when charging... strange. Overall pretty good battery life acceptable screen ok 32gb memory plenty at the moment camera not very good and missing 5ghz wifi annoying..

Just bought this off Amazon so far day of usage sluggish while installing apps seems better now. Fingerprint reader doesn't seem very accurate seems to be sluggish to turn screen on sometimes. Also have a weird problem of ghost touches uncontrollable screen while case is on I'm going to have to look into that one. I will give it a week but other than niggle seems good.....oh but major flaw is no 5ghz wifi?!??!!? Wtf!

Yes I thought the G5 plus had a compass. Anyway think may hold off for little. As I think Motorola may be introducing some new phones G range. Very soon. :D

Noticed something interesting today. On all the photos on the Google photos app, the aperture says f2.2 and not f2.0 Anyone else see the same, have they got the specs wrong?

I bought the savvies. The external dimensions are the same as the swift 2 plus ones I bought from them. Unfortunately as the 2 x screen is about 3mm taller, they leave a gap at the bottom of the glass. So at this stage I would retract my recommendation until they put it right. I think the width is correct but need to check. I did contact them and they said they can't change the savvies dimensions as the screen is curved but they misunderstood. The width is fine, it's the height they need to fix. I need to go back to them and explain again... They are German.

FYI I ordered some tempered glass protectors from ebay, they are useless, don't touch the screen on left and right hand edges and will just be a dust magnet. Having done some further digging, found similar issues reported for similar items listed on amazon. The Swift 2 X screen must have a very slight curvature towards the edges which the tempered glass just won't follow. I have removed it, and of course having now also removed the factory protector, need to order a new set! May give those 'Savvies' ones a go that were linked to previously.

I was looking at THIS charger, not that cheap but the orange port goes with the Phone and cable that was included :p

Thanks Chris - Yes I'm considering the screen replacement option as would be good to know its there in the (likely) event that I drop it. Would really appreciate it if you let me know if they respond to you about it :D

Phone slows down. Not enough storage for standard generic apps. Returned and got the nextbit robin for wife instead. 32 GB and 3gig ram. Similar price on Amazon

Yeah, my note 7 is still going really strong!!

I have this phone. It's awful, want to get rid of it ASAP. The customer service is non-existent. It has ads on the launcher. Just don't get one

Ces' t Cidre. Who wants a game of top trumps?

Well I have the plus version of this and would definitely recommend it for those on a budget. I can do everything I need to including android pay and with finger print unlock a lot of features for the money

good phone for money, good seller, why cold?

I got my son one in January for the same price but including a years broken screen protection. He loves it. Coupled with a fast SD card and adoptable storage he has plenty of space for all his stuff. CS isn't a issue as you are buying through Amazon and it is the sellers responsibility to sort stuff out in the unlikely event that something goes wrong.

Sorry to hear you had problems. Yup mine is 1st gen Swift. Just checked and actually had it since July 2016. No problems thus far and battery great.

Is this the 1st Gen Swift? About to replace mine, dying pixels and abysmal battery life after a few months on both mine and my husband's phone. He already went back to his LG G2. I'm going to try to get back some of what we spent through CEX and won't be buying a wileyfox again.

Not got my update yet. Did you enjoy your trip to the future? ;-)

Swift2 (and 2 Plus) models have just been updated to android 7.1.2 with 1 June 2017 security updates as of 23/07/17

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Good luck buying a phone with a name like Wiley Fox!!!! Sounds Australian! Dodgy AF!!

Nice phone, would prefer a lower price and no tom tom though.....a deal but only if you need the extra device.

fantastic find! morons downvoting

beware of the lack of customer service from this company

It shouldn't be CYANOGEN anymore. Wileyfox have updated their phones to Android OS now, should be for all models.

take a look at the reviews on amazon of the waits ppl have had for replacement screens etc if your happy to be without a phone for over a month then its all good

​poor customer Service? from Amazon??

very poor customer service avoid

Depends if you need Band 20 (800Mhz) and a warranty, if not, get a Xiaomi.