Don't give up your day job .comedy not for you my friend.

Do you know of any cameras with a phone built in?

Sorry, but i was looking for a decent camera, but with the benefit of being able to use it to make calls if i needed to. :neutral_face:

I hope you didn't buy your Z3 from Vodafone.

Great find, thanks.

Heat added.

The link seems down already?

They are still in process of updating

£114.99 this morning.

I bought one of these from the Vodafone shop METRO discount offer last week. Very pleased with it.
Unlocked with a £1.69 code from Ebay.

It says £10 top up required...

My z3 compact got the Android 6 update yesterday and won't boot anymore. Tried everything and it seems proper bricked so bought this phone to use whilst my z3 gets fixed. Looking at the spec it should run just as well as my z3 just bigger

Ultra 6 is great value slightly spoilt by its camera. Its fine in normal light but some pictures can appear darkish'.

Its on Android 5.1.1..............and doesn't seem like its getting Android 6 BUT for £99 its brilliant!

Voted HOT

Cheers just ordered - I smashed my current phone last night !!!

Excellent phone. Good spot op

As has been said, great phone for the money. Fast with decent screen.

Let down by the camera in all but perfect light but at this price you have no right to complain.

My SU6 bought last year has a phantom touch issue with the square button. Vodafone not able to repair after 2 attempts and warranty runs out in July. Its a great phone, prefer it to the nexus 5x I bought to replace which is twice as much.

Great phone .bought to replace a Samsung s6 edge plus and every bit as good.remember its a phone not a camera same as a camera is not a phone and you will be pleased with your purchase.camera is more than adequate.

My Z3 compact is from Three and they have said it's all on Sony to arrange warranty repair as the phone is just over a year old. Hopefully Sony won't try to blame me for the issue but not holding my breath

Does anyone know if it's compatible with an O2 sim? Broke my iPhone the other week and this looks a bit of a bargain

Don't give up your day job .comedy not for you my friend.

:wink:

Brilliant phone for the price, keeps up with most flagship phones but bad camera.

Just ordered through fast track tune op

It takes any NANO SIM card. when unlocked.................... I unlocked mine on ebay for under £2 in an hour

Prefer this phone over any rip off Apple iphone

Thanks, but was after a DSLR. :disappointed:

Had mine for three weeks now and not even opened it.Bought it new for £91 but cant make my mind up whether to dump my Nokia 920 as the screen is cracked.Even bought a leather case off Ebay for it.At this price voting Hot.

now showing as £99.99

Although I have one of these and its fantastic for the money, anyone know a solution to the Camera app dying, please? Mine hasn't died but I know someone who's has.

Great price, just ordered, anybody got a link for the unlocking they used

This Camera app is better

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.sourceforge.opencamera

You can use a Talkmobile sim without unlocking.

I've had this for a while now - since last august I think - I am on month 7 or 8 as I had my first cashback claim last month with the smartphone company.

It's a very good phone, but has started to play up recently with the two problems below.

1. When I am on the browser, the back button seems to phantomly be activated several times by itself which is really annoying - it makes browsing impossible sometimes. It's intermittent but does it quite often.

2. A couple of areas of the screen are very unresponsive - the 'c' key on the keyboard doesn't work most of the time (well, that area) which means that it comes up with x, or v and I have to auto correct for me to get the right word. There is maybe on or two other areas that are showing similar signs, but aren't as bad.

I might have try and send it back for repair, but that is just an almighty pain in the a$re. It is a very good phone, and I though I might not get used to the size, but my old iphone 4s seems tiny now!

Have any other owners come across these problems?

EDIT - saying that, I did have one of those gorilla glass screen protectors on, which I took off recently as it was cracked, and that does seem to have made it better, in that out of 10 presses of the 'c' key , 7 register, one comes up as v and two didn't register.

I think the glass having a crack in it may have caused the screen to not register the touch possibly. all the other keys (when held vertically) work ok, it's just the 'c' key that is a bit unresponsive. Maybe it's the glass screen protector that caused the issue....!

​Ah right. Cheers :wink:

I've had it about 8 months, been an amazing phone so far, no complaints, even the camera pics look good to me

can anyone please help me. i am bit unsure between this .. moto g 3rd gen or huwaie p8 lite

which one is better. i want to buy for mum. thanks

orzly slim case and screen protectors are working well on mine

It is a great phone at a great price. But: 6 months ago it was without any doubt a better deal. Now the world has moved on, and this phone will never see Android Marshmallow. It is still the best phone you can get at this price, but I hope we will see an update (from Vodafone or a competitor) soon.

I had one of those 'premium quality tempered glass' ones. It worked fine, but the screen definitely has a small issue around the 'c' key and is less sensitive which was amplified by the glass. When the glass was on, it was really unresponsive just on the 'c' key. No matter how much I pressed it, it just gave me a v or an x. Now I've took the protector off, it's a lot better, but still only works 70-80% of the time, just on that small area. This only started about a month ago, after about 6 months of owning it.

Surely its £99 no matter how you buy it through argos, argos don't make you buy a topup?

Exactly the issue I have. Vodafone still can't repair it 2 attempts later. Never had a screen protector.

Got one after my nexus5 died a month ago and I wanted to get off the flagship phone treadmill. I can say that I don't really notice any performance decrease in daily use. Battery life is super. I thought it was too big at first, but now the 5" phones feel small, so I guess you get used to it. Great phone for the price.

Got one last year and love, love this phone!

The only issue for me is that Google app is very laggy compared to every other app (and much slower than Google Now on my less powerful Gen 1 Moto E) - "OK Google" doesn't seem to work well either. Any ideas?

​nah, just plastic here and near the end I'll go naked screen. I'd never have a tempered glass one. its like putting a UV filter on a quality camera lens. :wink:

Got mine earlier today runs really well and doesn't seem to lag and has equal performance to my Z3 Compact which now needs repairing

Thanks OP, was looking this for the little brother as a present, his first smartphone! Good saving!

Dodgy site.

I also don't get this point about 'avoiding' topup

When you reserve it and pay in store they will make you to buy mandatory £10 topup.

My LG g4 is being sent off for repair as it has the infamous loop problem. Apparently their customer service is awful. Is this a decent replacement until it arrives back?

Don't think you do need to top up if reserving to collect..... Just go to the self pay tills simple

The only thing about this smartphone phone is it's sheer size. For many people its just not practical. I used it for a out 2 weeks. It is huge! You do get used to the screen size but it's not easy to use or very practical to sit in a pocket etc.
I also disliked the lack of led notification.

But those were my only quibbles. Good budget smartphone for the price.

Does anyone know anything about what this year's budget device will be? How does it usually work on terms of retailers selecting which manufacturer to go for? Etc

My G3 was sent back to LG due to faulty motherboard and I got it back in 2 weeks fixed no problem... The case doesn't seal properly though and couldn't be bothered to send it back for that. As G4 is same design of snap back make sure you check it

The kiosk won't let you once you enter the reservation number.
I tried that yesterday (on a different deal which also requires the topup) and was prompt to go to the till. The lady at Argos 'kindly' told me to purchase the £10 topup citing it is the way it is...

So does this apply when you pay online and collect from the fast track counter, because home delivery isn't even an option for me, store collection only item :neutral_face:

At Fastrack counter you just collect it, nobody will ask you to buy topup there

Had mine for 2 weeks now absolutely love it! No more Moto G for me!

Have been thinking of getting one of these, but the new Moto G 4 is being announced next week. 5.5" screen NFC etc....................

Ok thanks.

This is a great phone - I have used it for months and it is still fast. Yeah the camera is only good in lowlight and HDR is a joke and its a bit bigger than many people would like but it has a better screen than most premium handsets (bright, accurate colour, no colour shift - I hate the way the Samsungs have a green tinge if you tilt the phone!

I got one on fast track today . No top up required... Big phone but great screen.

Got this phone on the last deal from Vodafone at £99.
Great value and looks and performance of a phone 3 times the price.
If you want a large handset and love a bargain this phone is for you. :smile:

​exactly I have similar issue. I brought it from Directmobilephones. So Vodafone is not accepting to repair it..

Astonishing phones for the money these. I have bought two in the last few months. What little Vodafone bloatware/crapware there is installed can simply be uninstalled from the apps section of settings.

Actually, the back button problem hasn't been as bad either since I removed the cracked screen protector. It happens now and again, only a few times tonight. Nowhere near as bad as before. I'll see how I get on for the next few days. Cccccccc!

Had mine now nearly a year... It's been almost faultless.. Yes there are better phones out there but this is £99 not £500 to buy and TBH those £500 phones are more of a "look I have the latest phone" and are not £400 better!!. Just hope that something better comes along at a similar price point in the next few years. For those phone snobs then carry on giving your money to the phone companies for them to laugh at you !!!

​I get led flash for text, mail, charging etc ...

Had this phone and it's great value. High specs for less than £100. Really annoying though is the power button on the same side with the volume buttons and they are close together.

You mean the middle button that flashes blue?

​Yep, that's what they use instead of a separate notification light. It can be disabled in the settings

​^^^ yes as above Odeas

That's quite not true mate - I've been using my S.GalaxyNote2 for the last 3 years and I assure you - there is 4G.

The rest of your comment is accurate :smile:

There's an LTE version of the Note 2. Original wasn't 4G.

It's pretty basic I mean it has one color for ALL notifications including charge status. I've owned budget phones for example huawei y300 and even it had different t color led notifications and that was 2 years ago.

Not available anymore?

There's a thread I've just found here that details these issues that might help - I'm going to try these when I get round to it.
My phone worked well last night, but then this morning it was bobbins again. I turned it on and off and it seemed to be a bit better. Maybe it is something to do with the available RAM, although I don't get how that would affect the touch sensitivity of one area of the screen! The back button - maybe there's some weird thing going on in the software or maybe there's a browser virus or something - who knows?! To be honest - even though I turned it on and off, I still have 94 open apps on it!!!! Android OS does have some possibly undesired traits like this.

https://forum.vodafone.co.uk/t5/Other-manufacturers-OS/Several-issues-with-new-Vodafone-ultra-6-help/td-p/2415790

​well, after the RAZR I this is luxury. As somebody above posted this is a pretty good phone for the money. But it has been out for a while and next new best thing will be out soon.

I'm happy with the led. It flashes when it wants me to look at something ( configurable what) and solid while charging.

not sure I need a red led for charging, green one for charged, an orange one for emails and a blue one for texts. I just click the power button and see the notification on the lock screen ( configurable, ).

It's still a good phone for £99. If it breaks I'll get something newer and betterer-er!

Has anyone had problems can't order online for fast track pick up. There's no add to trolley button.

I'm having the same problem

Same. Knew I should have just bought it yesterday.

It's still in stock at my local store but was hoping to combine this with the cashback offer. Most likely why it's been taken offline!!

Ive just picked two up for my 10 year old girls birthday present, and jeez they are big phones. Im wondering if they are too big. Is bigger the better with kids?

You get used to it pretty quick - and tbh who uses a phone as a phone for talking on these days? It's more of a mini tablet and big enough to watch a program on!

Ill go with that! It will no doubt make there aging Samsung Tab2s redundant.

for those who find this phone a bit too big... Argos are also doing the Moto G for £145 at the moment (£5 cheaper than elsewhere)

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5178906.htm

Buts its far more expensive, much poorer screen, slower and worse battery life.... Hardly a deal

Any idea about the warranty of this phone if i buy from Argos ? if i buy from Vodafone store they provide 2 years warranty.

Takes about a month for lg . Won't touch if it's rooted basically took my phone and done nothing

My phoned id very bad noe! I've tried posting a longer message with details but it just goes back on its Owen. H

Right - on my tablet now. My phone has gone haywire. Back button doesnt work, w, s, and c all playing up and its also goin back intermittently on its own again.

I couldnt make a call before because i couldnt tap on the call button because that bottom left hand corner area wasnt responsive and still isnt.

Its definitely going to have to go back - not sure who to though. I got it from smartphone company in a talkmobile contract, so whos my warranty with?!

your post from the phone cracked me up so thank you for amusing me!
on the other hand i feel your inconvenience. how long have you had the phone?

Ive had it 7 months. I wrote 2 longer posts earlier with all the details and then lost them when the phone just went 'back' about 5 times by itself. Its been doing my nut! Its been alright most of the day, until around 5 and then its been rubbish most of the evenjng, but now, the back button is working ok again!

Maybe a factory reset will do it, but ive already deleted a load of the vodafone apps off it. I need to back it up first, and really can't be bothered! But if i dont, i will probably go insane as ive already got a load of other stress to deal with at the mo!

I will update with detail of how it goes though in case it ever becomes useful to anyone else. Idid the hold the power button for 10 seconds and now the time says 1.34 instead of 22.46.

Life was so much easier when we didnt have all this technology. No stress, or worrying about where you phone was, or dropping, breaking it, kids runing off with it, constantly on it and getting neck ache and arm ache.

Life was better without the internet, mobiles and the like - even if you did have to wait 10 minutes for a computer game to load off a tape and never be able to save it. You werent bothered if you missed a phone call, cos you werent in. That was just the norm! You didn't get mithered for not texting, or phoning someone back etc... bah flipping humbug ihate phones..... especially when the flipping screen doesnt work!
See - uts drving me insane already!

This is weird - its got to be a software thing.
Now, w, s and z on the keyboard in vertical mode dont work. The back button is ok again after not working for ages, but also, the ?123 button to toggle between text and numbers WORKS and its exactly where the contacts button is! And now a minute ago, the contacts button wasn't working when the ?123 was, and now it is!

Some cyberpunk is probably watching me through the camera with his mates and having a right laugh about it. :disappointed:

Awww so feel for you your right smart phones Ans technology can be so annoying and it's as you say it's worse when into of all life's other stresses.
I'm assuming you've tried googling to see if someone has a similar issue?
Sounds bizarre, I'd have assumed it was to do with the touch screen but if some things are working and use the same area of the screen. Could it be that when u press fox example contactsbit craashess and automatically takes u "back" them i guess that would be a software issue.
But I'm not that tech ... :$

I don't care if I miss a call. I don't care about texts. I don't Facebook, I don't Tweet, I'm not linkedIn and I don't have youTube vids of funny dog faces.

I am not a slave to this socalmedia 'if someone doesn't answer in 2 minutes they have fallen out with me', 'oh look how cool I am being followed by 10000 friends' society.

No communication is that important you need to read a text while driving, pull over to answer a call, or interrupt a real conversation with another human to answer a call.

I reply to the odd email when I have some free time, maybe even call people back if they left me a nice message. Oh, and my friends are the ones I go to the pub with and have a pint and a natter, the ones I'd take a bullet for, you know TRUE friends.

No stress, no dramas, no worries. Now back to my off grid spoon whittling. :smiley:

Regards
Flea

If I'm not wrong, I think their selling these at asda for £60?!

Usually at least 99 in assassins. Perhaps you're thinking of the smart prime 6

​will av another look ina bit and reply back.

It is the smart prime 6 :
http://groceries.asda.com/shelf/mobiles-phones/vodafone-payg-mobiles/1215543981220/1/so-false

OOS anywhere else I can get this or similar new pH at same price

What is the process mate? Never had to do it before.

Just picked mine up, looks great. Massive, but great.

It's in stock at my local store, have a check at yours

out of stock :disappointed:

Search ebay for SU6 unlock code it should be around £3 send the phones Imei number by typing *#06# in the keypad. May be printed on the box.
IMEI: (15 digits)
Model (Smart Ultra 6)
Network currently locked to: (UK Vodafone)
supplier will send you the unlock code to type in.
I use a Giff Gaff sim

For folks who know what they are doing, Smart Ultra 6 forums one mistake can kill your phone.

http://www.modaco.com/forums/forum/796-vodafone-smart-ultra-6/

Picked up the last one in my local Argos shop this morning. 100 squid + had to buy a £10 top-up voucher. Replacing a 5 year old Sony Xperia S that gave up the ghost earlier this week.

What can I do with the £10 voucher? I'm already on a vodafone sim only tariff, can I add it as credit?

How does it compare so far with the Sony Xperia s?

I think it's superb. Feels like a huge step up having the octo core processor, larger screen and more app storage. The Xperia S being a single core was pretty old tech even when I got it. The reviews of the Ultra 6 having sub par camera and speakerphone don't apply to me as it's all relative to what you're coming from. I haven't tested its phone capabilities as it uses a micro sim card which I'm still waiting for, but so far it's a great all rounder.

Panasonic Lumix CM1, http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-digital-cameras---point-and-shoot/premium-compact-cameras/dmc-cm1.html

Looks like Amazon finally dropped the price.

Right - I noticed my screen has a border of dust underneath it and it might be this causing the problem.
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/377206-dust-under-screen/

Get a case that encloses the phone if you get one!

Given I'm on Virgin, this or the EE Harrier (http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/harrier-from-ee-16gb-black-smartphone-free-gbp10-ee-credit-included-300012741/version.asp) ?

You could get this, pay £3 to unlock it and use EE.

I was just wondering if there's a massive difference between the phones to make it worth the effort? They look very similar in terms of hardware but I know very little about phones which is why I'm still using an ancient ZTE Blade V!

They are similar. Biggest difference I can see is the display size and battery.

​Did you ever solve this. Bought mine from Amazon 14 months ago and now the phone is unusable due to the back button having a mind of its own.

yes, I phoned up/emailed the smartphone company/mobile phones direct and got a returns prepaid postage bag from them to send it back to Vodafone. they were pretty good and got it back to me within a week. they seems to have replaced the screen, and its been working fine since, so get onto whoever you got it from.

Thanks. Amazon have offered a full refund. Shame though as I really liked the phone til it went haywire.

I think mine got the new screen around July last year and it's been fine ever since - I should have really sent it back as soon as I started having the problem, but I've been happy with mine since it got repaired. It's still the best value phone I've had - after cashback it's like 8.33 per month for free phone, loads of data, text and calls on talkmobile. I think I have/would struggle to find a phone that's as good for the monthly price since.

Also, I've had no problems at all with the screen since it's been repaired.