Was looking for a phone for my little sister and found this gem! It's a 4g phone with a 12 month warranty for under 50 quid! Removable battery and Micro SD slot sealed the deal for me.
LG Leon 4G
£49.99
Overall Specification
Talk Time Up to 13hrs
Standby Time Up to 505 hrs (3G)
Dimensions 129.9 x 64.9 x 10.9 mm
Weight 142g
Screen Size 4.5 inch
Internal Phone Memory 8GB
External Memory Card Type microSD (up to 32GB)
Email Capability Yes
Operating System Android Lollipop 5.0
Entertainment
Back Camera 5 MP
Front Camera VGA
HD capture Yes
Video Capture 720p
Music Player Yes
FM Radio Yes
Connectivity
Data Connectivity Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Stereo bluetooth Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
GPS Yes
3G/4G 4G
Type of Audio Connector 3.5mm
Removable battery Yes
Splash proof No
SARS Rating 0.78
Latest comments (62)
koalauk
3 Feb 16#62
I keep well away from O2 nasty piece of a corporate. even their adverts are injecting selfishness....
dilfred
2 Feb 16#61
Makes a massive difference, worth doing after every update (big or small)
Yosser2000
31 Jan 16#60
Will this work straight off on Tesco mobile seeing as they use/part owned by o2?
yessuz
29 Jan 16#59
i will send it back.
there is unlocked MOTO E 2nd GEN for 69 in tesco.
dude1974
29 Jan 16#58
Just did an online chat and they said you can unlock at any time from them for a small fee (didnt tell me how much it would cost though) or from anywhere i want .plus you get an original charger.
dude1974
29 Jan 16#57
All phones from EE come with a wall charger unless stated. p.s if i was to buy a charger it wouldn't be generic one it would have to be a branded original .
dude1974
29 Jan 16#54
Got mine from o2 yesterday load of crap . Tried to get it unlocked from 3 different shops but its being blocked by o2 for 12 months .secondly no phone charger is a joke came with a tiny little usb cable and took 7 hours to charge via laptop.
i'm going to try and send mine back and get the one on EE which can be unlocked.
yessuz to dude1974
29 Jan 16#55
are you sure it will be available for unlock from EE?
and EE requires 10 £ top up. so it's 59.99. and then - it's far better to go with Vodafone MOTO G 3rd GEN for 89.99. much more of the phone. or MOTO E 2nd for 69 from tesco, totally unlocked.
yessuz to dude1974
29 Jan 16#56
all these cheap phones come without a charger.
it's 1.5 pound or so for decent 1 A wall charger from ebay
zeesh777
29 Jan 16#53
Hi will this work abroad in Pakistan and India if I give it to my friends there as a gift with their local sim cards?
momartin
28 Jan 16#51
Would you need to register the imei on the network by making a call using the O2 sim? I'll be honest I'm not too clued up on all this any more.
yessuz to momartin
28 Jan 16#52
very god question...
i am thinking to return the phone to O2 and get refund, thus I do not want to tear apart the SIM card which was supplied with the phone. if anyone wants to unlock it and you cannot do that via ebay - have you tried to insert the O2 card, to make a call (for registration) and then to unlock?!
momartin
28 Jan 16#48
Bit of a shady way of doing it though, there was nothing on the product listing to suggest you can't unlock it. I'd take it to a local phone shop, see if they can do something by connecting it up to a pc etc.
yessuz to momartin
28 Jan 16#50
yup. i was told by ebay'er to try to go there. just wonder, how much would such service cost? maybe it's better just to send it back to O2 for refund? within 14 days you can do that
damoville
28 Jan 16#49
Yeah I agree that is the only other option nobody's fault just bloody stupid on o2 half
damoville
28 Jan 16#47
O2 are blocking it from leaving their network for 12 months. Trying to keep people on their network
yessuz
28 Jan 16#46
yes. it says they cannot find it on the server? wonder what might cause this issue??!
yessuz
28 Jan 16#44
well, cr*p.
cannot unlock as well
damoville to yessuz
28 Jan 16#45
Told ya what a nightmare
yessuz
28 Jan 16#43
just talked with one ebay unlocker. he said he can unlock. purchased the code.
waiting for it now.
Will let you know the outcome
damoville
28 Jan 16#42
They can do it after 12 months like someone else said in this thread. Everyone say that o2 blocks the request so its wait 12 months or nothing
momartin
28 Jan 16#41
As I said via PM mate, if you've spoken to o2 and they can unlock it then it is possible to unlock, doesn't mean it 'officially' can't be unlocked, just have to find the right place or method I suppose.
damoville
28 Jan 16#40
It officially can't be unlocked tried 7 different websites now all the same answer. So do not buy this unless your on o2
yessuz
28 Jan 16#39
omg? ooops? really unlockable? just received mine and need to unlock?
momartin
28 Jan 16#38
Replied to your PM, there are a few sellers on ebay if you search LG Leon Unlock.
damoville
28 Jan 16#37
Tried 3 on eBay everyone says no can't do can anyone tell me if they have actually got this unlocked
damoville
28 Jan 16#36
I purchased this and it arrived today. Can't unlock it anywhere can anyone help. O2 said I have to wait 12 months so looking like a total waste of money
yessuz
27 Jan 16#35
just bought one. hopefully battery will last at least two days :/
yessuz
27 Jan 16#34
guys, the only question - how the battery lasts?
Need something for my old mom, so this probably would be great phone?
bobdylan1951
25 Jan 16#32
Still available??? 25 01 2016
momartin to bobdylan1951
25 Jan 16#33
Yes, site says in stock free next day delivery if ordered by 10pm too. Or you can collect from an O2 store.
chancooluk
25 Jan 161#31
Snapdragon 410, the original Moto E uses a Snapdradon 200.
Masteryates
25 Jan 16#30
Exactly, you get what you pay for. If I was buying any phone for £50, I'd not expect much in the way of updates or support. If you want that, buy a Moto G 3rd Gen or a flagship device.
rabb5it
25 Jan 16#29
Can you tell us what the CPU is please.
princeprecious
25 Jan 161#28
so you buy a cheap stuff from LG basic range like Argos Value and then expect top performance as iphone 6s to blame the LG brand eventually... wow.
momartin
25 Jan 16#27
I had an LG Chocolate many many moons ago and I hated it but after my sister using this phone for a few days I must say I'm mega impressed with it. For the money and for a teenager at college it's fantastic. She has it running on giffgaff and has all the apps kids need nowadays. Regardless of opinions of LG you can't dispute that this is an awfully cheap phone!
Freyalinia
25 Jan 16#26
My G3 bricked after a year of use, just out of warranty :/ nice to use but I've found LG phones really unreliable
stevennoad
24 Jan 16#16
LG = cold, I had an LG phone in the past and it stank,the worst phone I've ever had, they may be better now true but I also had an LG DVD player and I wasn't impressed with that either.
Masteryates to stevennoad
25 Jan 161#25
LG really turned a corner when they brought out the G2. Lots of updates and a fantastic device. Not sure about the lower end handsets and support but they are much better than they used to be.
seanireland72
24 Jan 16#20
Tried one of these in Three store,two words,slow,laggy realy badly
peter1223 to seanireland72
25 Jan 162#24
that was 4 words.
koalauk
24 Jan 16#23
Will not have anything from O2 even if it was FREE.........
JoeBoy88
24 Jan 16#22
Thanks I might go for this and gumtree the moto e's.
It is the 4gb internal memory that is a killing the moto E.
JoeBoy88
24 Jan 16#8
is this any better than the moto e?
My parents both have the moto E and its basically became unusable with the latest up date to 5.1.
malachi to JoeBoy88
24 Jan 161#12
Which one? There are two models of the Moto E
jazzuk777 to JoeBoy88
24 Jan 161#15
Try wiping the cache partition, it might fix the problem
kreames to JoeBoy88
24 Jan 16#21
Yes much better CPU than moto e 2014. Same CPU as moto e 2015 in fact.
little_green
24 Jan 161#19
also this is 8gb memory whereas huawei is 4gb
Firemountain
24 Jan 16#14
I bought the huwaie y635 the other day for 49.99 using upgrade option.. not sure whether this is better now :/
happy tourist to Firemountain
24 Jan 16#18
The Y635 has a bigger screen but low resolution, no 4g and kit kat. suppose it depends on what is more important to you.
MLAM
24 Jan 161#17
Not a bad deal if Android is a must, the Lumia 550 potentially is a better deal from CPW if Windows Phone is no problem?
JoeBoy88
24 Jan 16#13
The first one with 4gb internal memory.
roflll
24 Jan 16#11
This is a great deal for a £50 4G phone! Hot from me.
gsusx
24 Jan 16#10
Not a bad little buy as a media player and for running etc.
sradmad
24 Jan 16#9
good find op, heat added
momartin
24 Jan 16#7
Can get an unlock code from eBay for £2.49
inoxx
24 Jan 16#4
do you need to purchase credit at the same time?
momartin to inoxx
24 Jan 16#6
Nope, you just select a tariff and job done :smiley:
missy89
24 Jan 162#3
Free to unlock using a simple form from o2's website :smiley:
roadrunner1 to missy89
24 Jan 16#5
Payg says £15 and only after 12months.
roadrunner1
24 Jan 16#2
Easy/cheap to unlock?
little_green
24 Jan 161#1
think it might get hot in here! good for the price trying to resist as its not a step up for me and i dont need a third smartphone lol
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LG Leon 4G
£49.99
Overall Specification
Talk Time Up to 13hrs
Standby Time Up to 505 hrs (3G)
Dimensions 129.9 x 64.9 x 10.9 mm
Weight 142g
Screen Size 4.5 inch
Internal Phone Memory 8GB
External Memory Card Type microSD (up to 32GB)
Email Capability Yes
Operating System Android Lollipop 5.0
Entertainment
Back Camera 5 MP
Front Camera VGA
HD capture Yes
Video Capture 720p
Music Player Yes
FM Radio Yes
Connectivity
Data Connectivity Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Stereo bluetooth Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
GPS Yes
3G/4G 4G
Type of Audio Connector 3.5mm
Removable battery Yes
Splash proof No
SARS Rating 0.78
Latest comments (62)
there is unlocked MOTO E 2nd GEN for 69 in tesco.
i'm going to try and send mine back and get the one on EE which can be unlocked.
and EE requires 10 £ top up. so it's 59.99. and then - it's far better to go with Vodafone MOTO G 3rd GEN for 89.99. much more of the phone. or MOTO E 2nd for 69 from tesco, totally unlocked.
it's 1.5 pound or so for decent 1 A wall charger from ebay
i am thinking to return the phone to O2 and get refund, thus I do not want to tear apart the SIM card which was supplied with the phone. if anyone wants to unlock it and you cannot do that via ebay - have you tried to insert the O2 card, to make a call (for registration) and then to unlock?!
cannot unlock as well
waiting for it now.
Will let you know the outcome
Need something for my old mom, so this probably would be great phone?
It is the 4gb internal memory that is a killing the moto E.
My parents both have the moto E and its basically became unusable with the latest up date to 5.1.