A £5 price drop both on Amazon and direct from Vodafone, but I'd prefer Amazon's speedier delivery. Cheapest it's been. This is very cheap for the spec, I'm torn between this and the 2nd Gen Moto G for £89.99 on PAYG upgrade at the Carphone Warehouse. The Motorola will have better support long term, can't see the Prime 6 getting beyond Lollipop 5.1.1. Of course the Ultra 6 is the real Vodafone winner but currently nearly twice the price of this.
Silver only, for some reason "Anthracite" is £74.99.
Specs
Android 5.0 Lollipop
5 inch IPS LCD Touchscreen
8MP camera with Auto-focus and LED Flash
Quad Core 1.2GHz Processor
8GB Internal Memory
Supports microSD cards up to 64 GB
This device will be upgraded to the Android 6.x (Marshmallow) release of Android, pending partner support.
jacenj
21 Oct 15#5
Waiting on amazon to drop the SU6 hopefully sub £100
gordonthegopher84
21 Oct 151#6
It's annoying Vodafone haven't come out and said anything about Marshmallow for the latest Smart series. This is why I'm always keener on devices with a strong dev community like the Moto G, even if the manufacturer leaves you hanging you can still get later versions of Android.
I'm on an S4 which has great support on XDA, looking at a budget handset to replace my Mum's Huawei Y300 which also has a great developer community on Modaco, but it's starting to look long in the tooth with only 512Mb RAM and 4Gb of storage. Can't help thinking the Prime 6 will only get as far as 5.1.1 and there seems to be little to no developer support anywhere. But it is cheap and has gains over it's nearest priced rivals like the Moto G 2nd Gen such as NFC.
I'm in the same dilemma for my personal upgrade, the Smart Prime 6 looks great, especially if it does drop under £100 again, but I can't see it getting past 5.1.1 either. There has been a little bit of work on Cyanogenmod 12 on XDA by a guy called lonespeaker, but he admits himself he doesn't really know what he's doing and seems to be working on his own. He's asked for help so it may work out. Otherwise I'm actually considering a refurbished S5 for a bit more since it has a strong development community and you can replace the battery (which is something I do want personally whatever that enormously rude person with fox in his name keeps trolling about in other threads!)
db72
21 Oct 15#8
Anyone know if this is easy to unlock ? Will it be Ok on 3? Thanks.
gordonthegopher84 to db72
21 Oct 15#9
Should be, there seem to be codes on eBay for about £3ish that are reported to work in the other Prime 6 threads on here.
![Fresh Breakfast Meat Box (Using code) @ Campbells Meat [Haggis / Lorne Sausage / Bacon / Black Pudding & More]](/images/topics/208684_1.jpg)
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Opening post
Silver only, for some reason "Anthracite" is £74.99.
Specs
Android 5.0 Lollipop
5 inch IPS LCD Touchscreen
8MP camera with Auto-focus and LED Flash
Quad Core 1.2GHz Processor
8GB Internal Memory
Supports microSD cards up to 64 GB
EDIT: Both colours now £65
All comments (38)
http://smartphones.specout.com/l/3120/Vodafone-Smart-Prime-6
https://motorola-global-en-uk.custhelp.com/app/software-upgrade-news/g_id/1994#gs=eyJndWlkZUlEIjoxOTk0LCJxdWVzdGlvbklEIjo0LCJyZXNwb25zZUlEIjo5MSwiZ3VpZGVTZXNzaW9uIjoiV1R6NlF0em0iLCJzZXNzaW9uSUQiOiJXVHo2UXR6bSJ9
MOTO G (2nd Gen.)
This device will be upgraded to the Android 6.x (Marshmallow) release of Android, pending partner support.
I'm on an S4 which has great support on XDA, looking at a budget handset to replace my Mum's Huawei Y300 which also has a great developer community on Modaco, but it's starting to look long in the tooth with only 512Mb RAM and 4Gb of storage. Can't help thinking the Prime 6 will only get as far as 5.1.1 and there seems to be little to no developer support anywhere. But it is cheap and has gains over it's nearest priced rivals like the Moto G 2nd Gen such as NFC.
I'm in the same dilemma for my personal upgrade, the Smart Prime 6 looks great, especially if it does drop under £100 again, but I can't see it getting past 5.1.1 either. There has been a little bit of work on Cyanogenmod 12 on XDA by a guy called lonespeaker, but he admits himself he doesn't really know what he's doing and seems to be working on his own. He's asked for help so it may work out. Otherwise I'm actually considering a refurbished S5 for a bit more since it has a strong development community and you can replace the battery (which is something I do want personally whatever that enormously rude person with fox in his name keeps trolling about in other threads!)