An affordable introduction into the world of smartphones, the Vodafone Smart First 6 is easy to use and has all the features you'd expect from a smartphone - at a price you wouldn't.
Mobile phone features:
Smart but simple - designed specifically to be easy to use.
Stay connected - comes with facebood and twitter already installed.
Access to thousands of apps - the smart first 6 runs on android - the worlds most popular operating system.
Network provider: Vodafone.
Android 4.4 kitkat operating system.
DUAL-Core Processor.
MP3 player.
Display and camera information:
4 inch screen.
800 x 480 pixels.
Camera.
Video capture and playback.
Network and connectivity:
In this day and age many children want a Samsung Galaxy S6 or iphone. They would turn their noses up at this and two years later insult you.
I cannot understand why schools do not ban all smartphones. School uniforms are supposed to make people look similar. Now £500 smartphones are the what differentiates.
Schools should only allow £10 basic phones and specify the models that can be bought to school!
snowflake75
1 Jan 168#10
such a basic crap phone
ikonanddiva
2 Jan 168#45
I bought this very phone from Tesco or was it Asda? (I can't remember) for £25 just before Christmas for my daughter; using vouchers, the final price came to £21.50. My 8 year old LOVES the phone and it does everything that she could possibly want from taking photos/videos to texting for free using whatsapp (saving on 5p an SMS). I think I paid around about £1 on ebay for phone unlocking and a £10 top-up that will last the whole of 2016. It makes me laugh when (Apple) phones on UKHD are getting HOT for 30-40 times this price but not offering 30-40 times additionally functionality or quality.
A great little first phone for children, grandparents and maybe a few grown-ups too when they stop trying to keep up with the Joneses.
heat added.
scoff
1 Jan 167#4
Do people really buy things they don't need... for a spare
Latest comments (98)
soty4
15 Jan 161#98
This phone is not compatable with the shopitize app as it does not have a rear facing camera.
sag
9 Jan 16#97
Just picked phone up today (fast track) fortunately no mention of top up.
chrisr1982
6 Jan 16#96
It did ship from China. No import fees for me..and not even a mark on the box. Honestly..If you get one you will be incredibly impressed
Theres a £2.50 delivery charge you would need to add.
secretmsg to Dantes
3 Jan 161#52
£2.50. delivery charge..
allotmentguy to Dantes
5 Jan 16#94
Thanks I got one today. 99p code on eBay delivered and used in less than 20 mins. Phone for my daughter I've had a go great phone for £20.
hotman
5 Jan 16#93
Same deal now on at Amazon & Tesco.
229mel
1 Jan 16#16
TERRIBLE Cheap garbage phone... Pay extra £5-£10 and you can get much decent stuff.
elbs to 229mel
2 Jan 16#33
any suggestions? looking for something decent
w_orbit to 229mel
5 Jan 163#92
Such as.....
If you're going to be helpful then "be helpful"... :stuck_out_tongue:
princeprecious
5 Jan 16#91
Point very well made and even more important.
I can see the cross comments over your comments too but the problem is that Common Sense is a Sense which is not very Common in Common people.
Having your point on smart phones in schools I also see some restrictions from schools over parents are ridiculous and still they are justified and I don't want to imagine the future of schools power which is going right down towards a imbalance and injustice.
Don't get me wrong as I do have kids and I know the importance of education in human's life and no one can claim on the face of this earth that they are more worried about my children than myself but a law, of course who has no eyes, ears or a brain either or even any Sense out of Common Sense.
Of course this does not apply to all cases and to all individuals but point is again the Common Sense.
koalauk
4 Jan 16#82
Just bought one from sainburys for 20 quid no top up. Will be a nice spotify relay thingy for me.
amour3k to koalauk
5 Jan 16#90
Which phone was that please?. :-)
chrisr1982
4 Jan 16#78
If you can wait a couple of weeks..buy the doogee x5 from banggood.com. I bought this for my mum..and the phone for £38 it's absolutely AMAZING!
Too many features to list..but read up about it as well as you tube it. The phone is simply the best buy of the year for me (and I'm a geek)
hotman to chrisr1982
4 Jan 16#86
Does it ship from China and are there any import fees?
amour3k to chrisr1982
5 Jan 16#89
Like EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!, I bought same sodding Phone some weeks ago too!, but for £50! (looks a wee while to come to me as well too!) .. you did well there for real!, Sod's Law this, huh?. :-(
Hehehehhe. :-)
amour3k
5 Jan 16#88
Ditto that, lol. :-(
taiko
4 Jan 16#87
I did it fast track , problem is some stores have trouts who feel offended if they let it you get away with this kinda thing , they view as they are losing money not the company.
taiko
4 Jan 16#84
I recently bought a phone from argos but they would not let me collect it without paying the 10 quid top up (this was in argos whitechapel)
hotman to taiko
4 Jan 16#85
Did you do the Fast Track or pay in store?
Probably safer to buy this in Sainsburys. Vodafone seems to have Argos in an arm lock.
koalauk
4 Jan 16#83
OMG are you for real?.
Common Sense
4 Jan 16#81
Most do not. Mine go by train, so I need to know if there are delays or they stay late after school for project work etc when picked up from the station (10 min train to school). I pick up from the station.
Mine saved up for a sim free Samsung Galaxy S6 (£240 on o2 offer) as an upgrade to an S3 mini (which I was told was embarassing, after 1.5 years of use). I hope the school bans smartphones! There is no need for them at school except to boast - who has the latest iphone etc.
He sent the code within 25 minutes fom purchase and that was late on saturday night.
hotman
4 Jan 16#77
Thanks. It's just that I have giftcards that I want to use to pay for it and apparently you can only use them in store.
dmcmsn
4 Jan 16#76
To be honest schools phone policies aren't as strict as they used to be now. At least In my school anyway
topss
4 Jan 16#75
Use the 'Fast Track' option online. That's if the store you're collecting it from offer this service - not all do. You pay on-line. You should be okay to just go and collect it from the Fast Track counter in-store and shouldn't be asked to top up.
hotman
4 Jan 16#68
If you reserve online and pay in store will that avoid being asked to top up?
hotman to hotman
4 Jan 16#74
Anyone?
When would they ask you to top up - is it when you go to pay or when you pickup?
topss
4 Jan 16#73
Why has it become so imperative that's kids need a phone whilst at school. I remember when I used to.......
Common Sense
4 Jan 16#72
Exactly my point. This is what schools are supposed to stop.
If everyone has the same £10 "school uniform phone" then there would be no bullying - same as uniforms!
dmcmsn
4 Jan 16#71
There is absolutely noting wrong with bringing your new phone to school. If they loose it its tough luck for them.
You will get bullied more for having a £10 phone than you would for having a £500 phone
Common Sense
4 Jan 161#70
What would?
Stopping children taking £500 phones to school to show off - phones many are not allowed to use ay school anyway?
Schools dictate uniform to prevent "designer clothes teasing", so why not a phone?
dmcmsn
4 Jan 16#69
That would just be down right stupid and pointless.
Mikilibaby128
4 Jan 16#67
love it
jaydeeuk1
3 Jan 161#66
Keep an eye out on here. CarphoneW sold the lumia 435 for £9.99 for example
snowflake75
1 Jan 168#10
such a basic crap phone
moppalady to snowflake75
3 Jan 16#65
good for a kid tho
geejam
2 Jan 16#48
Ordered, collected and unlocked, all by today using fast track. No problems at all.
vam91221 to geejam
3 Jan 16#60
Can you please share with us, where did you get it unlocked from and for how much?
Badger5959 to geejam
3 Jan 16#64
Can you please explain how you used fast track and collected
jaydeeuk1
1 Jan 162#13
Much better off with a windows phone at this price. Android will be near unusable on 512mb, it was 2 years ago and will be even worse now.
marlovian to jaydeeuk1
1 Jan 16#14
I was thinking the same. Any suggestions on which one though?
thegamingkinginfo to jaydeeuk1
3 Jan 16#63
Where can I get a Windows Phone for £20, I need one for my mum :smiley:
pvfc247
3 Jan 16#62
I know I own one, but I have not managed to work out how to text or check my Lottery results on it .
Ferris
3 Jan 16#61
I'm sure you know this, but make sure you check the capacity before attempting to use the card for any meaningful purpose. Many cards at that pricepoint are fake, in a long-term scam that eBay allows to run even when made aware of it.
ibblackberry1
3 Jan 16#59
Apple phones and the like get hot because it is the product that is wanted at the best price available at that time. Its not a review site, heat is not dependant on the overpriced starting point.
That being said, for the majority of users on here, this is probably not a great phone, but it has generated heat so the site is doing its job.
Onlydongles
3 Jan 161#58
Indeed, Ratcatcher.
Hell, even the charging cable of the fruity phone is £20 plus ! And there are enough mugs willing to empty their pockets for making them even richer.
ratcatcher
3 Jan 162#57
Just like a £600.oo one it is STILL a mobile phone and does what it is supposed to do and that is just what normal people want.
cke
2 Jan 16#50
I bought one of these for my son for Xmas as a first phone. He mostly uses this for Youtube, Angry Birds and the odd text so whilst it can be a little laggy compared with an iphone, its only £25 if he proves that he cant look after it.
the main issue I have is that the interal storage has been used up very quickly, I have added a 32gb external sd card and set this as the default location for default storage. when he tried to download any app from the Play store it says that there is no storage available. this is the first time that I have used an android device and I cant seem to resolve it.
2PeteShakur to cke
2 Jan 16#51
i believe that the android marshmallow update solves all sd/space issues? try updating to that if poss.
Check XDA Developers, there may be a way round this for you
ikonanddiva to cke
3 Jan 16#56
I forgot to mention that I also spent an additional ~£4 on ebay for a 16gb SD Card. It will require formatting first before being recognized but the additional space will be needed quickly and definitely worth looking at the settings to change the default write position. Youtube is also a firm favourite for my daughter and yet to hear a complaint about the resolution.
scoff
1 Jan 167#4
Do people really buy things they don't need... for a spare
koalauk to scoff
1 Jan 161#17
You ll find a lot of people do do that. Ridiculous but they will get it play with bit for 2 hours put it in a drawer and they won't even remember its in there till its totally useless and will go to landfill. they will wake up following morning feeling empty and shallow and do the same thing again for another item of interest for no real reason.
jco83 to scoff
1 Jan 162#24
Welcome to HotUKDeals! :laughing:
lianne21 to scoff
2 Jan 163#28
Yes! I am the world's worst for this. To be honest I need a spare house to keep my house in as it's so full of spare everything that I've no room left !!
backinstock to scoff
3 Jan 16#55
Yes. lol
This phone has auto-focus. So, possibly buy just to use via Shopitize (another account?). You'll get your money back in no time.
Just a thought? :smile:
koalauk
2 Jan 16#49
Yes it does though!
geejam
2 Jan 16#47
Ordered, collected and unlocked, all by today using fast track. No problems at all.
shootomanUK
1 Jan 16#25
PLEASE NOTE:
The Fast Track option does not work when trying to purchase a phone that requires a top-up
I tried this last week and then I remembered I've also tried it before :/
The payment goes through but you do not get a text or email with your fast track order details, the money will come out of your bank & will go back in a week or two after.
Best phoning Argos just to make sure!
£115 has just come out of my account so I will be contacting them tommorow just to make sure I get my money back.
Wish I would have remembered the last time I fell for it :/
sag to shootomanUK
2 Jan 16#46
Appeared to work ok for me received email with code to use when collecting. Have to wait until next week to pick up though to confirm for sure. Heat added.
ikonanddiva
2 Jan 168#45
I bought this very phone from Tesco or was it Asda? (I can't remember) for £25 just before Christmas for my daughter; using vouchers, the final price came to £21.50. My 8 year old LOVES the phone and it does everything that she could possibly want from taking photos/videos to texting for free using whatsapp (saving on 5p an SMS). I think I paid around about £1 on ebay for phone unlocking and a £10 top-up that will last the whole of 2016. It makes me laugh when (Apple) phones on UKHD are getting HOT for 30-40 times this price but not offering 30-40 times additionally functionality or quality.
A great little first phone for children, grandparents and maybe a few grown-ups too when they stop trying to keep up with the Joneses.
heat added.
pvfc247
2 Jan 16#43
Cheap mp3 player.
ibblackberry1 to pvfc247
2 Jan 16#44
Sandisk clip for a pound more would be a far superior mp3 player
peter1223
2 Jan 163#42
don't recommend it, could crack the screen
Askrulous
2 Jan 16#41
You're right, its absolutely pointless buying something simply because its cheap....when its not fit for purpose.
AndyRoyd
2 Jan 16#40
Respect.
2PeteShakur
2 Jan 16#39
oh seen, my bad then cos i went to argos site and someone asked about gps and argos said it didn't have gps abilities... lol
For £20 you expect a phone that is functional but the mic standard was almost unusable... My hopes were not set high... it was a first phone for my son to get used to.
captainbeaky
2 Jan 16#36
Looks good for £25. (Until you read the small print)
"Handset must be purchased with £10 airtime. This will automatically be added to your transaction. Handset not available without airtime."
I hope you get it upon collection with fast track.
Common Sense
2 Jan 161#29
So blame the parents for giving primary school children smart phones!
AndyRoyd
2 Jan 16#27
Buy a £20 top-up, get the top-up and a free unlocked Alcatel Pixi 3 3.5 (and 3.5G not quite 4G) Android smartphone from CPW, in-store or delivered: http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/phones/alcatel-onetouch-pixi3-3-5/ppay
Probably the cheapest way to obtain a mifi with airtime. Oh, and it's a (carp) smartphone too.
Soulistic
1 Jan 16#26
L
sag
1 Jan 16#23
Yes but only if you have a virgin payg sim eligible for an upgrade
MEGAONE
1 Jan 16#22
Tried this at my son's school 7 years ago.The rule lasted all of 3 weeks as the staff just didn't have the time to check over 500 pupils phones everyday.Might work in a small primary school,not many of these left though.
princeprecious
1 Jan 161#20
you really need an iphone 6s plus 128gb, please just make sure you have a little few £££ extra in loose change in pocket when going for collection and then you are sorted.
Lukedotv
1 Jan 16#19
Thanks for writing that, I had a great laugh.
Lukedotv
1 Jan 161#18
512MB/4GB of internal memory, is horrifying. my phone has 1gb of ram and 8gb of storage and it runs like *****
ideal for those who don't use a phone that often or for a kids first phone
heat added
Common Sense to waynehardy
1 Jan 1610#12
In this day and age many children want a Samsung Galaxy S6 or iphone. They would turn their noses up at this and two years later insult you.
I cannot understand why schools do not ban all smartphones. School uniforms are supposed to make people look similar. Now £500 smartphones are the what differentiates.
Schools should only allow £10 basic phones and specify the models that can be bought to school!
JimBobJr
1 Jan 161#11
Question: you say quad core, gsmarena says dual core. What's what then?
coventgamer
1 Jan 16#9
20 use fast track
the1C3MAN
1 Jan 16#8
? So £29.99?
bevers
1 Jan 161#7
Bought one for my elderly mother, easy to get unlocked, doesn't need or want internet, great phone for her to see who's calling, she can now see texts clearer and very easy to use.
FiniteZ
1 Jan 161#6
I guess I'll have to sleeponit
Brettster73
1 Jan 16#3
Had one and returnef it... the microphone was clearly poor quality as recordings and calls were both poor. No front cam for selfies which kids love and the touch screen is a bit laggy. That said mic issue may have been a fault and for that price its a handy spare...
sleeponit to Brettster73
1 Jan 161#5
I'll give it a miss then, really was looking for so much more from such an expensive phone! :smile::wink:
Dragon32
1 Jan 16#2
Not bad for a backup phone, but not too sure about the 512mb of memory (the 4gb storage would not bother me as you could bung an SD card in).
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Opening post
White:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3919480.htm
Black:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3924918.htm
An affordable introduction into the world of smartphones, the Vodafone Smart First 6 is easy to use and has all the features you'd expect from a smartphone - at a price you wouldn't.
Mobile phone features:
Smart but simple - designed specifically to be easy to use.
Stay connected - comes with facebood and twitter already installed.
Access to thousands of apps - the smart first 6 runs on android - the worlds most popular operating system.
Network provider: Vodafone.
Android 4.4 kitkat operating system.
DUAL-Core Processor.
MP3 player.
Display and camera information:
4 inch screen.
800 x 480 pixels.
Camera.
Video capture and playback.
Network and connectivity:
3G network capability.
Standard SIM card.
Wi-Fi connectivity.
Bluetooth.
Memory information:
512MB/4GB of internal memory.
Type of memory card required: microSD.
General information:
Up to 393 hours standby time.
Up to 168 mins talk time.
Size H121.6, W64.4, D11.8mm.
Weight 112g.
EAN: 5055015288375.
You can purchase an unlock code from this eBayer for 99p fats service
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unlock-Vodafone-Smart-Speed-6-795-V795-VF795-Unlocking-Code-/151352457351?hash=item233d4f3887:g:ZqkAAOSw9mFWJTzq
- one_way
Top comments
I cannot understand why schools do not ban all smartphones. School uniforms are supposed to make people look similar. Now £500 smartphones are the what differentiates.
Schools should only allow £10 basic phones and specify the models that can be bought to school!
A great little first phone for children, grandparents and maybe a few grown-ups too when they stop trying to keep up with the Joneses.
heat added.
Latest comments (98)
http://www.phoneshopbysainsburys.co.uk/vodafone-smart-6-black.html
If you're going to be helpful then "be helpful"... :stuck_out_tongue:
I can see the cross comments over your comments too but the problem is that Common Sense is a Sense which is not very Common in Common people.
Having your point on smart phones in schools I also see some restrictions from schools over parents are ridiculous and still they are justified and I don't want to imagine the future of schools power which is going right down towards a imbalance and injustice.
Don't get me wrong as I do have kids and I know the importance of education in human's life and no one can claim on the face of this earth that they are more worried about my children than myself but a law, of course who has no eyes, ears or a brain either or even any Sense out of Common Sense.
Of course this does not apply to all cases and to all individuals but point is again the Common Sense.
Too many features to list..but read up about it as well as you tube it. The phone is simply the best buy of the year for me (and I'm a geek)
Hehehehhe. :-)
Probably safer to buy this in Sainsburys. Vodafone seems to have Argos in an arm lock.
Mine saved up for a sim free Samsung Galaxy S6 (£240 on o2 offer) as an upgrade to an S3 mini (which I was told was embarassing, after 1.5 years of use). I hope the school bans smartphones! There is no need for them at school except to boast - who has the latest iphone etc.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unlock-Vodafone-Smart-Speed-6-795-V795-VF795-Unlocking-Code-/151352457351?hash=item233d4f3887:g:ZqkAAOSw9mFWJTzq
I paid online and picked up same day for £20, got it unlocked using a code for 99p from this eBayer http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unlock-Vodafone-Smart-Speed-6-795-V795-VF795-Unlocking-Code-/151352457351?hash=item233d4f3887:g:ZqkAAOSw9mFWJTzq
He sent the code within 25 minutes fom purchase and that was late on saturday night.
When would they ask you to top up - is it when you go to pay or when you pickup?
If everyone has the same £10 "school uniform phone" then there would be no bullying - same as uniforms!
You will get bullied more for having a £10 phone than you would for having a £500 phone
Stopping children taking £500 phones to school to show off - phones many are not allowed to use ay school anyway?
Schools dictate uniform to prevent "designer clothes teasing", so why not a phone?
That being said, for the majority of users on here, this is probably not a great phone, but it has generated heat so the site is doing its job.
Hell, even the charging cable of the fruity phone is £20 plus ! And there are enough mugs willing to empty their pockets for making them even richer.
the main issue I have is that the interal storage has been used up very quickly, I have added a 32gb external sd card and set this as the default location for default storage. when he tried to download any app from the Play store it says that there is no storage available. this is the first time that I have used an android device and I cant seem to resolve it.
This phone has auto-focus. So, possibly buy just to use via Shopitize (another account?). You'll get your money back in no time.
Just a thought? :smile:
The Fast Track option does not work when trying to purchase a phone that requires a top-up
I tried this last week and then I remembered I've also tried it before :/
The payment goes through but you do not get a text or email with your fast track order details, the money will come out of your bank & will go back in a week or two after.
Best phoning Argos just to make sure!
£115 has just come out of my account so I will be contacting them tommorow just to make sure I get my money back.
Wish I would have remembered the last time I fell for it :/
A great little first phone for children, grandparents and maybe a few grown-ups too when they stop trying to keep up with the Joneses.
heat added.
Looks good for £25. (Until you read the small print)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pggpo-Screen-Non-Working-Display-Samsung/dp/B00O5827LI/ref=sr_1_3?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1451726235&sr=1-3&keywords=mobile+phones+Samsung+dummy
"The smartphone also features GPS technology that lets you use your device as a pedestrian or car navigation system..."
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/vodafone-smart-first-6-payg
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7231&idPhone2=6932
I hope you get it upon collection with fast track.
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/phones/alcatel-onetouch-pixi3-3-5/ppay
Probably the cheapest way to obtain a mifi with airtime. Oh, and it's a (carp) smartphone too.
£10 more but much much better VFM IMO.
heat added
I cannot understand why schools do not ban all smartphones. School uniforms are supposed to make people look similar. Now £500 smartphones are the what differentiates.
Schools should only allow £10 basic phones and specify the models that can be bought to school!