If you're not desperate for a phone, the moto E is often at £39 or £35 at Vodafone. Worth checking now and again for the price to come down. Moto E is the much better phone

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/motorola-moto-e-4g-payg/sku88822

The issue with this phone is that the eBay sellers rarely have the codes available for them, as the unlock codes aren't added to Vodafone's databases until at least 30 days after activation. I had two to unlock which the eBay sellers could not get the codes for.

Vodafone now offer a free unlock via an online unlocking form, as long as a PAYG sim has been in use in the handset for at least 30 days.

anyone got theirs from amazon ? i ordered a month ago still nothing despatched

£70 now only avail from prepaidmania. expired

anyone know if this supports virtual reality headsets ,think it needs to have giro ? but im not too up on all that

I just bought as a spare from voda (for £45 inc credit) its really not too bad especially as has NFC. I'll get the unlock code in 30 days

a lot of people get them confused lots of people think talk talk took over talk mobile

No, when I say Talk mobile I mean Talk mobile. Why would I mean anything else? They're also using Vodafone's infrastructure as far as I know.

Mine arrived today. Locked to Vodafone network (not operator - Talkmobile still works).
Arrived with a sim card with no balance. I wonder if they are going to unlock it for me for free.

Sadly I do not know, and my purchase interest has waned so did not take it further. Consider that the free unlock declaration has no specific mention of obligation to top-up. Would be useful to know though.

do you have to to top up the sim and activate it .i.e do you need to put credit on the sim and make calls et within the 30 days ?

Did anyone find a site to unlock this with the exception of the ebay site wanting £14?

Ordered it yesterday with 1-2 months lead time, got an update today that it will be delivered Saturday or Monday, so happy days. Planning to give it to my granny as a videocalling device.
I'll remove the sim, connect it to her neighbour's wifi (he's fine with it) and put a preconfigured skype on it as the only app on the main screen. Should be good enough for that, and at 35 it's a steal.

Receiving mine today. Also if you don't want to wait it is worth checking on Prime now as phone is available there but it will depend on area

I'm happy to wait for it to be delivered. It's equivalent to ordering from China, and is better spec than you'd get for £35 from Gearbest etc, Snapdragon SoC, decent battery etc. Throw in the UK warranty etc this is a steal

Was there upgrade to Android 6 by the way?

wen did you order basergorkobal?

It says "Usually dispatched within 1 - 2 months." now.

bought this phone yesterday in Vodafone store for £35 + £10 mandatory top up and I ask for the unlock code and she gave it to me for free with the phone

Good phone. Has the same processor as the Moto E and NFC too. Bigger screen than the Moto E. The only main difference is Android 6.0 on the Moto E whereas it's 5.02 on the Prime 6. Camera is better on the Prime 6.

Not worth, Dispatch time 1-2 months, same price on vodafone site

£10 top up required. This is still cheaper.

very capable phone for the price and cheap unlock

This phone may have NFC.
Ditto too for other deal on LG Leon 4G.
Does anyone know for sure?
Abd what version of Android is this on?

Completely different phone though.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151352457351?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

i paid this guy 0.99p for unlocking my Vodafone Smart First 6

shame I can't wait the 1 - 2 months for delivery

I have got the Moto E and to get it unlocked it cost me £2 i think the only down side of the Moto e is there is No camera flash but no big deal if you take photo in good light apart form that its all good you can even use you sd memory card as Internal memory rather then the 8gb you get in the phone.

Think the typical ebay unlock is about £15, but if you can wait for 30days from purchase it can be free from Voda. Just check the FAQ/t&c that mentions the 30days:
"To prevent fraud, we check that you’ve been a Vodafone customer for at least 30 days before you can request an unlock code. The first time a SIM was used in that phone needs to have been at least 30 days ago..."

Apart from the Smart Ultra 6 and Smart Prime 7, which are both made by ZTE.

think you'll find this is an alcatel ,all of vodafones own handsets tend to be alcatels

If you're not desperate for a phone, the moto E is often at £39 or £35 at Vodafone. Worth checking now and again for the price to come down. Moto E is the much better phone

http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/pay-as-you-go/motorola-moto-e-4g-payg/sku88822

The issue with this phone is that the eBay sellers rarely have the codes available for them, as the unlock codes aren't added to Vodafone's databases until at least 30 days after activation. I had two to unlock which the eBay sellers could not get the codes for.

Vodafone now offer a free unlock via an online unlocking form, as long as a PAYG sim has been in use in the handset for at least 30 days.

I paid £6.85 to unlock it but now the same seller is charging £10.99 on eBay.

I had this phone which I used on holiday, and it can be unlocked from eBay. It is not bad at this price.

seriously don't bother. ..
save your money @