Lumia 820 no contract €150

leptonite

Just ordered one. Proper windows phone reduced from over €400 to €150

Boards wont allow my hyperlink, something about a new user, anyway just look for lumia 820 on CPW

http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/Product/strong-nokia-stronglumia-820-black/239147/1.3

ptyloch

leptonite wrote: »

Just ordered one. Proper windows phone reduced from over €400 to €150

Boards wont allow my hyperlink, something about a new user, anyway just look for lumia 820 on CPW

Is it unlocked?
Got caught with the Lumia 520, bought it for 50e and was quoted 35 to unlock. Seemingly Windows phones are expensive to unlock.

balfe1990

ptyloch wrote: »

Is it unlocked?
Got caught with the Lumia 520, bought it for 50e and was quoted 35 to unlock. Seemingly Windows phones are expensive to unlock.

I think Carphone warehouse handsets are generally unlocked, but I'd double check before you make the plunge.

Very capable phone for the price. Screen res isn't the best, but its great value for the specs otherwise, and it'll be getting all forthcoming updates too.

balfe1990

It could be a mistake. The promo ad on the main page says 149.99


But the product page says 249.99.

See attached.

Kristopherus

balfe1990 wrote: »

It could be a mistake. The promo ad on the main page says 149.99


But the product page says 249.99.

See attached.

The yellow one is €249.99, the black one is €149.99

leptonite

The 820 yellow from O2 is 249, the 820 black from vodafone is 149

leptonite

Its a Vodafone deal so may be locked.

kn

Definitely Vodafone so it is locked. You can of course get it unlocked!

ptyloch

there's one seller on ebay offering unlock codes for this model, for vodafone network @ €24.99

punisher5112

I have the lumia 800.
Would this be much of a upgrade ?

Heraldoffreeent

According to GSM arena this is a 4g phone, But I was under the impression it was only 3g?

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_lumia_820-4968.ph

sapphade

I had one before i upgraded and mine was 4g . I got about 47 megs in some parts of dublin.

Davy

punisher5112 wrote: »

I have the lumia 800.
Would this be much of a upgrade ?

Its worth it imo, few extra bits plus cyan software

balfe1990

punisher5112 wrote: »

I have the lumia 800.
Would this be much of a upgrade ?

Big jump.

Windows Phone 7 (Lumia 800 etc.) is obsolete.

Problem I had with this phone was the memory....or lack of it. I'm not a big app user and had minimal photos, no music/vids etc and the phone was constantly running out of space.
Google about the "other" file storage memory problems.

I changed to a 920 and it's a big improvement (but you'd expect that with a higher spec).

beauf

The 820 has a memory slot and 1GB of ram. So that shouldn't have been an issue. Biggest issue would be small battery and heavy weight. Also dunno how long it will have updates. I would consider one over my 520 which I can't see in sunlight at all.

balfe1990

TheTorment wrote: »

Problem I had with this phone was the memory....or lack of it. I'm not a big app user and had minimal photos, no music/vids etc and the phone was constantly running out of space.
Google about the "other" file storage memory problems.

I changed to a 920 and it's a big improvement (but you'd expect that with a higher spec).

There's an SD card and with 8.1, you can put anything on it; apps, music, files etc.

It also fixed the "other" issue.

punisher5112

Got an email saying order cancelled.

Kristopherus

punisher5112 wrote: »

Got an email saying order cancelled.

Marked as "Discontinued" on expansys.ie and .co.uk. Wonder has it gone?

leptonite

Fyi
Mine arrived today, unusual piece of white tape sealing the box, wrinkled cellophane covering the phone

Phone is DOA

called customer care and was told to bring it to local retail shop - will do tomorrow but I doubt theyll have a replacement, am expecting to be leaving with money back and no phone unfortunately

Sometimes a bargain is too good to be true

Simi

balfe1990 wrote: »

There's an SD card and with 8.1, you can put anything on it; apps, music, files etc.

It also fixed the "other" issue.

Yeah an SD card is essential for this phone. All my sister had on hers was photos & her memory was completely filled over time by 'other' files.

Nice enough phone for the money. Bit on the heavy side for a relatively small phone, but overall it's pretty good. Get a cover though. My sister dropped hers once & the screen completely shattered, the corners are weak points.