***The Official Nokia Lumia 920 Thread***

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Given I used about 300MB a month and WP8 has some sort of data reduction system I think 1GB will be enough. That's a 4G contract too.

The network has to support Data Sense (I guess it is some sort of compression technology), I do not think EE have this yet as I believe only Verizon support it at the moment.
 
The network has to support Data Sense (I guess it is some sort of compression technology), I do not think EE have this yet as I believe only Verizon support it at the moment.

It's a special proxy web proxy server. Most networks have them already, O2's used to compress all the JPEGs until they looked really ropey.
 
For the few that got your hands on them today.

Use this site, it does a free search and tells you if they have an unlock code available. Their lists get updated once a week

http://www.cellunlocker.net/nokia-unlock.php


So these were the guy's I've ordered mine from, not sure how long it will take, i guess I've got 14 days to take the hand set back, I'm sort of assuming that EE is a virtual orange network and I can get an unlock code, It would seem that the white version works on EE,TM & Orange anyway so I have hopes one of them will spit out an unlock code. Really don't want to give it back.
 
Is there any law against a retailer putting something up for sale but refusing to sell it?

Just seems dumb that P4U offer it sim free but refuse to sell it sim free, why even advertise it as available sim free in the first place?

It's debatable: As I understand it, an advert is an 'invitation to treat', i.e. they are inviting you to buy at the advertised price. They don't have to accept your offer. So, if the price is incorrect (genuine mistake) there is nothing in law to force them to sell at that price. However, it's not that simple...

If the price or advert is deliberately misleading then they could be breaking the law and at the very least, trading standards could be involved. If they're advertising for sale something they don't actually have or will get; or do have, but won't sell to you, or they advertise it at a price just to get you interested, to get you into the shop, only to up the price, then I would suggest that could be a case for Trading Standards/the courts.

The problem is proving it and unless the 'deception' was widespread and continuous, probably not worth the effort.

At the end of the day, our best weapon in fights like this, as consumers, is to take our business elsewhere.
 
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How did you get on with the unlock request? Who did you request it from? I take it you're on Voda? If so who did you call and did they not give you any of the bull that I got about having to have the phone registered to their network for at least 30 days before requesting the unlock?

called orange they said policy says I have to use a orange SIM in it for 3 months before they give me an unlock code, stupids, that website below is my only real hope.
 
Phones4U when they were doing the 12 month contracts, before EE jacked up the price.

£49 for the phone plus 12 x £51 = £661. Unlimited calls and texts, 1GB data. Given I used about 300MB a month and WP8 has some sort of data reduction system I think 1GB will be enough. That's a 4G contract too.

The same deal now has the handset at £199 which works out at £880.

Nice one! :cool: That's a cracking deal and the one I ws about to pull the trigger on before P4U removed the 12 month plans and EE upped the handset costs. :mad:
 
They said policy was this:
No unlock code unless you have used a orange sim in the phone for 3 months and then pay £20 for the unlock code.

That's a shame. Were you aware it would be locked? If you weren't made aware of this at point of sale then you should be able to return it surely.
 
There's no such thing as a fixed monthly amount on a contract either, they can hike that up if they want as proven recently.

It depends what's in your contract: By now they probably all have clauses that allow them to increase the contract price by a certain %-age without giving you the right to cancel. Isn't it the rate of inflation, or something similar? Above that %-age and you can still walk.

Can the people that have picked up a 'SIM free' handset tell us if there's much branding on them?
 
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The next best thing to do now is this:

Sim free mobile from Phones 4 U = £450
Sim only T-mobile unlimited everything special offer £21 / month

TCO = £702 over 12 months.
 
The next best thing to do now is this:

Sim free mobile from Phones 4 U = £450
Sim only T-mobile unlimited everything special offer £21 / month

TCO = £702 over 12 months.


There are quite a few virtual operators using EE network, biggest being Virgin Mobile:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mobile_network_operators_of_Europe#United_Kingdom

So there may be better deals around. I'm always getting letters with deals from Virgin and they're starting to get more competitive.

An example from Virgin:

Mobile SIM Only £12
SIM card cost FREE
Your tariff gives you:

150 minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited Mobile Web

12x12 + 459 = £603.
 
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On god I totaly forgot about that.
I was going to get a virgin sim anyway.
Then again don't have the funds to by sim free ATM, well not if I want a tablet. I wish we had a firm release date for surface pro.

And Virgin include tethering and no 12month contract.
 
The next best thing to do now is this:

Sim free mobile from Phones 4 U = £450
Sim only T-mobile unlimited everything special offer £21 / month

TCO = £702 over 12 months.

I spotted this too, seems like the way to go, no need to worry about unlocking either since its all part of EE Group.

If 12 months is too long its £26pm for a 30day contract.
 
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