This does seem a good price, but I'm waiting for the Smart Ultra 6 to come back down to £100 as I assume that it's a better phone. Heat for the price.
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GazmoX
5 May 16#62
katymabel
1 Feb 16#59
I can't decide between a Sony Xperia Aqua, LG G4c and a Samsung J5! The sale ends tonight and I am stumped
katymabel to katymabel
2 Feb 16#61
I decided on the sony Aqua M4
WaftyCranker
22 Jan 16#54
Has anyone gone for this offer and managed to get it unlocked ?
Many thanks
harveyzone to WaftyCranker
24 Jan 16#55
Now available at carphonewarehouse for the same price, with an unlocked phone. :-)
esskay92 to WaftyCranker
1 Feb 16#60
Hey, no luck yet. I tried one seller, he took one week and still had no code. Went with another on Thursday, and he hasn't sent me anything either. How about you?
This is really frustrating. Last time I'm going to buy a locked phone...
katymabel
30 Jan 16#57
Looks like this can only be bought for a minimum of £109.99 now as you have to buy a £10 SIM?
deshepherd to katymabel
31 Jan 16#58
was looking at this yesterday as my son had asked for this for his birthday next month (stated asking when it was £170 so this price looks great) and from what I could see there was a "use my existing SIM" option which didn't add £10 ... nb CPW should be cheaper at £89 PAYG upgrade but their website says we don't qualify for upgrade and from past experience their PAYG get refused even if you meet all the stated requirements so still be ordering from Vodafone later today.
schnide
24 Jan 16#56
Where are you seeing that? I can only find it for £159.99:
I was gonna get the M4 Aqua but after reading several reviews, the view is that the camera quality on the M4 is poor. Reviews of the J5 suggest a better camera. If camera is not important then the M4 may make more sense - better battery life etc.
Gachupinski7
18 Jan 16#52
my sister paid almost 200€ around Christmas time for this. She loves it. Now she probably regrets she couldnt wait a couple weeks for me to buy it and ship it to Spain...I told her it would go on sale! the original rrpp is way off!#
Picard123
18 Jan 16#51
SU6 is a budget phone. It's like buying a Ford Mondeo 1.6 and saying it's like an Audi A4. There's no comparison.
SU6 is budget / midrange phone. S5 is a premium smartphone. There's just no comparison.
SU6 is a good phone for the price, but for me personally, I think it's too big and bulky, I don't like capacitive keys and I'd rather have AMOLED. J5 is a good alternative for people who want a 5" phone and it's better than the Moto G (which is very overated IMO)
Rhythmeister to Picard123
18 Jan 16#50
A half an inch can make all the difference, ooer! But seriously, you're just spending more to have a phone wearing the Sammy badge as the hardware is inferior on the Sammy phone bar the display technology :confused: In terms of processing power the SU6 has the upper hand :man:
stuando1
16 Jan 16#49
Does anyone know how something like the Galaxy J5 or Sony M4 Aqua compares to a Nexus 5? Just I've got the chance to get a barely used 32GB one for the same price and am quite tempted. Will be using as a backup/spotify phone for the car.
Picard123
15 Jan 16#46
^ Obviously, all things being equal 1080p is going to offer more detail at 720p but the latter is fine on a 5" phone. The Smart Ultra 6 screen actually looks pretty washed out when you put it side by side to an S5....
Rhythmeister to Picard123
15 Jan 16#47
An S5 costs £70 more and I think ZTE offer more phone for the money with the SU6 personally; if anyone's considering the J5 have a look at the following comparison to see what I mean:
The higher resolution makes things MUCH sharper, I observed this coming from a "HD" screen to a full HD. The brighness on said Skodafone is never a problem for me and I set it to it's lowest brightness letting it brighten the screen when conditions dictate it!
Picard123
15 Jan 16#44
Smart Ultra is still only IPS and doesn't look as bright or colourful as AMOLED screens.
death_blaster01
15 Jan 16#43
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sanjhype
15 Jan 16#42
great phone for the price,just ordered one for free delivery in 2 to 4 days.
720p amoled will make other £100 phone screens look pathetic
chancooluk to mynameisthehulk
13 Jan 161#13
You would think so, but I found it a bit soft looking and grainy, especially around text, due to the pentile arrangement of the pixels.
A full RGB IPS screen looks better at 5" and 720p in my opinion. 5" and 1080p would be preferable where a pentile matrix is used.
The J5 also lacks a colour profile app and is set to natural colours by default, so there isn't much of that saturated colour pop that is normally associated with Samsung AMOLED screens.
Rhythmeister to mynameisthehulk
14 Jan 16#40
Maybe not the full HD Smart Ultra 6 :sunglasses:
Searcher2
14 Jan 16#39
Yes
sunama
14 Jan 16#38
Hi I am interested in the Moto G.
If I get that PAYG, can it be unlocked to work with an O2 sim?
Is it a simple ebay jobbie for unlocking?
litwoojczyznomoj
14 Jan 16#37
If the S4 received latest TouchWiz it would perform better. It has stronger CPU+RAM than J5 so it should be more snappy. According to Wiki S4 will not get the latest TouchWiz Nature UX 5.0.
famosa_belle
14 Jan 16#35
Can these be unlocked?
chancooluk to famosa_belle
14 Jan 16#36
Yes, about £5 on ebay. Search for "Samsung j5 unlock code".
bussty3
14 Jan 16#34
There is a name to my pain, and it is TouchWiz.
schnide
14 Jan 16#33
The specific phone models, or just in terms of Android? If the S4 receives the same update then shouldn't it be able to keep up at least?
Ultimately I suppose that could mean that apps generally run better on the S4 but not general UI usage.
leelukehope
14 Jan 16#32
In layman's terms AMOLEDS are more vibrant but less accurate with colour reproduction. LCD's look sharper and 'cleaner' but do not look as vibrant as AMOLEDS. Very much a personal preference and best to use both in a shop to see which one you prefer.
leelukehope
14 Jan 161#31
Finally someone that looks at more than just PPI. Personally I prefer LCD as they look much sharper and accurate. I don't find an over saturated screen very useful. What I do like about AMOLEDS is that it doesn't have to illuminate every pixel which can save battery. Considering AMOLEDS degrade over time and suffer screen burn as well I'm not very keen, even though the S6 edge screen does look incredibly nice...
litwoojczyznomoj
14 Jan 16#30
There are 2 versions of 3rd gen Moto 1GB RAM/8GB storage +2GB/16GB storage. Anf this is 3rd gen 100% in the link(13MP camera + the picture of it + waterproof)
schnide
14 Jan 16#25
Funnily enough I was comparing this to the S4 on YouTube earlier and although on paper the S4 looks better in some ways, menus etc. at least were speedier on the J5.
litwoojczyznomoj to schnide
14 Jan 16#29
The new phones have much lighter TouchWiz slapped on them.
Gavin01
14 Jan 16#28
samsung a 3 £129.99 @cpw
Gavin01
14 Jan 16#27
great phone that is absolutely crippled by internal space for apps.
muzzi17
14 Jan 16#26
Does the 20% apply to even Pay As you go phones?
zworld
14 Jan 16#24
I have this.
Bought it from ebuyer for £150 3 months ago.
It's a very nice phone and the 13MPx camera is brilliant. Downside it only has 1.5GB RAM and 8GB onboard storage and requires a SD card.
Gambler
14 Jan 16#23
I tried to buy from Argos last week as had an Amex £10 off £100 but they were out of stock.
kpearsoncj
14 Jan 16#22
yeah its only quadcore too i always check before i go off standard websites
Picard123
14 Jan 16#20
Good price and a nice phone.
Odd description on the Vodafone website though as I thought the J5 was 4G compatible?
chancooluk to Picard123
14 Jan 16#21
The specs on the Voda website are incorrect. The phone supports all UK LTE (4G) bands.
Searcher2
14 Jan 16#19
The spec is for 3rd Gen. As per usual the Moto G has different variants of each Gen. There is a 16gb ROM 2gb RAM version too
smilespiles
14 Jan 16#18
ok,any reason why it doesn't state it is 3gen? and its only 8gb,I thought the 3rd gen was 16gb?
Bladex
13 Jan 16#17
bare in mind the j5 only has two point multitouch while most other phones have five point multitouch. Although not function breaking it is a minor annoyance.
stuart9787
13 Jan 16#16
The Moto G 3rd Gen has been on sale for less than this for months - it's even on the same website as this deal.
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Many thanks
This is really frustrating. Last time I'm going to buy a locked phone...
http://m.carphonewarehouse.com/mt/www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-j5/
http://www.phonemore.com/compare/phones/vodafone-smart-ultra-6-vs-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900m-16gb/2549569
SU6 is a good phone for the price, but for me personally, I think it's too big and bulky, I don't like capacitive keys and I'd rather have AMOLED. J5 is a good alternative for people who want a 5" phone and it's better than the Moto G (which is very overated IMO)
http://gsmversus.com/samsung-galaxy-j5/vodafone-smart-ultra-6/
Will this unlock the J5 to O2 network and work on 4G?
A full RGB IPS screen looks better at 5" and 720p in my opinion. 5" and 1080p would be preferable where a pentile matrix is used.
The J5 also lacks a colour profile app and is set to natural colours by default, so there isn't much of that saturated colour pop that is normally associated with Samsung AMOLED screens.
If I get that PAYG, can it be unlocked to work with an O2 sim?
Is it a simple ebay jobbie for unlocking?
Ultimately I suppose that could mean that apps generally run better on the S4 but not general UI usage.
Bought it from ebuyer for £150 3 months ago.
It's a very nice phone and the 13MPx camera is brilliant. Downside it only has 1.5GB RAM and 8GB onboard storage and requires a SD card.
Odd description on the Vodafone website though as I thought the J5 was 4G compatible?
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/motorola-moto-g-4g-payg/sku87965
I didn't rate the camera much when compared to the Moto G 3rd, but otherwise it was pretty responsive.