Nokia Lumia 520 for just €49.99. Meteor/ Carphone Warehouse/ Harvey Norman

AndrewR · 14-05-2014 09:40AM

leck wrote: »

Tried them. They were unable to provide an unlock code. My email requesting a refund has gone unanswered.

Anyone else success in getting a refund from them?

Just submitted a refund request via the support email, will update you if I get a response

GoodLord · 14-05-2014 11:10AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

A year or so ago, a CPW store wouldn't sell my wife a PAYG phone unless she gave her date of birth as well! Walked out and bought same phone in a different shop with no questions at all

has everyone who bought this had to give date of birth to cpw?

The_B_Man · 14-05-2014 11:14AM

Ye I was curious about giving details as well. I had to give my name, address, telephone number and DOB in CPW.

OH, and I got a follow up text from them asking about my experience.

leck · 14-05-2014 11:15AM

AndrewR wrote: »

Just submitted a refund request via the support email, will update you if I get a response

Sent two emails to that address, both went unanswered. Then contacted DalPay, they advised to contact accounts@unlock-your-phones.com. Did that early yesterday morning. No response.

Mantis Toboggan · 14-05-2014 11:27AM

Can anyone using this phone compare it to a top level Android phone?
I smashed my G2 and need a phone to tie me over for the few weeks and think il go with this little phone.
Hopefully won't be too bad.

shnaek · 14-05-2014 11:32AM

Saint_Mel wrote: »

A year or so ago, a CPW store wouldn't sell my wife a PAYG phone unless she gave her date of birth as well! Walked out and bought same phone in a different shop with no questions at all

CPW are a bit strange that way alright. I had to buy credit with the phone, and they opened the box and wanted to put the sim in too, but I was buying the phone as a gift, so I asked them not to do that.

beauf · 14-05-2014 11:32AM

GoodLord wrote: »

has everyone who bought this had to give date of birth to cpw?

Personally I have the same fake DOB which I give to every place that asks for DOB that doesn't need it.

It gives interesting results, like a company support asking for a dob as confirmation and they expect not the real one on my account but the fake one I used on their support forum. Or how did Faceache get a different DOB to the one I gave them. Which suggests if you give out subtly different information to different websites, and record what you gave, you'll be able to track who is sharing your info.

beauf · 14-05-2014 11:34AM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Can anyone using this phone compare it to a top level Android phone?
I smashed my G2 and need a phone to tie me over for the few weeks and think il go with this little phone.
Hopefully won't be too bad.

What would be the point of that.

If you want a phone to fully sync with all your google information, I would have thought a android phone would be a better choice.

balfe1990 · 14-05-2014 12:53PM

beauf wrote: »

What would be the point of that.

If you want a phone to fully sync with all your google information, I would have thought a android phone would be a better choice.

I would assume he wants to make a small investment on a phone that performs well.

An Android phone in the same price bracket would be awful.

Sam Mac · 14-05-2014 01:39PM

Eleanor Juicy Martinet wrote: »

I tried these useless shower too and they couldn't give me a code. I fired off two emails & no reply . I then emailed help@unlock-your-phones.com& got a response saying they would refund.
I then got an email from The Phone Shack via PayPal (member@paypal.ie) about the refund & asking me to verify my paypal password .

I didn't pay by paypal so I phoned paypal to see what was happening & they verified my account and sure enough the refund came into paypal and I then transferred it into my bank account minus a 68c paypal charge.

I don't know why this lot refunded by paypal when I paid by card but I got my money back . I know its only 8e odd but still........

I was charged €9.49 on my card despite it saying the cost was €8.99 - anyone else get this?

Mantis Toboggan · 14-05-2014 01:57PM

beauf wrote: »

What would be the point of that.

If you want a phone to fully sync with all your google information, I would have thought a android phone would be a better choice.

Because it's only going to be a couple of weeks and I'm not bothered with syncing with Google, I'm sure I can access Gmail from a windows phone! When I'm finished with it I want a decent phone to give away.

bidiots · 14-05-2014 02:17PM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Can anyone using this phone compare it to a top level Android phone?
I smashed my G2 and need a phone to tie me over for the few weeks and think il go with this little phone.
Hopefully won't be too bad.

Its light years ahead of any android phone costing around the 100 mark. The Moto G seems to be the best bang for your buck when it comes to budget Android. But for 50, there isn't anything out there to compete with it.

leck · 14-05-2014 02:20PM

Sam Mac wrote: »

I was charged €9.49 on my card despite it saying the cost was €8.99 - anyone else get this?

Must be to do with the conversion rate. I was charged in USD despite using an Irish Visa card. In my case it was charged at 9.01 on my account.

leck · 14-05-2014 04:17PM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Because it's only going to be a couple of weeks and I'm not bothered with syncing with Google, I'm sure I can access Gmail from a windows phone! When I'm finished with it I want a decent phone to give away.

Yes, it's very easy to set up Gmail account on a Windows phone. I set up two Gmail accounts on the Lumia 521, which is almost identical to the 520. I usually use it just to check messages on the fly, but prefer to compose or reply to messages on laptop.

GoodLord · 14-05-2014 04:44PM

beauf wrote: »

Personally I have the same fake DOB which I give to every place that asks for DOB that doesn't need it.

.

is that legal

The_B_Man · 14-05-2014 04:52PM

It would be illegal if you put it on a passport or driving licence, or maybe a mortgage.
Not if you're spending 50 euro on a phone from a commercial business, who has no right to your personal details anyway!

Regarding Window 8.1 on this, has anyone upgraded? I heard its coming to the phone in about 6 weeks anyway. Is there any point in waiting?

GoodLord · 14-05-2014 05:04PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

Not if you're spending 50 euro on a phone from a commercial business, who has no right to your personal details anyway!

if in the t and c do they have a right

Dublinstiofán · 14-05-2014 05:06PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

It would be illegal if you put it on a passport or driving licence, or maybe a mortgage.
Not if you're spending 50 euro on a phone from a commercial business, who has no right to your personal details anyway!

Regarding Window 8.1 on this, has anyone upgraded? I heard its coming to the phone in about 6 weeks anyway. Is there any point in waiting?

I think this deserves a thread of its own, I absolutely 100% agree with you on that one though. When did dob become a prerequisite to buying a mobile phone? Its getting ridiculous.

beauf · 14-05-2014 05:11PM

Buddy Holly wrote: »

Because it's only going to be a couple of weeks and I'm not bothered with syncing with Google, I'm sure I can access Gmail from a windows phone! When I'm finished with it I want a decent phone to give away.

You won't get a better performing phone for the price. But its still a budget phone at the end of the day. It can't escape that. I wish the phone was better in sunlight, had a flash and DNLA, and a bigger battery.

The next phone up I'd buy would be a Moto G.

The_B_Man · 14-05-2014 05:31PM

GoodLord wrote: »

if in the t and c do they have a right

Think of it in another way.
CPW is a business.
Say if i went and set up my own business selling cakes and muffins. Then you come in looking for a chocolate muffin one afternoon. If I said u have to give me your name, address, telephone number, and date of birth to buy that muffin, what would you think?

CPW is just another business. T's & C's are irrelevant.

Scruff · 14-05-2014 06:00PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

It would be illegal if you put it on a passport or driving licence, or maybe a mortgage.
Not if you're spending 50 euro on a phone from a commercial business, who has no right to your personal details anyway!

Not in ireland afaik but they do in a lot of countries around the word where there is a legal requirement to register prepay sim purchases:

or if yer buying a prepay sim in some countries

An increasing number of governments have recently introduced mandatory registration of prepaid SIM card users, primarily as a tool to counter terrorism and support law enforcement efforts. However, to date there is no evidence that mandatory registration leads to a reduction in crime.

:eek:

interesting read:
http://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/GSMA_White-Paper_Mandatory-Registration-of-Prepaid-SIM-Users_32pgWEBv3.pdf

GoodLord · 14-05-2014 07:10PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

Think of it in another way.
CPW is a business.
Say if i went and set up my own business selling cakes and muffins. Then you come in looking for a chocolate muffin one afternoon. If I said u have to give me your name, address, telephone number, and date of birth to buy that muffin, what would you think?

CPW is just another business. T's & C's are irrelevant.

i agree with you that cpw is just a business but t and cs are contracts. if you said t and c means i had to give dob to buy a muffin i would walk but would not give a false dob. i can buy the phone with no crap for another 50 or so. i am not selling my personal data to cpw for 50 euro

Topbike77 · 14-05-2014 08:36PM

Anyone use spotify on this? I heard its an outdated version?

beauf · 14-05-2014 08:48PM

I said I give a false DOB when they don't need to have it. If they make part of the TC that's different. if you're that interested, you should read the wiki and start a new thread somewhere else about it.

GoodLord · 14-05-2014 09:38PM

beauf wrote: »

I said I give a false DOB when they don't need to have it. If they make part of the TC that's different. if you're that interested, you should read the wiki and start a new thread somewhere else about it.

the wiki? you mean the rules here as to where to post?

beauf · 14-05-2014 09:48PM

No on privacy and prepay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone#Privacy_rights_and_prepaid_mobile_phones

GoodLord · 14-05-2014 09:51PM

beauf wrote: »

No on privacy and prepay

oh sorry thanks

Stormington · 14-05-2014 09:56PM

beauf wrote: »

You won't get a better performing phone for the price. But its still a budget phone at the end of the day. It can't escape that. I wish the phone was better in sunlight, had a flash and DNLA, and a bigger battery.

The next phone up I'd buy would be a Moto G.

I'll echo this: I miss the camera flash and the front cam (especially the latter) and the battery and screen could be better but I'm very happy with what I got for €50. The only lag I've noticed is with the stock keyboard - I can't wait for the swype version for this as I prefer that method - and it has enough apps to cover me after my move from Android. The apps themselves could do with a bit of work (eBay is a bit messy) but a lot of the basics are there.

I've seen this compared to the Moto G but I find it unfair as the Moto G is almost 4 times the price realistically (£140 = €170 for the 16gb from tesco.co.uk as the 8gb isn't worth it, €4 for parcel motel and €5 for unlocking it on eBay) when you get the Lumia for €50.

bidiots · 14-05-2014 09:59PM

Stormington wrote: »

I'll echo this: I miss the camera flash and the front cam (especially the latter) and the battery and screen could be better but I'm very happy with what I got for €50. The only lag I've noticed is with the stock keyboard - I can't wait for the swype version for this as I prefer that method - and it has enough apps to cover me after my move from Android. The apps themselves could do with a bit of work (eBay is a bit messy) but a lot of the basics are there.

I've seen this compared to the Moto G but I find it unfair as the Moto G is almost 4 times the price realistically (£140 = €170 for the 16gb from tesco.co.uk as the 8gb isn't worth it, €4 for parcel motel and €5 for unlocking it on eBay) when you get the Lumia for €50.

Download preview developer app and get the dev update which has swipe

balfe1990 · 14-05-2014 10:34PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

Regarding Window 8.1 on this, has anyone upgraded? I heard its coming to the phone in about 6 weeks anyway. Is there any point in waiting?

No real point in waiting. Updating takes 5 mins of actual work and maybe an hour to an hour and a half for the (two) updates to download and install.

Well worth taking the time to do it. The actual official roll out will take ages to spread to all devices, it depends on OEMs and carriers adding their own **** to the firmware.

Any other bits they do thrown in can be updated on top of the raw preview build when they release

Nokia Lumia 520 for just €49.99. Meteor/ Carphone Warehouse/ Harvey Norman

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