Cheapest 6230 out there?

Random

Hiya

I'm looking for a 6230 (brand new, warrenty intact etc) and I'm trying to find the cheapest place to buy it.

Currently I've got the following prices, if anyone knows any better could you post and lemme know?

E300 - http://www.mphone.co.uk/acatalog/6230_sim_free.html, sim-free, plus delivery costs, warrenty?
E349 - Meteor Prepaid - http://www.meteor.ie/makethemove/nokia_6230.html
E379 - 3G Shop, sim-free
E559 - 3G Shop, O2 Contact, E79 for phone, E40 pm rental x 12 months




I should also mention that I currently have a Voda Prepaid sim.

Meteor have them for €349 on prepaid, which you could then unlock, but I don't know if the software is branded or not.

EDIT: I've heard reports that Meteor don't even lock their high-end Nokia phones!

Random

Cheers for that, I've added it to the list in my first post. I didn't realise they could be gotten on Prepaid at all.

Random

Any reductions on these prices? Any sales or bargains anywhere on them?

weebrat

I got my 6230 for 49euro just before Christmas, you had to sign up for O2 twenty+ contract (45euro/month). From Carphone Warehouse. They were advertising it for 99 but selling it for 49 bizarrely. Usually the other way around!

lomb

planetmicro

Random

weebrat - that works out at ((40 x 12) + 50)... that works out more then simfree in a year mate Thanks though


lomb - planetmicro? ?

Bill_N

€335 at phonesonline

Mr-X

dont forget meteor comes with 80e worth of credit

lomb

http://www.blueunplugged.com/Products/Sim_Free_Nokia_6230_Mobile_Phone__Graphite.aspx?ptnrSrc=2

Bill_N

Mr-X wrote: dont forget meteor comes with 80e worth of credit

But ciaranfo is on Vodafone which means it'll be locked to Meteor

Random

Apparently Meteor high-end phones come unlocked Bill_N. But you're right, the E80 would be useless to me as I'm putting my Voda sim into it.

As it happens, I've managed to come to a deal with someone anyway.

Cheers for the advice and comments

jesus_thats_gre

www.mobilerepair.de

digitaldr

Got my 6230 free from O2 on saturday when I ported over from vodafone. I'm on their €45/month plan which includes one free add-on. They also gave me €40 extra call credit for the first 3 months, a car charger and a bluetooth headset!

The bad news is that the offer is now over.

Pythia

weebrat wrote:

I got my 6230 for 49euro just before Christmas, you had to sign up for O2 twenty+ contract (45euro/month). From Carphone Warehouse. They were advertising it for 99 but selling it for 49 bizarrely. Usually the other way around!

O2 wouldn't let CPW advertise it for less than e99. We get that quite a bit from O2. But once you're inside you can avail of the proper CPW prices. They also don't like CPW advertising free phones. Vodafone aren't so picky.
Yeah CPW were 'selling' the 6230 free on an O2 FTC to 20+ on Saturday and Sunday only. It wasn't advertised as it was a spur of the moment thing so not many people knew about it.

Guy:Incognito

apparently its on ready to go now for €299 with €80 credit.

v10

Stekelly wrote:

apparently its on ready to go now for €299 with €80 credit.

Yes Ste beat me to it. €299 Ready to Go (€10 credit per month for 8 months included)

Guy:Incognito

v10 wrote:

Yes Ste beat me to it. €299 Ready to Go (€10 credit per month for 8 months included)

Are vodafone changing this for all rtg phones? I much prefer the €80 all in one go.

KillerShamrock

Dont bother gettin the 6230. wait about a month or so and get the 6230i which was just announced by nokia yesterday.

lawhec

Orange UK did have 6230s on their pay as you go tarrif on their online shop for £169 ~ €245-250 though they are out of stock at the moment. Dont' know if they would ship to the Republic though.

sailorboy

there couldnt be much more features on the i model the fone has a lot on it already
mabye its got a bigger internal memory/ do you have a link

KillerShamrock

Eh www.nokia.com It has more internal memory a 1.3 mega pixel camera and a screen with higher resolution it should be out by the end of the month for about €400.
or wait for one of the 2 new SE phones they will have 2 megapixel cameras and much more. www.sonyericsson.com

Guy:Incognito

Northern Correspondent wrote:

Orange UK did have 6230s on their pay as you go tarrif on their online shop for £169 ~ €245-250 though they are out of stock at the moment. Dont' know if they would ship to the Republic though.

Thats pointless, you may as well pay an extra €50 and get it on Vodafone payg here with €80 of useable credit.

Random

The 6230i also seems to have a USB connection (from the way I read it I'd imagine a mini-USB) which would be a dam nice feature...

lawhec

Stekelly wrote:

Thats pointless, you may as well pay an extra €50 and get it on Vodafone payg here with €80 of useable credit.

Not necessarily pointless, I'm just relaying the price for what it is if you're thinking of upgrading the handset and keep your own sim. 6230s are easy enough to unlock with the right calculator.

Incidently "The Link" also have it for £169 on Orange in the UK but since they don't deliver outside of the UK, that is pointless!

optiplexgx270

the new 6230i is out soon so buying a 6230 might be a waste of money check out its new features here http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,8764,69498,00.html

optiplexgx270

not true you still need the dku-2 cable i think the cable will now be plug and play you can see the pics of the phone in the above link

Faltermyer

ciaranfo wrote:

Apparently Meteor high-end phones come unlocked Bill_N. But you're right, the E80 would be useless to me as I'm putting my Voda sim into it.

In the past this was true, but in the past year, you will be very lucky to find one not locked.

Meteor do not brand firmware in general. The worst ive seen is just the Meteor tune on start-up which can easily be replaced/disabled on most phones.

I would never buy a Vodafone phone, purely due to the branding. I have an Orange T610 myself which has some branding, but does not change the majority of menu functions - I have tried using a Voda T610 and felt like smashing it within 30seconds of using it!

Snake Plisken

Damn,

I just bought a 6230 in Madrid for 299 last week and now I find out there is a new 6230i coming out :mad: anyway I'm happy enough with the phone, was tempted to change brands but always liked the nokia operating system

Snake

litirspam

optiplexgx270 wrote:

the new 6230i is out soon so buying a 6230 might be a waste of money check out its new features here http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,8764,69498,00.html

Anyone know when this hits the shops?

optiplexgx270

i signed up to the product update feature in expansys to be told when it comes into stock i recon that will be when they hit the shops http://www.expansys.ie/product.asp?code=119374 (release updates textbox and press enter)

cupthehand

Its out Monday April 11th at a bargain £250 suprisingly cheap me thinks!!But how bad I have one pre-ordered from Livetelecom

ianomccabe

just on the meteor phones, my girlfriend bought me a 6230 for my birthday. It was unlocked and unbranded with 80quids worth of credit and a new sim(which i didn't need)
was 349 then which is a few months ago now

litirspam

cupthehand wrote:

Its out Monday April 11th at a bargain £250 suprisingly cheap me thinks!!But how bad I have one pre-ordered from Livetelecom

Out where?

cupthehand

Out here.....


http://www.livetelecom.com/

litirspam

cupthehand wrote:

Out here.....


http://www.livetelecom.com/

Oh there!

Bill_N

It's out already Here

bid

the 6230 is free with carphone warehouse when you sign over to meteor

litirspam

bid wrote:

the 6230 is free with carphone warehouse when you sign over to meteor

Do they do the 6230i yet do you know?
Also do you have to go with a certain plan?
Thanks

theothernt

Hi,

It's due for release on April 11th - so no, it's not out yet. And even when it is released, I won't appear in phone shops over here for a while.

- Neil

Random

Wish I'd held out and got this one