Some of you bunch of moaning, greedy and ungrateful bleeps!

You Moan about the slightest things wrong with the phone, saying its not as good as a £550 Samsung or iPhone, but then some of you still have the cheek to sell them on eBay for in-excess of £350!

The phone is practically free, you moan the networks not right, customer service is poor. You are paying £21 for a top of the range phone over 12 months, with a price plan that could easily be paying the same for over 24 months!

This website makes me want to scream at times, with the amount of ignorant people on here, who expect the best for nothing!

Just spoken to CPW customer service, apparently the mystic champagne model is solid 9ct gold, has 100 gb internal memory and is triple sim, mine is being delivered tomorrow by a nun on a donkey, can't wait.

I've had mine for a couple of days, was a bit worried coming from Cyanogenmod 11 on an SGS2, there wasn't really any need to be.

I unlocked the bootloader, flashed CWM, rooted, installed busybox and then installed apex launcher.

After that, I removed all the useless apps, set a data limit (Install Activity Launcher from Play Store > Settings > Data Usage and set the limit) make sure to change the cycle to start on the first day of your billing period. If you long press on Data Usage you can add a shortcut to the homescreen.

Applied a dark theme (http://www.huaweithemes.cf/2015/04/ota-black-all-dark-theme-for-emui-30.html) and it's pretty much there.

There's a chance P8 owners will get a 3 year warranty with 24 hour turnaround. You will need to register it quick, though...

http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-p8-3-years-warranty-612036/

£10 cashback via TCB - http://www.topcashback.co.uk/carphone_warehouse/

Seems like a great deal, I have been looking at this phone at around £310 from one of the Amazon Europe sites. I was then planning on pairing with a Three unlimited data sim.

Although this is only 1gb it works out a good deal cheaper, it's just a shame the plans only offer up to 2gb as I would like at least 4gb! Seems bizzare to pay for this contract on top of Three but I might end up doing that.

I think there's also £10 Quidco that can be had with this.

Would love to try one of these phones out before buying but may pre-order this and if I don't like it return within 14 days.

Will the phone be locked?

Just hoping it's not a typo! Ordered. Let's see if it will come!

Thank you for making us aware of this deal. Amazingly cheap, I went for the £21.50 deal and I'll call up if I like the network to make it 2gb or higher.

I'm going to jump on this if Three will get their back sides in gear and send my bleeding PAC code across. 30minutes of arguing that this is an upgrade and better deal than what they offer me now and the guy just had none of it.

Edit: Finally managed to process the order through. Now on to finding a case for it.

I have just ordered a black one. I am going to try to contact ID Mobile to discuss possibility of upgrading the contract.

Thanks OP!

If I'm reading it right online, this will be the 64gb model wont it? Everywhere says the white and black are premium colours and offer 64gb rather than the standard 16 of the grey and gold. Hopefully they honour this. I've taken a print screen of the deal anyway for the inevitable argument that will happen at the end of 12months when they turn around and say the deal was 24months if I don't take it.

Just jumped on this despite the fact I already had two decent handsets! According to website, it's limited to first 500 orders. Hope I get mine....

Jumped in at that price, no idea what I am going to do with the 12 month sim as my family live in an area with poor 3 coverage. :confused:

Hmmm do I want to give up my sim only from 3 with unlimited data for £9.90 ?...
But I really need a new phone!

10p per Mb (£100 per Gb!) and 40p per minute if you go over allowance. Cracking deal, but be very carful not to go over allowances!

Hmm I just got a Z1 Compact and this seems better? :disappointed:

To be honest I could just look at it as interest free for 12 months and use my old sim

On the id homepage;
http://www.idmobile.co.uk/

On the id homepage.

Such a good deal. Thanks OP I've been looking for an affordable replacement for my constantly battery drained HTC one M7 for a good while and this is far and away the best deal I've seen.

Just sell the phone for close to £350 and you have a random 12 month contract if you need it plus £100 in your **** pocket.

It is a no brainer really.

White or black though...

Ah got ya, I went direct through CPW for the same price and no mention of any limits on there.

Chinese brands tend to quote their memory like that. It will have 16GB Memory on the phone but will accept upto 64GB in memory cards. Hope this helps some of you guys

I believe in this case the part where it says "Expandable memory: microSD, up to 128" refers to the size of memory card accepted by the phone.

Will this be unlocked?
For a three sim?

Considering selling my G3 and cancelling my BT Mobile SIM to go with this! So tempting

thanks, gone for this.

Needed something to replace my galaxy note 1, was going to go for the p7000 but too many unanswered questions and the size of the p8 is a little easier on the pocket.

Was paying £10 / month with giffgaff for a similar allowance, so great price for the phone @ £11.50 for 12 months.

If it comes with 64gb then a huge bonus, but 16gb should be sufficient.

Thanks op

am I missing something? this seems too good to be true...

TCB tracked at £25.

Think I'm going to upgrade to the £25.50 per month so I can use the sim abroad without any roaming charges

how do you know how many is left and will the price be the same after the first 500

I don't want to get all your hopes up but I spoke to carphone warehouse and they said it's definitely 64gb. Also not dual sim and also for all those like me who may want to increase data and minutes later down the line it is very expensive. To increase data by 1gb it was something like £4-5 and to increase minutes £4-£8 depending on how many more minutes you want. So I took out the 25.50 one as well and I will cancel the one I don't need.

Oh yeah and you can't upgrade that's what the lady from ID said. I spoke to both carphone warehouse and ID.

couldn't find £25 in TCB ..only showing 10.50?

When I bought through TCB it tracked at £25

Drat, almost bought on the strength of dual sim, apparently the micro sd slot doubles up as the 2nd sim slot, no?

Don't know mate we will have to wait and see :smiley:

are you ordering through CPW website or IDMobile?

CPW here but don't suppose it matters

Outstanding deal....I fear that they have put up the same price for 12 months as 24 in error.

ID had anothe great one a few weeks back - I think on the p7 again over 12 months
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-ascend-g7-600mins-5000texts-2gb-data-12month-contract-25-50pm-cpw-2205657
I also thought this was a great deal but it didnt get the HUK love

yes

thought it stated 3g somewhere?

how much of a step up would this be from a Moto 4g? There's nothing I absolutely hate about the phone but this just seems too good to be true bearing in mind I was about to order a new sim only contract for the wife. Thanks for sharing OP, heat added.

Crazy good new for a high spec new phone

So tempted but cant be doing with such low data ,il stick to pay an go

Says 4g on the cpw tariff page....don't think I have that wrong

thanks...even better then!

Don't need it but went for it............. Damn hotukdeals :-)

great deal. wonder if i can upgrade My three sim only contract to this...

Would you be able to use Three's In Touch app on this network as my wife has not got very good Three reception where she works, but good wireless?

I guess it won't be a problem from September as Three are supposed to be launching 800mhz 4G with VoIP.

uk version is not a dual sim
and its and octa core processor, not quad-core.

After much consideration, I took the plunge for the White / 16GB (Mystic Champagne). I didn't want to freeroll for 64GB/Kirin 935 (picking Black), as I really like it in white, and I think what ID/CPW call black is not the Carbon Black / 64GB / Kirin 935 variant, but actually the Titanium Grey / 16GB / Kirin 930 (with black front). If it is proven that Black is indeed Carbon Black, I think I will reconsider, +200MHz of processing power and +48GB storage are not to be sniffed at :smile:

This looks like a misprice that should be 24 months, not 12, particularly looking at prices of other plans for this phone. Then again their Facebook page does have a picture of the deal with 12 months in it and caption says it's limited to first 500 offers so I've taken a punt!

It clearly says in the cpw page that it is dual sim, 16 gb storage, octa core 64 bit processor kirin 930. Also the contract is for 3g data not 4g?

16GB storage and 64GB processor?!

"Huawei’s own powerful 64-bit Kirin 930 processor" - that's taken from the iD Mobile page.

Tha CPW website now also has an updated description stating "Internal Phone Memory 16GB"

Ordered for the girlfriend! Was about to order a p7 that would cost more over a longer 24 month contract with less data!

Fingers crossed when it arrives it will be dual sim as I'm quite looking forward to this being my first dual sim phone. Shame it's not the more premium 64gb model but otherwise it's just what the doctor ordered.

As a side note the 8 core thing is not exactly what it says on the tin as this phone like several others is 4+4. Meaning it's got 4 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 4 other cores clocked at up to 1.5GHz. The phone uses the higher clocked cores when you push it and the lower clocked ones when it's idle or doing slow time activities.

For anyone looking for the CPW page it's here

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/phones/huawei-p8

Typo... 64 bit. Hope you got it already.
Also while ordering I used a office number as home phone. Dont have a landline so not sure if that matters. It didnt accept a cell no for that field.

it's actually octacore:
Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
this will get hoooot!

what you mean?

I say that you can't trust CPW spec page, that's all I say.
CPW says Dual-SIM (SIM1 + SIM2 or microSD), most probably it isn't. It's SIM1 + microSD.
CPW says 16GB/Kirin 930, most probably it is
CPW says Black, most probably it is Grey.

can you get the play store on this?

Just watched a review on YouTube, (phonedog) software doesn't look great at times. Juat have to home there are updates, and/or some sort of stock android or cm7 released

on the front page, only 500 available...

have to order it now lol

Obviously I'll see how it is but I'm used to stock android so just a little apprehensive especially after seeing that review, has a couple of bugs etc

CM7 was Android 2.3 back in 2012 - they're on CM12 or 13 now.
I had a Nexus 5 stock android - hated it. By the time I'd added the apps and features I wanted it became clunky and buggy. I installed CM11 on my LG G2 only to see if it could sort a screen fault - and very quickly went back to the stock LG rom. A few years ago custom roms were all about removing bloatware and because the manufacturers didn't put enough development into their sorftware. I've spent lots of hours rooting and installing custom roms, but after my last 2 phones it seems manufacturers are producing decent software nowadays.

Yeh don't know why I wrote 7, think that was the last time I used CM :smiley: hopefully it'll be fine as it is anyway

I was just about to ditch my dual-sim Moto G for this, but looks like it will take either two sims OR one sim and a MicroSD card, which is not ideal. :disappointed:

Still a hot deal for what it is.

Thanks OP for this excellent deal! My only concern is the development support for this amongst the community, i've had my S3 for three years now and it's still a brilliant phone thanks to the support it receives from developers (Currently running Lollipop on it), i like to hang onto my phones for quite some time and long after the manufacturer has ditched support the community can keep a phone upto date with the latest Android updates, also Quidco tracked at £25, if that goes through then i'll only be paying 11 months! Good stuff.

I did some research regarding products codes

GRA-L09 = Single SIM, Standard (16GB / Kirin 930)
GRA-UL00 = Dual SIM, Standard (16GB / Kirin 930)
GRA-CL00 = Dual SIM, Standard (16GB / Kirin 930)
GRA-TL00 = Dual SIM, Standard (16GB / Kirin 930)

GRA-UL10 = Dual SIM, Premium (64GB / Kirin 935)
GRA-CL10 = Dual SIM, Premium (64GB / Kirin 935)
GRA-TL10 = Dual SIM, Premium (64GB / Kirin 935)

GRA-L09 is the variant destined for the UK market.

IME CPW phones are always unlocked.

Clearly says dual sim on cpw tech specs - but also has the wrong dimensions. As already mentioned. Thanks for posting OP.

CPW don't lock their phone neither do 3 (host network) so I doubt this would be.
Was seriously tempted (by the dual sim aspect) but now not so sure if it's got that.

iD mobile - using the Ryanair model in the UK mobile industry
Looked at the the roaming rates...shockaroonie!
e.g. Canada - £5 per minute outgoing , £1.25 incoming , £1 per text

Search for carphone warehouse on Quidco and go through there, it says the cashback for idmobile deals is £10 but it tracked at £25, not sure what's going on, might still be downgraded to £10.

One of my fears before I posted the deal was whether CPW actually are selling the P8 Lite version and not the full P8 but it's been on the site too long now given the fact that they must have had many orders overnight which would have been flagged up in the back office and it's not been taken down. I do agree about the out of allowance charges - truly shocking so if you are going for this deal make doubly sure that the allowance is adequate for your needs!

didn't huawei announce the budget version of the P8 yesterday, which is nearly identical to this?

I'd hold out if I were you.

Ordered last night and got an email this morning from IDMobile saying item is OUT-OF-STOCK.

Cheers OP, pre-ordered one last night. The dimensions are correct on the ID Mobile page.

I've taken a punt as I need dual-sim. I've taken screenshots so if it arrives as single sim I will either look to swap the phone for another dual-sim with similar spec (for no extra cost) or I'll just return it within 14 days.

As for the first 500 customers; I couldn't see anything whilst ordering - probably a marketing ploy.

Thanks op!

I think P8 lite is only for american market

Looks good... Nice size good specs.. Probably a better buy than m9 or s6

same here: got an email this morning from IDMobile saying item is OUT-OF-STOCK.

£7 for 1GB of extra data...

CPW says expected date of delivery is 19th of June.

not the best review here

very true

p8 16g doesnt have black or white, whereas it has silver and grey.

Nuts the sim free price on CPW is £379.99 .

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/phones/huawei-p8/handset?colourCode=WHITE

Ordered, Thanks op. Can't go wrong for a 12 month contract. And if quidco tracks it works out paying for 11 months.

Thanks op, one ordered here too - with a 12 month contract seems an amazing price!

guys I have found something like this on pc advisor website. About Huawei P8 "Note that there are both single- and dual-SIM versions of the P8. Where supported, both SIM slots support 4G LTE, and the second can instead be used to carry up to 128GB of additional storage via microSD."

also found this spec:
Sim Card: Dual SIM (Side SIM Slot is either SIM or TF Card, means, when you insert two SIM, can't insert TF Card; When you insert the Mainly SIM only, can insert TF Card)

hmm ordered i think, no qidco tracking and no confirmation email from cpw.

should i have heard something?

and other : There’s even a dual-SIM version of the phone, where the micro SD slot can cleverly double as a second nano SIM slot. A simple idea, and one that could prove useful to frequent travellers.

Looks like a vending machine if you squint your eyes...the "twirly" ones where the coil rotates and inevitably takes your 50p and doesn't put out on the promised Quavers.

What SD card does this take? Got a 32 SanDisk class 10 in my moto 4g and that doesn't work with it and no idea what one will. Want 32gb storage so any help for this and moto g if anyone knows be great thanks

Ordered yesterday and just got the confirmation email from CPW. I ordered through CPW and not the iD website.

hi
really tempted but I need dual sim
cannot see a dual sim ref on iD website
please some one confirm where it states dual sim on iD website
thanks

That's an encouraging update :-)

I bought mine from CPW too but I haven't heard from them yet apart from the usual "order acknowledgment" email. What time did you order? I ordered mine just after 9pm.

Ordered mine through ID at 4am this morning. Got a mail saying thats it OOS but will be dispatched in a few days. Does anyone know if there's a way of putting a limit on the texts, data and calls so you dont go over, gonna use this for my daughter for the year, just dont want her to go over though

I ordered about 8:30PM and no confirmation yet aside from the automated acknowledgement. Will update if/when it comes through though.

go to youtube here review and watch this review the guy saying the nano sim tray could be used as micro sd.

got to be honest, the handset looks to me likes its worth the 260 quid on it's own, so this is a no brainer really...

With the same free international roaming as 3 too.

I've been thinking about a cheaper 2nd handset on 3 to save when in the States and Spain. Shame I've no travels planned.

According to my email source which is +1 hour I ordered at five to seven. Not sure what time that is in the real world, hung over and can't work out if I have to add an hour or take one off. :confused:


I then received the acknowledgement that I was successful at 12:12 this lunch time.

Anyone know what happens when you use all the data up ? I'm going to Spain next month and want to use three for data when I'm away

Have ID updated the website since the deal initially launched? Can't see any reference to dual SIM either. If it's single SIM then it will be going back...

If I want to take my number across, can I do this after I've started the contract or do I need to enter a PAC code now?

Where? The ID website clearly talks about activating first then using PAC after
http://www.idmobile.co.uk/help-and-advice/keep-my-number

Thanks. I'm looking for a decent-but-budget android phone. I guess this is significantly better than the moto g? If the contract's worth £5-10/month, this phone's not much dearer

ordered, heat added, thanks.

Yes. Here's what wired.co.uk thought of the P8


http://www.wired.co.uk/reviews/mobile-phones/2015-04/huawei-p8-review

I ordered and don't need to port my number but this might yal.

You want to keep your number, right?

Don't worry - we've got an easy, fuss-free way for you to keep your number when you get your new phone. When you receive your phone or SIM, you'll be able to log in to manage your iD Account and swap your number over.

I have a M7 and am very happy with it despite it being over 2 years old, but the 'jones' in me wants a new shiny phone

I appreciate its not an m8 or m9 but would this be a good 'upgrade' for me

Thanks guys & gals

Heat to OP. This looks to be a great deal and just what I was after.
I need to replace a war torn S3 complete with cracked screen. I was considering the recently reduced One Plus One but their customer service was putting me.
As a low data user even if the network is questionable I'll gladly persevere for 12 months at this price.
Thanks again

Perfect timing for me. Heat added and ordered. Top work OP. :smile:

Better than a s4?

Hi all, great deal I have ordered one for my brother. I have a LG G, was wondering how this will compare to it. In particular in terms of the camera and overall performance. Cheers

it's a shame, I just bought Honor 6, this could be a cracking deal indeed.

CPW sent me an email asking me to call them back. I phoned them up and they said I can't have this deal because iD mobile have set up a restriction on me which means I can only have a tariff of upto £15.99 per month. Went back and forth but had no luck. Ridiculous way to not honour the deal.

BTW before anyone mentions, I have a 4.5 star credit rating in the higher 900's, so there is absolutely no way I have failed the credit check for a mobile phone.

very possible we will get 64g version, because 16g don't have White and Black. :P

this phone is now selling 2880 CNY = 304 pounds (according to google) in Huawei's official website. http://www.vmall.com/product/1983.html

I had an email to say the credit check has failed and order cancelled which is very strange. Ordered through CPWH.

Called IDmobile, they said there are no issues at all, and they are just waiting for stock. Order still going through fine.
Called CPWh and they said the same, they are very confused as to why I've had that email as the credit check passed and everything is OK with order....

Doesn't fill me with confidence though!

In all honesty I'm going into this expecting a non dual sim 16GB version. Anything above is a bonus, most resellers like CPW simply copy and paste specs and the up and coming Chinese manufacturers can get confusing with their models numbers for the same product. People can try and contact CPW/ID but they would most likely be reading same copied and pasted spec sheets that we are seeing so everyone will know for sure when handsets get delivered. They do have a 14 day cancellation period like most carriers so returns should be easy enough if people are expecting dual sim.

Could this just be their experience (review link) ? So, not necessarily apply to all P8s:

"The Huawei P8 has excellent design and build for a price lower than other flagship rivals. On the whole hardware is decent too, particularly in the photography department. However, poor performance and buggy software taint the experience to frustrating level which make it very difficult to recommend."

Own a P6 (got for £96 last year), & happy with it for the time being.

Did you call them after the first email?

It may be that it wasn't cancelled after all like mine...

Cancelled due to not passing a credit check for both my girlfriend and myself. It's quite strange, as we both have excellent credit history and have had no problems getting a contract for anything, even of much higher value or mortgage.

Seems like they did not anticipate the amount of orders and they're just cancelling them.

Anyone know what mobile phone has an "Alarm" clock that will still Go-off, when the phone is switched-off in the night (to save battery).
My old LG Cookie did, but haven`t come across another make the does?
Seems daft to waste the battery by needing to leave it switched on all night.
And in my job I sleep over at work, and I don`t want the extra need to have a separate (non-mobile phone) Alarm Clock!
Thanks

Hi guys, I placed my order ~5am this very morning and got a confirmation email, how sweet:) Also £26.25 TCB, ordered through TCB => Carphone Warehouse.

Is your sim deal with calls as well or just data? I pay 15 quid for unlimited data plus 200 mins with 3.

Has there been anybody who got a out of stock notice and thereafter credit check fail? Is this implied that credit passed orders are receiving the oos notice?

Hey, considering buying either this, or a G3 for £235. Which one would you guys suggest? Tempted to go for the G3 due to the better screen (larger, and much higher PPI). However the specs of the P8 in regards to performance seem to be superior. Which would you suggest?

Phoned them, and they say that my credit check was declined and the lady on the phone was trying to offer me a Galaxy Ace *whatever* instead. Obviously no reason as to why it was declined or anything. She was also having trouble finding me on their system, which in the end she failed to do anyway. I bought a top end phone 4 years ago from CPW with a really bad credit score, without issues. The customer service has advised me that all of their systems are down, so they passed me onto sales department.

I ordered this at 6.24pm yesterday from CPW and have not received a cancellation email.

G3 or this?
The G3 has a larger and better screen (PPI) however this seems to be better performance-wise. Any advice?

ordered but scamtander have blocked a payment of 1 penny to complete the order, to top things off their website say their phone lines are open and when i ring they are closed, shambles but thats santanders part.

Battery life isn't an issue, it lasts a day with heavy performance from what i've seen, and i charge my phone pretty much every day. Also, performance is good and there aren't any noticable slowdowns according to most reviewers. The screen is just selling it for me tbh

I take it this isn't worth me ordering when I get if people's orders are being cancelled

if you say so. i guarantee you, you'll regret buying the g3 and come to the conclusion that there is no real benefit to the enhanced screen resolution.

I had the G3. Battery not as bad as people make it out to be. I didn't, and still don't see the point in QHD on a phone but I still got a day out of it with heavy usage and 75% brightness.

it's not just the resolution, it's the size, and better back camera. There's also the additional small features that the g3 has that appeals to me, but i feel like the p8 is a steal at this price tbh.

Just got a email from CPW saying it's out of stock at the moment and they will despatch it as soon as they get some more (up to 14 days) Not holding my breath tbh lol

nice deal while waiting for huawei to make the next nexus, which should be quite similar to the P8
order placed, not very optimistic after reading all the comments but who knows :smiley:

this deal is on the homepage and a legit offer, limited to the first 500 orders.

Any idea what happens and your not one of the 500 orders for the offer?

decent phone running EMUI

Could be a marketing ploy. Say there's limited stock. Surely if there's 5000 in stock they won't just keep the deal to the first 500.

Called CPW few mins ago. They confirmed the contract is 12 months and launch date is not confirmed yet. As soon as this phone is launched, they will deliver it.

Have an iPhone 6, fancy a change should I have a dabble for 21 quid a month, I'll stick my existing three sim in it as I have unlimited data on that ?

If they did that there would be lots of trouble methinks. This offer is still on the site now.

If it's only available for the first 500 orders then they should remove it from the website rather than getting personal details of hundreds of thousands of people and not delivering the goods. We don't but they know how many orders they have approved for this deal.

I have re-ordered. First order got cancelled because CPW thought someone with a 900+ credit score (4.5 start rating) is not good enough to be trusted with a £21.50 contract. I don't have high hopes though. My wife has also ordered one last night but she hasn't heard anything from CPW yet apart from the order acknowledgement.

I ordered at 19:00 yesterday through ID but haven't heard back from the credit check - just that it's not in stock and I can cancel if I wish!

Has anyone had any confirmation that they have actually passed the credit check and that there order has been accepted?

So which comes first, the stock check or the credit check?

It's a 'GoTo' deal, which means it doesn't include free roaming :disappointed: Still not sure about this - it's a great price, but I'll need either free roaming or dual sim...

Ordered last night and all i've received so far is a bog standard confirmation email for the order a few minutes after the order was placed, nothing else, however i did speak to CPW this morning as i had ordered the black version by mistake and they changed it to white for me without any issues and also advised the phone would be delivered in two weeks, so if you guys haven't received follow-up emails and have any doubts just give them a call.

I've been looking at this phone for weeks and was expecting to pay £400 ish pound on release. I will buy and use my existing £16 unlimited data plan.

interested, anyone know is it 4g or 3g data?

I've placed my order got the email confirming the order but still yet to see if I passed or its gone through, tried calling id but kept being put through to cpw and then vice versa so that was no help as they can't even see the order until its approved,seems as though they didn't expect the deal to go this well and at the moment its a first come basis.

Got the below reply from them. Expired?

The product you ordered is currently out of stock, but don?t worry ? we?re expecting it shortly, so it should be with you within the next few days.

In the meantime we're going to prepare your order by running your credit check and taking payment (but only if your order requires it).

I'm in on this and have placed an order but expect there has been a bollux-up so fully expect a cancellation.

I reckon CPW have confused the Huawei P8Lite with the high(er)-end P8. Their description clearly describes the full-fat P8 but the pricing seems more likely to be for the Lite version without the goodies such as the top-end camera and so forth.

Fingers-crossed they will accept the orders, but I'm not expecting too much. Would be a pity as I fancy a phone with a good camera.

Something's not right with their system with the amount of people getting credit check fail emails ( if they are correct). Then they've told some people systems are down too. Out of stock emails, when we know its a pre-order anyway. Spcs not really confirmed. Etc etc.

Someone needs to pull their finger out and sort it

The pictures on the tariff page are def 64G version, however they use the 16G version on their home page to advertise this deal. Strange! Ordered last night around 11 so far haven't heard anything back from them yet except the OOS email.

New networks for you :P

Not worth applying now then ?

What's to lose?

IMO they are cancelling most of the orders cause if you check the sim-free price is definitely 379.99 quids on CPW site so something wrong with pay monthly prices...21.50*12 with a free handset??? Including calls messages and data....I'm not sure but I gave it a chance :smiley:

Anyonre rememeber this CPW deal?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/htc-one-s-16-per-month-24-month-contract-carphone-warehouse-1237500

That seemed too good to be true and that came good....

You do know that Id uses the Three network as it's partner?

Unfortunately 3rd party launchers won't fixed baked-in issues with features like Knuckle Tap. Lots of long term reviewers (1 week+) reporting that the phone is frequently, and wrongly taking screenshots and screen crops when they're just trying to use the phone or play games. Knuckle tap can't currently be disabled.

I'm still voting hot tho. I'd like to think Huawei will release an update to fix these bugs fairly quickly.

Also, does anybody happen to know iD's policy on buying out your contract? I can't find anything online. At this price I'd think it'd be more sensible to buy out your contract and sell the phone, rather than return it if you don't like it? Assuming the buy out is simply 12x your monthly payment.

The knuckle tap feature can reportedly be switched off now as reported in the AnandTech review:

According to this, Huawei have already released an update which allows for Knuckle Tap to be disabled.

just now save myself from useless deal which I can't use and save lots of money but just cancel order myself which I placed last night, Thanks to money saving experts guide of demotivator guide

Listing it. Not selling it.

Not ideal but you can buy a 1gb monthly add on for £7/mth. Probably worth it given the ludicrous out of allowance data charges!

One was sold for £421 on 5/6/15. Some others have gone for more. Whether these are genuine buyers I don't know of course

Where do you get your info from? Do you even know how to use Ebay?

Nearly every phone sold has been over £350.

The first listing I came to has sold 3 of them for way above £400:
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £420.99 1 05-Jun-15 20:57:41 BST
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £441.50 1 30-May-15 20:21:51 BST
private listing -- buyers' identities protected £441.50 1 29-May-15 20:58:47 BST

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsLogin&item=181759819488&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2564

Second one I come to £345 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-HUAWEI-P8-SMARTPHONE-UNLOCKED-SIM-FREE-/291482712379?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43ddb9393b

In fact can't be arsed to go through them all but look at completed listing and they all sell for between £350 and £450.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Mobile-Smart-Phones-/9355/i.html?_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_nkw=huawei+p8

But it can be bought with 2GB and 600 minutes for £25.50 over 12 months. Maybe I should have gone for this. For £7 extra a month I may aswell use a completely different operator.

I'm an ex-powerseller FYI. I stand corrected however, it was the LITE I found. To pay £350 for this though is excessive in my opinion.

search completed listing on ebay. tick "sold". then you will see the prices of sold p8 during last month.

It won't be £100 profit if you are able to sell for £350. You need to remember fleebay fees.

Anybody knows if not having a home phone is any problem with CPW? I used a office number for that.

I think even if you made 20 quid profit on the handset it's a bargain ... the spare sim could be kept for emergencys etc

just rang them. gave me the credit check failed and I could only get a contract worth 16.50 or something. wanted to get me speaking to their sales team, maybe that's what they're doing

If anyone's interested, my local carphone warehouse in Lichfield has one of these out on display in store but with no prices so you can't buy. Feels nice in the hand, better build quality than my Nexus 5!

guys this is dual sim however second sim slot is for micro sd or sim card your choice...

Surely they must have sold 500 by now? Tempted, but don't want a credit check if they then say " sorry, first 500 claimed"

Hi guys. Just received an email.

Dear customer,

Thanks for ordering from Carphone Warehouse.

Your order has been accepted and your item/s will be with you soon.

Your order has been successfully processed, but is currently on back-order. This means that your item is not currently in stock, but we are expecting it to come back into stock soon. When it does, it will be sent out to you.

What happens next?
• Once stock has arrived at our warehouse, we will despatch your order as soon as possible. This can take up to 2 weeks.
• We will email your delivery confirmation once your order has been despatched. You don’t need to do anything.
• To find out more about your order or to track progress, call our customer services team on 0845 655 5050 (we're open 8am - 9pm Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm on Saturday, 11am-5pm on Sunday and 10am-5pm on Bank Holidays).
In the unlikely event there is a problem fulfilling your order, we will be in touch to discuss your options.

Kind regards,

Carphone Warehouse

Just phoned IDmobile and they put me through to CPW lol.

Mine has gone through and is on back order - Just didn't contact me to tell me credit check was OK.

Is voice mail included :P ?

That's why I asked, if it wasn't included (looks that way), then your going to be in for a hefty bill :P

I have ordered white which is mystic champagne in fact . Don't you think is champagne colour bit too girly for man :smiley:

Some ppl will, I tend to get one voicemail per 2 months on average.

I get far too many, leave my phone on silent at work, that's my downfall xD

Just install Hullomail and turn off the networks voicemail. It's free then!

Well that seems to be their regular charge for any call, voicemail is included in your minutes allowance:

"Calls to voicemail are included in your monthly calls allowance. Any calls you make to voicemail once you've used your monthly allowance will be charged at rate mentioned on the Call Charges page."

can you cap all your allowances

Ordered this morning but still not received an acknowledgement yet, is this normal?

Since I found that I got the worst possible call agent clearly not hitting his targets. Tried every trick in the book to convince me that that no where does 12month contracts, then that this is a downgrade from the Nexus 4 that the contract started with and finally that they had a much better deal on a HTC M8 for £25 a month with similar usage to this deal but over 24months. Eventually had to get more stern to get him to finally send to me cancellations.

Doesn't beat the last time I had to cancel with 3. Took me over 90minutes of being passed around constantly with

1 - Speak to agent
2 - try to convince me that I didn't want to cancel
3 - They not feel like accepting that it was my decision
4 - Told to hang on and I'll be put through to cancellations
5 - Get put in a queue only to find out the oik has put me back in the customer service queue so have to hold again before starting anew.

This happened 5 times over the course of 90minutes and each time me getting more and more sure of wanting to leave and demanding to go to cancellations.

Wow. It's mind-boggling how varied customer service can be at different phone companies, and within the same companies. I've had some pretty shoddy service over the years from Vodafone, and then the other week when I said I was leaving, I told them what deal I was switching to , and they offered to beat it. Wasn't expecting that at all.

There's a chance P8 owners will get a 3 year warranty with 24 hour turnaround. You will need to register it quick, though...

http://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-p8-3-years-warranty-612036/

Can you put a cap on a normal plan

Ive just ordered.

Just wondered if this can be paid off straight away, I dont need the contract. If so, will you still be charged the VAT for the whole term?

Many Thanks

Ive just ordered.

Just wondered if this can be paid off straight away, I dont need the contract. If so, will you still be charged the VAT for the whole term?

Many Thanks

anyone else getting mail from these?https://oozeki.jp/

Was going for one then thought canny use the data abroad ?

I spoke with a CPW team member online right now and she said these devices (black and white) have 16gb internal memory, so they are grey and champaign. It also means they include Kirin 930 instead of 935. Otherwise this is a really good deal. :smiley:

Yepp, and if you are impatient like me feel free to open a chatbox on CPW website and ask your order. I haven't got any e-mail yet but I already did it and they said my order is being accepted just I need to wait for my e-mail. The delivery takes 7-14 days.

Most reviews I've read suggest it will get through a full day of heavy use and a day and a half of moderate use. Not bad for a phone that is just 6.4mm thin. But battery life is something the manufacturers of these flagship devices really do need to improve, I agree.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/huawei-p8-review-battery-life-and-verdict-page-4

On the pre-order page it states delivery expected 'by19th June'. Who knows? I'm sure if this deal was a cock up on CPW's part it would have been deleted from the site by now. Still seems too good to be true though. Fingers crossed....

Definitely must have surpassed the first 500 orders now though, will see if they update it today now that it's Monday.

Sorry for the noob type question... is the sd card slot also the same slot as the second sim? i.e. you can use an SD card OR a second sim?

Ordered on Friday via CPW and got the acknowledgement only.
Called them for an update.
The lady in the call center informed me that, this was one of most popular item and they expect the stock for the requested item by 11th.

Hopefully, if this information is correct... I am expecting the phone next week.

I've given this a bash, would have been tempted had it been a 24 month contract never mind 12! Will be over the moon if it's honoured but I'm sceptical! :smirk:

I requested my PAC from O2 today and I can't fault them at all, they were really helpful and didn't bombard me with crap although having been an O2 customer for over 10 years I'm a bit hurt that they didn't at least make an effort (£23 ppm contract obviously not worth it). :disappointed:
Going to work out saving a fair bit of money either way as O2 upgrade deals are pretty poor.

Should probably have looked at this before buying but are these dimensions from the CPW right?

131 x 72.4 x 10.2 mm

Surely it's not a centimetre thick?
Doesn't look it in any pictures I've seen.

I've had a P6 for the last 2 years and it's nearly half that thickness.

The CPW specs are all to pot its only 6.4mm thick.

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p8-7006.php

No it is really thin, have seen one in store at cpw Lichfield branch

No, those dimensions are silly.

From the iD website:

Dimensions: 144.9 x 72.1 x 6.4 mm

I was going to give the sim to the wife but she is already on a Three sim.
Anyone think i might have a problem porting over to ID Mobile ?

I placed an order this morning for the phone, and chased up the CS team an hour ago... I then received this:


Bit annoying, but I don't mind waiting for the deal. I opted for the £25.50 2GB tariff in the end - didn't like the look the out of allowance data prices!

Currently tracking at £25 Quidco too!

Hot from me - ordered one for my wife. I was going to get a SIM only deal and buy her a new handset as she complained about the slow-down of her current one but rather than spend £16.50 p/m and then have the handset cost on top this deal ticks both boxes and it looks like a good handset, too.

I re-ordered on Saturday evening after being accepted to be given a tariff of upto £15.99 only which obviously didn't cover this deal and they cancelled my order. For the second order I didn't hear anything until 12pm today apart from the usual order acknowledgment email straight after placing my second order.

So I phoned up CPW to enquire about my order. The lady said there is a £50 deposit that I need to pay but she wasn't sure why and put me through to iD mobile. The lady at iD mobile said their systems were down and would contact me soon. Two minutes after that conversation with iD mobile I received an email to contact CPW because they need more information from me. So I phoned up CPW and now the story was changed to the same as my first order i.e. I can only have a tariff of upto £15.99 per month so now I have cancelled my second order as well.

As I mentioned before my credit credit score is way up in the 900's with 4.5 start rating so not sure what's going on here. Ridiculous excuse for not honouring the deal to be honest. Good luck to all those who have ordered and well done to those who have been accepted :-)

Still on there website so no excuses to cancel orders as they are well aware of the popularity of this deal. I ordered on Saturday and had confirmation pending a credit check with a note saying 'thanks for your order (xxxxxx).
The product you ordered is currently out of stock, but don?t worry ? we?re expecting it shortly, so it should be with you within the next few days. In the meantime we're going to prepare your order by running your credit check and taking payment (but only if your order requires it).'
I know I have a good credit rating so will wait and see...

been on hold for 10 mins now, not sure why

literally the rudest worst customer service ive dealt with for a while...

I'd like to see them try that 'credit' **** with me, I've got a mortgage that has never missed a payment ffs!!:confused:

And besides that, my last contract was through the CPW and it was for a higher tariff! :laughing:

How are people checking their credit rating?

I have been using http://www.checkmyfile.com for the past 10 years and they have been brilliant. I pay £14.99 every quarter.

what about the roaming usage when you are on 12 months contract?is that still included in 22 countries or only if you will take 24 months deal?thanks

I know, it's just a pathetic excuse for not honouring this deal. I have also "never" missed or delayed any payment on anything in my life. Jokers....

Roaming in only included if you take out a 24M contract.

Thanks, I knew there were sites where you could pay for it but I have no real need for multiple checks.
Was just going to do a nosey if it was free! :wink:

Are these phones unlocked ?

It's free for 30 days if you want to give it a try. That's what I did and I was so impressed I decided to pay for it. It's only £5 per month as I am still on their old price plan. It's definitely worth the money. You have 24 hour access to your credit file which is great.

I have been on the phone with ID for the past half an hour. First time call cut off by them. Second time the call was put on hold half way through a conversation, 3rd time I was transferred to 2 other people by accident.

On the 3rd call they confirmed my credit check had gone through fine (I have a poor credit rating) and they confirmed the phone would be delivered with the deal I had asked for...........The lady said it should be delivered next day but I may have missed the cut off so it might not be tomorrow and it may be Wednesday.

All seems strange to me and I don't actually believe anyone there knows what they are doing. Complete new team in a complete new office and nobody has a clue!

We shall see if it turns up tomorrow!

I would have done the same but sod paying for it :laughing: i know my credit rating will be good :laughing:

Maybe my name is not Tilford, Andy, Mike or Tony that's why they have rejected me ;-p. Just kidding....

Good site, took out a trial not long ago which saved my credit rating bacon, out of all things it was a NEXT account that almost ruined me. Bought a £20 pair of jeans which I paid off with Paypal but linked account was short so payment didn't go through. I use my spam email which I rarely check for NEXT and was linked to old address so didn't see their communication until I spotted 2 months of arrears on CheckMyFile, paid off straight away but lost 81 points down to 700 now.

Be interesting if they limit me on the contract like happened to some people here.

My points are way up in the 900's and they have refused me twice. Let's hope you get yours.

I'm gutted (especially after seeing the dummy phone in CPW this afternoon).

Even though it looks like a great phone Three is no good at our house and also my wifes work (for who it was going to be for).

It would not have been too bad if it was on Three properly as she could have used my Three signal booster box at home and also the Three In Touch app for at her work on the works wireless, but they both won't work.

Also I believe this is 4G so won't be able to take advantage when Three launch the 800mhz 4G in September with VoIP.

Forgot to add that they had the same deal in store as well (manager even confirmed it was 12 month)

When I placed the order online for white is said in stock and now I get the OOS email WTH.

I had a 64gb Sandisk that stopped working, they have an internal mechanism that stops any write operations when a fault is detected. Not sure if it is model specific but I had mine replaced free of charge through the Sandisk website so might be worth a look!

Anyone else slightly nervous this is actually the Lite version and CPW/iD have made a bit of a pigs ear of the specification on their websites?

This deal is getting really silly. I ordered mine Saturday evening and got the order acknowledgement email then heard nothing since. Just realized that today after cancelled that order as I need to switch to the 25.50 contract. They couldn't change the tarriff, had to cancel and re-order. Chat with them and was told I'd still get the phone with no delay comparing to the inital order because the phones would come in the same batch. I then noticed I'm missing the email confirming the order was accepted. Was promised it'd take 4-6 hours. I'll see if I get it in the morning. Don't have much hope tbh. If I didn't get it in 2 days......

According to most websites the black only comes in 64gb but this is advertised as 16gb... things like that make me slightly nervous...

Huawei just tweeted the deal.. Must be legit. https://twitter.com/HuaweiUK/status/607958478792048641?s=09

can anyone comment how good in real life the Three in Touch wifi calling is? The signal in my house for all networks is particularly poor (best I think on O2 and Voda, but still poor on them) and I'm sure the signal on Three would be woeful but the Three in Touch could be the answer?

11th June guys! https://twitter.com/HuaweiUK/status/607963909778079745?s=09

@beastman three in touch works well for me as long as your WiFi is good. Use it at work as some parts of the office are dead spots.

Called black on the website too. Someone has asked them via Twitter so we should hopefully soon see...

They say via twitter its the grey...

That was me, they've just confirmed it's the grey model so it'll definitely be 16GB. I was really hoping it'd be the Carbon black, prefer that colour scheme

https://mobile.twitter.com/HuaweiUK/status/607966898802688000

Cheers for doing that, not a deal breaker but it would have been nice :-)

Will it be dual sim? thank you Mr Huawei.

I am annoyed about the colour. I specifically shows black buts its light grey! Might switch my order to champagne

Ordered Friday night and received nothing but acknowledgement from CPW. Just tried the online chat and was told order has been accepted and credit check passed. Was also told that will be delivered tomorrow so I am not holding my breath,

Would like to know if it's dual-sim too @huaweiuk1, any idea?

Speaking to them on live chat now. My credit check gave an error to which she doesn't know why?! Then tells me I should order again but add insurance to add weight haa. And then tells me the 25.50 is not 12 months now but 24 when I can see it in my basket as we speak. Shambles really

From what I can tell, dual sim yes, but the second slot is also used for the micro sd so its either / or.

Have been told Thursday for delivery after re ordering on the phone today.

Since it's been pretty much confirmed as grey I'll probably switch to champagne, biggest thing that will annoy me is that the back is a very light silver while other bits are black!

okay there really must be something wrong going on. the 16/64gb issue asside (even though their rubbish website lists both but no distinction between the two)

surely there must be well over 500 people signed up to the deal yet its still running. im thinking maybe that the first 500 get the 64GB version and then everyone else gets the 16GB one?

:disappointed:

Seriously? WTF is going on...
CPW Website says..


They aren't black and they aren't dual sim... are they going ship out a load of Y300's :laughing:

For those worrying about the colour, the fully working display phone in cw Lichfield I'm sure was black all over and had 16gb storage!

how the f*ck do i get through to live chat ??

No Dual-Sim!

Most wont mind but massive deal breaker for me...

That's what I though but apparently not in the UK version, sold by CPW.

The phone called black is actually Titanium Grey, the back isn't black as per the picture and its not dual sim as per the technical data...

Coincidentally I had a call today from CPW as they know my current contract is up for renewal, I told him I'd gone for this deal and he said that its a great phone and network and I can use the data abroad (which I also don't believe to be the case).

this phone has two trays on the side. one is for sim card another for micro sd or nano sim. So you have choice to use sim and micro sd at the same time or sim and another nano sim (no micro sd then)

I ordered Friday evening and got standard order confirmed email from CPW that several other people have had. Just done some online banking and noticed there is a pending payment of £0.01 to CPW, so presumably that means order has actually been accepted and phone will be coming. He hopes....

Need to cancel the order then. I do not need single sim phone.

LOL I hope we get the p8 :smiley: but you never know.

Just confirmed on Live Chat that I have indeed been accepted, system just didn't send me an email. Just checked my rating again and it's exactly 700 and have two other contracts on my bank account as well so go figure how this black magic system works heh!

The drama continues, just had this via chat:

Me: Please can you tell me if it has Dual-Sim as listed on your website?
CPW: Yes, that is a dual sim handset.
CPW: ☺
Me: Okay - Huawei, via their twitter feed are saying the UK version is not dual-sim so not too sure, can you guarantee it will be dual sim or I will have to cancel, sorry.
CPW: Give me one moment, and I'll look into that for you.
CPW: It takes a dual sim and a nano sim.
CPW: I have just got that confirmed for you.

Also told me I have to wait 7 - 14 days for delivery due to demand. I ordered Saturday PM

Lol tell me about it. I also have three contracts running at the moment (don't ask why I have three sims :laughing:), one from Vodafone, one from Talktalk and one from EE. Don't really know how their system works to be honest. Maybe it was never meant to be.... grapes are sour :smile:

Any idea how to get through to live chat?

So don't know what to do now. Some people say dual sim another single sim.
I know dual sim P8 has box with 3 barcodes .

example :

dual sim



and single sim

Look just wait until Thursday when some of us will get our phones and I will personally tell you whether it is single or dual sim. You have 14 days to return it so don't sweat over it.

Good spot, probably standard with all dual-sim phones?

I'll sit tight and wait for it to arrive, if it's not dual-sim it will go back. I have more than enough evidence to suggest its been mis-sold.

dual sim phone always has two IMEI numbers

Just Live Chat'ed them, confirmed it's single sim, 16gb and will be with me in 7-14 days (I ordered Saturday morning). I ordered the black one if that's any help.

Live Chat here - https://server.lon.liveperson.net/hc/15590267/?&cmd=file&file=visitorWantsToChat&site=15590267&channel=web&d=1399394970326&LEAppKey=CHANGE_HERE&referrer=%28engage%29%20http%3A//www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/choose-tariff/SAMSUNG_GALAXY_NOTE_3/MONTHLY%3FviewDealForAll%3Dfalse%26colourCode%3DBLACK%26modelName%3DSamsung%2520Galaxy%2520Note%25203%26defaultTariffFinderPayM%3Dfalse&t=1

Thanks to Canary0500 for the linky

By black you mean grey ;-)

just finished live chat:

m ,m: i am about deal id mobile with Huawei P8
Nicky: Okay that is great
m ,m: can i ask about this?
Nicky: Okay , what would you like to know?
m ,m: Please can you tell me if it has Dual-Sim as listed on your website?
Nicky: Okay this handset is not dual sim
m ,m: why is listed as dual sim ?
Nicky: Give me one moment, and I'll look into that for you.
m ,m: for long long time
Nicky: Okay
m ,m: this is from your website "Sim type Dual SIM - Micro & Nano The type of SIM that is used in the device. This is important as devices only take one type of SIM. If you don’t have the right SIM, it is easy to transfer your number to the correct type"
Nicky: Yes I am just finding out from my manager
m ,m: did you mean it is dual -sim?
Nicky: I am just asking my manager can you hold on a minute
Nicky: Thank you for your patience...
Nicky: Yes it is a Dual sim handset
m ,m: ok. huawei via their twiter feed are saying the uk version is not dual-sim version so not too sure.
Nicky: It is Dual Sim
Nicky: Nano and Micro SIM
m ,m: ok thanks . hopefully it will be dual sim
m ,m: thanks
Nicky: Is there anything else I can help you with?

looks like the don't know what they are selling

Wow, what a farce!

The good news is there will be a lot of P8's which are refurbished or returned hitting the market soon!

Black = Grey
Dual Sim = Who knows
What else???

Gone for one anyway just in case lol.....

Why all the fuss with the specs? - if it's not as advertised you can return it within 14 days - make sure you have a screen grab of the specs.

I wouldn't waste my time with customer support - they clearly haven't a clue - even if they tell you what you want to hear, would you really believe them?

yip wasn't to fussed about the 16/64 gb but no duel sim is a deal breaker

Despite one user posting confirmation from huawei of what models, spec was shipped to UK they choose to believe cpw. Get it through your head its not 64gb and its not dual sim for crying out loud.

just finished live chat:

m ,m: i am about deal id mobile with Huawei P8
Nicky: Okay that is great
m ,m: can i ask about this?
Nicky: Okay , what would you like to know?
m ,m: Please can you tell me if it has Dual-Sim as listed on your website?
Nicky: Okay this handset is not dual sim
m ,m: why is listed as dual sim ?
Nicky: Give me one moment, and I'll look into that for you.
m ,m: for long long time
Nicky: Okay
m ,m: this is from your website "Sim type Dual SIM - Micro & Nano The type of SIM that is used in the device. This is important as devices only take one type of SIM. If you don’t have the right SIM, it is easy to transfer your number to the correct type"
Nicky: Yes I am just finding out from my manager
m ,m: did you mean it is dual -sim?
Nicky: I am just asking my manager can you hold on a minute
Nicky: Thank you for your patience...
Nicky: Yes it is a Dual sim handset
m ,m: ok. huawei via their twiter feed are saying the uk version is not dual-sim version so not too sure.
Nicky: It is Dual Sim
Nicky: Nano and Micro SIM
m ,m: hmm manufacturer says no you say yes.
m ,m: ok thanks . hopefully it will be dual sim
m ,m: thanks
Nicky: Is there anything else I can help you with?

Yeah I was never banking on either, we will all find out for certain once we get out handsets.

I think what they mean by dual sim is not what we think. I think they mean you can use a nano or micro sim but not both at the same time lol

They can't get off with that excuse. :smile: Its the industry term for 2 sim slots and this phone does come with 2 sim slots (at least in certain markets).

If you lot had checked post #68, #70, #84 you would have saved yourselves from all that drama with the CPW CS.

I think it's really clear from previous posts that the black is actually titanium grey and it's single sim. Even so this is still a bargain unless either issue is a deal-breaker.

Well, as with others on here, I failed the Credit Check despite having a good credit file with no adverse notices attached. Saying that, they did an Enquiry with Experian and an Audit with Equifax, so actually didn't run a credit search as a normal lender/telecoms would so not sure how I failed it...
However, now that we know it's not dual sim, as confirmed by the surplier, I'm not actually bothered and it saves me the hassle of having to return it!

Omfd

Having said that I'm 99.99% sure we will get the titanium grey, single SIM 16gb but the reason for my post was that you were suggesting that somehow you had the answers to our questions and we were just naively searching for answers from CPW and Huawei.

I'm extra like that :smiley:

Thankfully, as it is now (and we should protect it), Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended on 1.10.2007) entitles you to return the handset on the basis the Champagne gold doesn't quite match your bag. So wrong specification on retailer's site is the least of your worries.

I don't mind HUKDers contacting CPW cs trying to find an answer and updating us on here. Actually it's rather helping and outlines a good sense of community.

I'm just a little bit annoyed by the assault on CPW employees, most of who are indeed under-trained. For a phone currently not in their hands, not in stock, it is expected that they will rely on internal CPW literature, which is obviously wrong.

On a personal note, when I was offered a job from CPW for of a supervisory CS-related post, and was offered 17K, I got a packet of KP out of my pocket, emptied it on the table and said ''I see that and I raise you double.'' I don't get why they called security :smile:

Yeah I bet when you have it in your hands you still wouldn't believe it, probably be looking for secret compartments for an hour or two.

Not that you will be bothered but if you read my earlier posts you will realise that I accepted that it wouldn't have two Sims etc a long time ago but I just can't take people who act like they know it all and can't justify it.

live chat = not a clue im canceling mine as i wanted the champers one not the black

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I love a good rant too

Here's a closer look at the titanium grey, looks darker than silver and quite a stunner in my opinion: -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29A3zqNTgh4

They seem to have taken the reference to the phone being dual sim off the CPW website. I've got a screenshot, but it's a bit rubbish - anyone got a decent shot they can post?

I don't need dual sim so long as ID mobile do a not-rip-off add on for data roaming. If they don't and it's not dual sim, it's going back :disappointed:

I love how Huawei themselves have commented on twitter replying that this model is in fact a single sim version and the dual sim is not for uk (as with most dual sim variants)..........yet we here at HUKD still seem to find the need to challenge or disbelieve it. Surely it is clear that carphone warehouse have been supplied with some generic pre release blurb about the phone in general. Mistakes happen.........

Hmmm. I'm sort of disappointed that the phone doesn't come with dual-sim as I've always thought they were a good idea. On the other hand, my current phone which I bought from China is a dual-sim device and I've only ever had one sim inside of it! Originally planned to use a three sim as the secondary sim but that plan was scuppered due to the lack of 3G support for the second sim.

Even though this phone is apparently just single-sim (should lead to better battery life, BTW), I think it's a great price for this phone, especially if I get the cashback via TCB!

If I don't get on with the phone particularly well, could no doubt sell it at a profit and still have the iD contract in hand.

Ditto - got an elephone p6000 with dual SIM capability and never had more than one SIM in it either! But I don't have a business or a bit on the side :stuck_out_tongue:

CS have just confirmed stock coming in tomorrow and will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Delivery expected on Thursday.......

Which ever way you look at it dual sim, black/grey whatever, its a cracking deal.

Just been chatting to someone on the chat box and he confirmed they are getting stock within the next few days. :smiley:

P8 Max is what it is called in UK with 64G and dual 4G SIM slots. The one we are getting is the bog-standard P8 which has only one SIM slot, this version is UK only. I have an Huwwei Honor X2 which has almost identical spec (hardware and software wise), I love it from bottom of my heart because the battery can last almost 3 days with heavy reading activities. Cracking deal as the retail price for this uni-body phone cost around £320

Yes, CPW themselves are selling this phone for £380 SIM free so we are effectively getting the phone for £122 less with 12 months interest free PLUS a half decent calls/text/data allowance thrown in! What's not to like?

Yes, if you really need it, agreed. Me, I have no need (and actually own a dual sim phone). I'm still of the opinion that dual SIM phones are very much a niche product here.

Huawei have gone very quiet on here and on Twitter since people were questioning the colour, name and spec of the phones being sold which is a shame.

one good sign for you guys. iD website changed delivery date by 11 June.

That ties in with what CS told me -delivery on Thursday. Excellent.

Just wondering what sort of confirmation people have received?
All I've got after the initial order processing email is an email to say it is out of stock, I'm guessing this is the standard 'confirmation' response as the phone is pre-ordered(normally it would be a dispatch email)?

Just the order confirmation e-mail for me, no note that there were any problems with the phone being out of stock, but I do recall that the order screen on CPW mentioned this issue.

May decide to give them a call this afternoon to check all is well with the order.

car phone warehouse live chat told me it's single sim, too. Said I'd need to contact the network to see if there were any add-ons for roaming. This doesn't bode well for customer service!

Well, I've just spoken to CPW who tell me that my order hasn't gone through yet because iD haven't even run the credit check!

They are going to chase them up for me. Allegedly. Will be interesting to see if I get any response.

passed credit check but for lower tarriff( my credit is good) £15.99 for 24 month for a s4 mini. i tell them that makes it more risk as its more finance but no deal so i cancelled good luck getting this deal.

If this is single sim, will it mean no SD card slot?

Not too fussed about 2nd sim but want to be able to expand capacity.

The dual-sim versions of the phone have 2 slots, the second of which can be used either for a sim or an microSD card. These apparently have the same slots but just one of them is available for a sim. It really makes me wonder if there are actually any hardware differences between these UK phones and the dual-sim ones which will be on sale elsewhere.

Wouldn't surprise me too much if a software hack could restore dual-sim functionality! Not that it is really important for most users.

Still, it is strange how few dual-sim phones are sold here in the UK. It's almost as if the networks don't want users to have an option...

Only had the initial email confirmation nothing else.
Went on to live chat they said the order is successful and awaiting stock.

First order cancelled as "I had entered the incorrect bank details"re ordered,2nd order cancelled as I failed credit check,ive been paying a mortgage for 19 years amongst other things and have never missed any payments on anything ever!
They can keep their phone!

order in store, seems to bypass all the elegibility shenanigans experienced on the website by people here.

played with the demo model, feels lovely.

given that the phone is ~£150 after you strip the price of the contract out it is an amazing deal.

gsmarena also state the back is made from Gorilla Glass 3 lol.

My first order got cancelled, no explanation given (I'm betting it's so they can refuse the cashback). I placed my second order directly with a lady at CPW over the phone, passing the credit check straight away (I realise that may jeopardise my cashback but I would rather get the deal.)

I was told that the contract I was going on (12 month/£21.50 per month) was 'shockproof', meaning it's capped so I won't get any nasty surprises with my monthly bill, bonus! She confirmed delivery will be to my work address on Thursday.

Cheers OP

Who do CPWH use to deliver?

Received another email from CPW this afternoon saying my 'order had been accepted and my item/s will be with me soon'.
It goes on to say it has been successfully processed but the phone is on back order, no delivery estimate given just 'can take up to 2 weeks' (I ordered yesterday morning).

Hmmm. I'm sort of disappointed that the phone doesn't come with dual-sim as I've always thought they were a good idea. On the other hand, my current phone which I bought from China is a dual-sim device and I've only ever had one sim inside of it! Originally planned to use a three sim as the secondary sim but that plan was scuppered due to the lack of 3G support for the second sim.

Even though this phone is apparently just single-sim (should lead to better battery life, BTW), I think it's a great price for this phone, especially if I get the cashback via TCB!

If I don't get on with the phone particularly well, could no doubt sell it at a profit and still have the iD contract in hand.

In all honesty contracts are pretty well rounded in this country hence why dual sim functionality isn't that useful over here and just takes up a slot inside a phone chassis that will never be used. Only really useful for people who travel a lot hence why it is very useful and almost expected in South East Asia.

Like I said earlier they are OK if you either have a business or bit on the side )or both!). Single SIM fine for me...:smirk:

Just got the failed credit check e-mail. This is probably right because I had p**s poor credit a few years ago. Even though the debts are now satisfied I still face 5 years of credit hell.

Is it worth trying again through CPW for the same deal? Has anyone had any luck that way?

For those people saying they have good credit just check with one of the credit companies. I found, amongst the obvious debt, a disputed Vodafone payment from when a contract ended that hadn't been paid. This was my fault but this has caused a lot of unnecessary damage.

Well after my failed credit check email on Sat, today I've had a confirmed order email. Its on back order though obviously

Just got an email from DPD Your order is due for delivery on Wednesday 10th June.

Well, I got my order confirmed after querying the delay. Only had the OOS notification, however, so looks as though I'll be waiting longer than some to receive my phone. A bit frustrating, as I thought the order was done and dusted when I first placed it on Saturday.

I had absolutely no correspondence following my order acknowledgement, just checked and they say the order will be ready to collect in store tomorrow. If I can believe it (I'm still not 100% convinced!), people who have made orders to collect might not get any updates until the order is ready to collect.

Friday 20.39.

So it seems 'first come first served' basis stands. Let's have more input.

apparently ive failed the credit check ... along with this i just got the best stock answer ever .. this is amazing

"Most customers add Geek Squad insurance online to actually carry weight of them passing on a network. I would actually advise you add insurance the next time not only to protect your phone from theft, loss and damage but also to help with passing of the credit check. I am just telling you what will carry weight in the credit check but I am not guaranteeing you."

wtf does that even mean :'(

I ordered Saturday evening. The number of failed credit checks for a contract like this does seem a tad ridiculous, you have to wonder whether the 12 month offer was a mistake or not. They didn't anticipate this kind of demand, that's for sure.

Nothing taken from either my credit card or bank account.

Just phoned to check the status of my order as I had not received any further corespondence since the order acknowledgment on saturday evening.... and everybody here was making me nervous!

Apparently should be delivered on 11th June, so I will wait and see.

Has anybody found a good case for this? I would like to order one over the next couple of days.

Thanks for the reply and good advice. I'll nip into he same CPW where I've had my last two contracts from and try my luck.

They told me it would be DPD for delivery.

ive heard nothing from these clowns nor an an email apart from the two comfirmation emails..........

I might just order the one plus one deal and cancel this one if it turns up................

and yes if you go in to store apparently the credit checking isnt as vigourous as online as your there in person with your passport you can pass easier.

oh and surely a fail credit check doesnt look good on file.......

personally i checked mine and they havnt even made a enquiry on mine. yet order was yesterday morning

Did they sort out your second order or created a new one?

LOL screen protectors. The biggest con of the last 10 years....

Just been capped to £15.50 contracts. What a strange company. Bless the CPW guy, but he was clueless.

I've just received an 'Out of stock' email but they said they will be dispatching when received in up to 14 days. Nothing other than that and the order confirmation email so far. Nothing to give me any concern at least.

Went to CPW store but was offered the same £15.99 maximum tariff. I have given up.

I stopped using screen protectors since screens were glass and not plastic. Screen protectors make the screen feel all nasty.

I just don't scratch my screens. Its actually really hard to with gorilla glass.

Yeah, decided that is a good way to go and ordered a cheap case and screen protectors for under £3 to keep me going initially, then will decide what suits the phone when it arrives.

Buy on line so you get the distance selling cover..if yoy buy in store and there is a fault you will have a problem

tbh this is the first time iv ever ordered a contract phone form cpw online, so im just wondering. are they always this much of a complete communications disaster and generally so uttery bloody clueless??

i mean how hard is it get something like the spec of the device on the website right?

Let's hope everyone that placed their orders gets their phones, and the phone lives upto to be as good as everyone is expecting it to be.....

Some more info on the different variations of the P8 can be found here, along with prices.

http://www.handtec.co.uk/catalogsearch/result/?q=Huawei+P8

ID mobile have updated the picture for the "black" model on their website to reflect that it's the titanium grey model. CPW haven't got around to updating the picture on their website yet

as it's been saying on their website that expected delivery is 11th June. I would expect that those of us who ordered in the past few days, should be getting it tomorrow then? assuming no issues with credit checks and no issues with unskilled staff.

Offer now taken down from carphone warehouse website.

I was quoted that my order would be ready to collect from store today on the online chat last night. I'll update if (big if) and when I get a text/call.

those that failed the credit check did you get a email or did you have to ring them and then be told?

Here is some pretty useful information on the P8 from Geek Squad, there is no mention of dual SIM for those interested. It also shows that the two slots are clearly labelled SIM and SD.

http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/huawei-p8-manual-setup-guide

From the first line

Isn't it Nano?

The 12 month deal is no longer showing on CPW site but appears to still be available on iD's site: -

http://www.idmobile.co.uk/shop/pay-monthly/Huawei-P8-Black?tid=IDWIC129

All contracts have been changed to 24 months !!! The **** !!!!

Yup, it's gone on the idmobile website too, that's that i guess.

Order on Friday night, got only the standard order acknowledgement email and OOS email. Called CS they put me on hold for a long time and then came back to tell me they couldn't find my order and they had to escalate this order number and call me back when they have an answer. RUBBISH!!

You may have seen your browser cached data. It's now gone for sure.

On another note, I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with the iD contract yet. I currently use giffgaff and have been happy enough with the O2 network but was considering trying out EE before this deal came up as there is no 4G in my area from O2.

I've heard less than kind words about coverage of the 3 network which iD piggybacks onto (and they have no 4G in my area either). Can any 3 users give me a comment about the general quality/reliability of coverage of this network around the country? I realise coverage for all networks is better in some areas than others, but it would be interesting to hear a general run-down of people's experiences.

Yes, its definitely gone now. They accepted me on a lower tariff (£15.99) twice, went into store yesterday but had no luck. They have not even run a credit check on me. I tried a couple of times because I could see they were not running a credit check on my me. I didn't mind trying again and again in a hope someone would do a proper credit check and I would get approved. Oh well,nevermind....

Some CPW stores seem to be getting the black version in today which would coincide with the estimated delivery on the CPW website of "by 11th June". There seems to have been a delay on the white version as no stores seem to have any of them and the website says "by week commencing 29th June".

My phone (black) is being delivered to a store but customer services seem to have no idea when this might be. One person on the online chat said it was sent yesterday (9th June) for delivery today but someone on the phone said it hasn't even been sent out yet. I'm hoping that orders will be available for collection from today for some people though, at least those who ordered the black version.

I'm not sure how this impacts orders made through the ID website though as I ordered through the CPW website.

I went into CPW this morning and explained the deal and the fiasco with failed credit checks. The very helpful chap got the deal up on his tablet and we went through the ordering process. It all looked good until......he turned the screen and showed me.
The credit check was a pass (17 points) but ID accept 19 as a minumum for this deal. I was offered the obligitory £15.99 max contract deal or a SIM only deal. He told me they use Equifax for their credit checks.
So that's that. I'll hold out for a cheap LG G3 deal in the coming months (currently still priced the same as a G4) or risk the OPO.

Thanks to the OP for the highlighting the deal and everyones input throughout.

That's exactly what happened to me yesterday when I walked into Bishopsgate store in London City. My score on their system was 17 and they needed 19. Don't if it was out of 20, 50 or 100 though.

Just received this:


I was told by CPW CS that I would be getting my phone tomorrow... So much confusion.

So I take it this was a bumb deal and nobody is going to get their handsets on a 12 month contract. :disappointed: I ordered the black before 7pm on Friday and no sign of delivery or any despatch notice.

I think CPW and iD will be now having a meeting to tell staff to cancel all orders so expecting the dreaded emails to come flooding in soon. :disappointed:

I ordered just an hour after you did. I phoned them they said they couldn't find my order number. What a joke this company is!!!!!

Like others, I've gone for a £1.99 cheapy gel case for the moment but will be considering buying this after the phone arrives

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271847499071?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&var=570682918027&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Looks interesting but from HK/China so will have to be patient. Incidentally the phone is for my wife and she insists she's having the PINK version. :confused:

I would blame iD mobile as CPW have a very good reputation as far as I know. Something is not right with iD mobile, their system, their vetting process and their staff who are clueless.

I got a gel case for 99p from Ebay, will cover me until i recieve this:

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/with-Brand-LOGO-hole-Case-for-Huawei-P8-Lite-luxury-Gold-Aluminum-Acrylic-Hard-Back-Cover/32351290686.html

Hmm, either covering their own backs to make new custoemrs think they are a good company, but those who ordered may find out otherwise when they all get cancelled.

But then again, there really could have been a 12 month plan with such a great offer just to get people onto their network.

Seems strange how today is supposed to be delivery day and not one person has seen or heard anything regarding delivery.

EDIT:

Ignore me, I am losing the plot, tomorrow is Thursday the 11th, today is the 10th. :confused: I am getting ahead of myself. :smiley:

I think people are getting a bit tetchy and impatient here.

I've been looking at the deal all weekend before biting on Monday but up until Monday morning-ish the phone wasn't expected to be available until the 19/06/15. I know the delivery date changed but if it's received before the 19th you'll still be getting a bit earlier than originally thought.

I ordered black around 6.30pm on Friday from CPW. Asked via online chat yesterday (twice) my order status and was told they are waiting for stock, and they don't know when it will be available.

I don't think they will cancel our orders as they would have probably pulled the deal before now if they received more orders than anticipated. I think we will just have to wait patiently until stock arrives, and bear the confusion emanating from CPW.

I think we're being a tad optimistic expecting delivery today, despite what the inept CS has told us. I'll happily be proven wrong but the signs don't point to them turning up today.

Agreed. Ppl giving themselves unnecessary stress. No wonder A&E depts are over-burdened. :wink:

Yes mate, I thought today was the 11th which they now state is delivery day, but it is in fact only Wed 10th.

No no, customer service told me that the phone would be ready to collect today. Tomorrow seems more realistic, but still doubtful.

It's owned my CPW but they are a network of their own and run on Three's masts. They both have different CS departments and different contact numbers. Saying that when I phoned up iD mobile yesterday to order on phone the lady said she will put me through to the right department and I was put through to CPW :laughing:

Can I ask where is the online chat system?

Just been into CPW and ordered, Thanks!

BTW, they stated the white one is only available from 3rd July, but then had problems when they tried putting that through, and it kept coming up withe a 24 month contract, so I've opted for the black, which should be in tomorrow.

HA!

Better order the one plus one now I guess

Review says this is the kirin 930 processor we are getting but I would have thought such a high score would be attributed to the 935
http://www.androidpit.com/huawei-p8-review

Edit: No, LRA-GL09 does mean the standard, krin 930, variant :confused:

http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=7977&c=huawei_p8_standard_edition_gra-l09_td-lte

Thanks for posting this one! Great deal.

Performance overall looks quite good but the GPU in this phone is really poor for a 'flagship'.

Still its about the same level of performance you'd get from a Snapdragon 615 or Mediatek 6752 which is decent enough for the mid-range price this phones going for!

Ordered (White) from ID Saturday, received confirmatory email promptly but nothing since. Have not been able to contact ID (CPW do not have details of ID contracts apparently) to find out what is happening and when. Frustrating.

You are the trouble maker :smiley: since you posted your delivery comment everyone has been panicking that they hadn't received the same email. I hope it is the phone, and at least we will know they have started sending them out. Please keep us informed.

:neutral_face: i could be wrong will be back later with pic :smile:

Just had a confirmation email from CW. Just waiting for an email to say it is ready to collect, but I assume that will come tomorrow.

same here

And me...

I popped into the store where it is being delivered (30 seconds from work thankfully) at lunch time and they said that it hadn't been delivered today (which was contrary to what the online chat were saying would happen) but that it should be there tomorrow. Emails we are receiving now seem to support that - even if they do say up to 3 working days!

Got an email confirmation saying out of stock, but will be delivered within next 7-14 days when in stock.

I don't know about anyone else but the email I received today hasn't reassured me, the email i received yesterday said this -

"Thanks for ordering from Carphone Warehouse.

Your order has been accepted and your item/s will be with you soon.

Your order has been successfully processed, but is currently on back-order. This means that your item is not currently in stock, but we are expecting it to come back into stock soon. When it does, it will be sent out to you.
"

Todays email -

"Thank you for ordering from the Carphone Warehouse.

We will contact you by email once your order has been processed.

Orders processed successfully will be delivered to your selected Carphone Warehouse store within 3 working days* of receiving your dispatch email.

*Orders to Northern Ireland can take up to 4 working days."

I've received no dispatch email.

Kudos for sending me 4 emails in 2 days, unfortunately none of them are achieving the desired effect. :stuck_out_tongue:

I just called today and changed the color from black to white.... Means a longer wait for me?

Just been in store in Middlesbrough to see if they had a display model but they did not. Wanted to have a play with one. :disappointed:

Got my click and collect confirmation this morning so with any luck it will be there tomorrow as they now changed the availability date from 19th to 11th. I'll hold on firmly to my pants though, few days isn't going to kill me heh.

Exactly the same, hoping for a confirmation email tonight.

Bearing in mind I didn't even know about this phone and have been on a lookout for a far more expensive S6 deal for 24 months I'm more than happy to wait a little, currently on Note 3 and GiffGaff so not exactly desperate but sure nice to get that new toy to play with :wink:

Dispatch email just come through!

Me too. I've just ordered the official case, it's coming from HK but the cheapest I could find online:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Official-Genuine-Original-Huawei-Leather-Flip-Cover-Case-Huawei-Ascend-P8-/271874828971

I've not used a tempered glass protector on any of my phones before, is it a bad idea to go with the absolute cheapest or are they all practically the same?

if you guys have passed the credit check, I'd advise to go to cpw and get it in store. I went down and they had stock, just the system wouldn't let me get the device because the credit check. very silly. I asked if I can pay in advance the full contract. they said it's not possible. oh well. it was never meant to be.

Just got my despatch notice and should be here tomorrow via DPD.

I went for a cheap 3rd party 'copy' on Amazon,
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AceTech-Quality-Leather-Cover-Huawei/dp/B00U4HBVIE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433948730&sr=8-1&keywords=p8+case

It has been delivered today so I'll give you an idea of the quality when I get home.

I think a screen protector would be pretty pointless with a flip cover, to me that's the whole point in them, I really dislike screen protectors. :wink:

I ordered mine on Saturday and just received an email saying my order is being dispatched via DPD as well.

Ordered on Monday over the phone with Carphone Warehouse, just had confirmation of dispatch by DPD, will be with me tomorrow, keep the faith people! :sunglasses:

For those of you getting the dispatch emails, what colour did you order?

I ordered a black one at 8am Saturday morning. Had one confirmation email at the time. Nothing for a few days and now receive the following info in an email;

We've processed your order and we'll be dispatching it from our warehouse very soon. You'll be able to track your parcel on the morning of your delivery date using the link below:

DPD STD Next Day

just been to carphone warehouse store as their cs told me they have stock locally and I can re do the deal their, the phone is stunning tbh, nicer than my note 4, problem being all mew contracts are now 24 month and they couldn't get the system to allow them to transfer it over, so just a waiting game, the 16gb black I demoed and it has 9gb usable memory.

I just spoke to CPW and my order is still being processed

Missed out on this deal as I spoke to the manager of carphonewharehouse and he said don't get it today as you won't get your 14 day trial on a back order :disappointed: gutted

I ordered the black P8 on Monday morning, and received the "your order is on its way" email this afternoon.

Sorry lads wrong delivery,who the hell uses DPD to deliver cat food ffs :laughing:

I too got the below email today from CPW

Thank you for ordering from The Carphone Warehouse.

We've processed your order and we'll be dispatching it from our warehouse very soon. You'll be able to track your parcel on the morning of your delivery date using the link below:

I guess they are delivering the first lot this week. fingers crossed.. :man:

Just got the dispatch email too. It's happening peeps :smile: Bizarrely, I actually ordered several hours after I posted the bargain!

I ordered the black (AKA titanium grey as far as CPW is concerned) on Friday. Had no notification of delivery although it's clear from the above posts that others have had notification even though they ordered later than me.

Phoned CPW who have told me that I will get a despatch notice tonight for collection at a local store tomorrow. We shall see!

mine is dispatched too.
don't know which one to keep now, huawei mate 7 or this one.
hmmmmmm

tempered glass protector is a lot thicker than normal screen protector, but also easier to apply.

Dispatching email received here too, ordered Saturday around midday, thanks again op

Are you sure you input the correct tracking number?

The cheapest temporary protection for our (???) handset. 99p from UK seller 48hr turnaround.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111659571495?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

For those of us who don't want to end up with expensive accesories when we get that cancellation email.

Grey here just got despatch email. C&C tomorrow hopefully.

I ordered Sat evening.

I've got no dispatch email but I just called and the helpful woman I spoke to said it's been picked and sent for dispatch to be delivered tomorrow at some stage. So if you don't have any further emails bar the first ones there's still hope. Apparently we should have received 4 emails;

- confirmation of order
- out of stock notice
- confirmation of passing/failing credit checking
- confirmation of order being prepared for shipping

This would then be followed up by a text from DPD that delivery is due to be made on the morning of the delivery day.

As I know someone will ask (instead of just checking my last post) I ordered at 18:19 on 5 June 2015. I picked Black or grey or whatever colour they want to actually call it.

I've only had two emails. For those that failed the credit check how long did it take them to email you about it ?

I think the only ones being delivered is the black ones, the white ones are still on back order :-(

I think the only ones being delivered is the black ones, the white ones are still on back order :-(

I think the white one hasn't come in yet so those of us that have ordered the white version have got a bit of waiting to do i think, unless someone that has ordered the white version has gotten the dispatch email...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231570954062
Flip case for £5.50 from China.
Or,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291473154108

Well I haven't had a dispatch email yet but Idmobile have emailed me my new mobile number!

yep same story here, i rang DPD they said cpm recycle numbers, when its scanned in to dpd this eve it will update with the new details.

does anyone know if the "view" cases are magneticly held shut?

ordered yesterday afternoon and its now being shipped (Black version) :P

I have done some reading, but why are you guys ordering this P8 over 'OnePlusOne', Nexus 5 or even LG G3?
Am I missing something?

Looking to replace my LG G2 coz need better camera, so would this be a better replacement?

The contract for 12 months is worth £90, makes the phone £170.

A few reasons firstly the phone will be retailing for at least £350 we are getting it for £250 with 1gb, mins etc. Secondly it's one of the newest phones out and like a lot of the people who bought the phone I'm a technology enthusiast who likes the newest phone out (I know It's sad). The phones you listed LG g3 is nothing special I'm using it now, laggy (has improved greatly with lollipop and by changing some settings) and poor battery life. Nexus 5 good phone poor battery life. One plus one good phone, good battery but it's nearly a year old and it doesn't support 4g for all.

And on this phone will it be laggy (if that's a word) most probably, battery won't be anything special, we will all start encountering other problems as well, but who cares :smiley:

has anyone had theirs yet? Is the black actually black or the grey?

The real plus point on the P8 is that it has one of the best cameras around on a phone for an excellent price (on this deal). Reviews seem to indicate quality is close to that of the camera of the Galaxy S6 at the moment, a much more expensive phone.

You can order the same case from Amazon for £7.99 (next day delivery with Prime).
Mine has arrived today and to be honest it's not the best quality, it'll certainly do the job but I think I'll end up replacing it as the case has no closing mechanism unless it somehow magnetises itself to the phone! :laughing:
Inside of the cover has another of those great mottos that foreign companies seem to come up with.
"There is no end in pursuing"

Got a text from CPW to say the phone should be available for collection tomorrow.

Just received a text to say mine will be ordered tomorrow by DPD!

Sorry meant delivered

For anyone who ordered the white P8, don't be expecting it tomorrow. Just been told by CPW that it'll most likely be a couple of weeks before it's available.

Anyone found similar with next day delivery?
I'm paranoid about using phones without cases, even though it's a shame design wise

Well I'm due an upgrade anyway hence why I'm buying it so this is perfect timing for me!

just received an sms stating that the courier will come tomorrow , before today i hadn't heard a squeak from them apart from the initial order confirmation.

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Did you order the black or white handset?

Same here, getting black one tomorrow.

I cant even remember what colour I ordered lol mine should be here tomorrow as I got a message saying its been sent out to the store

Before I placed my order on Monday I read some comments and most were on how good the black was, so I opted for the white to aviod this situation. Enough said.

will it be already unlocked

im selling mine make some money from it and I don't want to keep a expensive phone that I will break one day as I ride my motorbike everyday and only need to fall or crash to break it so I keep to budget phones so I wouldn't care if I broke it

A few benchmarks for all us P8 fans to get excited over...Clicky for goodness

Will be delivered tomorrow.
Black.

Ordered white because I thought it would be less popular, therefore higher chance of receiving. Guess I will go into CPW on Saturday and ask for the black one if they have them instore.

I ordered the Black one.

I kind of understand your reasoning about damaging an expensive phone, but not in the situation where you fall off a motorbike .. If that happened the last thing on my mind would be... " is my phone OK " :confused: more " I'm still alive... No broken bones " :smiley: but if you can make a bit of money .. Why not

I cannot believe everyone had the OOS email. Surley if there was demand then atleast the first few customers should have received their phone on both colours. It said in stock which was a blatent lie otherwise at least one person on this thread would of have their phone by at least Tuesday.

they still say pre order online

White said in stock at the time I ordered.

Where did you buy Elephone P8000 from what what's the discount code? :laughing:

I can't believe they have the balls to even talk about P8000 let alone put them on pre-order having delayed the P7000's which are still on pre-order, especially the black ones.

From here mate: http://www.elephone.cc/elephone-p8000.html
Like I said, I'll not be counting on anything until it materialises in my hand post 20th July.
Until then, I'll give the P8 a go...again if it actually materialises later this week!

Preferance would be the Vowney, version B, but I'll wait on that until it is actually released (20th June but not holding my breath) and Win 10 compatibility confirmed.

I'm moving up from an LG G2 so definitely looking forward to receiving my P8 :smiley:

Thanks for posting this review, it's made me decide against this phone. I'm returning it as it is going to be a big disappointment. I'm just going to keep my G3 and wait for the s6 edge prices to hopefully come crashing down. The only thing it is better than the g3 is camera which I don't use much anyway. Just a shame I didn't read this earlier, if would have saved me a lot of time messing around on this forum :smiley: Thanks op as well.

Now the 16gb one plus one is oos

I'd carefully check if the p8000 has the frequency band you need, this was discussed on the p7000 thread and that seemed to be the major difference between the two phones, that and the p8000 larger battery. The suggestion was that the p8000 is aimed at the Asian market.

Well what contract is worth to you is to do with your usage needs but I'd argue it's worth a little more more than a fiver a month, in fact with 1GB of data even something like GiffGaff would set you back £10 a month albeit with more minutes. Even if you value it at £7.50 a month the phone already works out £168 so that's a bargain in itself for a brand new phone which is just getting released.

All those handsets are great and prove excellent value for money right now, no one would go wrong buying either or this but you just have to look at what exactly you want from your phone. Looking at all reviews this appears to have the best build quality hands down which is an important thing for some people as after all this is something that you will hold in your hand a lot, of course not so important if you're putting a case on it.

Camera seems to be excellent as well, only marginally lagging behind the current flagships which is a very important feature to me. If I didn't want a better one I'd still have my HTC One M7 and wouldn't want to go from my current Note 3 (which takes excellent daytime photos but dips as soon as good light disappears). This brings me to the power front as again I was more than happy with those two in terms of performance so I'm not looking for flagship killer and don't play any games on my phones.

In case of One Plus One it lacks a MicroSD slot and also has the issue of not supporting certain 4G providers due to its bands. For me this works out a perfect package, sufficient performance coupled with excellent camera and fantastic build and all for a bargain price. If this was a 24 months contract like now I'd think twice and most likely wouldn't get it but looks like I got lucky.

You sum it up perfectly.

I'm moving up from an LG G2 so definitely looking forward to receiving my P8 :smiley:[/quote]
same here.
i'm just concerned about the smaller battery on the P8 compared to G2

I'm moving up from an LG G2 so definitely looking forward to receiving my P8 :smiley:[/quote]
same here.
i'm just concerned about the smaller battery on the P8 compared to G2

This is my story.
1) ordered on last Friday a couple of hours after this deal was posted
2) OOS email received on Saturday morning
3) Email received for IDMobile account and plan activation
4) Email received for customer service phone pin
5) Email received from CarPhone W item had been dispatched
6) SMS from CarPhone W item should be with me today

Note: I have never received an order confirmation email or alike

Titanium grey p8 delivered this morning at 8:34 :smiley:

I own a same spec Honor X2 from Huawei. What I can say is that Kirin 930 and 935 processors are power friendly but doesn't lose much in game play. I had no issues with long play of COC and GOW.

I've currently got a Nexus 5 and that review got me thinking this might not be the phone for me. Weak GPU and questionable battery life being two things that might bug me. The camera might not be great on the Nexus 5 but it's still a brilliant phone and vanilla Android trumps all the vendor specific OS skins.

Mine should be arriving today......decisions decisions......

I have a N5 at the moment, I flashed Android M and the batter still barely lasts a half day, so decided to sell if on ebay tomorrow for a quick 100 quid. Sorry I'd love my little red N5 however I just can't live with its battery, so it has to go. ............ P8 is still selling around £310 on Huawei's offical website.

Still no news of my ID order placed last Saturday. There doesn't seem to be any way to contact ID directly unless one has one's ID mobile number which obviously I don't have. Tried going through the CPW route but their computers are down until 13.00 so they can't help either. Shambles.

It's been confirmed a single sim, dual sim is only in P8 Max in UK

Arrived and not dual sim

Just had delivery. 16gb. Unfortunately doesn't seem 2 be dual band wifi. Doesn't show my 5G wifi option. I hope i'm wrong.

Just checking sim slots now.

Yep. Shame that.
Seems pretty smooth, fluid n quick on the net tho, thanks to the 3gb ram.

I'd certainly recommend reading the Anandtech review. It's not overly complimentary about the Kirin 930 chipset but do bear in mind that it is approaching the review with the idea that this is a flagship device meant to compete with other high-end phones such as the Galaxy S6, LG G4, Xperia Z3(+) and the like and it really doesn't have the performance to compare to these devices.

If, on the other hand, you've picked up this phone as cheaply as we have in this thread, it is an absolute bargain. Great build quality, good screen (hopefully!), very good camera, expandable memory and decent performance at a very low price.

Just a pity it isn't dual-sim as well.

That reminds me, I bought some NFC tags for an older phone not used for over a year. I'll have to see if I can dig them out of my draw and then try to find a good use for them!

Still sealed inside its box until I get home from work but looks like others have said single sim

So micro or nano sim. Mine should be here around 11:30.

I clicked the 'deliver to any neighbour' option
But they still took it back to depot because i wasn't in :disappointed: rubbish

Got to wait until tomorrow now

That's why I called DPD and asked the CS to drop the driver a message instead. :P

I called them but they just said he would have tried some neighbours, and because they werent In he left a card. That's not true because I know there are neighbours in. Never mind

I don't need a new contract but ordered this? is it still a good deal, or do you think i should cancel?

sorry, another question. my contract for this started yesterday but i don't even have the phone or sim yet, is that allowed?

Anyone know how to activate the find my phone thing on this?

Received, email confirmation said black,
Colour received is titanium grey

Had delivered just now. I remembered I order the 12 months one but the contract length stated is 24 months... Worth double check your receipt carefully before unseal it..

Sorry for late reply, rushed off to work. Online the deal is no longer there, but mine is definitely 12 months as advertised, and i got mine instore just over 24 hours ago. Looks like i just got it in time.

Anyone received notification of 'Click & Collect' yet?

I called 5 minutes ago, a lady picked the phone and insist she can't find any 12-month sign on this deal, I explained the 12-month deal is gone now but I ordered on the 5th June when the offer was on..
After 2 minutes hold she said their system is down now so suggest me to call them back 2 hours later...
Well I think I best just return it.

Still no click and collect notification. I wonder if it'll be delayed today.

My initial order confirmation email says 12 months

if we have learnt nothing else from this, let us all take away the lesson that cpw really do have some of the worst customer service known to man

If I haven't had a notification when I get out of work today I'll give them a call as I'm nearby.