Was looking for a phone to take to a festival, and this is down to 39.99. WP10 isnt for everyone, granted but ok for the price.
5MP camera, and removable battery
(direct link
https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/microsoft/lumia-550.html?intcmp=HPBETA_AMAZINGDEALS_PAYG_550_230616#!colour=black&dealType=pg
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All comments (39)
tomstory
27 Jun 16#1
Festival phone, Full disclosure, the EE rook (HotUKDeals link here) has won something off mumsnet, (so if you're strung out and sleep deprived, it's probably still a winner). And it's at least a tenner cheaper. Maybe slightly harder to break as well
aleksanderg_a
27 Jun 161#2
dont forget tenner topup required and price is for EE Vodafone. If you are with Vodafone check upgrade for 29 quid
amour3k to aleksanderg_a
27 Jun 16#6
Yep!.
'Similar such' should always be generically mentioned with any/all 'Upgrade specific' OP Mobile Phone offerings and the like, regardless?. :-(
Despite it being a CPW Deal, I did still wonder .....
:-)
M1sterDeeds
27 Jun 162#3
I find it hard to recommend this. I have one of these bought from CPW and I've had a previous Windows 'phone (Lumia 920). I actually liked the 920 at the time, but for some reason I dislike WP10. I think it doesn't help that the 550 is budget so I notice lots of lag, even doing basic tasks.
Do yourself a favour and get a cheap Android 'phone.
Sheak to M1sterDeeds
28 Jun 16#12
Absolutely agree
nickmorc
27 Jun 161#4
These phones are great, smooth and quick. However, once purchased you must complete all the updates and then complete the store updates, you will then find, its a great piece of machinery.
seaniboy to nickmorc
28 Jun 16#14
Agree.
tan159 to nickmorc
28 Jun 16#16
Are you not left with little memory left then after all the upgrades?
quidstretchy
27 Jun 16#5
Who was?
myjess
27 Jun 16#7
Has this phone still got the hotspot bug?
timetosurf
27 Jun 16#8
thanks op. we nearly order this phone yesterday for more money. many thanks and great timing
thedvdmonster
27 Jun 16#9
Took one on holiday a few weeks ago, compared to my 6 plus these are slooooow.
Did the job but are very limited.
Trying to read pdf magazines was a pain as this lags so much it takes an age for a page to be clear.
Did the job for watching to episodes on the plane.
Even on wifi stuff like Facebook was near unusable.
nickmorc to thedvdmonster
27 Jun 16#10
Strange, I have non of these issues on mine, works very well indeed.
Criptop to thedvdmonster
28 Jun 162#27
You can't really compare it to an iPhone 6 plus - it costs over 13 times as much as this 550. A bit like comparing a Volkswagen UP to a Aston Martin DB9.
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Opening post
5MP camera, and removable battery
(direct link
https://www.carphonewarehouse.com/microsoft/lumia-550.html?intcmp=HPBETA_AMAZINGDEALS_PAYG_550_230616#!colour=black&dealType=pg
)
All comments (39)
'Similar such' should always be generically mentioned with any/all 'Upgrade specific' OP Mobile Phone offerings and the like, regardless?. :-(
Despite it being a CPW Deal, I did still wonder .....
:-)
Do yourself a favour and get a cheap Android 'phone.
Did the job but are very limited.
Trying to read pdf magazines was a pain as this lags so much it takes an age for a page to be clear.
Did the job for watching to episodes on the plane.
Even on wifi stuff like Facebook was near unusable.