Free Iphone 4s

whiteshorts

Iphone 4s FREE in Three Dun Laoghaire, not sure if it's nationwide or not.
Only Stipulation is a 2 year contact on a monthly minimum charge of €25.41.
This includes unlimited Data, unlimited 3 to 3 calls and 100 flexi units
(1 Flexi unit = 2 text messages or 1 minutes call).
Lots of add-ons at €6.99 i.e. All Texts, unlimited landline calls to Ireland etc.

mcw92

Not a good deal at all imo. Much better phones out there for better value not to mention meter value plans on payg such as 3's 20euro a month offer, 48 or Tesco Mobile.

bidiots

whiteshorts wrote: »

Iphone 4s FREE in Three Dun Laoghaire, not sure if it's nationwide or not.
Only Stipulation is a 2 year contact on a monthly minimum charge of €25.41.
This includes unlimited Data, unlimited 3 to 3 calls and 100 flexi units
(1 Flexi unit = 2 text messages or 1 minutes call).
Lots of add-ons at €6.99 i.e. All Texts, unlimited landline calls to Ireland etc.

Definitely not a bargain.

mad muffin

Presumably it's the 8GB version (which is around 6GB user accessible).

No good for anything unless you don't need any apps or music on the phone.

If you take any photos (8MP is the only option) or video (1080P is the only option) you'll soon run out of memory.

BRYAN Is Ainm Dom

And the winner of the worst bargain of the year is!!!!!

same ol sh1te

whiteshorts wrote: »

Iphone 4s FREE in Three Dun Laoghaire, not sure if it's nationwide or not.
Only Stipulation is a 2 year contact on a monthly minimum charge of €25.41.
This includes unlimited Data, unlimited 3 to 3 calls and 100 flexi units
(1 Flexi unit = 2 text messages or 1 minutes call).
Lots of add-ons at €6.99 i.e. All Texts, unlimited landline calls to Ireland etc.

It's not free, you get a 2 year contract

Ilyushin76

snubbleste wrote: »

Where's the bargain?

Whiplashy

I can't believe there's still people that think you get a "free" phone on bill pay. I was working with a girl a couple years ago who got a "free" iphone from O2 with an 18 month contract of €80 per month, and she didn't even have unlimited calls etc. I was paying O2 €20 a month payg for unlimited calls and texts. She was constantly trying to convince me that I should sign up for the "free" iphone.

Barrel

Meteor are doing iphone 4s with ios7 8gb for "free" 24 months @ €31.20
400 other network mins 400 other network texts 1GB data Free Meteor calls & texts.

Please keep them coming as i'm looking for the best iphone deal too

lau1247

Barrel wrote: »

Meteor are doing iphone 4s with ios7 8gb for "free" 24 months @ €31.20
400 other network mins 400 other network texts 1GB data Free Meteor calls & texts.

Please keep them coming as i'm looking for the best iphone deal too

31.20 @ 24 months = 749 Eur

************

Sim free 4S 360 Eur

(http://www.expansys.ie/apple-iphone-4s-8gb-uk-white-255216/)

Sign up to Tesco Mobile 15Eur per month (For tesco clubcard members, non members 20Eur, there should be no reason not to be a clubcard member). Free calls to any network or landline. No free text but why need free text when you can call?? Data 1gb is 5Eur (deductable from the 15Eur [or 20 Eur]). total for 24 months at 15Eur = 360. Also keep in mind, there is no obligation to top up every months plus the remainder credit can be used.

Total = 720 (or less)

lau1247

forgot to say free text for tesco mobile to tesco mobile

Kristopherus

lau1247 wrote: »

31.20 @ 24 months = 749 Eur

************

Sim free 4S 360 Eur

(http://www.expansys.ie/apple-iphone-4s-8gb-uk-white-255216/)

Sign up to Tesco Mobile 15Eur per month (For tesco clubcard members, non members 20Eur, there should be no reason not to be a clubcard member). Free calls to any network or landline. No free text but why need free text when you can call?? Data 1gb is 5Eur (deductable from the 15Eur [or 20 Eur]). total for 24 months at 15Eur = 360. Also keep in mind, there is no obligation to top up every months plus the remainder credit can be used.

Total = 720 (or less)

With that Tesco deal you can buy unlimited texts for €10 of your €15 and the 5gb data with the remaining €5.:).

mcw92

Kristopherus wrote: »

With that Tesco deal you can buy unlimited texts for €10 of your €15 and the 5gb data with the remaining €5.:).

I think it's 1gb for 5€ or 5gb for 10€.

firestarter51

i signed up with 3 for an iphone 4 3 years ago 40 a month, never again,last year i picked up 2 x 3 month old iphone 5 quite cheap on adverts from people that get free upgrades and prefer the cash, sim only deals are great at the moment im getting same deal as my contract instead of 40 its 20 a month
free phone is a gimmick 40 x 24 months is 960

markad1

I wouldn't sign a 2 year contract for any phone or phone company service

Graham_B18C

Jaysus lads ease off, for 25 quid a month you're not going to get a 4s anywhere else. Who cares what your opinions are on contracts. Someone even pointed out a 4s is 360 euro new, you're going to end up paying about 600 quid on this deal. Where are you going to get a PAYG or monthly plan and phone for that? It's a perfect deal for a light user or first time smartphone user

Edit: just to add, I had a 3 phone a few years ago and you couldn't pay me to go back. It still isn't that bad. It's like a bloody lynch mob in here if some people don't like the offer

same ol sh1te

Graham_B18C wrote: »

It's a perfect deal for a light user or first time smartphone user

Not really, by the time the phone is paid for it's 4 year old technology and worth nothing :eek:
For a 2 year contract to make sense it would need to be for brand new tech

Graham_B18C

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Not really, by the time the phone is paid for it's 4 year old technology and worth nothing :eek:
For a 2 year contract to make sense it would need to be for brand new tech

Not everyone that has smartphones cares what they're worth at the end of the contract. I've had a few iPhones, a htc and now an S4 and I've never once sold a phone at the end. I'm quite into tech also so I know how much my phones are worth. They always go to my girlfriend or family. The type of people this will appeal to won't care what the phone is worth at the end of the contract either.

bennyc

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Not really, by the time the phone is paid for it's 4 year old technology and worth nothing :eek:
For a 2 year contract to make sense it would need to be for brand new tech

Apple stuff is always worth something , if you take any Apple device right now along with a similar or even better specked Andriod or Windows Device, go to sell all three in 18months and you will get more for the Apple device.
In two years you will still get a 100 for an Iphone 4 I reckon going by Iphone 3GS prices.

same ol sh1te

Regardless, there are much better deals out there for a 2 year contract, this one is not a bargain.

Only a fool would pay 100 for an iPhone 3GS

dodzy

Oh dear, OP. By now I'm sure you have seen the error of your ways.

A thread title like that, in a place like this! Dear God. A recipe for disaster......

GY A1

there's pro's and cons both ways, but 360 outright is still an awful lot money for a phone i think anyway

same ol sh1te

GY A1 wrote: »

there's pro's and cons both ways, but 360 outright is still an awful lot money for a phone i think anyway

Not if it was something new like a Nexus 5

bidiots

Graham_B18C wrote: »

Not everyone that has smartphones cares what they're worth at the end of the contract. I've had a few iPhones, a htc and now an S4 and I've never once sold a phone at the end. I'm quite into tech also so I know how much my phones are worth. They always go to my girlfriend or family. The type of people this will appeal to won't care what the phone is worth at the end of the contract either.

That's fair enough.
But for those that are not up to speed on technology or phone contracts, they need to know that this 'Free' phone is not a bargain.
Tying yourself into a 2 year contract should be rewarded with a much better phone and tariff options.

Johnny_Fontane

Graham_B18C wrote: »

Jaysus lads ease off, for 25 quid a month you're not going to get a 4s anywhere else. Who cares what your opinions are on contracts. Someone even pointed out a 4s is 360 euro new, you're going to end up paying about 600 quid on this deal. Where are you going to get a PAYG or monthly plan and phone for that? It's a perfect deal for a light user or first time smartphone user

Edit: just to add, I had a 3 phone a few years ago and you couldn't pay me to go back. It still isn't that bad. It's like a bloody lynch mob in here if some people don't like the offer

my wife got a 'free' 4s and is paying €18 per month from O2 last month.
low data (like 250mb) but its suits her perfectly. They dont normally offer 'free' phones at that level.

Lads need to give the op a break, some people cant afford to just go onto adverts and spend €250 (or alot more) on a phone and go sim free.

Johnny_Fontane

same ol sh1te wrote: »

Regardless, there are much better deals out there for a 2 year contract, this one is not a bargain.

Only a fool would pay 100 for an iPhone 3GS

i recently sold a first gen Ipad for €190. thing hasnt been getting updates for over 2 years.

You'd be amazed how foolish the apple fans can be.

Johnny_Fontane

bidiots wrote: »

That's fair enough.
But for those that are not up to speed on technology or phone contracts, they need to know that this 'Free' phone is not a bargain.
Tying yourself into a 2 year contract should be rewarded with a much better phone and tariff options.

pray, tell us those 'better' options. I'd love to see them.

drunkmonkey

Your wife is going to get Jockeyed, brace yourself.

bidiots

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

pray, tell us those 'better' options. I'd love to see them.

Tell you what, you are right. This is the best deal with the best tariff options available. Well done.

dodzy

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

i recently sold a first gen Ipad for €190. thing hasnt been getting updates for over 2 years.

You'd be amazed how foolish the apple fans can be.

So you gloat post of your iPad sale on a phone & contract thread? And you speak of foolish apple fan boys?

Go figure

TimeToShine

I got a HTC One for "free" on a 2 year contract @50 a month. I get 2GB of data and free calls and texts but I still regret it.

Just don't sign a contract with any phone companies. Ever. I learned (and am still learning) the hard way.

Graham_B18C

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Your wife is going to get Jockeyed, brace yourself.

Outta curiosity, why so? 18 quid a month is very cheap. Most people on payg pay more than that just on credit

beauf

dodzy wrote: »

So you gloat post of your iPad sale on a phone & contract thread? And you speak of foolish apple fan boys?

Go figure

In fairness hes pointing out that its an old phone that probably won't get new OS versions over the two years. He just did it badly.

A smart phone is only as good as its updates. If the Operator doesn't release updates you might be better buying an unbranded phone. You'll get updates quicker. O2 are brutal for not providing updates on phones unless they are the top models. Dunno what the other networks are like.

daytob

While I have absolute disgust and pure hatred for apple products as a whole, I have to say anyone signing up for a 2 year contract should take some time first and read the deals that are out there.

A lot of time friends of mine have been lured to sign another contract for the sweet words coming from the upgrade team, like a brand new htc desire to my uncle and he keeps the same amount of calls and texts 200 and 200 for just an extra €10 a month over 18 months he got the phone paid for but it was the fact the desire was a very old phone at that rate.
Granted not everyone does have the money to shell out on adverts or online but if they stopped and thought about it for a minute they would.

Another friend of mine got the 5s on 2 year contract for 55 pm. thats 1320 over the 2 years. :eek: check a free sim card from every supplier to see if you have a signal where you are, then work out how much it takes to buy the phone outright and you should have saved a pretty penny. I mean 9 months saving the 40 by going to tesco mobile she would have her phone paid for, give or take.

There is always going to be someone getting a better deal then the one you have, and the op thought they were letting someone know about it,which is what bargain alerts is about. but me personally I am going with my sim free phone that I can buy every year if i need and my tesco mobile 15 euro deal and still save more then the emobile eircom deal of 34.50 pm

beauf

For some people they can't afford the sim free price in one lump.

But I agree increasingly the bill pay prices of mobiles makes no sense.

Barrel

Barrel wrote: »

Meteor are doing iphone 4s with ios7 8gb for "free" 24 months @ €31.20
400 other network mins 400 other network texts 1GB data Free Meteor calls & texts.

Please keep them coming as i'm looking for the best iphone deal too

lau1247 wrote: »

31.20 @ 24 months = 749 Eur

************

Sim free 4S 360 Eur

(http://www.expansys.ie/apple-iphone-4s-8gb-uk-white-255216/)

Sign up to Tesco Mobile 15Eur per month (For tesco clubcard members, non members 20Eur, there should be no reason not to be a clubcard member). Free calls to any network or landline. No free text but why need free text when you can call?? Data 1gb is 5Eur (deductable from the 15Eur [or 20 Eur]). total for 24 months at 15Eur = 360. Also keep in mind, there is no obligation to top up every months plus the remainder credit can be used.

Total = 720 (or less)

Well done, you posted a link to a site for a iphone thats not in stock that has 34 reviews and 32 have turned into chinese even though usernames are in english (i wonder why?) and an upfront cost of €360 then sign up to tesco clubcard then get a tesco sim then add additional bundles to get texts and all for a saving of 0.29 cent a week for 2 years compared to the offer I put up

Nice one

Johnny_Fontane

dodzy wrote: »

So you gloat post of your iPad sale on a phone & contract thread? And you speak of foolish apple fan boys?

Go figure

it was in relation to someone paying €100 for a 3gs, if you read the initial post. I wasnt gloating, I was merely pointing out that when it comes to apple, people lose the run of themselves.

bennyc

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

it was in relation to someone paying €100 for a 3gs, if you read the initial post. I wasnt gloating, I was merely pointing out that when it comes to apple, people lose the run of themselves.

This is my point, get this deal sell the IPhone on Donedeal for 250 (you will get it) buy a Nexus 5 here for an extra 70euro, all of a sudden you have a Nexus 5 for 70e on a 25e a month all you can eat data bundle that dosent look to bad at all. For someone like me who only uses my three 20.33 a month deal to teather web access every day to 3 kids to keep off our crappy dsl connection this might be a good find.

drunkmonkey

Graham_B18C wrote: »

Outta curiosity, why so? 18 quid a month is very cheap. Most people on payg pay more than that just on credit

250mb of data per month on a smartphone, which in theory is capable of delivering 250mb in 20 seconds is going to catch her out at some stage.
iPhone also supports OTA updates, that'll hurt.

I'd be asking o2 to block data on that account and use WIFI only.

daytob

Barrel wrote: »

Well done, you posted a link to a site for a iphone thats not in stock that has 34 reviews and 32 have turned into chinese even though usernames are in english (i wonder why?) and an upfront cost of €360 then sign up to tesco clubcard then get a tesco sim then add additional bundles to get texts and all for a saving of 0.29 cent a week for 2 years compared to the offer I put up

Nice one

There is another tesco deal where it is 15 euros, unlimited calls, unlimted texts and 1gb of data if you are a clubcard customer. also if your quarterly cc voucher is over 5 euros that will allow you to convert it to 15 credit. meaning you can technically get 8 months free call credit and 15 x 16 = 240 over a 2 year period

Barrel

daytob wrote: »

There is another tesco deal where it is 15 euros, unlimited calls, unlimted texts and 1gb of data if you are a clubcard customer. also if your quarterly cc voucher is over 5 euros that will allow you to convert it to 15 credit. meaning you can technically get 8 months free call credit and 15 x 16 = 240 over a 2 year period

€15 credit x 24 = €360 + iphone €360 = €720 "the same as lau1247 price nearly"

I'd prefare not having to shop in Tesco for 2 years paying way ott prices compared to LIDL/ALDI to "save" on credit with a clubcard thanks

daytob

well each to their own i guess, but I posted how to only get the deal at 15 x 16 = 240 with the 8 months free ( 2 x 4 quarters of clubcard vouchers worth 5 euro ) and the lau1247 deal didnt include unlimited texts
I didnt know you dont want to shop in tesco. You asked for a better deal
when you change your number and buy the credit it adds up to your clubcard voucher

Barrel

daytob wrote: »

well each to their own i guess, but I posted how to only get the deal at 15 x 16 = 240 with the 8 months free ( 2 x 4 quarters of clubcard vouchers worth 5 euro )
I didnt know you dont want to shop in tesco. You asked for a better deal
when you change your number and buy the credit it adds up to your clubcard voucher

Why would I change where I shop for 2 years to get free* credit?

*free meaning paying tesco prices for 2 years to get it

daytob

change your number over 1000 clubcard points
every top up you get double club card points
all those should equate to your free 8 months in cc vouchers without spending a penny in tesco on anything else. or at least near enough
from the tesco mobile website
And we offer even better value by including Clubcard points for the following:

• Double Clubcard points for every € you top-up with Tesco, in store, on-line or via text. To receive double Clubcard points you will need to register your Clubcard with Tesco Mobile and swipe your Clubcard when you top-up.
• 1000 Clubcard points when you move your mobile number to Tesco Mobile Pay as you Go and top-up €10 or more for the first three months.

Barrel

daytob wrote: »

change your number over 1000 clubcard points
every top up you get double club card points
all those should equate to your free 8 months in cc vouchers without spending a penny in tesco on anything else.

Thats interesting, if we now had a link to a reputable iphone 4s seller we would be getting somewhere

Johnny_Fontane

drunkmonkey wrote: »

250mb of data per month on a smartphone, which in theory is capable of delivering 250mb in 20 seconds is going to catch her out at some stage.
iPhone also supports OTA updates, that'll hurt.

I'd be asking o2 to block data on that account and use WIFI only.

she used 31mb last month. Shes had 250mb data for 3 years and never gone over it. Some people just dont use data outside the house!

mcw92

Best deal for someone just looking for a cheap smarthphone is to buy an Moto G outright, only around 130-160 euro depending on whether 8gb or 16gb.
Now you will have one the best value smartphones around.
Now sign up to 48 months, and select a deal you would like, all payg.
10 euro for all texts, 300 mins, 60 landline mins and 1gb of data with tethering allowed.
20 euro for all calls and texts, 60 landline mins and 5gb data with tethering.

Total 2 year cost = 370-400.
With the extra of not being tied to a contract allowing you to move freely to any other networks.

lau1247

Barrel wrote: »

Well done, you posted a link to a site for a iphone thats not in stock that has 34 reviews and 32 have turned into chinese even though usernames are in english (i wonder why?) and an upfront cost of €360 then sign up to tesco clubcard then get a tesco sim then add additional bundles to get texts and all for a saving of 0.29 cent a week for 2 years compared to the offer I put up

Nice one

Expansys.ie is a legit site FYI. My cousin have bought stuff from them before. Google it yourself. When I click on it, it showed € 359.99 IE customers can expect shipment in 2 working days. Stock Expected In 2 Days. So I don't know what you mean by no stock.

It might work out just 29 cents per week, overall you are saving nearly 30 euros. Plus you are not obligated to top up every month if you don't want to. Don't forget assuming you top up religiously every month by 15Eur and use 5Eur for data, that is still 240Eur in credit left after the two years to use..

How is that not better than your deal?? Tell me, I'm genuinely interested.. They way I see it, the only good thing from your deal is the 400 text, other than that it is in every way more expensive.

regarding text, as I said, you have free calls so there really is no need to do text (Each to their own)

If you insists on paying more, the be my guest (For your sake if you are signing up please just take 5 mins and think about it)

lau1247

Barrel wrote: »

€15 credit x 24 = €360 + iphone €360 = €720 "the same as lau1247 price nearly"

I'd prefare not having to shop in Tesco for 2 years paying way ott prices compared to LIDL/ALDI to "save" on credit with a clubcard thanks

No one is forcing you to shop just to get the CC voucher.. it is a bonus if you already shop there.. Just use their mobile service..

Barrel

lau1247 wrote: »

Expansys.ie is a legit site FYI. My cousin have bought stuff from them before. Google it yourself. When I click on it, it showed € 359.99 IE customers can expect shipment in 2 working days. Stock Expected In 2 Days. So I don't know what you mean by no stock.

It might work out just 29 cents per week, overall you are saving nearly 30 euros. Plus you are not obligated to top up every month if you don't want to. Don't forget assuming you top up religiously every month by 15Eur and use 5Eur for data, that is still 240Eur in credit left after the two years to use..

How is that not better than your deal?? Tell me, I'm genuinely interested.. They way I see it, the only good thing from your deal is the 400 text, other than that it is in every way more expensive.

regarding text, as I said, you have free calls so there really is no need to do text (Each to their own)

If you insists on paying more, the be my guest (For your sake if you are signing up please just take 5 mins and think about it)

ok i googled Expansys and these came up top
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=80209013
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87090272
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=82331791
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=87061191


So you think paying €360 / €373.51 inc delivery upfront and jumping through many hoops is worth saving €1 per month, ok each to their own as you said

Barrel

lau1247 wrote: »

No one is forcing you to shop just to get the CC voucher.. it is a bonus if you already shop there.. Just use their mobile service..

Who said i was being forced?