Rather pay £60 more and get a new S6 from o2

That is your opinion, which is respected and valid of course. But there are many of us (myself included) who would prefer not to get an S6 by taking out a contract then cancelling airtime - or whatever else you have to do. For those who want a sim free option that they can stick their sim card in and away they go - with a phone that has expandable memory.....It might be just up someones street. Hopefully it will help someone, not you clearly, but it might help someone else. And that makes me happy! Merry feckin' Christmas :smiley:

Wouldn't an LG G3 be better since its new at the same price

S5 still a great phone. Typing this from my blue one. Has the flexibility of MicroSD and swappable batteries that the S6 doesn't :smiley:

Who provides the warranty?

Rather pay £60 more and get a new S6 from o2

Heat from me Kay!. You might have saved me there as I broke my S4 recently whilst in your neck of the woods :disappointed:

S5 still a great phone. Typing this from my blue one. Has the flexibility of MicroSD and swappable batteries that the S6 doesn't :smiley:

I profusely apologise on behalf of my neck of the woods :smile:

Lol! My fault....too many beers :disappointed:

Feeling lost without my phone so I'm very tempted to take the plunge. I did want to try the S6 Edge but can't bring myself to spend (waste) £400+ on a phone right now.

Not if you are planning to have more nights of too many beers :smile: I lose mine or my children put them in pints of juice. The fact that this waterproof and the s6 isn't was the winning factor for me lol

187£ amazon used very good

This isn't a post for an s6, its for people interested in buying an s5......which is waterproof, has a removable battery and has memory that can be expanded. Some people prefer that kind of stuff....

Don't forget 1.01% cashback too!!

A decent deal, but I would warn anyone tempted that the Argos warranty means you'll get your money back of there's anything wrong with it during the warranty period. They will not replace it, nor will they repair it. My S4 I bought from their Ebay site is being returned due to it killing the original battery plus the replacement I bought myself as Argos on Ebay will only do refunds.

That may not be an issue for many, but I found it frustrating that I've had to look fit an alternative replacement for the S4 because of this policy.

Great phone the S5, very good battery with power saving on.

Wouldn't an LG G3 be better since its new at the same price

will argos refund though just in case?

Or just get O2 to unlock if for free?!

Argos refurbs, this won't end well.

I'll check back in a week with a bag of popcorn.

s6 is better at 230

You haven't saved anything. You've bought a discontinued second hand phone, that was only £60 cheaper than a brand spanking new latest model.

This or s5 Neo?

his imagination lol

Oh dear... Argos refurbs. DON'T DO IT.

why would you want that? It's from china

I loved my S3, did not like S4, got S5 and completely lost will with samsung phones... They release new phone just with minor upgrade in hardware and buggy firmware expecting people pay premium for nothing! At least when you buy apple products you get full feature polished product! Sony xperia phones most times look better now days than samsung.....Samsung seems to think they are apple like now....

YUK... Second Mouth Phone...You don't know who has been spitting down the mouthpiece or filled the speaker up with infected earwax.

You're kidding right? Like theres never been an iOS that has faults?

ooh cheers op, another phone I've been looking at, but a much better price :smile:

You can get a new S5 Neo with a 2 year Samsung warranty for £255.
Probably less from if your happy with a 2 pin charger.

I would rather pay this personally - should it go t**ts up then you might be stuck with Argos' and possibly no repair service after 12 months at all. Depends on the age of the phone, if its a 14 day return job or year old trade-in.

So what about a Z2 from an Argos Store for the SAME PRICE!

z3c from carphone warehouse a better buy surely

What's the battery like on these? how long can it go after a full charge?

My friend owns an s5 and loves it but the glass covering the rear camera lens keeps breaking. Apparently it's a known fault? Does the Neo have the same issue?

I was reading up about the two processors and while the s5's is certainly faster, it's more likely to overheat while the Neo's is slower but stays cool. Is this true?

I'm not bothered about the fingerprint scanner.

What's the advantage of the 3.0 USB?

For anyone wanting an update on delivery details. Although delivery details on the listing states Economy delivery (other courier 3 days) estimated delivery 4-7th Jan I received an email yesterday saying it was dispatched. Was given a tracking number, tracked it today to find it out for delivery by Parcelforce24 :smile:

Well usb 3 provided you have a pc that has the blue usb 3 port, u can transfer/read at minimum 110mb/s instead of usual 10-20 with usb 2, its alot faster when you wanna load up the camera folder with hundreds of pics or transfer videos over, especially 4k video. And ye its waterproof not water resistant

Because it's (supposedly) new and not a refurb, perhaps?

You seem to be arguing pretty hard for this deal against some pretty reasonable comments..

haha! arguing hard? I'm a woman. This is nothing...

Am looking at sellers like these, however this:

"We will carefully test every item before shipment."

..concerns me, and makes me wonder if they're not quite as new as the seller would like potential buyers to think. Doesn't it also potentially cause problems with Samsung region locking, based on whatever SIM is first put in the device?

Any advice welcome :smiley:

Aside from being random, that's also pretty sexist - even if you are saying it yourself as a woman!

Anyway, phones yeah? :wink:

Why? I am saying it's nothing for me.....and affirming the fact I am a woman. I never said ALL WOMAN ARE ARGUMENTATIVE. So why are you being so pedantic? Anyway, yes. Back to phones, no need to say to people they are arguing hard on a post. Joy to all men and all that.....oh wait, is that sexist too?

So if you're not implying that being a woman makes you more likely to be argumentative, why did you mention the fact that you were a woman? Am I missing something?

And no, that last comment wasn't sexist. I can find a reference for what the word means if you're confused. I'm not being pedantic - you posted a deal that wasn't as great as perhaps you were hoping it would be taken, and seem intent on countering everyone who says so. That's got nothing to do with your sex or gender, but for some reason you've raised that (whilst continuing to prove how argumentative you are as an individual).

So I'll ask again - what has you being a woman got to do with you posting a deal about a phone and arguing about its merits, when you've implied, intentionally or otherwise, that women have a tendency over men to be argumentative?

Personally i wouldn't pay £200+ for a phone from China just in case theres warranty issues.

Considering its a Europe model it should be regional locked to europe

Out of curiosity - how do you override a boot loop other than take the battery out? I had a s3 mini that would have crazy episodes of turning itself on, turning itself off so rapidly that I could do nothing but take the back off. If that happened on the S6 how would you stop it? :smiley:

Hit it with a hammer? :smile:

To be honest, I don't know as I don't own one. On the S5, when it freezes, I just pull the battery other out. Bound to be info out there on the web though. A quick search came up with:

http://thedroidguy.com/2015/06/how-to-get-samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-out-of-boot-loop-107653

http://thedroidguy.com/2015/08/samsung-galaxy-s6-got-stuck-in-boot-loop-or-keeps-rebooting-after-a-firmware-update-1048185

Still seems like unnecessary faff though....they need to introduce a reset button with the S7!

Mine arrived this morning and it is scratched and really looks old, I am not impressed I will send it back. It isn't worth it for £199.95.

My husbands Blue one and my white one arrived this morning as promised :smiley: can't really fault anything!!! They were in original boxes with manuals etc. They both contained USB charging cables and although the boxes were a little ripped due to the stickers being on it, it was in very good condition. The phones - both were immaculate. My white one had stickers still over the screen, and around the casing. No scratches at all, no marks, nothing! I am really happy. Mine was only on 11% so had to charge it right away, my other halfs was 90% on arrival. Both work fantastically. Whether or not we are just lucky I don't know. I am just waiting on the arrival of my microsim as I've had the sam sim card and number for 15 years and i'm rather attached to it so although I've set up my phone I cant really comment on the full function of mine until my sim card arrives. My husbands phone however works a treat, everything works, camera is amazing! The sound is really impressive. Very loud via speaker and via headphones. Comparing it to our old s3 minis is laughable. Overall we are very happy with our phones. We were expecting to be disappointed and have to send them back but truthfully, we are extremely over the moon with them. Will try and upload pictures to prove how great they are :smiley:

images please

how do I upload them? please

Received mine, all looked good (phone looked in very good condition, only one minor scratch on side of bezel, nothing serious). But pins inside charging port are slightly bent and it won't charge. So back it goes...

I received an S5 via this deal at the end of December and it was in really good condition; the only flaws were a few very tiny scratches on the bezel band and a small 1mm x 2mm imperfection at the top of the screen between the glass and bezel. It worked absolutely fine for a the first week but suddenly the earpiece speaker stopped working. I tried to find a fix online, tweaked some settings and did a factory reset but the problem persisted. Sadly, after getting really attached to the 4G and the general speed of the thing, I arranged the return today :disappointed: . I am confident of getting all my money back but I'm now thinking of purchasing another. If other buyers have had good or bad experiences would they leave their feedback here, it would be nice to hear that my case is a rare one. If so I might buy again once my money is back in my account.

As mentioned before, me and my hubbys phones both work a treat. There was nothing wrong with either of them on arrival, no scratches at all, no marks, nothing. The boxes were tatty though. Weve had them for a few weeks now and can report no problems. Batteries work fine. I get 3 days out of mine but the hubster gets 2 at a push. He's a gamer though and plays music on his night shift which might explain why he doesn't get as much as me. We really love them and would recommend them to anyone. We did umm and arr for ages before taking the plunge, but it's paid off for us. We chose blue and white models. My white being in brand new condition. Even down to still having all stickers on the screen and around the sides. Fingers crossed your next one is a gem :smiley: