Sony Z3 €439 SIM FREE

drunkmonkey

Great bargin on one of the most well rounder smartphone, waterproof, 2 day battery and 20mp camera..

Cant be many http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2923855/Trail/searchtext%3ESONY+Z3.htm

long_b

A few online , several shops to available to order

http://www.checkargos.com/StockCheckPage.php?productId=292%2F3855

mytime

Was looking on argos site and there's a banner add for 10% off phones laptops if you quote tech10 at the till

Just read it again it has to be €499 or more

cruhoortwunk

Argos giftcards available in Tesco.
So you could theoretically use 9 x aldi vouchers to get €450 worth giftcard for €360. Pay for this and have €20 spare argos credit, so €340 for the phone. (left with €20 credit to use though)

Niemoj

Great phone for the price.

drunkmonkey

Will Tesco give you gift vouchers for argos in exchange for aldi vouchers? Have you tested this cunning plan before?

cruhoortwunk

LG G3 seems like good value for €350 too:
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2782340.htm

cruhoortwunk

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Will Tesco give you gift vouchers for argos in exchange for aldi vouchers? Have you tested this cunning plan before?

Did it before for Ticketmaster giftcards anyway. Worked in the one on Parnell St around Chritmas

foxy06

Have this phone and hate it. Had s4 before it and other than the camera it is miles behind. Tends to shut off randomly, often can't connect to WiFi when other phones can without issue. Would swap it for an s5 any day

Wang King

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

LG G3 seems like good value for €350 too:
http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/2782340.htm

That's a better spot, superior phone imo

drunkmonkey

foxy06 wrote: »

Have this phone and hate it. Had s4 before it and other than the camera it is miles behind. Tends to shut off randomly, often can't connect to WiFi when other phones can without issue. Would swap it for an s5 any day

Shouldn't be doing that I had no problem with mine bar it was stolen...send it off for repair for the powering off problem...if the wifi problem was everywhere put down that problem as well..if its only in 1 location change your wifi chanell..

purplecow1977

Love my z3. no issues with it. It cost 449 with Vodafone last March.

Edited to add: Apologies, mine is the Z3 compact!

Yamanoto

Had issues with a different Xperia handset under warranty a couple of years ago & found Sony's repair & returns process both arduous and exasperating.

Really turned me off the brand tbh.

Mechanical Clocktail

If I reserve this for pick-up and the price changes in the meantime will I still get the discounted price? Considering a new phone for a while. I was all about the M8 vs the S5 but then looked at this and I actually think this looks like the best of the three.

jimmynokia

Clove UK have the G3 cheaper than Argos.. The Z3 is still overpriced imo, I'd go with G3 have them both and the G3 is better imo.

Mechanical Clocktail

jimmynokia wrote: »

Clove UK have the G3 cheaper than Argos.. The Z3 is still overpriced imo, I'd go with G3 have them both and the G3 is better imo.

I get fatigued having to compare all these handsets. It puts me off buying altogether.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

jimmynokia wrote: »

Clove UK have the G3 cheaper than Argos.. The Z3 is still overpriced imo, I'd go with G3 have them both and the G3 is better imo.

LG G3

Argos: €349.95
Clove UK: £291.40 incl. postage costs - €419.83

drunkmonkey

jimmynokia wrote: »

Clove UK have the G3 cheaper than Argos.. The Z3 is still overpriced imo, I'd go with G3 have them both and the G3 is better imo.

If your going down that road you'd have to consider the moto x bamboo, which is cheaper than both of them. When all is said and done though only 1 of them can get you a full day of flat out usage and survive the ice bucket challenge. Z3 FTW!!

jimmynokia

Techmaster wrote: »

LG G3

Argos: €349.95
Clove UK: £291.40 incl. postage costs - €419.83

271.00 GBP = 390.391 EUR

My bad forgot the VAT price to be added there :mad::eek:

drunkmonkey

jimmynokia wrote: »

271.00 GBP = 390.391 EUR

My bad forgot the VAT price to be added there :mad::eek:

Its 316 on amazon spain and probably max €9 delivery charge, moto x bamboo is 349 on amazon germany

onlyTobes

Few mates at work have Z2's & Z3's/compacts, all v happy.
Personally sick of my iphone at this stage, so restrictive. How is the reliability of Android vs iOS these days?

Mechanical Clocktail

I reserved it, so no purchase made yet but more than likely I'll pick it up. It looks like best quality all around. I like that it doesn't have a bunch of fanatics like the HTC or Samsung. You get too much bias in opinion when people get too into a certain brand.

slave1

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Will Tesco give you gift vouchers for argos in exchange for aldi vouchers? Have you tested this cunning plan before?

Did this at XMas no probs but point blankly refused yesterday when getting 50 worth of Argos vouchers, told that gift cards are excluded...

cruhoortwunk

slave1 wrote: »

Did this at XMas no probs but point blankly refused yesterday when getting 50 worth of Argos vouchers, told that gift cards are excluded...

I got the same just now in Merrion row Tesco. So looks like that door has been closed

drunkmonkey

Don't know what i was doing earlier but if anyone needs a reservation number for kilkenny or killarney pm me...just running updates on mine now...dont forget to put on the included screensaver the second you take off the plastic to avoid any dust and perfect fit...

jimmynokia

Mechanical Clocktail wrote: »

I reserved it, so no purchase made yet but more than likely I'll pick it up. It looks like best quality all around. I like that it doesn't have a bunch of fanatics like the HTC or Samsung. You get too much bias in opinion when people get too into a certain brand.

You will always get fanboyism on any forum ,Alone my name gives away something I was long known for but that changed and now I use nearly every device on the market,currently using a Z3 plus myself.... and I was never a Sony fan the Z3 is nice though but dont believe the waterproofing stories..

bidiots

my problem with the z3 is the glass front and back. its a beautiful device but slippy as hell.
I had the plus but got rid because it really needs a case.
I abhor this phenomenon of buying beautiful pieces of Technology and protectively wrapping them in cases and tempered screen protectors. it seems pointless to me, buying them then hiding them....
Any phone I buy now is cheap and can buy new cases if I scratch or break them, thus my current Lumina :0)

jimmynokia

There is nice clear gel cases on Amazon which I got and tempered glass screen protection, both work well together.
My case for mine is a smoked case looks good doesn't hide phone so much.

drunkmonkey

Jimmy whats the story with the z3+ and crashing because of the processor...was going to get it but all the reviews said this was a serious problem..

jimmynokia

The 810 processor, but I've no issues so far, there is a patch on the way. I'm not one to record videos much but tried it for 5 mins and just got slightly warm as expected, other than that it's been good.

Tar.Aldarion

The Z range is class, miss my one, Much better than my current moto G 2nd gen.

Redsoxfan

Only issue I have had with my Z3 is that it bends... But that's an issue with any larger smartphone IMHO. Battery life is great. I find the Ringke Fusion case fine.

The Z3 is 4G, the Argos spec doesn't mention 4G for the LG?

Balmed Out

Mine got a cracked screen while playing Sudoku, apparently issue was raised on some UK consumer show too.

N64

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Only issue I have had with my Z3 is that it bends... But that's an issue with any larger smartphone IMHO. Battery life is great. I find the Ringke Fusion case fine.

The Z3 is 4G, the Argos spec doesn't mention 4G for the LG?

G3 is 4G, yeah

jimmynokia

N64 wrote: »

G3 is 4G, yeah

I would check its not an SEA version

Network and connectivity:
Wi-Fi and 3G network capability.
Micro SIM card.
Wi-Fi connectivity.
Bluetooth.

kiddums

Does anyone know if these phones are unlocked, or do they lock to the first network that is used in them?

jimmynokia

They are unlocked and don't lock to first sim.

kiddums

Thanks. Argos UK lock to the first network used, I was hoping this wouldn't be the same.

Its out of stock now. It was "Can be ordered".

cruhoortwunk

The LG G3 is mostly out of stock too apart from a few scattered around the country

Niemoj

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Will Tesco give you gift vouchers for argos in exchange for aldi vouchers? Have you tested this cunning plan before?

I really hope this will work, may ring up Tesco Carlow and see will they allow it.

drunkmonkey

slave1 wrote: »

Did this at XMas no probs but point blankly refused yesterday when getting 50 worth of Argos vouchers, told that gift cards are excluded...

Niemoj wrote: »

I really hope this will work, may ring up Tesco Carlow and see will they allow it.

There'll be a rush to carlow if it does

cruhoortwunk

drunkmonkey wrote: »

There'll be a rush to carlow if it does

We'll ring around every Tesco in Ireland for a staff member that isnt aware of the new instructions from head office. I have a load of aldi vouchers here, just waiting to be used. And my argos reservation is holding the Z3 til Saturday.

cruhoortwunk

Potentially a good trick on the aldi voucher thread. Use aldi voucher in tesco to get €50 of tesco vouchers. Then come back in and buy €50 argos giftcards with them.
I'll try this later on

The lips

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Potentially a good trick on the aldi voucher thread. Use aldi voucher in tesco to get €50 of tesco vouchers. Then come back in and buy €50 argos giftcards with them.
I'll try this later on

It takes 3 working days for the argos gift cards to become valid one there system.

Call argos customer service and ask them to extend your reservation, or they have done it in store for me before.

The_Mask

Which Aldi voucher do we use?

The_Mask

I have been using the Sony Z1 the last 2 years, still a great phone specs wise, my 14mp camera hasn't been out of the press since I got my phone

cruhoortwunk

Tried to buy Tesco giftcard with Aldi voucher in Tesco on Talbot st, didnt work. SO I have a Z3 in Nutgrove if anyone wants the code