Big help needed on potential phone purchase.

MM-Seat · 28 Mar 2013 at 21:12

Hi,

Currently have a HTC Titan WP7.5 phone and would like a nexus 4. After a bit of man maths I can trade my titan for £133-150 and can trade in £115 pounds worth of games at CeX. This means I could get an unlocked Nexus 4 16GB in what CeX call mint condition for £10-30.

Few Questions;
1. Will my network, orange, have an issue with this? I am currently 14 months into a 24 month contract?
2. Will my SIM work in the unlocked nexus 4? Does it use a micro sim as mine is currently not one and if so will orange have no issue in giving me a micro sim?
3. The phone is described as unboxed but, brand new. Has anyone ever bought a phone off of CeX? Was it as described?
4. And finally the hardest question. I mostly plan to do this as I've decided that android is the way to go. However in 10 months I would like to sell the phone as it will be worth more than the HTC Titan. Does everyone see the resale value of the nexus 4 being decent at around that time or will it be fairly cheap?

Thanks for any help, its much appreciated.

EDIT... Ok, Finally found all information on google. Just still want your opinion about CeX for phones?

MM-Seat · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:02

Edited.

dasyad · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:06

If you will have the cash why not just buy it direct from Google new? Personally I think CeX are over priced for used phones.

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_4_16gb

16GB is £279 direct from Google so I would only buy used if it offered a substantial saving over new.

MM-Seat · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:13

The problem is that the only way I can get the cash is from selling them to CeX in exchange for credit. If I sold everything to them cash it would be circa £150

toasteh · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:14

Sell your stuff elsewhere for cold hard cash then?

MM-Seat · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:18

toasteh said:
Sell your stuff elsewhere for cold hard cash then?

Is there somewhere easy I can do this? I don't want to eBay as I have never sold anything on there.

dasyad · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:21

Well if that's your only option I'd ask to inspect the Nexus 4 handsets they have and pick the one in best nick

they'd still be in warranty too so that's not a worry.

Do you definitely not want the games anymore though?

MM-Seat · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:24

dasyad said:
Well if that's your only option I'd ask to inspect the Nexus 4 handsets they have and pick the one in best nick they'd still be in warranty too so that's not a worry.

Do you definitely not want the games anymore though?

I'm selling very old X360 that I have completed and haven't used in years. The phone also fetches £150 as a trade in but, will only get £82 for cold hard cash. I wold definatley ask to inspect the Nexus 4's. It has a 12 month warranty anyway but, I was wondering if their A grade system was as simple as "
Mint – Phone in as new/mint condition with charger, original box and all accessories"

flexo786 · 28 Mar 2013 at 22:53

I normally trade and buy phones from cex and grade a usually always mint its only grade b and c where the condition can vary

MM-Seat · 28 Mar 2013 at 23:34

flexo786 said:
I normally trade and buy phones from cex and grade a usually always mint its only grade b and c where the condition can vary

Thank you. Will be getting a nexus 4 this weekend. Very excited.