nice HTC one billpay deal (IMO)

acquiescefc · 19-07-2013 7:51am

mcgovern wrote: »

How can you check the status of your order?

Ask our indian friends on the online chat. They'll tell you the tracking number if its mobile.

Snake Pliisken · 19-07-2013 9:04am

acquiescefc wrote: »

Ask our indian friends on the online chat. They'll tell you the tracking number if its mobile.

'Sophie' was very helpful and pally over chat, right up until I got bored and started accusing her of being a robot. She was very fond of the word shall...

Got mine yesterday and was using it by 9 last night. Such a better experience than my Nexus S was, I feel like I'm seeing what phones have been aiming for in this generation what they've been trying to get at experience-wise for the last five years.

The_Conductor · 19-07-2013 9:26am

Snake Pliisken wrote: »

'Sophie' was very helpful and pally over chat, right up until I got bored and started accusing her of being a robot. She was very fond of the word shall...

Got mine yesterday and was using it by 9 last night. Such a better experience than my Nexus S was, I feel like I'm seeing what phones have been aiming for in this generation what they've been trying to get at experience-wise for the last five years.

Probably wasn't a robot- but English is also most probably not her first language, and her name probably isn't 'Sophie' either. You did probably piss her off........

bidiots · 19-07-2013 9:37am

beauf wrote: »

you get 20% discount on a upgrade if you're with 02 but that's only off the price of the phone. the plan is open to anyone.

They will only give me 10% discount and I'm on PAYG with O2. I would have to port to another crowd then try again for the 20%....

I think people should remember the effect of the price on the HTC One X when it hit the markets at the same time as the Samsung Galaxy S3. For the first few months the price was on par, then it hit a cliff and nose dived, the same is very possible for the 'One' which may be a reason O2 are doing a deal like this. It's very possible that you could buy this phone outright for 300 quid in a couple of months

beauf · 19-07-2013 10:03am

Priority moments gives you 20% off. The operators seem to have their own codes they can apply.

Snake Pliisken · 19-07-2013 10:25am

The_Conductor wrote: »

Probably wasn't a robot- but English is also most probably not her first language, and her name probably isn't 'Sophie' either. You did probably piss her off........

I knew she wasn't a robot. I was razzing her, she just had no humour about it.

acquiescefc · 19-07-2013 11:53am

When 'William' asked if he could help me any further i said 'sure your grand'

I didnt get a response

19-07-2013 12:05pm

acquiescefc wrote: »

When 'William' asked if he could help me any further i said 'sure your grand'

I didnt get a response

Maybe if you said "Sure, you're grand", he would have understood.

JHet · 19-07-2013 1:40pm

They won,t give u the 20% if you.re on prepay with o2 even with a priority moments. You.d have to switch to another carrier and switch. Chat Guy confirmed.....stupid to be honest. They will give u 10% however. Sucks balls though.

beno619 · 19-07-2013 1:42pm

bidiots wrote: »

They will only give me 10% discount and I'm on PAYG with O2. I would have to port to another crowd then try again for the 20%....

I think people should remember the effect of the price on the HTC One X when it hit the markets at the same time as the Samsung Galaxy S3. For the first few months the price was on par, then it hit a cliff and nose dived, the same is very possible for the 'One' which may be a reason O2 are doing a deal like this. It's very possible that you could buy this phone outright for 300 quid in a couple of months

The S4 is €100 of at o2.ie as well.

The the One X fire-sale from CW only happened 2-3 months ago for a day or two.

The One X was €500+ for most of the year.

rickyjb · 19-07-2013 1:50pm

JHet wrote: »

They won,t give u the 20% if you.re on prepay with o2 even with a priority moments. You.d have to switch to another carrier and switch. Chat Guy confirmed.....stupid to be honest. They will give u 10% however. Sucks balls though.

Why can't you use the JULYCHAT2013 code?

Tried to order and it went to cancelled while processing, anyone else have this issue? Annoyed now.

dinneenp · 19-07-2013 1:53pm

acquiescefc wrote: »

When 'William' asked if he could help me any further i said 'sure your grand'

I didnt get a response

"Sure you're grand" means no! so maybe that's why he didn't reply.

1. I'm not going to slate them cos it's helpful having chat available (more available that Meteor)
but it's funny, if you type fist line something like "hi Tony, I bought a mobile online" they'll reply 'i'll look into that for you' (or similar).

19-07-2013 1:53pm

rickyjb wrote: »

Why can't you use the JULYCHAT2013 code?

Tried to order and it went to cancelled while processing, anyone else have this issue? Annoyed now.

i'm having a nightmare. i've placed the order multiple times, including over the phone, and it keeps getting cancelled. money has been taken from my account twice, the first time it was returned straight away.

not a lot you can do about it, nobody can help....it's not in their script.

19-07-2013 1:55pm

rickyjb wrote: »

Why can't you use the JULYCHAT2013 code?

Tried to order and it went to cancelled while processing, anyone else have this issue? Annoyed now.

BTW the code only works for porting another number over. If you're taking out a new number, can only get 10%.

rickyjb · 19-07-2013 1:56pm

Basil3 wrote: »

i'm having a nightmare. i've placed the order multiple times, including over the phone, and it keeps getting cancelled. money has been taken from my account twice, the first time it was returned straight away.

not a lot you can do about it, nobody can help....it's not in their script.

Did you order go through initially? Mine was only processing, it never said confirmed. They better not take money for that...:mad:

19-07-2013 1:58pm

rickyjb wrote: »

Did you order go through initially? Mine was only processing, it never said confirmed. They better not take money for that...:mad:

The first time they took the money and returned it, it didn't show up on my bank statement, but the bank told me it had been taken and returned. On another order, I got a confirmation email, and they took the money....this was two days ago and the money hasn't been returned.

Over the phone, the guy told me my order had gone through, but when I didn't get an email, I contacted them and they told me there was a processing error.

rickyjb · 19-07-2013 2:14pm

I don't like the sound of that. That's a shame, it's such a good deal. I'll see if I can get someone to tell me why my order didn't go through, maybe there's a simple explanation.

JHet · 19-07-2013 2:15pm

rickyjb wrote: »

Why can't you use the JULYCHAT2013 code?

Tried to order and it went to cancelled while processing, anyone else have this issue? Annoyed now.

Only applies to billpay upgrades apparently. Having a nightmare just trying to get the order to process

19-07-2013 2:15pm

rickyjb wrote: »

I don't like the sound of that. That's a shame, it's such a good deal. I'll see if I can get someone to tell me why my order didn't go through, maybe there's a simple explanation.

In my case, I figured that I was submitting a wrong address for my billing address....when I changed it to my old address, it went through and I received the confirmation email. Still got cancelled the next day though:rolleyes:

rickyjb · 19-07-2013 2:44pm

JHet wrote: »

Only applies to billpay upgrades apparently. Having a nightmare just trying to get the order to process

The code only works for upgrades, so you can't use it if you're porting from another network? I thought someone said they'd used it for that earlier. Maybe that's why the order didn't process...

19-07-2013 2:46pm

rickyjb wrote: »

The code only works for upgrades, so you can't use it if you're porting from another network? I thought someone said they'd used it for that earlier. Maybe that's why the order didn't process...

It definitely works for porting.

If you are taking out a new line without porting, you can only get 10%.

rickyjb · 19-07-2013 2:55pm

I rang them and they said the website wasn't working properly because of maintenance and to try later. I'm not convinced but I'll try again tonight.

imtdub · 19-07-2013 2:56pm

I tried to upgrade from pre-pay to Billpay, I can buy the phone but no discount for me...So I reckon the discount only works if you port your number from different network.

Issac · 19-07-2013 3:03pm

I just put an order through now.

Ported from 3 bill pay (30 day rolling contract).

Used JULYCHAT2013 and got the 20 % discount.

Processed and said confirmed, an email came through a little while later as well.

Have been looking for a deal on this for quite a while so thanks OP. Reall looking forward to the upgrade (coming from SGS2).
Now to get a nice case that won't take to much from the aesthetics! Wohoo!

username123 · 19-07-2013 4:28pm

Does the phone come with a warranty?

19-07-2013 4:30pm

username123 wrote: »

Does the phone come with a warranty?

Every phone comes with a warranty.....it's the law

username123 · 19-07-2013 6:15pm

Thanks to the OP for this thread, after an absolutely horrendous experience with Vodafone last week I ended up cancelling out of a contract and went back to pay as you go while I looked for a deal. My current phone is an ancient old nokia, dont even know the model, I dont think smartphones were even invented when I got it!

After my horrible experience I really didnt want to be tied into a long contract with anyone again so this 6 month thing suits to get a nice phone without paying the earth. Really the flexibility of moving after 6 months is the clincher.

Ill be back in 6 months to ask whats the best thing to do now!

beauf · 19-07-2013 6:19pm

imtdub wrote: »

I tried to upgrade from pre-pay to Billpay, I can buy the phone but no discount for me...So I reckon the discount only works if you port your number from different network.

Kinda odd. An operator offered me 20% upgrade on a different phone from prepay. Seems to different depending how you ask on O2 or may its just for these phones with 100 off at the moment.

uck51js9zml2yt · 19-07-2013 6:27pm

imtdub wrote: »

I tried to upgrade from pre-pay to Billpay, I can buy the phone but no discount for me...So I reckon the discount only works if you port your number from different network.

did you try the code?

PurvesGrundy · 19-07-2013 8:34pm

I asked tonight in the shop and the guy told me the phone costs 299 euro.

polaris68 · 19-07-2013 8:36pm

Are these phones definitely locked to O2?

SteM · 19-07-2013 8:39pm

polaris68 wrote: »

Are these phones definitely locked to O2?

Just checked and it won't take my 3 sim card so yes it's locked to O2.

19-07-2013 8:54pm

PurvesGrundy wrote: »

I asked tonight in the shop and the guy told me the phone costs 299 euro.

They're €100 off online at the moment, hence the price being €100 cheaper

JHet · 19-07-2013 9:27pm

Just be mindful.

IF YOUR ALREADY ON O2 PREPAY YOU WILL NOT GET 20% OFF.

If you are on:

another carrier you will
On bill already with o2 you will
on prepay with o2 you won't

It is still a good offer. I managed to get 10% off on prepay with o2 from the chat assistant.

Try discount code................"Chat 10"................................can't guarantee this still works. I couldn't be arsed loosing the deal over 20quid.

peace out folks

mickotoole · 19-07-2013 9:55pm

HTC One is easily unlocked using this guide from XDA ... beware though this may "brick" your phone so use with caution.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260376

The_Conductor · 19-07-2013 10:03pm

mickotoole wrote: »

HTC One is easily unlocked using this guide from XDA ... beware though this may "brick" your phone so use with caution.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260376

Just bring it into one of the stores on George's Street or elsewhere- and get them to do it for you- its not worth the hassle.........

pm1977x · 19-07-2013 10:26pm

Picked mine up from the store today (ordered Weds night, arrived yesterday), very happy with it so far, thought it might be too big but it's not and very much lighter than my old Desire, I've got pretty much everything I want loaded on it now and still have 24GBs free, photos look a bit grainy but haven't really played with the settings much, sound out of the speakers is very impressive. Thanks again OP!

Ardennes1944 · 19-07-2013 10:29pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

Just bring it into one of the stores on George's Street or elsewhere- and get them to do it for you- its not worth the hassle.........

How much do those places usually charge? And any idea how they do it? Htc phones generally come unlocked anyway I heard, can anyone confirm the One they got is factory unlocked?

The_Conductor · 19-07-2013 10:29pm

When you say the pictures look grainy- care to post a few sample shots here? The 'ultra-pixels' definitely shouldn't look grainy (unless your doing digital zooming- and even then- you should pick up colours and light levels, a hell of a lot better than you would with a regular camera phone).

The_Conductor · 19-07-2013 10:31pm

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

How much do those places usually charge? And any idea how they do it? Htc phones generally come unlocked anyway I heard, can anyone confirm the One they got is factory unlocked?

20/30 Euro. I agree- HTC phones generally do come unlocked- in this instance, its not the case though.

daytob · 19-07-2013 10:34pm

can easily go online on ebay and get an unlock code. works out cheaper and all you need is the imei number

pm1977x · 19-07-2013 10:39pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

When you say the pictures look grainy- care to post a few sample shots here? The 'ultra-pixels' definitely shouldn't look grainy (unless your doing digital zooming- and even then- you should pick up colours and light levels, a hell of a lot better than you would with a regular camera phone).

Yeah, the reviews I read suggested the camera was excellent. I fired off a few quick shots and found 2 problems:

1) Grainy/noisey in general
2) Bright parts of the image were burnt out a little bit more than I'd expect.

This was hours ago and I deleted them, lighting conditions completely different now so will try again tomorrow in daylight.

On the plus side, vibrant colours, a nice richness overall and loved the multi-shot option of just holding down the 'button' and taking loads of pics in rapid succession and then picking the best one while it auto-deletes the others.

bidiots · 19-07-2013 11:01pm

The_Conductor wrote: »

Just bring it into one of the stores on George's Street or elsewhere- and get them to do it for you- its not worth the hassle.........

I was told by a rep that you can just ask o2 to unlock it once you are a bill pay customer

mickotoole · 19-07-2013 11:53pm

It's very easy to unlock these devices. If you can read and follow a video you can unlock your device.

Senna · 20-07-2013 12:40am

Ask O2 to unlock it, I bought a pre-pay Nokia 520 and requested an unlock code the next day, they first sent me an email stating A) the phone wasn't registered to anyone, which is true because I only just got it

I needed to top up by €120 to get an unlock code. An hour later another email came with the unlock code, I hadn't even contacted them again

beauf · 20-07-2013 1:41am

What do you think of the 520?

machiavellianme · 20-07-2013 9:45am

JHet wrote: »

Just be mindful.

IF YOUR ALREADY ON O2 PREPAY YOU WILL NOT GET 20% OFF.

If you are on:
another carrier you will

On bill already with o2 you will

on prepay with o2 you won't

It is still a good offer. I managed to get 10% off on prepay with o2 from the chat assistant.

Try discount code................"Chat 10"................................can't guarantee this still works. I couldn't be arsed loosing the deal over 20quid.

peace out folks

But if you are already with o2, just get the 20% discount code in Priority moments and it will work, even for people upgrading from o2 prepay!

Actually it doesn't, for some reason o2 don't view this as an upgrade so even the priority code doesn't apply. I guess they don't care about their own pre-pay customers.

mindbloggling · 20-07-2013 10:54am

Really tempted by this offer.. am on prepay but tempted for just the 6 months contract and then move back to prepay after the only thing is i have €130 credit and i dont know what to do....

Issac · 20-07-2013 12:02pm

mindbloggling wrote: »

Really tempted by this offer.. am on prepay but tempted for just the 6 months contract and then move back to prepay after the only thing is i have €130 credit and i dont know what to do....

Is there anyway you could transfer that credit onto another sim/account, get through the 6 month contract and transfer the credit back onto your own account?

mindbloggling · 20-07-2013 12:11pm

Issac wrote: »

Is there anyway you could transfer that credit onto another sim/account, get through the 6 month contract and transfer the credit back onto your own account?

Can you do that..??
am currently with Vodafone.

nice HTC one billpay deal (IMO)

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