Pay now collect in store and you won't be charged for the £10 top-up.
Super18
11 Feb 16#4
I've bought it yesterday and have paid £4.99 using the fast track.
coachboatsy
11 Feb 16#5
I have a Vodafone sim. Can this be out straight in. Is this phone locked to EE?
Super18 to coachboatsy
11 Feb 16#6
Yes it will be, but I've posted another deal where you will get a £5 ee credit for £0.99 so if you buy 2 sim cards you'll get £10 in total credit which can be used to unlocked the handset.
Sharpharp
11 Feb 16#7
For the same price, Alcatel way better with a torchlight and FM Radio/MP3 Player.
Nokia is Nokia, basic price, basis options.
wenttoabetterplace to Sharpharp
11 Feb 16#9
"The Nokia 130 is ready for anything, with long battery life, a back cover that keeps it's colour if scratched and a bright flashlight. "
The Alcatel also looks pretty awful.
Nokia all the way for me.
leeparsons to Sharpharp
11 Feb 16#16
Please show us
gazz33
11 Feb 161#8
Has been highlighted on here in other previous postings for mobile phones from Argos if you choose to use the 'Fast Track' option for collection from store you only pay £4.99 Tested and works!
mhhbizz
11 Feb 16#10
can this tether?
Sell Me to mhhbizz
11 Feb 168#11
Only if you tie a rope around it...
coldo
11 Feb 16#12
great bought one for camping ...thanks
heavymetal12345
11 Feb 162#13
What a phone that makes calls - A thing of the future !
Soon we will have to have a smart phone for internet facebook etc and a different actual mobile phone to ring on
because smart phone makers are kind of forgetting the phone part !
wenttoabetterplace to heavymetal12345
11 Feb 16#14
Good story...but untrue.
Hootwo to heavymetal12345
11 Feb 161#29
That's what I've moved to.
I'm fed up with Apps granting themselves upgrades so they can snoop at more and more of my smartphone, so am now using a basic phone for private calls and texts and my smartphone is data only, without contacts.
coldo
11 Feb 16#15
we are going back to 2001 with these phones lol
leeparsons to coldo
11 Feb 16#17
Nope I think they where a few years on from them
s1i
11 Feb 16#18
will this work on giffgaff
hottoast to s1i
11 Feb 16#42
Yes it will.
Sharpharp
11 Feb 16#19
Pay attention will ya.... go read post 2 :smirk:
wenttoabetterplace
11 Feb 161#20
Speaking of paying attention...
This Nokia phone has a flashlight AND an FM radio.
So the only thing the Alcatel has over this is an MP3 player & an ugly design...
Sharpharp
11 Feb 16#21
In other words, the Alcatel is STILL functionality superior than the Finnish sellout :smile:
robertoegg
11 Feb 16#22
perfect for mothers / fathers! And then I still expect to have to provide Tech Support! :smiley:
(Me in the future: "Son, I just can't get this new streaming service to play" "Dad!!! You just think it, like this...." )
robertoegg
11 Feb 16#23
incorrect. if I'm looking for something with as few functions as possible, the Alcatel is worse! :smiley:
wenttoabetterplace
11 Feb 16#24
HalfSharpSharp...
The 130 does in fact have an MP3 player AND a video player;
To be fair, I had a big bust up with yourself.....and you were actually correct ! :laughing:
And you're right here, too !
Besford
11 Feb 16#30
Me too - because 'smartphones' are rubbish at calls and texts.
d84rk_knight
11 Feb 16#31
Ok just to confirm i purchased this online via fast track, paid £4.99 online, and collected the phone instore at the fast track counter. Didnt get asked anywhere to top up £10, even though it says on the website that £10 top up is required. I think if I was to pay for it instore, they wouldve asked me to buy £10 top up.
Also, the phone is locked to EE. I wanted to use my giffgaff sim in it (which is on the o2 network) . Anyone know where I can get it unlocked from?
Activate it by texting "Stop pack" to 150, then reply "YES" to the text they will send you asking to confirm.
Either make sure you turned off data before inserting the new SIM or, to be safer, use an old-style non-smart phone (this Nokia will do), to ensure the pack does not start taking data before it's cancelled!
You will now have £5 credit on the SIM.
Now phone EE to ask to have the phone unlocked, have the IMEI number to hand. They'll ask if you have sufficient credit (£8.99) on the phone, which you won't of course, and will allow you to top up the difference of £4 by credit/debit card.
Be warned it takes forever before receiving the unlocking code by email. They say up to 10 days but mine took over 2 weeks!
snatch_master
11 Feb 16#32
I use these cheap phones to leave in the glovebox should I break down and have forgotten my phone. The trouble is remembering to make a call every 6 months to avoid termination.
Sharpharp to snatch_master
11 Feb 161#34
Put a 6-monthly reminder into your main phone as an Calendar appointment, job done
Chuckv
11 Feb 161#33
put an apple badge on it an the fanboys would find a good reason it was worth ever Penny of £499.99. :stuck_out_tongue:
gorgo2015
11 Feb 16#35
Can I run Adobe Photoshop on this?
sarakhan1
11 Feb 16#36
Hi. I have a virgin mobile sim. Will it work on this phone?
cozzyman
11 Feb 16#37
but how can u add the two credits togeather? will customer services do that for u? take credit off two simms
sarakhan1
11 Feb 16#38
I hv reserved this for collection tomorrow. Invoice says 4.99 which il pay once collected. Will i be asked to buy the top up tomorrow?
wenttoabetterplace to sarakhan1
11 Feb 16#39
You need to buy it using the FastTrack service. That way, it is all bought and paid for...and no top up will be due.
If you just do a standard reserve and collect, you'll be paying an extra tenner.
hottoast
11 Feb 161#41
Hi all. Just to forewarn.... I bought one today and took it back an hour later. Despite having bluetooth, these do not connect to a bluetooth earpiece. (I have a Plantronics M55.) They will however connect to devices such as phones and laptops.
If connecting to a Bluetooth earpiece is a deal breaker, this item is no good for you.
Shame. Nice little phone otherwise.
crew66
12 Feb 16#43
my only gripe with these deals that make you buy £10 credit, it should be in with the price , same sort of deception cheap airlines use with 99p fares , glad some people are getting round it but Argos shouldn't be able to state price of £4.99 then make you pay £14.99
stevetheman
12 Feb 16#44
32gb memory on a phone for £5 bargain. Perfect festival phone the battery lasts 3 weeks apparently. An no camera so I can take to work! Thanks for sharing.
wenttoabetterplace to stevetheman
12 Feb 16#46
Memory card not included...
wenttoabetterplace
12 Feb 16#45
No it won't. Giffgaff runs on O2 unless I'm very much mistaken?!
d84rk_knight
12 Feb 16#47
But you will need to get it unlocked.
kaysdee
12 Feb 16#48
Will the phone unlock if you insert an active pay monthly EE sim and then switch it to use one of the 99p sims once the phone is active?
wenttoabetterplace to kaysdee
12 Feb 16#49
No.
To get it to work on a different network (that doesn't use EE), you'll need to pay for it to be unlocked.
smallkibi
12 Feb 16#50
do you know how much does cost to unlock the mobile ,
sigmon
12 Feb 16#51
Just in case you want a black one, you can do that on fast track too. Just done it myself, although you don't see the option till you check out. Just picked up a red one and it's a very luminous red !!
sigmon
12 Feb 16#52
Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but this phone takes the TPO sims which I'm sure we all have, so that was a real bonus for me. Big thanks to the OP.
wenttoabetterplace
12 Feb 161#53
Post #40 explains all
(It'll cost you £4 with a bit of patience/trickery - or £8 if you go direct through EE).
Alternatively, just use an operator that uses the EE network - such as TPO, Asda, Life Mobile etc. No need to unlock the phone with those providers.
hottoast
12 Feb 16#54
Thank you. I had one. Got a signal straight away.
stevetheman
12 Feb 16#55
Can you fit a nano sim in this?
tomlewis007
12 Feb 16#56
just picked one of these up for £4.99 and it says that it comes with £10 credit on the sim
d84rk_knight to tomlewis007
12 Feb 16#58
Does not come with credit, unless if you topped up when purchased. If you went through fast track and didnt top up, you wont get the credit.
wolf1984
12 Feb 16#57
had email saying order been cancelled
d84rk_knight
13 Feb 16#59
Im finding it very difficult to get this unlocked. Tried loads of local shops, and a couple of online companies and no one has been abke to unlock it. Finally I contacted EE, who said it can take up to 10 days for them to send the code. Lets see if they can do it.
Has anyone else been able to get theirs unlocked?
wenttoabetterplace to d84rk_knight
13 Feb 16#60
Did anyone on this thread advise unlocking via anyone other than EE? Sounds like you've been round the houses for no real reason...
& if you followed post #40 I think it was, then you could do the unlock for just £4 (by ordering a 99p EE sim with £5 of credit - then adding another £3 of credit to pay for the £8 unlock code)
sysboy
13 Feb 16#61
Not easy to unlock
thehungrywiganer
15 Feb 16#62
Just picked one up via Fasttrack, thanks!
snatch_master
16 Feb 16#63
I did this, using the Nokia 130, I text STOP PACK to 150 and it asked me to confirm, I did so. Any ideas why my balance is £3.90 and not £5?
bertiebasset
17 Feb 16#64
In a word, no.
The worst-case-scenario I've seen is when people have inadvertantly used up credit for data before cancelling the pack and ended up with only £4 credit, but not relevant here if you used the Nokia 130.
Anyhow the extra 10p can't be explained due to EE's minimum charge for any call being 35p or for a text 12p.
I picked up this phone on Monday and it accepted a TPO card with no need to unlock, as others have reported, but I've successfully used the above "Rakuten 99p SIM + £4" method before to unlock another phone, without problem (apart from the ridiculous time it takes EE to do it!)
d84rk_knight
17 Feb 16#65
How long do EE take to unlock. I requested it on Friday last week.
bertiebasset
17 Feb 161#66
They say up to 10 days, was over 2 weeks before I received mine.
They claimed the delay was outside their control because they have to wait on Nokia for each code. (Whether you think that's **** is up to you!)
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•1.8 inch screen.
•TFT display.
Network and connectivity:
•2G network capability.
•Bluetooth.
Memory information:
•4MB/.
•32 GB of expandable memory (memory card not included).
•Type of memory card required: SD
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Nokia is Nokia, basic price, basis options.
The Alcatel also looks pretty awful.
Nokia all the way for me.
Soon we will have to have a smart phone for internet facebook etc and a different actual mobile phone to ring on
because smart phone makers are kind of forgetting the phone part !
I'm fed up with Apps granting themselves upgrades so they can snoop at more and more of my smartphone, so am now using a basic phone for private calls and texts and my smartphone is data only, without contacts.
This Nokia phone has a flashlight AND an FM radio.
So the only thing the Alcatel has over this is an MP3 player & an ugly design...
(Me in the future: "Son, I just can't get this new streaming service to play" "Dad!!! You just think it, like this...." )
The 130 does in fact have an MP3 player AND a video player;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtMgO_IHVg8
So yes...you were saying
:wink:
Wrong, wrong and wrong :wink:
And you're right here, too !
Also, the phone is locked to EE. I wanted to use my giffgaff sim in it (which is on the o2 network) . Anyone know where I can get it unlocked from?
Activate it by texting "Stop pack" to 150, then reply "YES" to the text they will send you asking to confirm.
Either make sure you turned off data before inserting the new SIM or, to be safer, use an old-style non-smart phone (this Nokia will do), to ensure the pack does not start taking data before it's cancelled!
You will now have £5 credit on the SIM.
Now phone EE to ask to have the phone unlocked, have the IMEI number to hand. They'll ask if you have sufficient credit (£8.99) on the phone, which you won't of course, and will allow you to top up the difference of £4 by credit/debit card.
Be warned it takes forever before receiving the unlocking code by email. They say up to 10 days but mine took over 2 weeks!
If you just do a standard reserve and collect, you'll be paying an extra tenner.
If connecting to a Bluetooth earpiece is a deal breaker, this item is no good for you.
Shame. Nice little phone otherwise.
To get it to work on a different network (that doesn't use EE), you'll need to pay for it to be unlocked.
(It'll cost you £4 with a bit of patience/trickery - or £8 if you go direct through EE).
Alternatively, just use an operator that uses the EE network - such as TPO, Asda, Life Mobile etc. No need to unlock the phone with those providers.
Has anyone else been able to get theirs unlocked?
& if you followed post #40 I think it was, then you could do the unlock for just £4 (by ordering a 99p EE sim with £5 of credit - then adding another £3 of credit to pay for the £8 unlock code)
The worst-case-scenario I've seen is when people have inadvertantly used up credit for data before cancelling the pack and ended up with only £4 credit, but not relevant here if you used the Nokia 130.
Anyhow the extra 10p can't be explained due to EE's minimum charge for any call being 35p or for a text 12p.
I picked up this phone on Monday and it accepted a TPO card with no need to unlock, as others have reported, but I've successfully used the above "Rakuten 99p SIM + £4" method before to unlock another phone, without problem (apart from the ridiculous time it takes EE to do it!)
They claimed the delay was outside their control because they have to wait on Nokia for each code. (Whether you think that's **** is up to you!)