£179 for a second hand 3 generations old phone. Nah, no thanks.

You'll be amazed at the amount of iphone deals on here for more money on handsets that are 3rd gen or older. Only 1GB Ram and HD screen, WTF. In that context, this is a steal.....

How many years or generations old is the device is quite irrelevant. For this price you can't get much better technology. It's also one of the best phones yet when it comes to battery life. And is due to get Marshmallow shortly. So definitely heat from me!

Still a great deal. You wont get a 1920x1080 OLED screen with an excellent camera and a Snapdragon 801 class SOC for any less.

Bought one of these last year. Like new, not a mark on it :smiley:

Bought the exactly same phone referbished too for £230 direct from Samsung, brilliant price. heat!

still a great phone

£179 for a second hand 3 generations old phone. Nah, no thanks.

This 3 generations old phone should be £120 at most.

If you compare the specs to the budget phones at a similar price, it's not a bad deal. The Moto G 3rd Gen 16GB is a bit cheaper but so is the screen and CPU. You could pay a touch more for the Moto X Play or G Flex 2 as they are 2015 phones. If the price was £150, it would be hot. At this price, luke warm for me.

Still a great deal. You wont get a 1920x1080 OLED screen with an excellent camera and a Snapdragon 801 class SOC for any less.

It comes with 12 month Argos warranty while Samsung offers 24 month warranty (if I am right)

http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/warranty/

Seems not a bad deal. Just for clarity on previous comments this is two generations old to the just released new model s7 and not three. I believe it just received marshmallow too.
Wonder if anyone can inform on how this compares to the s5 plus which I have seen for not too much more on cex ? Any advice appreciated.

Good specs but I've had friends that weren't overly impressed with the camera and the battery life is pretty poor. Personally I'd spend another £20 and look at a brand new phone around the £200 mark, rather than risk a refurb. The only time I bought a refurbed phone was when I needed a cheap one in the states and got a Moto E that had the worst battery life I've ever encountered!

i bought s6 3 days ago i do not sou it is like a new it was like B grade phone. I returned it today!

Have you seen the Korean S5 LTE-A version? :confused: QHD screen

April 9th 2014. Nearly 2 years old. Which phone are you thinking of?

It's ​24 months old, I got it on release day and my contract is up now. Don't know where people are getting 3 years from

Announced on Feb 24, 2014 and released on April 11, 2014 so not even 2 full years old yet.
Not sure either what the phones age has to do with warranties.

Good deal if u are in need of a phone

Probably because iSheep like to pay so much for outdated specs.

That's an LCD screen not AMOLED and never had a great camera.

This or brand new s5 Neo?

Great deal so long as phone is not at all damaged. Can get a replacement battery if needed for a few quid, job done.

Its the 16gb that's an issue, Samsung fill it with bloatware. Fantastic phone and batteries are replaceable

I'm using s5 and I think it is the best phone in the market so far. s6 is no go, s7 way to expensive. bloat ware can be disabled. no lag at all. os update always problem free, no compatibility issue with any apps

£155 here with 1 year warranty. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-S5-16GB-Unlocked-Sim-Free-Smartphone-Charcoal-Black-UK-Seller-/401070344549

Except they take forever to arrive. (Marshmallow only just starting to roll out to S5 now)

And they're not problem free. The Samsung implementation of Bluetooth in Lollipop is a bug ridden mess. My O/H got an Argos refurb S5 a few months back. It was pristine condition wise. But has all the same Bluetooth problems my Note 3 with Lollipop had.

The camera is OK. Nowhere near as good as the camera on my Nexus 6p, but that's a much newer device.

Battery life is also still fine on hers. But it's replaceable. So if you end up with a worn one, at least you can easily stick a new one in. Once Marshmallow gets to all S5's, the updates in there should do wonders for the battery life of it as well.

As for it not being the latest cutting edge, for most people, that doesn't matter. It still has plenty power. More than enough for 95% of average users. And expandable storage.

Good deal. Heat.

What Bluetooth problems?
Fine with file transfer and pebble connections here

This is tempting, buy and install cyanogenmod to get the latest android version.
Has anyone done this and if so thoughts on if the camera pics are still as good as with the original samsung software?

How many years or generations old is the device is quite irrelevant. For this price you can't get much better technology. It's also one of the best phones yet when it comes to battery life. And is due to get Marshmallow shortly. So definitely heat from me!

Head to head vs moto g 3rd gen?

This is a great phone and personally haven't seen any problems with Bluetooth, camera is fantastic

When is Marshmallow coming on S5?

Was due to order moto g this week. Ordered this instead

But then again, android lags, slow, errors and so on while iOS has none of the above...

Find another phone that has the same spec, a REMOVABLE battery, WATERPROOF and MEMORY CARD SLOT!!

I've got the s7 edge but i still miss my old s5. It was the best phone they ever did. I used to carry 2 spare batteries in my wallet for days that i really hammered the battery and very rarely had to swap out the battery. Also used the phone in the sea abroad many times to take pics and videos of fish etc. All the time, having loads of memory due to the micro SD card slot! there is yet a phone to be released that's anywhere near as good as the s5. I don't know why people don't appreciate it more! :sunglasses:

I'm sorry but my LG G2 has non of those issues after 1.5 years of use. Its as fast today as it was on day 1. It cost a whole £150 brand new. You may have had a bad Android experience but it doesn't mean we all have.

s4 isn't waterproof tho! :wink:

Put it side by side with an iphone, smoothness ia nuat no there...you can't tell unless they are side by side

It may not be as smooth as a £600 iphone or android phone. But considering the cost, its not 3 or 4 times slower either. If I was paying £600 for an iphone, I'd want a screen that is better than my G2 not worse. I'd want a battery that last 200 hours, considering my G2 lasts 50 hours with 3 hours of screen on time.

Phones like the G2 and S5 may not be up to date or the fastest. However, if you don't want to pay £600 you will get an experience that is slightly less for a fraction of the money.

Marshmallow S5 update is rolling out in some countries today actually.

Got the S5 and I have to say the phone is rock solid never had a problem with it had an S3 that was hell but the S5 smooth and as far as camera and storage the camera is one of the best phone camera's out there and the storage side I don't put anything on the phone's internal memory accept the apps all my music, pictures, movies go on my memory card sorted at this price you can't moan!!!

​praise duarte

Argos Ebay are poison.

Only the SM-G900L model that's sold in their home market of South Korea.

Samsung have form for abandoning international models, usually around the time they release a new device.

Fingers crossed though.....

I have had to send 3 "manufacturer" refurbed phones back to Argos Ebay. 2 were supposedly unlocked and arrived locked and one had a damaged USB port and would not charge. Not a great experience. I have had other items that were OK mind you.

Had nothing but problems with this......LG G3 is much more superior.

You can buy this brand new for £299 from Sainsbury's online. It's a big jump in price but it saves you having to play the refurbished phone lottery by Argos!

Waste of money buying at full price, this phone is worth around £200

comes up as 199 GBP on ebay.....is there a discount code?

Are these refurbished handsets all in excellent condition? I want to get one for the missus, but I'd hate for there to be scratches on the screen etc.

I had to send mine (s6 white pearl) back because it had 2 deep and big scratches :disappointed:

but they have good service

You also got only an 8mp camera, no 4k recording, no ip67 certification, no expandable memory, a smaller non replaceable battery, no Super AMOLED screen, no IR blaster, no USB 3 connectivity and an SD800 not 801 chipset - expensive way of saving 20 quid...

The G900M has now received its roll out as well

i love the heart rate function on this. Very good phone indeed

I have a 1080p camcorder and megapixel superzoom, I don't need a jack of all trades poor man's solution on a phone. I'm not bothered about taking pictures or video of everything I see around me unless it's something important.

32gb is enough for my general use.

Battery hasn't bothered me much, lasts all day in my use.

AMOLED isn't really something I needed. I find the LCD screen is fine.

IR blaster? I have no need for it. WiFi rules all. Especially since it has ac too.

I got a wireless charger on top and have quickcharging facility so usb3 isn't really an issue for me.

It's processor is quick in general use. Had a Moto G 1 and 2 before so it's like night and day difference tbh.

Have I answered all your objections to your satisfaction? :wink:

No, they are pretty thin answers really :smile:
You'd rather carry surplus devices on the off chance?
With 32GB you've got no choice for it to be anything other than enough.
Just one day from a charge - nevermind.
LCD may be 'fine' but is inferior,
how do you get on controlling non LAN connected devices with wifi - stuff like every telly, hifi, dvd player etc in the house?
USB3 isnt about charging speeds
The chipset may be adequate, but again is inferior
Still got no ip67 certification.

The saving of 20 quid still seems like false economy compared to what you could have had :stuck_out_tongue:

​I carry devices when I need it. That's pretty much the point isn't it? Both are far better when I go to events during the year.

I've rarely use more than 10gb on the phone and I prefer streaming as I have decent WiFi and SD cards full of music on other devices, so I'm fine.

Eh, pretty much most smartphone devices are the same? Hardly a solid argument.

I read it in sunlight fine and I haven't really thought about bright colours reproduction on a smaller screen tbh.

I'm afraid I'm in no need to control these. Might have been a nice perk in the past but Chromecast for TV/Audio for music covers it all and Bluetooth is everywhere. Plus streaming is king. It's 2016 now buddy.

I don't have need to connect to my PC. My phone does well without it with the best Android updates on a clean OS without touchwiz. Before you counter that, no I'm not interested in rooting the phone to rid it of touchwiz if I don't like it. It doesn't interest me anymore since my HTC Hero days.

Chipset is pretty good still tbh. Touchwiz and Samsung's power hungry apps you can't uninstall will hamfist it anyway.

And? Most phones that have it can't do much anyway, quite gimmicky tbh. I've never thought about dunking my phone underwater for 30 mins to suffer needless water damage either. :P Plus it's not going to benefit me much more than been a nice geeky feature I can thrust in the face of someone without really using it in real life situations much.

I'm not going force feed people whether they need to save £20 or not. Just offering an alternative that's all.

bought one to replace a broken S5 and there's nothing refurbished about this one, chips,dents and plenty of scratches, been well used without a case and dropped I'd say- grade C at best-looks like a well used trade in and I'd steer clear of the Argos refurb!

music magpie on eBay. got 1 yday for £130 12 months warranty

Which store do u get this from