Unlocked VX1i Mini Mobile Phone (w/ Vodafone UK Sim) - €21.50 delivered [MyMemory]

Basq

Use voucher code 'BACKFORGOOD' for this price!

Looks like a nifty little back-up phone.


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Details

Your back up mobile for calls and texts! Ideal for nights out, holidays and business trips. Don't take the risk of losing your expensive mobile phone!

Elegant in its styling and compatible with all network SIM cards meaning it can be used by anyone, either Pay as You Go or as a contract customer.

With the VX1i Mini Mobile Phone you can use your own or any other SIM card as a handy alternative.

Features:
- UNLOCKED to any network or sim
- 100 number memory phone book + sim
- Alarm Clock
- Call Forwarding
- Auto Answering
- Auto Redialling

FREE Vodafone Pay As You Go SIM Card
Remember being Vodafone pay as you talk there's:
- No contract to sign.
- No service charge: all you pay for is your calls.
- No time limits on top-up cards.

Features:
- Check your credit and top up your phone anytime.
- Buy Extras packs.
- Set up and manage Vodafone Family.
- View your Payforit purchases.
- Use My tools to access services like My Music and My Alerts

In the box
- VX1i Mini Mobile Phone
- Mains Charger
- User Manual

Specification
- Talk time: 100 minutes
- Standby: 90 hours
- GSM: 900/1800 or 850/1900
- Battery: 400mAh
- Main LCD Backlight: White
- Keypad backlight: Blue
- 80mmx50mmx10.3mm

Davy

If you use 3 as your network, i wouldn't purchase this. It wont work correctly

-=al=-

that thing looks hilarious

Home:Ballyhoura

Will this yoke work with Meteor Ireland? Also, anybody have any idea of the weight or dimensions? Thanks in advance

Davy

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Will this yoke work with Meteor Ireland? Also, anybody have any idea of the weight or dimensions? Thanks in advance

It will work meteor, o2 vodafone and tesco.

The dimensions are on the last line of basquille post

Home:Ballyhoura

OK, I just bought it there thanks for that. I cycle a lot, even in rain, so this seems perfect for what I want while out on the bike training, just to be able to make and receive the odd emergency call (even text) and not to really care if it gets damaged! Cheers

I will let you know how I get on when I receive it.

tman

Tempted to get that as a festival phone, as you'd be a bit less gutted if you lost that instead of a blackberry...
Funny looking yoke though!:p

Battery life looks a bit crap too, but then again it might actually last the 90 hours if you don't have data usage constantly eating away at the battery

Effluo

Super!

I had bought a phone for work from dealextreme over the summer for €25 this seems like a much better deal with a higher quality phone. Considering I lost my personal phone last month quite a necessary purchase too

Cheers

Just found this phone for anyone who has a uk address
http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/nokia-1208-t-mobile-payg.html
Nokia 1208 £4.99 but you also have to buy a £5 top-up for T-mobile, apparently unlocked and free delivery.

dingding

Saw this in Tesco in Enniskillen for about £ 18

stellarartois

Will this work?

concubar

Vodafone VF331 Pink

• Easy to use
• FM radio
• Large keys
• MP3 ringtones
• Picture messaging
• Vodafone Live!

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€19.99 Online Price

(Based on 2 reviews)

• Retail price: €49.99
• Up to €20 call credit

okay its locked, but cheap

phasers

^ That's very cute :pac:

Home:Ballyhoura

Effluo wrote: »

Just found this phone for anyone who has a uk address
http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/nokia-1208-t-mobile-payg.html
Nokia 1208 £4.99 but you also have to buy a £5 top-up for T-mobile, apparently unlocked and free delivery.

Came across that one too when researching the VX1 (also the VX2 which looks a lot nicer! )

Anyway, it can be got on O2 for €19.99 if you buy €10 O2 credit which isn't too bad either! I might go for that if that VX1 turns out to be an absolute disgrace! At least I could just divert all calls to the new O2 number when out on the bike (and I just ordered this sim card reader so would easily be able to transfer all my contacts)

Skerries

would make great "burner" phones

Bob Z

thanks. Order one

Cmar-Ireland

Kinda OT but what price is the VX2 ? Sweet little phone....

Home:Ballyhoura

I received my one today and I have to say it is much better than expected. It has a good bit more than just text and calls which you wouldn't expect like different profile settings, calculator, alarms, call records, text forwarding etc. I even took it out on the bike and coverage seemed great. The only thing I was worried about was sound quality of the calls because of one or two dodgy reviews but it is as good as if not better than my good phone on both ends. Screen is actually quite good, easy to read and navigate and rubbery buttons are spaced out nicely which helps if I am wearing gloves! The only thing I would have against it at the moment would be the predictive texting (which can easily be changed to normal text input) but may just take a while to get used to. Besides that, I wouldn't mind a bit of vibration alert and I will have to wait and see how the battery life holds up. Overall, well impressed and anyone who I have shown it to is just amazed by it (weight even more so than size) and say that everybody should have one!

One quick question! The phone comes with one of these Vodafone SIM card packs (or you can go for the 02 version which I never saw when ordering) but will these work in Ireland or are they UK only SIM cards? It doesn't seem to say it on the SIM card box and I don't want to break the seal by opening it up to find out incase I will have to sell it on. The only reason I have suspocion is because the SIM cards on that site are both advertised with price plans in £ and p (O2 coming with £1 credit) but mentions UK network....I'm confused, please help! CHEERS

Davy

Your irish sim will be fine. You probably will have problems with an 3 ireland sim.

Random

Cost me €21.29 using my Ulster Bank Visa Debit

This had better be good!

Home:Ballyhoura

Davy wrote: »

Your irish sim will be fine

I know that, I have been using it perfectly with my Meteor SIM all day it is just whether or not the Vodafone SIM supplied will work in Ireland is the question. That way I could leave my current sim in my good phone and just set it to divert to the other Vodafone number when I take the VX1 out on the bike!

€22.00 using my VISA Credit Card. Would have been €22.18 had I used PayPal's conversion rate at the time of purchase. I think we could technically be caught for customs as it is coming from the Channel Islands right and the limit is €22? Info got from here, thanks blorg!

Daibheid

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

That way I could leave my current sim in my good phone and just set it to divert to the other Vodafone number when I take the VX1 out on the bike!

Sounds slick but is this treated as a free Vodaphone to Vodaphone call or a separate service and charged as such? I can't find details on their website.

Davy

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

I have been using it perfectly with my Meteor SIM all day it is just whether or not the Vodafone SIM supplied will work in Ireland is the question. That way I could leave my current sim in my good phone and just set it to divert to the other Vodafone number when I take the VX1 out on the bike!

Sorry i misunderstood ya, yes the sim should work fine. You have to activate them with a code like *101# iirc, but you should just go get a free irish sim as the number you will diverting to will be a uk number and will cost you!

Effluo

Yeah I got mine today and it's alright.
It's really tiny

I'm not mad on the way the whole menu setup and predictive text is not great(actually texting in general is a chore right now. although I only have it a day so this will probably change).
Ringtones I'd give a 3/10(and i'm not that fussy, but these are special)

especially the text ringtones omg, they are so longwinded if you know what I mean all I want is a soft beep when I get a text and although it's only a little niggly thing it's still well annoying.

The speaker could also be a little louder otherwise pretty good esp for the price.

I'm a happy camper

Mrs Alyn

Is anyone able to help me please? I can't find a way to change the ring tone on my VX1, the instruction leaflet isn't that clear and I can't find the Personal Settings Options.

Davy

Mrs Alyn wrote: »

Is anyone able to help me please? I can't find a way to change the ring tone on my VX1, the instruction leaflet isn't that clear and I can't find the Personal Settings Options.

Is their a 'profiles' option in the settings, similar setup like a nokia?

Mrs Alyn

Yes there is but it only gives options for standard, conference, outdoor and mute.

Davy

Mrs Alyn wrote: »

Yes there is but it only gives options for standard, conference, outdoor and mute.

They are the profile, you need to edit them, well the standard one. Should be something like; options and personalise

Bob Z

Why does it make spaces between letter when writing a text message?

Effluo

Bob Z wrote: »

Why does it make spaces between letter when writing a text message?

What!!?

Bob Z

after each letter it makes a space so you have to keep going back

Effluo

Bob Z wrote: »

after each letter it makes a space so you have to keep going back

Oh I get you now, It has predictive text on at the start of each message.

You can just press the "#" key to change it to either "abc", "Abc" or "ABC" and then you can text normally.

Bob Z

Effluo wrote: »

Oh I get you now, It has predictive text on at the start of each message.

You can just press the "#" key to change it to either "abc", "Abc" or "ABC" and then you can text normally.

Thanks gottya

Mrs Alyn

Davy wrote: »

They are the profile, you need to edit them, well the standard one. Should be something like; options and personalise

Thank you, that works!:D

Hugh_C

Davy wrote: »

If you use 3 as your network, i wouldn't purchase this. It wont work correctly

why not?

Do-more

Hugh_C wrote: »

why not?

Because Three is a 3G network and this is a 2G phone.

Random

Is it just me or is there no phone number for the SIM written anywhere on the packet?

Davy

Random wrote: »

Is it just me or is there no phone number for the SIM written anywhere on the packet?

If it a vodafone uk sim, their not on the packet. You send service code and it will tell you your number if i remember correctly. Its something like *101#

Random

I suppose I should read some of the manuals that come with it

That didn't work, unknown command, but then I did get 2 SMS about roaming which I've never received before.

Will battle through.

++ edit

It's *#100#

Davy

its actually *#100#

Random

I've added a list of shortcodes and things here for anyone else like me who hates manuals
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=64850852&postcount=55
Drop me a PM with any additions. This is linked to from the Mobiles forum FAQ
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055516939

Bob Z

I have an UK O2 sim card i havent never used yet. Now i have This vodaphone sim caard too. If i was on holidays in the uk whats the best to have?

Our man in Havana

Either. There is feck all between them.

Do-more

Davy wrote: »

If you use 3 as your network, i wouldn't purchase this. It wont work correctly

If anyone has got the VX1 and has a 3 sim card, could they please try it in it and report back?

I just bought a Nokia 1208 from mymemory as a spare and to my surprise my 3 sim card works in it fine for calls and texts.

Thanks

D-M.

corcaigh07

Davy wrote: »

Your irish sim will be fine. You probably will have problems with an 3 ireland sim.

may i ask why is that?

Our man in Havana

3 Ireland sim cards are different to other sims in that they will only work in 3G phones.

corcaigh07

ah ok, thats a bit mank! im thinking of changing network soon anyway. looking forward to more reviews of this phone.

Do-more

Bond-007 wrote: »

3 Ireland sim cards are different to other sims in that they will only work in 3G phones.

That's what I thought aswell but my 3Ireland sim is working fine in the 2G Nokia 1208 just wondering if it would work in the VX1.

Davy

Do-more wrote: »

That's what I thought aswell but my 3Ireland sim is working fine in the 2G Nokia 1208 just wondering if it would work in the VX1.

They do work in the odd GSM handset, but i was airing on the side of caution, rather than ordering it and finding out later it wont work with your 3 sim

Home:Ballyhoura

Even cheaper now that it includes a 2gb usb flash drive! :eek:

Random

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Even cheaper now that it includes a 2gb usb flash drive! :eek:

Comes with O2 SIM now instead of Vodafone too.

lindtee

Home:Ballyhoura wrote: »

Even cheaper now that it includes a 2gb usb flash drive! :eek:

Try this code to take £1 off - 5% off - MARCH5MM (haven't tried it myself though)