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Title: NOKIA 100
Post by: delaro on January 07, 2013, 01:26:56 AM

Hi!

Anyone interested in buying a decent basic handset with reasonable battery life could consider buying NOKIA 100 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_100).

It's available from many retailers.

For example you could get it from tesco for £9 (http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-nokia-100-black/215-7201.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=215-7201) (double locked to o2 and tesco (http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Help-Ask-the-community-got-stuck/tesco-nokia-100-with-giffgaff-sim/td-p/6373618)) or £13 (locked to virgin mobile) or £19 (simfree & unlocked).

It costs £9.99 at o2 (http://shop.o2.co.uk/mobile_phone/pay_and_go/init/Nokia/100). (unlocked). Free home delivery and no topup required. It would cost only £4.44 after £5.55 TCB cashback.

Also you could go for a pink Nokia 100 at PrePayMania for £4.99 (http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/nokia-100-o2-pay-as-you-go-mobile-phone-pink.html) (plus £10 minimum topup required). Altogether only £9.94 after £5.05 TCB cashback (topup included).

dlR

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: pharmaa on January 07, 2013, 01:37:15 AM

Hot deal delaro...thanks...may mean I can stop making multiple trips to CPW. ;D

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: davegr on January 07, 2013, 08:38:34 AM

The battery life on the Nokia 100 is terrible compared to the Samsung E1080 or E1200 :) In my experience it also drops calls a lot more often in marginal signal areas.

Also I've never found PAYG phones from O2 to be unlocked!

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: pharmaa on January 07, 2013, 09:29:58 AM

Samsung e1200 (7 hours talk time), Samsung e2121(10 hours talk time) available at CPW instore £4.95 with minimum Top-up(min £10)

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: shani22 on January 07, 2013, 09:57:16 AM

Quote from: pharmaa on January 07, 2013, 09:29:58 AM

Samsung e1200 (7 hours talk time), Samsung e2121(10 hours talk time) available at CPW instore £4.95 with minimum Top-up(min £10)

i am using this phone with orange unlimited landline contact.superb handset samsung e 1200.
big battery time.

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: delaro on January 08, 2013, 12:37:04 AM

Quote from: davegr on January 07, 2013, 08:38:34 AM

Official specs are very similar:

e1080 Standard talk time: 7h 30min
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/mobile-phones/bar/GT-E1080ZKIXEU-spec
e1200 Talk Time : Up to 7 Hours (2G)
http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/mobile-devices/mobile-phones/bar/GT-E1200ZKABTU

I can't comment on call drops ;)

All handsets I got from o2 were unlocked and AFAIK o2 does NOT lock any apart from premium ones (ie iphone).

dlR

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: djyhkr on January 08, 2013, 02:45:03 PM

what is the cheapest way to unlock samsung E1200 on O2. It says network lock. Can anyone here help please.

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: davegr on January 08, 2013, 06:11:08 PM

I have 2 E1080i's which I bought from O2 (proving that not all phones are unlocked from them!). I have never been able to unlock them, it seems they change the unlock codes from the default.

O2 themselves say they can only unlock them if I can give them the number of the sim they were sold with, which I don't remember!

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: delaro on January 08, 2013, 08:14:52 PM

Quote from: davegr on January 08, 2013, 06:11:08 PM

I can confirm NOKIA 100 sold by o2 is unlocked thou.

dlR

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: i_luv_free_calls on January 08, 2013, 08:22:01 PM

Quote from: djyhkr on January 08, 2013, 02:45:03 PM

what is the cheapest way to unlock samsung E1200 on O2. It says network lock. Can anyone here help please.

They do unlocking for free if you're a contract customer. If you're not, then you can try yours or someone else's o2 contract or sim only details to get your pay as you go phone unlocked for free. I know someone who used his brother's sim only details to get his pay as you go phone unlocked for free. Worth a punt ;)

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: davegr on January 08, 2013, 08:27:13 PM

You know what, I tried that and they still insisted they needed to know which sim the phones were sold with and without that info it would be impossible to find the unlock code...

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: i_luv_free_calls on January 08, 2013, 08:33:14 PM

Give this a try: Ebay item number 300838653663. I'm not sure if they work or not as I haven't used them personally.

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: djyhkr on January 10, 2013, 02:09:14 AM

Thanks i_luv_free_calls. Unfortunately that didn't work >:(

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: i_luv_free_calls on January 10, 2013, 08:02:58 AM

Quote from: djyhkr on January 10, 2013, 02:09:14 AM

Thanks i_luv_free_calls. Unfortunately that didn't work >:(

Ooops. Return it to them with a nice "comforting" message attached ;)

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: delaro on January 10, 2013, 11:41:13 PM

This phone is brilliant. ALL DAY LONG on line and only 3/5 of battery used ;D

The only bad thing IMO is you cannot lock the keypad during the call.

dlR

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: jagga303 on January 10, 2013, 11:45:24 PM

Upgrade on PAYG from £4.95 with no top for Nokia 100

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/pay-as-you-go-upgrades#bot

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: delaro on January 10, 2013, 11:56:31 PM

Quote from: jagga303 on January 10, 2013, 11:45:24 PM

Upgrade on PAYG from £4.95 with no top for Nokia 100

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/pay-as-you-go-upgrades#bot

thanks for that ;)

This one is also quite interesting ... 10hours talk time :D

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_e2120-2900.php

Quote

Samsung E2121

Upgrade from
£3.95
no top-up required
New from
£4.95
minimum top-up required

T&C for PAYG upgrades:

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Virgin Media
It must be 6 months since joining Virgin Media or 6 months since last upgrade. Customer must have used number in the last 90 days to make a chargeable event.
Vodafone
It must be 6 months since joining Vodafone or 6 months since last upgrade. The customer must have made at least 3 out-going activities within the last 3 months.
T-Mobile
It must be 6 months since joining T-Mobile or 6 months since last upgrade. A chargeable event must have occurred on the number at any time.
Orange
It must be 6 months since joining Orange or 6 months since last upgrade. A top-up must have been applied within the last 6 months.
O2
It must be 6 months since joining O2 or 6 months since last upgrade. A chargeable event must have occurred on the number at any time.

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: mahesh7337 on January 11, 2013, 12:01:38 AM

Quote from: jagga303 on January 10, 2013, 11:45:24 PM

Upgrade on PAYG from £4.95 with no top for Nokia 100

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/price-plans/pay-as-you-go/pay-as-you-go-upgrades#bot

Thanks Jagga.
This weekend, I will go n grab one from carphonewarehouse ;)

Title: Re: NOKIA 100
Post by: shaggy_x on February 05, 2013, 01:30:16 PM

Quote from: delaro on January 07, 2013, 01:26:56 AM

Its a good enough handset and all depends on what you want to use it for. For using group messaging etc youre better off with samsung e2121b

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