​because using digital zoom, this will happen with all phones

Which is great if you need one now, I'd wait for Amazon as their CS is trouble free IME.

Same price on ebay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331656545583?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

and Vodafone website too

my son has this phone its fantastic especially for the money.its all you really need

Mines been great but has unfortunately developed some broken pixels so I'll need to try return it for a warranty repair. I'm hoping Vodafone won't cause too many problems and just repair or replace.

Bought this phone when it was £99. No probs so far. The only thing I wish was better was the camera zoom performance while taking videos. Normal & 2X are very good. 3X is not great. 4X is very poor with everything looking 'blocky'.

I can highly recommend this, it is a dropper step up from the Moto G in terms of speed, RAM, flash, size and resolution. My only worry is whether is ever going to an upgrade. 5.1 is in the works, it seems, but of course it is already late.

5.0.2 is a hideous mobile OS. Anything less than 5.1.1 is rotten to the core. Lollipop is one of the worst mobile OS releases in quite some time.

Agree. Since I updated to Lollipop I cannot eg use sd cards. All my photos have been corrupted. :disappointed:

beware, this phone is laggy. if you need something powerful, this isn't it. i'd spend a bit more and get the G3 at argos (if that deal is still on of course)

Although I am aware this is nearly 1/4 of the price of an iPhone.

I own this phone and considering changing it, only reason is the camera is quite poor, but for ~£100 really is a good specced phone otherwise

it does lag every now and then leaving you wondering why your button press has done nothing so you press again then it goes some where else because it finally changes. Can't leave it on the side as the speaker gets covered so you can't hear it very well. pin code unlock has glitched since update can enter loads of numbers instead of giving up when entered wrong so you have to delete it and start again just annoys me as I always type it fast and wrong. time and date bug when restarting sets it to 1970. camera is rubbish always blurry but when not produces a descent picture auto focus is useless. desperately needs the update to 5.1 as long as it is made well. I wanted a 5.5" screen but cheap and snapdragon so gave this a go but keep looking at the galaxy 6 edge plus and iPhone 6s plus but hoping the update will come along if it does the phone is good enough for what I need but without the update it is slightly infuriating at times. screen is amazing but have read different panels are coming in phones that are cooler or yellow tinted which people don't like

Not a bad device for the money. Fairly simple to root with Kingoroot and then install SuperSU. All of the bloat is then easy to remove leaving a fairly stock vanilla Rom with reasonable specs on board. Only issue thus far is unlocking the Bootloader which is normally a pain on ZTE built devices.

Root gains access to various system managed Apps which can not be removed. Root also gains access to system settings including but not exclusively things like clock speeds etc.

How does this compared with XIAOMI RedMi Note 2?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/xiaomi-redmi-note-2-32gb-4g-phablet-black-118-20-gearbest-2300238

You may wish to spend some time on HUKD before you start with the attitude. If you feel this phone is not for you move along...

Memory leak bug.

What are the chances of this getting an upgrade to Android 6 Marshmallow? Shipping phones with 5.0.1 is pretty poor and lazy.

I was interested as to what "all you really need" meant actually. (Which was not your comment nor was it directed at you.)

same price online and in store at Vodafone

EliTom

One major glitch with 5.0.2 is you cannot turn off miracast as I have discovered so cannot watch sky go as Sky will not allow any of its content played on a device with cast enabled.

which memory leak bug? (now off to google). Doesnt affect me. are you referring to "free" memory or process sizes?

(just googled. *That* one - the 5.1 off-screen-not-freeing-resources bug I presume; dont suffer that).

A massively well known memory leak bug which wasn't addressed until 5.1.1. They had five goes at Lollipop (5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1 and then 5.1.1), and each one suffered the bug until 5.1.1.

Appalling customer service from Vodafone. Even emailed CEOs office and clearly they do not care about keeping customers happy. Probably a good buy but would highly recommend avoiding buying from Vodafone directly.

I concur, this is a great phone and cannot be beaten for value. I also strongly advise not to deal with Vodafone - buy from amazon if possible.

People referring to the camera being slow / poor etc, the inbuilt camera app really lets the camera side of the phone down.. strongly suggest downloading the free version of ' A Better Camera' from Playstore.. all your problems will disappear after using this!!!.

Great phone for the money, however with the current OS it will not run Sky Go....

​Thanks. Galaxy Note 3.

My Note 3 is running lollipop with sd card too.

​Thanks. I suspect it is also something to do with having to encrypt my phone and external memory, to receive work emails.

I think you will get better run for your money with redmi note 2 32gb. it runs really fast and price about £5-10 more than this

Just a comment about the lack of future upgrades for this phone ...

I just upgraded my Nexus 7 to Marshmallow (Android 6.0). After playing with it for ten minutes, I came to the conclusion that it was virtually indistinguishable from Lollipop. It could be just me but subjectively, the upgrade feels a bit slower too.

Glad I opted for the £99 SU6 now rather than the upgradable, but lesser and more expensive Moto G 3rd Gen.

Is there anything better than this??

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