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Free phone on Meteor SIM ONLY Plan

  • 24-01-2015 12:32PM
    #1
    dwainec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭


    Great deal going on in Meteor Wicklow:

    Sign up to a Meteor €30 or €35 sim only 30 day contract and get a phone absolutely free .

    The phones are the nokia 530 or hawueii y550 which is 4g enabled.

    €30 gets you unlimited calls, texts and 1gb data whereas the €35 gives 15gb data
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  • #2
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Hmmm.. I know you say 30 day contract, but are you sure you don't need to stay longer?

    The Nokia 530 is worth €80 (unlocked on amazon). So you could get this, then cancel after one month and switch to Tesco Mobile (unlimited calls, texts and 1GB of data for €15)

    Basically you have paid €15 for this phone then!

    Anything wrong with that logic?

    I assume the phone is locked to Meteor. I wonder how difficult it would be to get it unlocked?


  • #3
    lifeandtimes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭lifeandtimes


    bk wrote: »
    Hmmm.. I know you say 30 day contract, but are you sure you don't need to stay longer?

    The Nokia 530 is worth €80 (unlocked on amazon). So you could get this, then cancel after one month and switch to Tesco Mobile (unlimited calls, texts and 1GB of data for €15)

    Basically you have paid €15 for this phone then!

    Anything wrong with that logic?

    I assume the phone is locked to Meteor. I wonder how difficult it would be to get it unlocked?

    You will have to have bought at least 120 EUR credit to have a phone unlocked on prepay and 200 EUR paid on a bill pay plan.

    Strange one this, i dont see any benifit of given away a phone with a sim only plan, thats the point of the plan its jsut for the sim.

    Perhaps its the point of having to pay 200 in bills to have it unlocked


  • #4
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,608 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Get an unlock code from ebay for around €10 .


  • #5
    dwainec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    It's definitely only a 30 day contract, you can do what you want with the phone, use it yourself, give it to someone as a gift, its just an in store offer until the month ends. The day you call up to cancel, its 30 days from that day to cancel


  • #6
    bidiots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭bidiots


    yabadabado wrote: »
    Get an unlock code from ebay for around €10 .
    Link?


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  • #7
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,608 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    bidiots wrote: »
    Link?
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321479916489

    edit: Just saw the seller isnt taking orders at the moment,there was feedback left for him yesterday so I would say he will be online again soon.


  • #8
    djburchgrove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭djburchgrove


    is this all Meteors?


  • #9
    ibFoxer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭ibFoxer


    djburchgrove wrote: »
    is this all Meteors?

    I'd like to know this too.


  • #10
    bidiots
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭bidiots


    yabadabado wrote: »
    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/321479916489

    edit: Just saw the seller isnt taking orders at the moment,there was feedback left for him yesterday so I would say he will be online again soon.

    I thought you meant a 10 euro unlock for the Lumia, which I've never seen
    That's £10 which is almost €14 at this stage


  • #11
    yabadabado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,608 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    bidiots wrote: »
    I thought you meant a 10 euro unlock for the Lumia, which I've never seen
    That's £10 which is almost €14 at this stage


    There are plenty cheaper options than that seller,anyone with good feedback should be OK.


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  • #12
    leo2a6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 165 ✭✭leo2a6


    dwainec wrote: »
    It's definitely only a 30 day contract, you can do what you want with the phone, use it yourself, give it to someone as a gift, its just an in store offer until the month ends. The day you call up to cancel, its 30 days from that day to cancel

    meaning u need to pay for at least 2 months, isn't it ?


  • #13
    whiteshorts
    Site Banned Posts: 880 ✭✭✭whiteshorts


    What's stopping you buying it, cancelling the next day (month's notice), getting it unlocked, walking away from Meteor and signing up to Tesco?
    Seems a good deal but I assume you have to sign up for a minimum period?


  • #14
    phill106
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,834 ✭✭✭phill106


    Johny_cash wrote: »
    is this wicklow only, or online/other stores too?

    also wondering this!
    is it mentioned on their website anywhere?


  • #15
    whiteshorts
    Site Banned Posts: 880 ✭✭✭whiteshorts


    Couldn't find it anywhere on the site.


  • #16
    m4r10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 678 ✭✭✭m4r10


    Dropped into Liffey Valley Meteor shop today, the assistant didn't know what I was talking about! Moreover, he tried to sell me an iPhone instead.

    I'd say the deal is specific to the shop mentioned by the OP.


  • #17
    sasta le
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭sasta le


    Any update on this?


  • #18
    dwainec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    sasta le wrote: »
    Any update on this?

    still available until end of month, with either the meteor 30 or 35 euro sim only plan.


  • #19
    sasta le
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭sasta le


    Any link to it?Or just in stores?


  • #20
    dwainec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    only in store, well the store mentioned in original post anyway


  • #21
    dwainec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭dwainec


    this offer is still on for the month of february, but now its the nokia 530 and hauweii y330, still not bad for a 30 day contract, and they're not bad deals either, calls texts and 15gb of 4g data for 35 euro is decent


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  • #22
    sasta le
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭sasta le


    In one store only?


  • #23
    Cionn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭Cionn


    I'd be interested to know if it's available in all store too, any information appreciated.


  • #24
    Blackie Grey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭Blackie Grey


    saw this offer in the window of meteor Patrick street cork city earlier today


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