Nokia Lumia 625 €99.99 in Carphone Warehouse with Meteor

Asdfghjkl987

It's a decent enough phone...

Picked one up today. It's great for the price

Also got a 3 months membership for Xbox Live. Won't be using it though.

Sorry, I can't add a link as I am a new user but if you just look up Carphone Warehouse it should come up on the home page.

yoyo

Moved from Comp & tech.

RobbingBandit

The Hunt is ON

Anonamoose

Worth a look

wilser

Oops

Davy

http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/Product/Strong-Nokia-strong-Lumia-625/238893/1_3

RobbingBandit

Gone online already by the looks of it, damn wish I had held out for one of these rather than the 520.

Asdfghjkl987

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Gone online already by the looks of it, damn wish I had held out for one of these rather than the 520.

It says out of stock on the website but it's only out of stock on the web store. It does not say stock levels that are in the shops

Asdfghjkl987

I must warn though, if your looking to protect it with a case the range is VERY limited. Looked everywhere and finally found a gel one in Meteor for €15.

unkel

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Gone online already by the looks of it, damn wish I had held out for one of these rather than the 520.

520 at €49.99 is better value than a 625 at €99.99 imho

There's really not all that much difference between them in useful specs. Same screen resolution, both just 512MB and 8GB and you probably wouldn't notice that the cpu in the 625 is a tiny bit faster. Battery time is the only significant plus on the 625

RobbingBandit

The screen is bigger would be the main draw for me. 520 is great btw, I will track one down tomorrow and sell my 520 I think.

Asdfghjkl987

Battery life is great! Only took about an hour to fully charge from nothing aswell!

KCAccidental

625 has a front facing camera as opposed to the 520 as well.

The new version of the 625, the 630 is just about to be released. no front facing cam on that either, but it does have windows phone 8.1 pre-installed. (I recommend anyone who buys the 625 or the 520 recently to manually update theirs. 8.1 really gives the phones a new lease of life)

Asdfghjkl987

KCAccidental wrote: »

625 has a front facing camera as opposed to the 520 as well.

The new version of the 625, the 630 is just about to be released. no front facing cam on that either, but it does have windows phone 8.1 pre-installed. (I recommend anyone who buys the 625 or the 520 recently to manually update theirs. 8.1 really gives the phones a new lease of life)

Do you know if Windows 8.1 has been released for manual update for 625 or the 520? I was keeping an eye on the check for update but maybe I'm missing something

KCAccidental

Asdfghjkl987 wrote: »

Do you know if Windows 8.1 has been released for manual update for 625 or the 520? I was keeping an eye on the check for update but maybe I'm missing something

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/how-to-install-windows-phone-8-1-and-cortana-on-any-wp8-device-221950.html

there you go. It's not officially released for Windows phone 8 phones yet so you have to use the developers preview.

bmm

520 is far better, lighter, reacts faster, just better.

For some reason the screens smudge so easily on these fones , so you find yourself wiping it constantly, especially outside with the glare. Smudgy screens are almost unviewable outside. These screens are supposed to be glass but they feel like plastic.

bidiots

I just set the brightness level to the max, does the job

Asdfghjkl987

bmm wrote: »

520 is far better, lighter, reacts faster, just better.

For some reason the screens smudge so easily on these fones , so you find yourself wiping it constantly, especially outside with the glare. Smudgy screens are almost unviewable outside. These screens are supposed to be glass but they feel like plastic.

I disagree. They both have a 512 MB ram.

The 625 is a bigger phone and although it's kinda heavy it's probably just because it's size.

The Lumia 625 has a lot of things the 520 lacks. Front facing camera, longer lasting battery,1080p video recording, 4G and LED flash for the back camera.

I agree that the screen smudges quite easily but I think it feels solid enough. And a quick rub will lift all the smudges straight off

Asdfghjkl987

Asdfghjkl987 wrote: »

there you go. It's not officially released for Windows phone 8 phones yet so you have to use the developers preview.

Thanks a lot for that! Installed it last night with no problems. It's a big improvement:)

beauf

They smudge because they don't have the Nokia clear black filter on the screen. Hides the smudges and makes the screen much easier to see in sunlight. The New 630 and the higher models have that.

Any one actually bought an unlock for one if these?

Unlocks for Lumia phones tend to be hard to find and pricey.

54kroc

There should be a few on eBay, as usual they are €20+.

beauf wrote: »

They smudge because they don't have the Nokia clear black filter on the screen. Hides the smudges and makes the screen much easier to see in sunlight. The New 630 and the higher models have that.

Any one actually bought an unlock for one if these?

Unlocks for Lumia phones tend to be hard to find and pricey.

murphy05

Anyone have problems with connecting to WiFi with the 625?

beauf

Its not an old Eircom router.is it

check you don't have a space at the end of the password

murphy05

beauf wrote: »

Its not an old Eircom router.is it

check you don't have a space at the end of the password

Yes, it about 7 years old. Time to change it?

soirish

what colours are available?

Asdfghjkl987

soirish wrote: »

what colours are available?

Just black but you can change the colour of the back with the interchangeable covers. Can't find anywhere that sells them though

Kristopherus

Asdfghjkl987 wrote: »

Just black but you can change the colour of the back with the interchangeable covers. Can't find anywhere that sells them though

Amazon.fr sells covers.

POKERKING

beauf wrote: »

Its not an old Eircom router.is it

check you don't have a space at the end of the password

What do you mean by this? I can't get my 520 to connect to my eircom which is around 5 years old, says password is wrong but have connected to all other devices with same password,

Thanks

beauf

I notice some people cut and paste the password, and grab an extra space at the end.

The Eircom router is a different thing. The older ones seem to have a problem with the Lumia's. See here.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85788451

scudodave

Picked one up, asked the sales assistant if they were locked,she checked, vf locked meteor unlocked. Got it on meteor and is indeed unlocked and no meteor branding.
Very nice phone. Windows takes a bit of getting used to.

Farmer

beauf wrote: »

I notice some people cut and paste the password, and grab an extra space at the end.

The Eircom router is a different thing. The older ones seem to have a problem with the Lumia's. See here.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=85788451

from Nokia forum set to 802.11g only

http://discussions.nokia.com/discussions/attachments/discussions/Nokia_with_Windows_Phone/48091/1/motorola-settings.JPG

ardle1

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Gone online already by the looks of it, damn wish I had held out for one of these rather than the 520.

Ahhhhhhh c'mon, you can't beat the 520! I love it.........

beauf

scudodave wrote: »

Picked one up, asked the sales assistant if they were locked,she checked, vf locked meteor unlocked. Got it on meteor and is indeed unlocked and no meteor branding.
Very nice phone. Windows takes a bit of getting used to.

Did you try a non meteor Sim in it?

scudodave

Working away fine on o2 sim,liking it more every day. Also came with 3 months xbox 360,whatever that is.

Tinie

scudodave wrote: »

Working away fine on o2 sim,liking it more every day. Also came with 3 months xbox 360,whatever that is.

That's an added bonus for sure, the fact that its unlocked.

That's a three month subscription for Xbox live, I'll take it off your hands if you have no use for it :pac:

beauf

Cheers.

balfe1990

Friend of mine got this but got a €35 euro app store voucher and five free games. He didn't mention the Xbox Live thing

cassette50

balfe1990 wrote: »

Friend of mine got this but got a €35 euro app store voucher and five free games. He didn't mention the Xbox Live thing

You get both.

Tinie

cassette50 wrote: »

You get both.

Do you get the voucher for the app store off Carphone warehouse or is it for every new windows phone bought?

Digitalism

To the people who bought it on this offer from cpw, was the phone unlocked?

cassette50

Digitalism wrote: »

To the people who bought it on this offer from cpw, was the phone unlocked?

I bought the Meteor version based on an earlier post here - which stated it was unlocked with Meteor. I can confirm that it is unlocked.

cassette50

Tinie wrote: »

Do you get the voucher for the app store off Carphone warehouse or is it for every new windows phone bought?

It comes in the box - it's a leaflet with instructions on how to redeem it.

balfe1990

cassette50 wrote: »

You get both.

Wow, cracking good deal so.

NATLOR

Could be mistaken but i think meteor phones lock to whatever sim you use first that was the case with the Moto G they sell

September1

If you install "Preview for Developers" app and register as dev they will allow you to upgrade to 8.1 - it has plenty of improvements.

I checked and it does not have simlock activated on first sim, I was able to use my French sim as well.

ChoppersX

I got this phone today for Vodafone and nothing but instructions with the phone, do you register it somewhere for the app credit and 3 months Xbox live?

Tosty55

I read online that the screen quality was bad and all but today I had a look at the phone in-store and I can say, from a person coming from a SuperAMOLED 230ppi screen, that it is beautiful.

Bottom line is this is a great deal especially since it comes unlocked!

beauf

They probably meant outside sunlight legibility. It also shows every fingerprint. But inside that's not really an issue.

It great value though, more if unlocked. The next step up would be a a Moto G but thats a bit more expensive.

0lddog

beauf wrote: »

.........
It great value though, more if unlocked. The next step up would be a a Moto G but thats a bit more expensive.

'Meteor' unit ex CPW is unlocked

Does the present Moto G support LTE ?

Its an Uber bargin ( shame about the lack of useful apps )

peckerhead

0lddog wrote: »

Does the present Moto G support LTE ?

It does now. But I reckon the new model, when it reaches Ireland (or the UK), will cost a heck of a lot more than €99.99.

Now trying to figure out why I really need a Windows phone as well as a 'droid...

Berberis

I am on Vodafone PAYG, but if I buy the unlocked one through meteor to use with my vodafone sim card, do I need to have a meteor PAYg account