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

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Same with me, I want a quantum leap over my Lumia 800. Camera is very important to me and wireless charging.

£459 is less than my iPhone 4 was at £499 and the 32GB iPhone 5 is £599. I've got the money available after saving a bit and selling off some stuff on ebay.

I have Friday off so will venture down there then.
 
Fillado said:
What with the phone being so new the only option would be to go through the only channel Nokia would give an unlock code to - the carrier. Which is a trip to EE, a PAYG SIM, £20 top-up and an "up to" five day wait.
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There's unlock codes available for Canada ones allready. So hopfully uk unlocking codes won't be to far away. But it does mean waiting untill they are available.
 
I'm a sucker for new phones and often get caught up in the hype. I can honestly say I've not seen such a disastrous launch of a flagship phone before!

How have Nokia UK been allowed to get it so wrong? :(
 
Doz007 said:
I'm a sucker for new phones and often get caught up in the hype. I can honestly say I've not seen such a disastrous launch of a flagship phone before!

How have Nokia UK been allowed to get it so wrong? :(
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As someone wrote somewhere (may have been on here), Nokia serves its customers well and their customers are the phone networks not the people buying the phones.

Nokia - Connecting People.................to Android, HTC and Samsung.
 
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Some sites have uk unlock available for Lumia 920. EE isn't listed. Several other carriers orange being the closest but expensive at about £40, now found €35

Wonder if any off these work at all.
 
I'll go for the unlock option.

I've calculated that on the cheapest deal on EE I'd pay around £1003 in total over 24 months.

Buying the phone SIM free, spending 30 odd on an unlock code and paying £12 a month for Giffgaff works out around £777. I'm not spending £18 a month more for a 4G service I won't get.

I've asked on a musicians forum where people are in France, Germany etc if they know of anywhere that will ship a phone to the UK. So i'll see if they know. This is a backup plan :)
 
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gilesjuk said:
I'll go for the unlock option.

I've calculated that on the cheapest deal on EE I'd pay around £1003 in total over 24 months.

Buying the phone SIM free, spending 30 odd on an unlock code and paying £12 a month for Giffgaff works out around £777. I'm not spending £18 a month more for a 4G service I won't get.

I've asked on a musicians forum where people are in France, Germany etc if they know of anywhere that will ship a phone to the UK. So i'll see if they know. This is a backup plan :)
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Just do the 12 months @£50 + £50 for handset. It works out that the contract price is only £17 / month.

I was angry until I realised there were 12 month plans, now this sorts the issue.

EDIT: Hope people see this...

12 months @ £51 = £612 + £49.99 for the phone = £661.99. If you subtract the sim free phone cost of £470 then divide by 12 the monthly cost is £15.99 for the contact. Thats a pretty good deal if you ask me.
 
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Right, so after looking at all the options it turns out there may be a few decent deals hidden among the mis-information and ineptitude...

My ideal solution would be a proper SIM-free, unlocked handset and my choice of SIM-only deal (Ultimate Internet SIM 200 from 3). That would work out at £460 for the phone and 12 * £12.90 for the SIM-only deal.
Total for 12 months : £614.80

The P4U 12 month deal at £56 per month will give a similar price; £19.99 for the phone, 12 * £56 for the contract and £50 back from quidco.
Total for 12 months : £641.99


Pros:
- unlimited calls
- unlimited texts
- potential 4G speeds (doubtful though)


Cons:
- limited colour choice
- phone unlock fee if you change network after the 12 months
- less data allowance (but do you really need to use more than 3GB of data on a phone?)


It's a close call, but I may go for the P4U offer anyway. If they threw in a free wireless charging plate then that'd swing it for me (BIG hint for anyone at P4U reading this ;))
 
I'm gonna go that way too I think. Although keeping the £460 I would have spend on the phone in the bank will be a challenge, I may have to store it elsewhere and transfer over.
 
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