*** Sony Xperia Z5 ***

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Looks like the Z5 is coming with 4k screen and an 810 processor.


Z5 Video Leak

Sony Spokesman confirms Z5 4k screen

 

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Really hoping these releases will bump down the price of the Z3 to under 300.

There's quite a few places on the net which already have it at about £275 and £290 though given the minor changes from Z3 to Z4 and to Z5 I don't expect there will be mad reductions on the z3 anytime soon. I hope so as I'm looking to pick up a Z3 but want it sub £200, highly doubt it though!

 

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not a fan of paying 700 odd quid for a phone good job my contracts up so can sail strait into this

Wouldn't you just be paying the £700 over 24 months then? I seriously can't ever justify paying that kind of dosh for a phone...it's a flippin phone ffs

200, maybe 300 ok, but 700? for a phone?? nahhhhh

 

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Sod it, I just went ahead and pre-ordered the Z5 in black on EE. I was on T-Mobile before:

10GB (Double speed and EU Roaming)
Unlimited SMS and Calls
FREE Phone
£38.49 (includes the 30% F&F Discount)

Basically doubled my current monthly cost but that included taking a hit on the F&F discount as its 50% on T-Mobile... Had to come off it at some point I guess :/

Worked out that the extra £19/month comes to £456 over 24 month contract so its less than the handset alone. Also, really needed to upgrade the tired old S3

The plan alone is 25.99 so you're paying 12.50 a month for the phone, 300 in total. That is pretty astonishing. Where/how do you get one of those F&F discounts?

 

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Employee discount - family or friend.

Ah, i thought he was getting it from somewhere on the net or through someone like mischief who gives out a lot of F&F codes for sky.

Is there someone on the forums who works for EE / can give F&F discounts? At those prices it's a no brainer...

 

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does anyone have F&F discount for EE? Been trying to get 3 new contracts signed up for the Z3/Z5 and the prices are absurd.

 

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CPW says delivery by the 6th - question is will the Z3's drop in price when the Z5 launches and by how much because so far, it doesn't look like the Z5's impending launch within 2 weeks has had much of an effect

 

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I'm also hoping for a drop. I missed the Argos deal when they were £315 as I would have probably of bitten.

Well expedite electronics and simply electronics (Same company) sell the Z3 D6653 atm for 288 and 291. HK version which is banded for 4G on EE/Three but not O2/Vodafone

if you look at the Edge it started at 675 in May and now 450 in Sep - 30% drop in 3 months. I don't think we'll see the same drop in the Z5 personally as it looks like the Xperia series tend to hold their value better than the samsung's. There's still Z2's retailing for 275!

 

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Got a text from EE saying mine is dispatched within 21 days... I expect it might be sooner though and they are just managing expectations

Z5 or Z3?

Or do you mean EE the network?

 

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I'm not risking buying from simply electronic, reviews are too dodgy for me.

really? they're on TCB and 1000+ posts on avforums - generally excellent feedback. Curious, what and where have you read they're dodgy? Wanna make sure before I order

 

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My z3 is in perfect condition, how much am I likely to get for it 2nd hand and is now a good time to sell before the price drops further? I have the money so ideally want to know the best time to keep upgrading phones. Ty

Not sure, the price of a new one is slowly creeping downwards on third party sites. Having said that, I noticed this morning on amazon the price if you buy directly from sony plummeted from £399 to £335 so it looks likes the price drops might start increasing now.

I'd say you might struggle to sell a used one so close to the launch of the Z5 as people either took the plunge already or are going to wait to see what happens to the price after the launch in 2 weeks.

If you wanted a quick sale, maybe you could dump it for £150-200. Having a quick look on Ebay there's a lot auctioning atm for £110-150 but with still a day or two to go until bidding ends.

 

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Correct. Sell sooner then buy something cheap as a stop gap. Thats what I did

They're actually holding their values pretty damn well tbh.

Cheapest local source with D6603 (International version) is £335 on amazon but the others are all £400+.

Even if they do drop after the Z5 is launched - I doubt they will drop more than 10-15% at least for a year, looking at the historical price changes when new phone models are released.

If you take £335 to be the baseline (and I'm not sure that's fair as there's only one supplier doing them for that price) then that might mean you'd see the price fall to £285-£300 in 12 months, higher if you take the other average prices as the baseline.

 

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Three STILL don't seem to be advertising these on their website - screw them i'm moving to either EE or 02!

How easy is it to keep my number if I swap, do I:

1 - Order my phone/contract via CPW
2 - Contact Three for my 'code'
3 - Ring EE/02 and give them my 'code' from Three
4 - Cancel contract with Three?

go to Three.co.uk, login to your account and click 'Thinking of Leaving us?' and click Online Chat.

Request Pac Code from operator (ignore all pleas and attempts to keep you).

Sign up to EE, wait for simcard to arrive. Activate simcard online and put your pac code in at the same time.

Wait 24-48 hours and it's all done.


I just went through this process 2 weeks ago.

 

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fellas

I'm thinking of selling my 2 month old Z3 to buy this - I saw it in the shop and I love the look and feel of it (matt grey is my favourite).

If I sell the Z3 I'm probably looking at about 100 loss and then another 200 or so for the Z5.

Do you think it's worth it?