Samsung galaxy beam €149 on carphone warehouse site

Got the phone last Thursday in a Carphone Warehouse store in Clonmel. They only had one in stock and was at the reduced price of 149 euro. I can confirm that the phone is indeed locked to Vodafone. Didn't expect much from the projector and have to say I am pleasantly surprised. I played videos from Netflix and the quality at 50" is very good, the room however has to be absolutely dark.

The build quality of the phone is great, it comes with a spare battery and a charger for the spare battery which can be also used as a phone stand.

It is meant to get the 4.1 Android update which is a great bonus, it still works pretty smooth with the LauncherPro app installed.

I hope those of you who went ahead and ordered it get it soon, you will love the phone.

balcan wrote: »

Had 1 in stock in patrick st cork on thurs but refused to sell it to me as they had no price on it?

That's pretty strange. I would imagine all Carphone Warehouse shops use the same internal system so the prices should be the exact same across all their stores.

I bought it early in the morning, shortly after the store opened. I checked their website a few hours later the phone was gone from the online listing, maybe that had something to with the phone having no price on it?

Has anyone got the mobile posted out yet?

markad1 wrote: »

Has anyone got the mobile posted out yet?

One of the guys from their CS mentioned that they were hoping to have them next Wednesday (tomorrow).

Don't be sorry, I'm thrilled with my bargain. I phoned my local shop early on the 14th asking them to reserve one for me at 149. It was out of stock online at the time but still listed on their system. That was at about 9.30am. By the time I got to the shop (around 10.30)the price was gone from their computer system but they let me have it at the reduced price after a couple of calls to HQ.

Absoluvely wrote: »

Order Tracking
Status: Order Ready
Order Date: 13/02/2013
Delivery Date: Unavailable

I spose everyone else's getting the same.

nope

History Status
13 February 2013
20 February 2013 Being Processed
For enquiries about an order please don’t hesitate to contact us on 1800 424800 (Lines are open Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat 9am -6pm). Alternatively email us at [email]CUSTOMERCAREIE-CPW-IE@cpwplc..com[/email]

Store: CarphoneWarehouse
Order Number: XXXXXXX
Status: Being Picked
Order Date: 13/02/2013 18:20:00
Delivery Date: Unavailable
Delivery Address: XXXXXXX
Cost: €149.99 paid by Visa (This includes a delivery charge of €0.00)

CPW CS reply today

Thank you for your email.
 
I'm sorry for the delay in processing your order.  I can confirm that your order is currently being processed, once it's approved it can take upto 3-5days for delivery.  
 
Please use our online 'order tracker' for regular updates.
 
If you have any other questions please reply to this email and we'll be happy to help you.  

Not sure if I actually want the phone anymore (damn my inability to resist a bargain) and my is also down as "being picked". Will more than likely sell on at cost (cause I am not a greedy person:cool:) Might consider keeping it on the (very) off chance it is not locked to Vodaphone.

lindtee wrote: »

Not sure if I actually want the phone anymore (damn my inability to resist a bargain) and my is also down as "being picked". Will more than likely sell on at cost (cause I am not a greedy person:cool:) Might consider keeping it on the (very) off chance it is not locked to Vodaphone.

You can unlock it yourself easy enough.

embraer170 wrote: »

How? I've been Googling it and can't find a self unlock solution that works on the Beam.

as far as i know you just have to root it, correct me if I'm wrong but that should do the trick. I don't see any problems doing that, but I haven't checked out the situation yet.

Also, I couldn't find the beam on any other carriers site like O2 ect , only the vodafone site and it was out of stock there. I don't know how CPW operate but could they have gotten the extra stock direct from vodafone ? If so it would more than likely be locked.

Status: Being Picked
Order Date: 13/02/2013 23:57:00
Delivery Date: Unavailable

I was searching the way to unlock it. I am afraid that the only way is through imei. The cheapest place to unlock it that I found is this one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNLOCK-CODE-SAMSUNG-S5300-i8700-i8530-S7530-S5670-B5510-S5660-S5380-i8350-S8600-/181079518544?pt=UK_Phones_Software_RL&hash=item2a292e2d50

loki7777 wrote: »

Root doesn't mean simlock free - different story.

I remember my s1 and my gfs ace was locked, i rooted and put a custom rom on mine and was unlocked then, i put an original but non custom rom on the ace and it was unlocked too. Dont know if its just a case of changing the rom.

My phone was just delivered by An Post. No time to test it out yet. Thanks OP.

Delivered!

Thanks OP!