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Nokia Lumia 625 €99.99 in Carphone Warehouse with Meteor

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  • #32
    ardle1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭ardle1


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    Gone online already by the looks of it, damn wish I had held out for one of these rather than the 520.

    Ahhhhhhh c'mon, you can't beat the 520! I love it.........


  • #33
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    scudodave wrote: »
    Picked one up, asked the sales assistant if they were locked,she checked, vf locked meteor unlocked. Got it on meteor and is indeed unlocked and no meteor branding.
    Very nice phone. Windows takes a bit of getting used to.

    Did you try a non meteor Sim in it?


  • #34
    scudodave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73 ✭✭scudodave


    Working away fine on o2 sim,liking it more every day. Also came with 3 months xbox 360,whatever that is.


  • #35
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    scudodave wrote: »
    Working away fine on o2 sim,liking it more every day. Also came with 3 months xbox 360,whatever that is.

    That's an added bonus for sure, the fact that its unlocked.

    That's a three month subscription for Xbox live, I'll take it off your hands if you have no use for it :pac:


  • #36
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Cheers.


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  • #37
    balfe1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭balfe1990


    Friend of mine got this but got a €35 euro app store voucher and five free games. He didn't mention the Xbox Live thing


  • #38
    cassette50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 483 ✭✭cassette50


    balfe1990 wrote: »
    Friend of mine got this but got a €35 euro app store voucher and five free games. He didn't mention the Xbox Live thing

    You get both.


  • #39
    Tinie
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Tinie


    cassette50 wrote: »
    You get both.

    Do you get the voucher for the app store off Carphone warehouse or is it for every new windows phone bought?


  • #40
    Digitalism
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 991 ✭✭✭Digitalism


    To the people who bought it on this offer from cpw, was the phone unlocked?


  • #41
    cassette50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 483 ✭✭cassette50


    Digitalism wrote: »
    To the people who bought it on this offer from cpw, was the phone unlocked?

    I bought the Meteor version based on an earlier post here - which stated it was unlocked with Meteor. I can confirm that it is unlocked.


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  • #42
    cassette50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 483 ✭✭cassette50


    Tinie wrote: »
    Do you get the voucher for the app store off Carphone warehouse or is it for every new windows phone bought?

    It comes in the box - it's a leaflet with instructions on how to redeem it.


  • #43
    balfe1990
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭balfe1990


    cassette50 wrote: »
    You get both.

    Wow, cracking good deal so.


  • #44
    NATLOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,416 ✭✭✭NATLOR


    Could be mistaken but i think meteor phones lock to whatever sim you use first that was the case with the Moto G they sell


  • #45
    September1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,320 ✭✭✭September1


    If you install "Preview for Developers" app and register as dev they will allow you to upgrade to 8.1 - it has plenty of improvements.

    I checked and it does not have simlock activated on first sim, I was able to use my French sim as well.


  • #46
    ChoppersX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭ChoppersX


    I got this phone today for Vodafone and nothing but instructions with the phone, do you register it somewhere for the app credit and 3 months Xbox live?


  • #47
    Tosty55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 50 ✭✭Tosty55


    I read online that the screen quality was bad and all but today I had a look at the phone in-store and I can say, from a person coming from a SuperAMOLED 230ppi screen, that it is beautiful.

    Bottom line is this is a great deal especially since it comes unlocked!


  • #48
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    They probably meant outside sunlight legibility. It also shows every fingerprint. But inside that's not really an issue.

    It great value though, more if unlocked. The next step up would be a a Moto G but thats a bit more expensive.


  • #49
    0lddog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭0lddog


    beauf wrote: »
    .........
    It great value though, more if unlocked. The next step up would be a a Moto G but thats a bit more expensive.

    'Meteor' unit ex CPW is unlocked

    Does the present Moto G support LTE ?

    Its an Uber bargin ( shame about the lack of useful apps )


  • #50
    peckerhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭peckerhead


    0lddog wrote: »
    Does the present Moto G support LTE ?
    It does now. But I reckon the new model, when it reaches Ireland (or the UK), will cost a heck of a lot more than €99.99.

    Now trying to figure out why I really need a Windows phone as well as a 'droid... :o


  • #51
    Berberis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭Berberis


    I am on Vodafone PAYG, but if I buy the unlocked one through meteor to use with my vodafone sim card, do I need to have a meteor PAYg account


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  • #52
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    CW also have Vodafone ones for 99 they have an ad in the window


  • #53
    catskin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭catskin


    Hi, I called into the CPW shop in Kilkenny and the Meteor version was locked - what CPW stores have people bought this phone in that were un-locked?


  • #54
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    Did they test it for you. How did you find out it was locked?


  • #55
    catskin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭catskin


    The shop person looked it up on their sakes system and it was indicating that the phone was only available as a locked to Meteor


  • #56
    catskin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭catskin


    apologies, typo - should read sales system


  • #57
    CyberWaste
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭CyberWaste


    catskin wrote: »
    The shop person looked it up on their sakes system and it was indicating that the phone was only available as a locked to Meteor

    I bought mine in cpw kilkenny on meteor and it was unlocked.


  • #58
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    catskin wrote: »
    The shop person looked it up on their sakes system and it was indicating that the phone was only available as a locked to Meteor

    I wonder is it mislabelled on their system then?


  • #59
    KCAccidental
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭KCAccidental


    I thought it was the case that meteor phones become locked to the first sim that is put into them. Not that they are fully unlocked. If i put my three sim in it the first time the phone is turned on, it becomes locked to three.

    correct me if I'm wrong :)


  • #60
    beauf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,457 ✭✭✭✭beauf


    September1 wrote: »
    ....I checked and it does not have simlock activated on first sim, I was able to use my French sim as well.

    According to this.....


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  • #61
    0lddog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭0lddog


    Sales people in cpw don't seem to have been trained up on this

    I had to point out lte support and also GG 2 display

    ( I did not know about the various nifty Nokia camera apps or about Nokia's offline map support )

    The thing would be totally grand if it were not for the third party apps offering which is limited, in many cases immature and frustrated my changes from 8.0 to 8.1. Who needs enemies when you have MS as a friend?


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