Huawei P20 Pro - Save €499.99

biebiebie · 09-02-2019 8:21pm #1

What does everyone think of this offer?
https://www.tescomobile.ie/phone-details/391/2223/Huawei-P20-Pro/-30-24-month
Not bad considering it's a top end phone?
I'm sure there'll be some complaints about Tesco Mobile...how is the 4G nowadays though?

Anyhow here's the lowdown.

€30 a month X 24 (€919 total)
€199 upfront
15GB
500 mins
500 texts

€40 a month X 24 (€960 total)
No upfront cost.
20GB
2000 mins
2000 texts

Yes I know you can probably get it cheaper SIM free but with this offer you're also getting your plan included.

gabbo is coming · 09-02-2019 9:30pm

biebiebie wrote: »

What does everyone think of this offer?
https://www.tescomobile.ie/phone-details/391/2223/Huawei-P20-Pro/-30-24-month
Not bad considering it's a top end phone?
I'm sure there'll be some complaints about Tesco Mobile...how is the 4G nowadays though?

Anyhow here's the lowdown.

€30 a month X 24 (€919 total)
€199 upfront
15GB
500 mins
500 texts

€40 a month X 24 (€960 total)
No upfront cost.
20GB
2000 mins
2000 texts

Yes I know you can probably get it cheaper SIM free but with this offer you're also getting your plan included.

Like buying a Ferrari and driving it across a field

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 9:31pm

Wait a few weeks and you'll get the p30 for the same price, or the Galaxy S10.

The p20 is nearly a year old already.

lawred2 · 09-02-2019 9:31pm

How much is the phone sim free?

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 9:33pm

lawred2 wrote: »

How much is the phone sim free?

€521 on Amazon.

lawred2 · 09-02-2019 9:36pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

€521 on Amazon.

Save €499?

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 9:40pm

lawred2 wrote: »

Save €499?

Aye.

It's actually a horrible deal. It's the opposite of a bargain.

It's only 589 pre-pay on Three at the minute.

Hoboo · 09-02-2019 9:40pm

Loss of €499

Keith186 · 09-02-2019 9:50pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Aye.

It's actually a horrible deal. It's the opposite of a bargain.

It's only 589 pre-pay on Three at the minute.

But your going to be paying, say €20 a month, for some bill pay plan or PAYG so add on €480 to the cost over two years. OP's deal is cheaper, but it is with Tesco Mobile on Three's network.
Buying SIM free would give you the option of eir or VF but will still cost a little more than OP's deal.

[Deleted User] · 09-02-2019 9:56pm

ridiculous to post that as a savings figure tbh

lawred2 · 09-02-2019 9:59pm

Keith186 wrote: »

But your going to be paying, say €20 a month, for some bill pay plan or PAYG so add on €480 to the cost over two years. OP's deal is cheaper, but it is with Tesco Mobile on Three's network.
Buying SIM free would give you the option of eir or VF but will still cost a little more than OP's deal.

It's marginally cheaper

But not 499 cheaper

beauf · 09-02-2019 9:59pm

Sim free allows you to switch to better deal if one appears or the network goes bad. That's the main difference. Flexibility.

Subcomandante Marcos · 09-02-2019 10:16pm

lawred2 wrote: »

It's marginally cheaper

But not 499 cheaper

And the plan is poop.

€30 a month on Three gets you all you can eat everything. which would more than justify the marginal difference in cost.

donnyvegas · 09-02-2019 10:18pm

Deleted User wrote: »

ridiculous to post that as a savings figure tbh

it probably is illegal.

Gatling · 09-02-2019 10:21pm

biebiebie wrote: »

What does everyone think of this offer?
https://www.tescomobile.ie/phone-details/391/2223/Huawei-P20-Pro/-30-24-month
Not bad considering it's a top end phone?
I'm sure there'll be some complaints about Tesco Mobile...how is the 4G nowadays though?

Anyhow here's the lowdown.

€30 a month X 24 (€919 total)
€199 upfront
15GB
500 mins
500 texts

€40 a month X 24 (€960 total)
No upfront cost.
20GB
2000 mins
2000 texts

Yes I know you can probably get it cheaper SIM free but with this offer you're also getting your plan included.

Check out virgin Mobile ,

Phone is free with a €200 smart watch
25 pm for so many months .
You can upgrade to a newer phone in 12 months

keavebm · 09-02-2019 11:42pm

snoopsheep wrote:

ridiculous to post that as a savings figure tbh

Its no wonder we get feck all deals posted anymore with this comment. Thanks op will deffo have a look at this deal

unklerosco · 09-02-2019 11:51pm

keavebm wrote: »

Its no wonder we get feck all deals posted anymore with this comment. Thanks op will deffo have a look at this deal

I think they were referring to the tesco mobile website.. It's posted on the homepage

listermint · 09-02-2019 11:53pm

keavebm wrote: »

Its no wonder we get feck all deals posted anymore with this comment. Thanks op will deffo have a look at this deal

It's a terrible deal.

Like.. not good at all.

vandriver · 09-02-2019 11:57pm

Gatling wrote: »

Check out virgin Mobile ,

Phone is free with a €200 smart watch
25 pm for so many months .
You can upgrade to a newer phone in 12 months

Where is that on virgins website?
Because I only see €35 a month for the phone.

sunny2004 · 10-02-2019 12:26am

Gatling wrote: »

Check out virgin Mobile ,

Phone is free with a €200 smart watch
25 pm for so many months .
You can upgrade to a newer phone in 12 months

I can't find this offer ?

booooonzo · 10-02-2019 12:41am

How is it such a bad deal or do people just have it in for tesco mobile?
It's a top end very good phone for about 10euro more than an equivalent plan per month.
So phone works out about 240.
Still a bargain if you ask me.

bidiots · 10-02-2019 1:35am

booooonzo wrote: »

How is it such a bad deal or do people just have it in for tesco mobile?
It's a top end very good phone for about 10euro more than an equivalent plan per month.
So phone works out about 240.
Still a bargain if you ask me.

240? For you maybe.

It's not a very good deal to begin with and given the headline saving of 499, is misleading and false therefore pissing off the majority.

Birneybau · 10-02-2019 1:38am

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

lawred2 wrote: »

It's marginally cheaper

But not 499 cheaper

And the plan is poop.

€30 a month on Three gets you all you can eat everything. which would more than justify the marginal difference in cost.

3 all you can eat data and texts pre pay is €20 every 28 days and you actually KEEP the €20 to spend on music, books, whatever. No calls but sure, I do that in work!

thehamo · 12-02-2019 1:23pm

Phone is 35 a month, and tarrif is 25 a month, making it 60 compared to 40..

sapphade · 12-02-2019 1:42pm

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

lawred2 wrote: »

How much is the phone sim free?

€521 on Amazon.

Is that price the p20 or p20 pro . I’m seeing the p20 pro at 588 pounds on amazon so I’d be raging if I missed it at 520 euros . I think the Tesco deal OP posted is the pro so seems like a good deal if you have good coverage in your area .

Subcomandante Marcos · 12-02-2019 2:04pm

Was there the other day, might be gone now.

Paddy_man · 12-02-2019 3:15pm

sapphade wrote: »

Is that price the p20 or p20 pro . I’m seeing the p20 pro at 588 pounds on amazon so I’d be raging if I missed it at 520 euros . I think the Tesco deal OP posted is the pro so seems like a good deal if you have good coverage in your area .

€547 delivered from Germany..
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07BHDMHR1/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A1NB3H7LLUJG3P&psc=1

thehamo · 12-02-2019 3:21pm

Paddy_man wrote: »

€547 delivered from Germany..
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07BHDMHR1/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_1?smid=A1NB3H7LLUJG3P&psc=1

even at that price, and a tarrif of 20 a month it works out at 1027 euro over the 24 months. compare that to the tesco deal, it works out 960 over the 24 months.

2 things go against you here,

A. you need to have 547 euro spare to buy the phone outright.

B. if you go with tesco, you dont have the freedom to change provider. You have a 14 day cooling off period so if you find it bad service withing those 2 weeks, you can change.

Personally I see the tesco deal a better option

oLoonatic · 12-02-2019 3:27pm

I'm suing for false advertisement of this thread!!

SUNGSAM · 13-02-2019 11:10am

I went for the EUR 30.00 a month and EUR 200 phone deal back when they offered it around black Friday. I switched from three. I did have some issues with people not being able to call me and not receiving security validation messages from VHI, Office 365 etc however these were fixed by tesco support after a bit of chasing. I mainly use my phone in Dublin and the 4G coverage has been consistent throughout. I've roamed in Europe also and the service worked very well also.

Tesco might ask for a EUR 150 payment up front if you've not had dealingswith them before also so keep this in mind. This will be used to cover your bills after three months of direct debit payments. Having ironed out all of the issues I'd recommend this deal, the phone is top class too. Best camera phone I've ever used and battery life and inbuilt storage are great.

King Cantona · 13-02-2019 2:05pm

I can only agree with other posters regarding Tesco - absolute nightmare to deal with.

Tesco mobile told us they don't support text messages for verification - so no online purchasing / account lockout messages verification.

When we tried to cancel, their customer services team were awful to deal with - I'd have a lot of patience for people working in customer services and I still found it infuriating - it took three months to get a full refund, they refunded the wrong amount twice. their customer service team had no idea what charges were for and used terms like "I haven't the foggiest idea to be honest" when chages were queried.

In the end, we had to let go of 15 euro that was charged on the account simply because it wasn't worth the hassle.

I wouldn't even give tesco mobile a 1/10 - save yourself the stress and hassle and just avoid.

Huawei P20 Pro - Save €499.99

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