I've been after the LG G4 PAYG and it appears to be out of stock in all Vodafone stores. Today, I did a check for contract phones, progressed the order and checked for available phones in my area.

I then visited the store, mentioned that as I understand it, PAYG is out of stock however, it's possible to convert a contract phone to PAYG having spoken to Vodafone chat and in their call centre - and that I could purchase.

I was promptly told 'yep, that's possible' and he phone was promptly changed to PAYG, and an additional £10 top up was required (unless you have a Vodafone Sim, which I didn't).

This is possibility the last option of getting your hands on one of these handsets.

Ways to check:

1 - Follow the link
2 - Choose your pay monthly phone (LG G4)
3 - Chose your bundle (any - doesn't matter as you're just aiming to find out stock availability)
4 - go to basket
5 - Under 'Free delivery or collection in the UK' click on 'Check Availability in your Store' there you can enter post codes and postal towns. You'll be able to find out if there is stock in your area or areas further afield.

I found ample stock in the Cambridgeshire area - Ely, Huntingdon, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds.

There was stock in Hampshire, Cardiff, Stratford etc.

Where the store check indicates 'stock in x days' this means they will have stock then so gives you a heads up to check on that day.

Be sure to check for both the silver and red models as these show up differently and it's a good idea to check early in the morning - however the stocking system is updated within minutes - the store where I purchased mine said it had no stock when I checked 25 minutes after purchasing so the above method is a fairly good way to check.

I am aware this has been posted previously for PAYG however the above is a different way to get your hands on the handset that is oficially out of stock for PAYG.

I hope this is of some use to those who have missed out.

Lots of sellers on ebay will unlock your G4 within minutes - I paid £2.99 and the unlock was with me in 25 minutes.

Remember when you go in to the store to ask nicely but with confidence. This helped me and the staff were more than accommodating and helpful.

*******Carried out a random store check and the following have stock*******
6/2/2016 @ 13:50

Ely
Huntingdon
Bury St Edmunds
London Oxford St Experience
Chelmsford
Chatham
Tonbridge
Brighton Western Road
Lewes
Burgess Hill
Worthing
Hayward Heath
Devizes
Abingdon
Norwich 47 Castle Mall
East Dereham
Lowestoft
Bury St Edmunds
Kings Lynn
Hemel Hempsted
St Albans
Barry
Pontypridd
Chester Eastgate
Ellesmere Port
Crewe
Hereford
Bangor
Shrewsbury Pride Hill
Telford
Wolverhampton 7 Dudley Street
Derby
Swansea
Halifax
Leeds 8-9 Commercial Street
Lancaster
Newcastle 63-65 Northumberland Street
Newcastle Monument
Morpeth
Ayr 182 high Street
Irvine
East Kilbride
Liverpool Experience
Liverpool One
Birkenhead
Bootle Strand

***** Do check your area using the stock check search tool as the above is was just a random search I carried out to illustrate how much stock there is******

The G4 comes with 100GB of FREE google cloud drive storage for two years.

www.support.google.com/drive/answer/6283808?hl=en

Adds to the great value this handset already offers.


512 S/N handsets can now be unlocked via ebay sellers, e.g.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160637322093?clk_rvr_id=973094762566&rmvSB=true
- bb247