Vodafone Smart - Android - €40 (+ €22.50 cashback till June 27th)

kkelly77 · 17-06-2011 6:47pm

I'd be interested to hear the reviews of those that ordered one. Keep us informed on your purchase please.

spongbob · 17-06-2011 6:47pm

biebiebie wrote: »

What free SIM can I get my hands on easily so I get the €20 porting off?

Tried to order O2 sim online, but the .Net system barfs up an error when I fill out the order form.

Honestly, have they all sacked their testing departments lately??

you could pick up a tesco sim from any of the stores nationwide for just 2.50

Snaggerman · 17-06-2011 6:55pm

melekalikimaka wrote: »

2gb it seems

Mine came earlier today, 1gb card installed.

Can't give any reviews on the phone yet tho, surprise pressie for son!

smackyB · 17-06-2011 7:46pm

spongbob wrote: »

you could pick up a tesco sim from any of the stores nationwide for just 2.50

Just go into any o2 store and ask for a free sim pack. I grabbed one from the o2 on grafton st for this offer. Looking forward to receiving!

yosser hughes · 17-06-2011 8:11pm

kkelly77 wrote: »

I'd be interested to hear the reviews of those that ordered one. Keep us informed on your purchase please.

I got one of these last week. My first smartphone. For the price I think it's great.I'm not big in to phones and all that but I played around with the apps etc. and I'm really impressed.I needed a new phone anyway so this is grand just to use as a normal phone. There is no point in comparing it to phones ten times the price.
With regard the battery,if you turn off the blue tooth and wi-fi etc then the battery lasts much longer.
I'm happy with it anyway.

raveni · 17-06-2011 8:14pm

Zardoz wrote: »

I'm with Vodafone home and use online billing,I suppose I wont get any vouchers.

You could ring them up, see if they'd send one out, I'm sure you'd be just as entitled to it.
Interestingly I hadn't realised the voucher was only meant for people moving to vodafone...my Mother has a vodafone number yet she managed to get the discount so either somebody wasn't doing their job or they're letting that slip...

Daniel S · 17-06-2011 9:08pm

So how do we buy these online? I use online billing also, so no vouchers for me I guess?

Can someone just tell us how to get it cheap?

eamon234 · 18-06-2011 10:09am

melekalikimaka wrote: »

2gb it seems

No, it's 1gb I've had one for about 2 weeks

biebiebie · 18-06-2011 1:37pm

spongbob wrote: »

you could pick up a tesco sim from any of the stores nationwide for just 2.50

Cheers Spongbob, that did the trick.
Cheers OP, ordered one in White. Fantastic price for a backup (or even main!) smartphone.

Daniel S · 18-06-2011 2:28pm

So has anyone managed to buy one online that is with Vodafone At Home broadband?

biebiebie · 18-06-2011 4:37pm

mtb_kng wrote: »

So has anyone managed to buy one online that is with Vodafone At Home broadband?

Tried, but failed. Used Tesco SIM I bought this morning for €2.50

Daniel S · 18-06-2011 5:02pm

biebiebie wrote: »

Tried, but failed. Used Tesco SIM I bought this morning for €2.50

So how much did it end up costing you?

biebiebie · 18-06-2011 6:14pm

€40 + €2.50 as you then port the Tesco number when you're buying the phone online.

However, sign up to fatcheese.ie, then click on the Vodafone link there, and buy the phone for €40. You'll then get €12.50 back later. Total cost €27.50 + €2.50 for Tesco sim card, so €30 all in.

Daniel S · 18-06-2011 7:04pm

zu wrote: »

available for 9.99 with voucher included in this month's Perlico bill

kaizersoze wrote: »

Got mine today. Nice little phone. Great value @ €20.:D

How did you get them at those prices? I'm with Vodafone at Home (Online billing) and I can't seem to get them?

witnessmenow · 18-06-2011 10:56pm

I got this unlocked today.

It costs €10, and is pretty easy.

Download this application

Buy 10 credits (my password got put in my spam folder on gmail BTW)

Plug the battery out of the phone.

Plug it back in (sometimes it turns on automatically, if it does just plug it out and in agian)

Power it up by holding the power button and the volume down button, keep them held down for like 20-30 seconds. The Egg timer should stay on screen

Plug it into your PC.

Follow the instructions here

Good Luck!

Richard Dower · 19-06-2011 6:36pm

eamon234 wrote: »

No, it's 1gb I've had one for about 2 weeks

Confirmed, 1GB micro SD...Transcend.

biebiebie · 19-06-2011 10:10pm

How stable is the phone? Any crashes or freezing?

Steviemoyne · 19-06-2011 11:20pm

I bought one of these and with the fatcheese link I got €22.50 back not the €12.50 people seem to be getting. I had trouble with the fatcheese link posted by witnessmenow and had to navigate through and find it on prepay myself.

Chose the porting option and ordered. Fatcheese cash back showed up a day later due to the problems they are currently experiencing.

But yes. I got €22.50 and not €12.50.

It was a present for someone, I've yet to pick up a sim and order one myself.

biebiebie · 20-06-2011 4:48am

Looks like I'm getting €22.50 back also. So thats €7.50 all in for an Android smartphone. Another €10 to unlock. Happy days!

Daniel S · 20-06-2011 7:42am

biebiebie wrote: »

Looks like I'm getting €22.50 back also. So thats €7.50 all in for an Android smartphone. Another €10 to unlock. Happy days!

Don't you mean €17.50?

mikesp · 20-06-2011 9:19am

Stupid question: do they sell Tesco SIMs at any Tesco?

darth_maul · 20-06-2011 10:08am

Vodafone website has to be the worst ever, always get errors, can't login to track order produces an error, Can't login to my VAH account to look for discounts, even though I can login to view my bill.
even tried to post feedback on the website and this is what i get

Sorry, an error has occurred, please try later (SH-FB-04).

Zardoz · 20-06-2011 12:23pm

darth_maul wrote: »

Vodafone website has to be the worst ever, always get errors, can't login to track order produces an error, Can't login to my VAH account to look for discounts, even though I can login to view my bill.
even tried to post feedback on the website and this is what i get

Its an appalling website allright.
Ironic that a telecommunications company has such a bad website.

Eoinite · 20-06-2011 12:30pm

mikesp wrote: »

Stupid question: do they sell Tesco SIMs at any Tesco?

Could try going for a free SIM with O2 or Meteor?

https://sim1.o2online-media.ie/SimOrderDetail.aspx
http://www.meteor.ie/plans/pay_as_you_go/free_sim_card/get_new_number/

smackyB · 20-06-2011 12:42pm

Received mine today, great little phone. Not a huge amount of bloatware on the phone and they've kept the wifi hotspot functionality which was a nice surprise. All in all, a fantastic phone for the price.

This has to be one of the BAs of the year so far!

Morbid.Angel · 20-06-2011 12:58pm

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Daniel S · 20-06-2011 1:20pm

If I go down to the Vodafone store, will they give me €50 off this phone because I'm a Vodafone broadband customer?

witnessmenow · 20-06-2011 2:31pm

Steviemoyne wrote: »

I bought one of these and with the fatcheese link I got €22.50 back not the €12.50 people seem to be getting. I had trouble with the fatcheese link posted by witnessmenow and had to navigate through and find it on prepay myself.

Chose the porting option and ordered. Fatcheese cash back showed up a day later due to the problems they are currently experiencing.

But yes. I got €22.50 and not €12.50.

It was a present for someone, I've yet to pick up a sim and order one myself.

Its showing up on your fatcheese account? Not showing up on mine

I guess I'll need to get in touch with them....

Daniel S · 20-06-2011 3:50pm

mtb_kng wrote: »

If I go down to the Vodafone store, will they give me €50 off this phone because I'm a Vodafone broadband customer?

And the answer was no. No discount at all. And it was raining too.

How the fcuk am I supposed to get this really cheap?

witnessmenow · 20-06-2011 3:59pm

mtb_kng wrote: »

And the answer was no. No discount at all. And it was raining too.

How the fcuk am I supposed to get this really cheap?

Could you not have just rang them?

Anyways, porting an existing number to vodafone gets you the phone for €40, even if its from a free sim card you've never used before from one of the other providers.

If you do it online, before you go to vodafones website set up an account with fatcheese.ie. Once you have that setup look for the vodafone deal on fatcheese and click the link. Then buy the phone and you will get €12.50 back in a few weeks time.

Total price = €27.50, That is as cheap as you can buy the phone at the moment if im not mistaken

Quaderno · 20-06-2011 4:04pm

In my fatcheese-account I currently see this under "Vodafone" (see pic). So it still seems to be €22.50 cashback for the rest of this week.

parsi · 20-06-2011 4:18pm

witnessmenow wrote: »

Its showing up on your fatcheese account? Not showing up on mine

I guess I'll need to get in touch with them....

Mine isn't showing either. Logged a ticket and was told that I'd have to wait a week to make the claim.

tantipie · 20-06-2011 4:27pm

i bought one on thursday got it today and bought another today. just checked fatcheese and i have €20 pending for thursdays one and €22.50 pending for todays 1:)

nava · 20-06-2011 4:27pm

darth_maul wrote: »

Vodafone website has to be the worst ever, always get errors, can't login to track order produces an error, Can't login to my VAH account to look for discounts, even though I can login to view my bill.
even tried to post feedback on the website and this is what i get

Did anyon manage to check the status of the order, I tried about 10 times all day and get errors all the time. :mad:

spongbob · 20-06-2011 4:29pm

Op should do a quick edit in the title bar:

€22.50 Cashback untill Monday June 27th.

tantipie · 20-06-2011 4:31pm

nava wrote: »

Did anyon manage to check the status of the order, I tried about 10 times all day and get errors all the time. :mad:

i usually end up checking 3 times in a row before finally getting a status,,but they'll send an email when it has been dispatched and when i checked account it still didnt show on tracking just kept saying being proccessed

Davy · 20-06-2011 4:33pm

spongbob wrote: »

Op should do a quick edit in the title bar:

€22.50 Cashback untill Monday June 27th.

Done

Daniel S · 20-06-2011 5:12pm

witnessmenow wrote: »

Could you not have just rang them?

Anyways, porting an existing number to vodafone gets you the phone for €40, even if its from a free sim card you've never used before from one of the other providers.

If you do it online, before you go to vodafones website set up an account with fatcheese.ie. Once you have that setup look for the vodafone deal on fatcheese and click the link. Then buy the phone and you will get €12.50 back in a few weeks time.

Total price = €27.50, That is as cheap as you can buy the phone at the moment if im not mistaken

I had to cycle in to post something anyway :pac:

Some people were saying they got it for €9.99?

manu2009 · 20-06-2011 5:30pm

How long should it take to show up on my fatcheese account?

_Whimsical_ · 20-06-2011 6:12pm

Seems to be €59 now.What am I doing wrong?

Daniel S · 20-06-2011 6:13pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Seems to be €59 now.What am I doing wrong?

Make sure you select, "I want to change to vodafone", or something along those lines. Not "I want a new number"

nava · 20-06-2011 6:14pm

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Seems to be €59 now.What am I doing wrong?

Get yourself a free sim from SIM from O2, 3, etc and select Switch number to Vodafone.

Little A · 20-06-2011 6:24pm

Hope someone can help me out on this, I'm not so smart on smartphones.

I have a a regular vodafone phone on bill pay, which I assume I can't use as it is for new PAYG customers.

Could I use my son's number or will that be cut off? Or is it easier to just pick up a free sim from O2?

Will I be able to use the phone with my original Vodafone sim ?

Do I have to sign up to a full data package? I have wifi in the house & at work, will it run off this instead so I can download what I need there & use it off line other than that ?

Thanks

robertpatterson · 20-06-2011 6:51pm

You can use your sons or any other number once its not vodafone
The number wont change
youll be able to use the phone with your original vodafone sim
If you top up 20 a month theres free internet with vodafone at the moment
Hope that helps

spongbob · 20-06-2011 6:53pm

Has anyone tried ordering 2'?

I have one ordered and now my partner would like one. Does anyone know if it is possable to get a second 1 using the same credit card and still avail of fatcheese cashback?

Also as a side note, they only have black left in stock

Little A · 20-06-2011 7:04pm

Thanks Robert - reckon I'll give it ago

I actually have an O2 sim which is no longer active (old work phone number).....does the number have to be currently valid (I'm afraid to use my son's.....just in case !!!

Quaderno · 20-06-2011 7:13pm

Little A wrote: »

does the number have to be currently valid

Yes, they will send an SMS to the number you give them to initiate porting. I'm quite sure that you can't finish the purchase without the code.

Steviemoyne · 20-06-2011 10:10pm

witnessmenow wrote: »

Its showing up on your fatcheese account? Not showing up on mine

I guess I'll need to get in touch with them....

Yup showed up later the same day of purchase.

Mr Trade In · 20-06-2011 10:22pm

Anyone else get the email about the €9.99 nokia with €22.50 back?

Mr Trade In · 20-06-2011 10:37pm

Nokia 1800 if you port your number again.

Vodafone Smart - Android - €40 (+ €22.50 cashback till June 27th)

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