Great price for a basic phone, but personally I wouldn't use a phone as an mp3 player for such a young child-SAR is more damaging to growing tissues and organs and long term studies are still obviously unavailable. Call me crazy, but better to be safe...

mermoo...You're crazy

Looks like one of the phones the caddy used in line of duty!

Ok phone however cant be unlocked easy and although it had bluetooth its not for voice so forget about connecting it to your hands free.

Ok phone however cant be unlocked easy and although it had bluetooth its not for voice so forget about connecting it to your hands free.

Battery life for this phone is about up to 2 weeks. Very happy with my spare phone.

I use it as an MP3 player. Got a memory card slotted into it. Brilliant battery life. Well worth £4.99.

I got this on friday, with fast track it's for my nearly 3 year old son he loves listening to music and at £4.99 it doesn't matter if he dropped it at that price :smiley:

I got this on friday, with fast track it's for my nearly 3 year old son he loves listening to music and at £4.99 it doesn't matter if he dropped it at that price :smiley:

any cheap unlock method available?

mermoo...You're crazy

EE charge £ 8.99 to unlock their phones, can use the included £10 topup that comes with this phone.

http://ee.co.uk/help/getting-started/joining-ee/unlocking-your-device

​where's the info about this then???

will this work abroad?

Looks like one of the phones the caddy used in line of duty!

I've reserved it for collection. will they ask me to buy the topup

its only EE or any network

What - no 'Cold it's not an Apple' comments?

Thank you

If u want to unlock you need that £10 credit anyways rite?

For clarification, if you get this phone for £4.99 using fast-track, it will NOT come with £10 credit.

There's just a yellow sticker on the SIM card which says your first £10 top-up will automatically be used to purchase the £10 monthly bundle.

EE 2G network is pants though :/ I have one of these kicking about used it on Virgin and a 215... best with 4G voice on EE.

Could you not just not put a sim card in?

A basic peer reviewed article for starters:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213879X14000583#sect0010

Perfect for drug dealers

Great festival phone. Not very theft appealing and battery lasts over a week!

Trap phone

How good is it as an MP3 player: does it have album folder navigation, and shuffle play? Cheers.

Did you actually read it? It's absolute trash. It's written with the bias and quality of a Daily Mail article. More importantly, it contains absolutely no original research whatsoever; it's just a collection of cherry-picked references to other, previous research. For all intents and purposes, it's a formally-written blog post.

Not that I would expect anything better from the "Saudi Society of Microscopes", in a self-published article to their own journal.

This is why hypochondriacs exist.

It's a basic open access literature review from a peer reviewed journal - it matters not which country it comes from. Most scientific journal articles won't be accessible to all, as they are not open access, but subscription only.

In my opinion people should be aware of the dangers before they choose to fry their child's brain/tissues/organs, giving gifts to be "nice". Who knows how many people will be dying of SAR related tumours in x years time. Like I said, call me crazy but I think it's - better to be safe...

Good find, Heat added :sunglasses:

My sister bought a phone on fast track few months back and was told she had to pay for top up when she went to collect. Yes, fast track not reserve. She was fuming cause it was for her kid so didnt even need that much top up she was gonna stick an old sim in it.

Just to warn you cause I know others didnt but its possible if you get a nazi at the collection desk.

CEX are paying £8 if trading in for vouchers

Excuse my ignorance but can I switch my existing Sim from my note 4 into this phone for when I am off camping etc?

Drug dealers IPhone :wink:

Both very subject to calls breaking up and network deafening screeches, the 2G network on EE is mainly T-Mobiles, even with upgrades to the 2G transmitters it is still crap.

Is the Black One not on fast track???

The lack of any credible research aside, will the child will be putting the phone up to its ear to listen to MP3's?

For people of the tin foil hat brigade, aeroplane mode would be the way to go if you were worried... it would also prolong battery life.

No thats just the Apple attackers hallucinating........as usual

Shame this isn't Vodaphone as I could use it for work as work haven't upgraded our individual's works phone for 10 years and mine's cracked all to hell

​yes it's with out a sim card in!

​no he doesn't put it to his ear he just holds it and dances :smile:

£4.99 for a fully working phone and people still believe that getting a USB cable down from £17.99 to £5 is a good deal. :smile:

Tempted to use my £5 Argos voucher on this :smiley:

Does anybody know if these use micro-sims or the older, bigger sims? For £5 it would make a good replacement for my mobile that I use for a housephone.

​bigger sim

you need a micro sd card for music

I'm guessing the Bluetooth will allow you to play music through to a Bluetooth speaker?

Cheers worked a treat

...right, just to answer my own question I've done some research on the phone's music playing capabilities. It uses Nokia's Series 30+ OS, same as the Nokia 108, 220 and 225. Apparently you only get one long list of your mp3 files, and there is no way to organise them by folder. Shuffle is possible though.

Hi I'm thinking of buying one of these. I have just received a Freedompop sim for free 200mins a month, and want to use it to listen in to my new dog whilst I'm out, just for the next couple of weeks whilst she settles. Can anyone who has collected this phone confirm that it is locked to EE? I believe Freedompop use the Three network, so would this not work on the phone?

Good burner phone if you need to call your dealer:{

Excellent!

Well iv just been and picked mine up and no top up was required so she must not of fast tracked it.

Very clever dog!

If she could answer the phone then yes!! I just dial the home phone from my mobile before I pop out, and leave the handset int he living room where the dogs are, and listen in on my mobile. But I'm using up my minutes too fast. I just need peace of mind at first that new dog isn't howling too loud!

So said the damaged man! :confused: ..it is a serious point of technology mis-usage.

does it have android 6.0 ?

Use a laptop with webcam, create doge a Skype account & set it to auto-answer - that's what I do (on a kitchen media centre PC) so I can actually see what she's up to if I'm out longer than expected.

yes, but you should unlock before use other country sim card

Doesn't appear to have aeroplane mode which would have solved a few arguments

The phone is NOT OPEN TO ALL NETWORK!

Is this phone 2g/3g or 4g?

How easy of a process is it to unlock it with EE does anyone know? How long does it take?

Just ordered two not sure why but order anyway

Given that it should only be radiating significant amounts of EM during a call and you don't hold it up to your ear to listen to music... I doubt it affects the argument.

Pain in the bum if you want to use it on a flight though :stuck_out_tongue:

ordered!

Would anyone let me know if the phone works with EE based MVNOs? In particular I am thinking Delight mobile so I can use the free Delight to Delight calls.

Can confirm the phone does not come with a £10 voucher or pre-loaded sim card inside the box - however I was able to buy the phone for £5 via fast track which is what I wanted.

​Thanks! Should have mentioned I am with EE.

Canny little burner.

You can do it online, provided the SIM has at least £8.95 credit on it...
http://ee.co.uk/help/getting-started/joining-ee/unlocking-your-device

They say the process takes up to 10 days, but, realistically, you should allow 3/4 weeks.
As per usual in any dealings with EE, they display mind-boggling inefficiency.
(If you query it, they'll claim the delay is out of their control because they have to wait on Nokia for the code!)

Can confirm this phone works "out-of-the-box" with a TPO SIM (they're also on EE network), if that's any help.

Bump

Tell that to the sperm count/abnormality researchers who link phones in men's pockets to the rapidly increasing issue. I've talked to a lot of d**ks in my time, but this is a whole different ball game... :confused:

I can't tell that to them, they're busy working out who shot JFK and how come those pesky childhood vaccines cause autism...

Got mine yesterday. At this price, fine for text and talk. BUT before you pay in the £10 credit or before you use it for any calls or texts, make sure you want the specific "Talk and Text Pack" offered. If you are not planning on using it much for outgoing calls or texts, change the account to simple PAYG (although the charges are quite high. If you use your £10 for just one call or text you will find you are locked in for 30 days, after which you lose any balance remaining. NOTE also that this is not the dual SIM version. The Bluetooth seems rubbish (it won't link with my satnav). Not very impressed by the EE website, but phone helpline was excellent. For me the phone is doing what I wanted at a price I am happy with.

Does this phone actually come with £10 credit when you buy for £4.99 with fast track.

how can I make this sim to PAY AS YOU GO??

YES IT IS COMING WITH £10 CREDIT.

HOW I CAN TRANSFER THIS SIM INTO PAY AS YOU GO?

Ok, that's not to bad. I thought you had to be their customer for 6 month before they can do it...

No, you can do it any time, as long as you have sufficient credit loaded and have registered.

i'd suggest the cheapest way of doing it is to buy the phone on fast-track without the top-up, then pick up one of the many deals often advertised here of a SIM pre-loaded with £5 credit, for a quid.
Then ring them (freephone 0800 079 8586) and they'll let you make up the £4 difference by credit or debit card over the phone.
Total unlocking charge = £5!

I'd strongly recommend giving them a buzz again (maybe try sales dept, which is usually UK or Ireland based, and fairly promptly answered!) after a couple of weeks (assuming you won't yet have received your email with the code) to give them a nudge, otherwise your request might easily disappear off their radar.
They really are terribly inefficient.

Does anyone know if a Virgin mobile sim card will work out of the box? They also use EE.
My mobile phone screen just cracked so need a quick replacement.

Yes - all EE MVNOs (including Virgin) seem to work just fine (tested personally using a Virgin SIM and by others on other SIMs)

Thanks Brian! :smiley:

Ha ha I did the same and now thinking not sure why

cd1986..... Does the cd stand for "caddy" by any chance? :wink:

Thank you very much for such a detailed post. Will buy one tomorrow and see how it goes, dont mind paying 8.50, as far as they can do it easy enough.

YVW, hope it's of use :smiley:

Others have reported, when this deal was posted before, that the red model touted here is actually a garish pink... they also do it in black for the same price!

Appears to be sold out just checked online :disappointed:

Thank you! Its now only available to order in store, so can't avoid 10 top up.

​To get standard PAYG just give them a ring on 150, but do not make any calls or texts until you have made the change. There is no need for the phone to be "unlocked" in order to change (assuming you stay with EE). Note that standard EE call charges on PAYG without a " pack" are quite high. Good luck.

​

Oh well. Currently at £9.99, and NOT available on-line, least that's what I'm getting when I follow the link.

This could be handy to somebody, who has a friend with (for example) Talk Talk, as they get a FREE sim, with a small package of minutes and texts, PM.

HOW?
Cut n pasted from TT Site

About your free SIM
We believe you should always keep saving. And that goes for mobile too.

All Plus TV, Essentials TV and Simply Broadband customers are now eligible for a free mobile SIM worth £5 a month packed with minutes, texts and data - all as standard with your package. That’s £90 worth of mobile just for you. It’s simple, it’s flexible and there’s no lengthy contract, no extra costs and no catches.

Every month your free mobile SIM worth £90 gives you

100 UK Minutes
250 Texts
200MB of Data


Think you may need more? Why not add the Double Allowance Boost for just £2.50 a month. You can add the Boost anytime in My Account and it'll give you:

200 UK Minutes, 500 Texts, 400MB of Data
No long term commitment. Cancel the Boost at anytime in My Account.

I've just got a couple, as my partners mother simply needs to make the ODD few calls.
( odd?, the PAIR of em,you have NO idea)

Why a couple?
well, unlike many (if not most) operators, TT's sims are a single use size, so you can't break out a nano from a full size, and as she's yet to get a new phone, she's not sure of the size she's gonna need, SO I got a couple. 1 will be activated, the other destroyed.

£4.99? This is what I get when I follow the link.


EE Nokia 130 Mobile Phone - Red.
Product code:436/6520

£9.99
EE is the UK's biggest 4G network with over 88% of the UK population covered, and already has the UK's biggest 3G network, covering 98% of the population. If you are not in a 4G area, you seamlessly move to our 3G network.


FULL DETAILS
NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE
You can order this product from your local store.

This deal was posted over a month ago.. Hit 'Expire' if the deal is dead..

Many thanks.