Free Samsung Galaxy S or HTC Desire with any tariff on E-Mobile/Meteor - Bray

thc4me

Went into the e-mobile store in Bray main street to buy either a Galaxy S or Desire today...was ready to pay for the phone but the guy told me of a special offer they have running until the end of the month which was a welcome bonus
Free Samsung Galaxy S or HTC Desire (not HD) with any e-mobile bill pay subscription....
For instance I signed up for their 100 minutes/100 texts/Free landline calls for 14 euro a month for 18months (its 19 euro for 12 months)
And I got the Galaxy-S for free which i was expecting to pay 149 euro for
I did a lot of research/reviews before buying and I absolutely love it...top of the range amazing piece of kit.

Great offer..... considering the contract is only going to cost me 252 euros....

The guy in the store said it is only available in a few of the franchise shops around the country. He said he has plenty of the phones in stock. I was dealing with a nice chap called Sean if anyone is interested in this offer, store phone number is 01-2764742 if you want to check the stock before risking your life in bray

Also as they are a meteor retailer as well they are doing the Galaxy-S/Desire and the Nokia N8 free with any meteor tariff too.

Cheers

Stevek101

I take it you mean the HTC Wildfire, not Desire.

El Horseboxo

Some other fella posted this offer in the same kinda store in Longford. He mentioned a HTC Desire also. And since they are offering the Galaxy i don't see why not the Desire since they are both on the same kinda level. Whereas a Wildfire is not.

Stevek101

My bad totally miss read that that. Galaxy Europa I was thinking. Jesus, thats a steal so! I'm tempted!

thc4me

It's the desire, not desire hd, not the wildfire, and yes the galaxy S! "Swyping" on my galaxy right now, bloody love it, awesome phone, bargain.

Dcully

I suppose this is not avaliable to existing meteor customers?
My 12 month contract is up soon and i wouldnt mind changing from my htc hero to desire.
Then again meteors coverage is poor where i am so i might change from them.

Gone Drinking

Whats emobiles coverage like? Any use?

unklerosco

Glad this offer popped up in the Dublin area, need to get a new phone for work and was looking at the desire/galaxy S..

conolan

emobile store in Waterford say they know nothing about it. He did make the point that Bray would be a reseller, not a directly owned store. Says also that some resellers are branding emobile/meteor which fits with the Longford story. He's enquiring about whether it will be available to his store (directly owned).

omega666

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Whats emobiles coverage like? Any use?

Good deal put im kinda put off with having to sign up to meteor or emmobiles
network for 12 months min. Are either any good?

Dcully

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Whats emobiles coverage like? Any use?

Not sure about emoblie but im far from happy with Meteor.
Im in Monasterevin, in my house/garden coverage is fine, the few times my wife took my phone to work it has no coverage at all, she works less than 500 meters away.
When i head out the road to rathangan or portarlington i get no coverage at all, both towns are 6 or so miles away,Portaloise coverage drops to 1 single bar.
Going the other dierction to Kildare town,Newbridge etc coverage is fine.

ams

My meteor contract is up since last month - if I cancelled it and went on ready to go for a while and re-signed up do you think Id qualify as a new customer?

The emobile contract with data included is €44pm for an 18mth contract which is a good bit more than Im paying at the min so wouldnt really suit.

babo9

Why couldn't this happen in Cork
Mobile mysteriously went bust the other day after a night out!

patmac

I got a deal with Metoer €189 for HTC Desire signed up to €30 per month for 200 minutes and 200 texts and 2GB for 18 months the deal stalled when they looked for a €300 deposit, so went online to emobile and for €23 per month I got 100 minutes and 100 text and 1 GB and the Desire cost €89, so I am happy with that. I'm no expert but would you not require at least 1 GB per month if you were getting a smart phone/android?

antodeco

babo9 wrote: »

Why couldn't this happen in Cork
Mobile mysteriously went bust the other day after a night out!

There is a store in Mallow as far as I know!

Compton

1gb is a lot if you aren't downloading stuff..

Soarer

ams wrote: »

My meteor contract is up since last month - if I cancelled it and went on ready to go for a while and re-signed up do you think Id qualify as a new customer?

Even better would be to cancel, port your number over to PAYG from another provider, and then come back to Meteor as a new customer looking to port. They love people porting over!

I did it for the wife last night.
Meteor have an offer at the minute that if you port over from another network onto PAYG, everytime you top-up by €20, you'll get €20 free. I asked if they'd do it for existing cutomers, and they wouldn't.
So I got an o2 and a Meteor PAYG simcard yesterday, ported over to o2 at 17:30 yesterday evening, that went through by 18:30, rang Meteor at 19:00 asking to port over to them from o2, they put through the request, and it was done by the time I woke up this morning!:D
So €240 earned in two phonecalls!;)

Abelloid

babo9 wrote: »

Why couldn't this happen in Cork
Mobile mysteriously went bust the other day after a night out!

One on Patrick St. I don't know if they have this offer though..

jonnny68

Soarer wrote: »

Even better would be to cancel, port your number over to PAYG from another provider, and then come back to Meteor as a new customer looking to port. They love people porting over!

I did it for the wife last night.
Meteor have an offer at the minute that if you port over from another network onto PAYG, everytime you top-up by €20, you'll get €20 free. I asked if they'd do it for existing cutomers, and they wouldn't.
So I got an o2 and a Meteor PAYG simcard yesterday, ported over to o2 at 17:30 yesterday evening, that went through by 18:30, rang Meteor at 19:00 asking to port over to them from o2, they put through the request, and it was done by the time I woke up this morning!:D
So €240 earned in two phonecalls!;)

sounds like a plan did they not ask any questions?

ill wait until my credit runs out before doing this, i assume you got to keep the same number without any hassle?

jonnny68

shblob wrote: »

1gb is a lot if you aren't downloading stuff..

Thing is though a lot of people (With Android phones,etc) download apps and when you have update for apps it uses bandwith, i updated 3 apps just now and it used 38.86 MB and i only get 50MB a day on PAYG.

babo9

antodeco wrote: »

There is a store in Mallow as far as I know!

JustinOval wrote: »

One on Patrick St. I don't know if they have this offer though..

From the sounds of the thread yesterday it's only certain shops, don't know if it's in any of the Cork ones though, I'll check tomorrow but already bid on a galaxy on ebay so gota wait and see if I'm outbid :pac:

But if anyone knows about the shops in Cork?

Soarer

jonnny68 wrote: »

sounds like a plan did they not ask any questions?

ill wait until my credit runs out before doing this, i assume you got to keep the same number without any hassle?

No questions asked.
I said it to one of the lads in the Meteor shop if they could just put the wife on it, and they said it's an automated thing once the number is ported over. So I said "so I have to go away and get another simcard, port over, then port back to yourselves, and she'll get the credit?", and he replied "I can't advise you what to do, but if you join Meteor from another network, you'll get the free credit". So I asked him for a PAYG sim, he started laughing, and I went away!
If someone on the phone did ask something, just tell them that it's the only way you could get free credit as they treat new customers better than existing customers!;)

You have to keep your number. That's the whole porting thing. Otherwise you're just joining, and there's no special offer. So bring your number to o2/voda/whoever, and then bring it back.

The guy on the phone did mention that it's only up until the 29th of this month or something, so I wouldn't wait around too long.

Oh yeah, you still get free Meteor talk & texts, but you have to sign up again ('cause you're a new customer!:D). Yer man did it on the phone for me, so I didn't have to send the text.

tinofapples

There was me thinking I was getting a great deal ordering a Galaxy S on Meteor online for initial price of €89 and €35 a month for 18 months on Bill Pay Connect 45 !!

Switching from O2 BTW.

Soarer

When did you order?

Do-more

jonnny68 wrote: »

Thing is though a lot of people (With Android phones,etc) download apps and when you have update for apps it uses bandwith, i updated 3 apps just now and it used 38.86 MB and i only get 50MB a day on PAYG.

Might be an idea to update your apps when connected to wifi rather than on your data connection.

jonnny68

Soarer wrote: »

No questions asked.
I said it to one of the lads in the Meteor shop if they could just put the wife on it, and they said it's an automated thing once the number is ported over. So I said "so I have to go away and get another simcard, port over, then port back to yourselves, and she'll get the credit?", and he replied "I can't advise you what to do, but if you join Meteor from another network, you'll get the free credit". So I asked him for a PAYG sim, he started laughing, and I went away!
If someone on the phone did ask something, just tell them that it's the only way you could get free credit as they treat new customers better than existing customers!;)

You have to keep your number. That's the whole porting thing. Otherwise you're just joining, and there's no special offer. So bring your number to o2/voda/whoever, and then bring it back.

The guy on the phone did mention that it's only up until the 29th of this month or something, so I wouldn't wait around too long.

Oh yeah, you still get free Meteor talk & texts, but you have to sign up again ('cause you're a new customer!:D). Yer man did it on the phone for me, so I didn't have to send the text.

haha deadly
I've just ordered a Meteor PAYG SIM online and a eMobile SIM as well just my luck i only topped up credit yesterday ive about €13 so ill have to use this ASAP and get cracking on this cheers for the heads up.:)

jonnny68

Do-more wrote: »

Might be an idea to update your apps when connected to wifi rather than on your data connection.

why didn't i think of that cheers for the heads up;)

Keith186

Thc4me do you know if its unlocked, does an o2 or vodafone sim work in it?

patmac

shblob wrote: »

1gb is a lot if you aren't downloading stuff..

Wouldn't it be better than nothing on Bill Pay? I would be afraid of an enormous Bill on 100 minutes and text.

Fresh Pots

Has anyone more info on which stores in dublin are doing the meteor offer? Would love to get a galaxy s.

tinofapples

Soarer wrote: »

When did you order?

Sunday ..... could still back out as nothing has been signed but probably not doing this deal in any store near me , it does seem to be limited stores.

thc4me

Well I signed up for unlimited data for 15 a month too (10 euro for 1gb) I'm not sure what unlimited actually entails but it's around 10gb which is nice considering you can turn the phone into a wireless hot spot from what I understand emobile is basically meteor. Not sure if it's unlocked I will try a tesco mobile sim in it in a while for you, BUT I do know (was told) a meteor sim will work on it as emobile and meteor are basically the same. Will get back to you on the sim asap.

Abelloid

Galaxy S is ridiculously easy to unlock anyway. Desire probably isn't locked.

Soarer

tinofapples wrote: »

Sunday ..... could still back out as nothing has been signed but probably not doing this deal in any store near me , it does seem to be limited stores.

Yeah, was gonna mention that you have the 7 day cooling off period when ordered online.

thc4me

Btw I told the guy I had seen a confused thread on here about a similar offer thats why I mentioned in the original post he said it was only in the franchise shops of which there are about 10 in the country, I didn't go as far as asking for a list though sorry phone number of bray is in the original post and they are very helpful guys.

Hogzy

God i hope this is in a cork store

antodeco

babo9 wrote: »

From the sounds of the thread yesterday it's only certain shops, don't know if it's in any of the Cork ones though, I'll check tomorrow but already bid on a galaxy on ebay so gota wait and see if I'm outbid :pac:

But if anyone knows about the shops in Cork?

The mallow one is a reseller the same as Longford, Bray, etc...

King Cantona

Any recommendations as to which phone is better? I will purchase one of these to replace the Wave that Carphone warehouse couldn't deliver.

Abelloid

King Cantona wrote: »

Any recommendations as to which phone is better? I will purchase one of these to replace the Wave that Carphone warehouse couldn't deliver.

That's a can of worms - pick one and you'll be very happy with it, but then ignore the other, don't compare.

babo9

antodeco wrote: »

The mallow one is a reseller the same as Longford, Bray, etc...

Yup, found that out earlier, now just gota hope I'm outbid on ebay

Allyall

That's an amazing deal, hope there's a shop near me..

For anyone that wants to see differences between the two phones.
(From Recombu.com)

thc4me

King Cantona wrote: »

Any recommendations as to which phone is better? I will purchase one of these to replace the Wave that Carphone warehouse couldn't deliver.

All I can say is I read a lot of reviews and comparisons and I couldn't be happier with my galaxy, the desire is an amazing phone too. As above poster said you won't be disappointed with either one. I can't get over how nice this galaxy is to use

edit: (re: the above comparison chart, the galaxy does have radio, and a larger 4 inch Amoled screen, the colours are very nice, and this is the 8 gb internal memory version)

Abelloid

Allyall wrote: »

That's an amazing deal, hope there's a shop near me..

For anyone that wants to see differences between the two phones.
(From Recombu.com)

I'd take those battery stats with a pinch of salt, and the Galaxy is probably the 8gig version.

Allyall

JustinOval wrote: »

I'd take those battery stats with a pinch of salt, and the Galaxy is probably the 8gig version.

It's the 16GB version.. But yeah, they are pretty much the same.

Abelloid

Allyall wrote: »

It's the 16GB version.. But yeah, they are pretty much the same.

Really? Cheers.

Tiriel

Do ye know which shops in Dublin are running the offer by any chance?

nowuckenfurries

Allyall wrote: »

That's an amazing deal, hope there's a shop near me..

For anyone that wants to see differences between the two phones.
(From Recombu.com)

My Galaxy S has a radio ...

Flimbos

Rang my local Emobile store in Blanchardstown and they confirmed that they are not running this offer... so just the independent stores.

But are there any others around Dublin that are closer than Bray?

Fresh Pots

Has anyone rang the carphone warehouse to see if they're running the offer?

dlm

Thank you so much OP! I was about to book a ticket to Belfast to get an Orange San Francisco when i saw this.

Rang the eMobile in town and they didnt know about this offer. Rang Bray and they were great. I popped down, got a new number (i may get my old number ported later, can i do that after buying?) and the Desire on the €14 p/m 18 month contract. It took 10 mins to get and the whole time I was there the phone was hopping and most calls were about this offer. I cant imagine stock will last long!

Btw the guy said there was only 8 or so shops in the country doing this offer.

Do-more

squared wrote: »

Has anyone rang the carphone warehouse to see if they're running the offer?