If you have no need for some headphones and just want a Smart Phone, grab it at 30 quid less than this. (I see no need to spend £30 on some headphones)
http://shop.ee.co.uk/mobile-phones/pay-as-you-go/huawei-p9-lite-black-payg/details Still £130+20topup. (£149.99)
I grabbed it with the 10 quid top up before it went up and have the unlock request going.
Using up the 1GB data and stuff while I wait :-)

I assume the topic on it is still live.

It's not a comfy phone in the hand, I find the Moto G, E and G3 comfier in the hand and less slippy.
The UI is irritating but you need to rummage around the not so nice 'apple-ified' look and then it still there after Google or Microsoft or other Launchers are used. Their messed up icons and menu skin is still there.
Guess I'm so use to 'Android' standard design here.
It's fast can't fault that. Just need to stop it turning the screen of every few seconds while reading or waiting for a time wasting game to load. damn this UI is irritating (though it does give a lot of info).
Hopefully the next version (v5?) that you see on the P9 with Nougat will come to the Lite too.

No it doesn't.

I've got a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro. It is running a Snapdragon 650 (20,000 Antutu points faster than the Kirin), 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 5.5" FHD screen, 4,000Mah battery, fingerprint scanner - and it weighs the same as this smaller P9 Lite. Cost £135 delivered.

So given that such phones are available, I'm not sure how the P9 Lite blows them out the water?

Awesome handset heat added

very tempted -_-

Seems like a great deal! :smiley: Could be two Christmas presents sorted :P

it's a great deal, don't need either but am tempted as gifts

This is brill. you must have a hotline to EE Huawei P9 lite deals :smile:

I just ordered the p9 lite on its own for £150. Wonder if I can cancel and order this instead.

tempted to buy this for the beats........ Phonebank offer £120 for the lire so could sell it and beats would have only cost £50

Great deal, got p9 so don't need this but could get it as a phone to use on holiday with a local sim? :smiley:

Beware these headphone are very light and flimsy

is the phone locked to EE? how to get it unlocked?

​I'm not sure how this compares to the non-lite version, which is what I have.
Checking on eBay the cans sell for about £65, so you'd probably end up with £55 in pockets after fees. Tempting....

I want a good battery and good camera. Is this phone worth it? I'm usually used to Motorola / Samsung/ HTC

Will this also be the 3GB version?

Thanks OP have ordered, does anyone know if this model has 2gb or 3gb of Ram? Thanks

Is this phone a lot better than the ultra 6

Can you change the user interface to something that is more 'stock Android' or whatever the correct term is?

Thanks Op, this deal blows away all the chinese phone deals here

Amazing deal. Will surely get a decent bit of cash on ebay for headphones. Regarding unlocking, fees were scrapped last month so i think just need to call ee to get it unlocked - http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/phones/2016/10/pay-monthly-mobile-customers-to-benefit-from-free-unlocking

Thanks Op gone for this with the BT sim deal so can use two sims one unlimited calls and other for data.

Seems to be unlockable via entering unlock code purchased for about £3 on a few sites if EE wont play ball which I doubt they will on a new phone.

Can't seem to find this, has it expired?

EDIT - sorry, I was being an idiot!

Heat added! Don't need it but order it anyway lol! Thats the HUKD way got the P8 deal earlier this year as well. Just sold the headphones online probably

However i am thinking is this a pricing error? because if you go back to the shop front this is £224.99 (but display as 159.99 on the Christmas deal)

On their site it says payg packs automatically recur and if you don't have any balance they try taking payment for 90 days. Not sure what that means tbh or how they take payment. Will just opt out soon as I guess

Won't let me order!!

This is better than the £129 + £20 topup deal as it comes with some excellent headphones.

Quidco hopefully returns £5 too.

Beats haha.

I have just got a P9 plus after my samsung galaxy s7 edge was oveerheating and turning off within 2 months of getting it. What an amazing bit if kit way batter than the Samsung in my book. Will be sticking to Huawei from now on

Headphones with cables? Or battery free design as the Beats website cunningly describes. Should be Bluetooth nowadays??

Can you use this phone on a EE monthly contract?

Yes, you can :smiley:

Gone up to £20 minimum topup now

They did exactly the same thing with the phone deal of £129.99 + £10 topup once customers started flocking to buy it.

Crafty little trick from EE.

Shame it's only the gold phone or I'd be all over it

They use pay and go credit if you have any. If you don't they'll keep trying hoping you've topped up.

QC we have a was

the offer is also available in the black and other makes of phones but the P9 Lite is a bargain for the price

http://shop.ee.co.uk/mobile-phone-deals/pay-as-you-go-deals

no wonder why the site is not allowing the checkout and I shouldn't have spoke too soon.:disappointed:

as OP has amended post to £20 top up

Can you explain further how does it re occur thought its pay as you go pay £10 now £20 get unlocked use any sim or are we tied in ?????

Probably me being thick, but how can something that has increased from £169.99 to £179.99 be a good deal?

Beats is Apple. Ironic you have to get non-Apple mobile to use these :wink:


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was 169 now 179? lol cold from me

I think you're mistaken as it actually comes with Beats.

I agree. The old beats were painfully difficult to listen to.

No it doesn't.

I've got a Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro. It is running a Snapdragon 650 (20,000 Antutu points faster than the Kirin), 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 5.5" FHD screen, 4,000Mah battery, fingerprint scanner - and it weighs the same as this smaller P9 Lite. Cost £135 delivered.

So given that such phones are available, I'm not sure how the P9 Lite blows them out the water?

People thinking they will sell beats for £50 on eBay is wishful thinking

From where ?

Prob Gear Best ... wouldn't like to guess the shipping time tho
http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_349207.html?currency=GBP&lkid=10133643&gclid=CJrHtuvJj9ACFc8y0wodGHMCaA

On there terms and conditions, the legal bit, it still states,
Offer dependent on purchase of minimum £10.00 top-up on advertised handset on EE pay as you go,
So might be worth contacting them

Which ever site it is from it will come from China and have virtually no aftercare/warranty.

In comparison to a £10 set, they are good.

Wouldn't pay more than £30 for them though.

Yeah with your amazing warranty if anything goes wrong.. Good job no ones ever needed to use their warranty.

I am bemused. Huawei is a Chinese brand manufacturing in China, so this is a Chinese phone deal isn't it??

Music sounds like garbage over Bluetooth. Mind you, with Beats I'm not sure it would make much difference.

Every phone is made in china.

Is the battery any good? 3000 mAh big enough to cope with this phone?

I know there are issues with the P8 Lite & its poor battery

I have a 1 year warranty operated by a UK service centre included in the price of the phone (well, an additional $5 or so).

Your point again? :wink:

No true my good man. It comes with a 1 year warranty operated via a European service company (probably the same ones where you send your UK purchased phones!)

AliExpress

(Obviously, waiting for a phone to be delivered from China isn't for everybody....but I just wanted to point out that this Huawei Lite P9 doesn't blow other China phones away. It does in fact have a higher price and worse specs than the Xiaomi that I personally own)

you have to do a pack, which can be stopped once you have it​

Not sure why theres such confusion over unlocking when it states on their site PAYG is free.

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

Just do it online using their form, don't ask some dumb employee whos not up to date on their own policies.

not true, HTC and Asus makes their phones in Taiwan and Blackberry in Malaysia, plus other makes unknown to the western world

some reports state that the Xiaomi does not work on some European and UK 4G network like O2 due to the limited band it's designed for, is this true and also no NFC?

The Note 3 Pro PRIME has all UK 4G bands. The standard Note 3 Pro doesn't.

Actually this one is made in the UK:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=vertu+signature
It's a bargain too

Am I being an idiot or has this gone up to £224.99 + £20 top-up now? Which is basically the price the P9 Lite was the other day on it's own with the RRP of the Beats EP added on top?

If you click further down to choose a pack whose cost comes out of your PAYG topup the next screen still shows at £159.99 plues £20 topup.

thanks, must remember that if I looked at getting one

​Nope looks like you're right.
Well that lasted long!

​Wonder how long it'll be before they realise and correct it.

Ok let me rephrase. If the phone is not made in china, then many components will be from china and also korea, japan...etc.

Even iphone i think used to or still do use samsung components and components from china and Taiwan.

yes it looks like EE is changing the price again

All versions apart from the black Beats are now £224. The black seems to be £159 + £20 top up still.

I've rooted and put a cleaner rom on my s7 edge. It is great. (Just to balance it out completely). It was fine on stock too, I think you've just jumped on to the battery bandwagon.

You get what you pay for with regards to phones (within reason). If the budget is around £100, I'd get an xiaomi mi4. If it was 200-300... Mi 5. Anything above that, and it's typically just brand.

is this just a 30 day rolling contract?

Click through and says pay today £179.99 for both colours

I bought the p9 lite last week. it's actually really good for the money. it's definitely the 3GB version and I've still got 58% battery left as we speak. fully worth the £130 I paid....I only wonder whether I should contact them to get this deal.

Bit concerned about this reoccuring pack charge or attempted charge

Pack renewal
We'll add a new pack every 7 or 30 days and take the cost of the pack from your credit. If you don't have enough credit for your next pack, we'll let you know so you can top up and start it again straight away

Although does say

The legal bit
Pay As You Go Packs: Packs automatically recur. If pack cannot recur because you haven’t topped up, we’ll try taking payment for 90 days. UK only. You can opt out at any time.

Not sure how we opt out as only want phone amy thoughts familar with PAYG but not EE Packs ??? anyone understand it.

Is there a contract on this ?

If you want to cancel your pack for any reason, just text STOP PACK to 150.
This will stop your pack from starting again next time.
http://ee.co.uk/help/my-account/pay-as-you-go/pay-as-you-go-packs-how-they-work

Thinking of asking them if they will just send you the headphones for the additional cost? If you paid £130 then giving them another £50 for these headphones isn't really great value.. unless you really want the headphones I guess it's slightly cheaper than RRP

*Edit: Let me know what they say though, if you get them for £30 I'll do the same :laughing:

Got it in last deal from my mum. Really nice phone. Gutted this didn't appear early as the beats would be a nice touch, well recommend that deal:)

Shame it's not dual sim + microsd (for me personally anyway). Otherwise seems an excellent price for the spec.

Many, not all.

A beats by dre headphones deal voted HOT? Xmas miracles. WOW

That is where the business is located/originated from.

Nobody understands that pretty much every phone has chinese components inside.

Ok some phones have components and parts from 5 or 10 different countries. But the majority of the parts/components will be from china/korea/taiwan.

These people think 'oh no... its a chinese brand so it is trash'... WRONG. They'll use the same CPU and GPU and others components as to what the most expensive phones in the world have.

Yes, but:
- no warranty
- no gorilla glass,
- no NFC
- lots of messing around with ROMs
- no band 20 for LTE
- camera is pants

Does the P9 Lite have Gorilla Glass? ? Just it doesn't state it on PhoneArena.

Surprised there are still people that do not understand what the expression "chinese phone" means.
It is just an expression, yes, we do all know iPhones are made in China, BUT, it is not a chinese phone!
Chinese phone means:
- a phone designed by a chinese company (apple is not one of them)
- a phone designed for the Chinese market, that means no CE compliance, no Google Apps, as they are banned in China etc
- a phone coming with specific Chinese apps
- a phone following Chinese standards regarding quality control
- a phone with no virtually no warranty
- a phone that rarely has all the 3G/LTE bands needed in Europe/US
- a phone that rarely has all the sensors we take for granted (ecompass for example)
- a phone that rarely comes with decent English menus, instructions, manuals etc

Brilliant deal

Yes, but:
- no warranty (yes it does....a UK one)
- no gorilla glass (https://youtu.be/1s6fDsvgmQc)
- no NFC (Stick a card in your phone cover :smiley: )
- lots of messing around with ROMs (Why? The one it comes with is fine)
- no band 20 for LTE (The PRIME version does)
- camera is pants (Fair cop)

I am using the Honor 5c. Same phone but 2gb ram and dual sim. I am very impressed for £130 phone via which offer. I have recommended this phone or P9 lite to family members. Not sure why you need to spend so much on phone.

And your point is? Please see above what "chinese phone" means.

No.

Actually they all apply to Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 (Pro or not) and the forums are full of people trying to deal with chinese apps/roms... and the lack of band 20.
But ok... good luck dealing with warranty on your Xiaomi.

I don't think you really understand the market.

Most Chinese phones now come with international ROM's that are clean of any Chinese apps....and have full Google app support.

The Xiaomi phone I own also has a UK warranty of sorts....and has all the LTE bands, GPS/Glonass/compass etc.

More to the point....Huawei is itself one of these Chinese brands. It has only recently made a real push to get into Western markets.

Actually foxconn manufacture some iphones in Brazil, so they are not all made in China

If you buy sensibly, then you get a fully supported international ROM that has pretty constant updates from Xiaomi.

The Pro PRIME editions also come with full UK LTE band support.

As for the warranty...I bought mine from AliExpress - and the price included a UK based warranty.

No

If you have no need for some headphones and just want a Smart Phone, grab it at 30 quid less than this. (I see no need to spend £30 on some headphones)
http://shop.ee.co.uk/mobile-phones/pay-as-you-go/huawei-p9-lite-black-payg/details Still £130+20topup. (£149.99)
I grabbed it with the 10 quid top up before it went up and have the unlock request going.
Using up the 1GB data and stuff while I wait :-)

I assume the topic on it is still live.

It's not a comfy phone in the hand, I find the Moto G, E and G3 comfier in the hand and less slippy.
The UI is irritating but you need to rummage around the not so nice 'apple-ified' look and then it still there after Google or Microsoft or other Launchers are used. Their messed up icons and menu skin is still there.
Guess I'm so use to 'Android' standard design here.
It's fast can't fault that. Just need to stop it turning the screen of every few seconds while reading or waiting for a time wasting game to load. damn this UI is irritating (though it does give a lot of info).
Hopefully the next version (v5?) that you see on the P9 with Nougat will come to the Lite too.

sort of a warranty... sounds about right.
Huawei is on the western markets for the last 10 years or so. Almost all Mi-Fis dongles etc are Huawei. The Huawei G300 was a favorite here on HUKD about 4 years ago.
But yes, it is a Chinese brand. Chinese management. Chinese skyware.
But the phone is built for the western market. Huge difference.

About 1% of the Xiaomi deals/owners have the new version that comes with band 20.

Actually Huawei has been in the western market for a long time providing infrastructure network equipment and for those of you who remember, their 3G dongles. I had used their phones for company purposes as far back as 2012. It is more recently that the "Chinese" sellers are starting to up their game and enter into the more premium market and still provide value for money

Makes you wonder how come you buy from China but have a warranty in the UK...
So if every phone is Chinese, are you saying we can all buy from Aliexpress any phone and have a UK warranty and everything else?
So in fact, if according to you, all phones are Chinese anyway, and are all equal, why isn't anyone buying from China... hmmm...

You make a habit of leaping to conclusions without the facts....

I bought my Note 3 Pro PRIME from AliExpress. As part of the purchase price ($8 ), I have an additional warranty that means I can send the phone to a UK (or possibly European) service centre. From what I remember, it is the same kind of service that other manufacturers use now that most of them avoid doing warranty stuff in house.

hi thanks for your review. are u able to let me know if zen ui launcher works on this device as it wasnt compatible with the p8 lite.

My bad....I have only ever really known about Huawei for their dongles and routers. I just remembered a press release from Huawei when they brought out a Leica equipped phone...
The company was profiled at their new Parisian offices - talking about how they were bringing a much bigger focus to western markets in terms of customer support etc.

How much ram? They missed out one of the most important things.

3GB

What about the ROM? 16 or 32GB?

Lol that video is so fake. Go run over your phone in your car, I will lay you 10000:1 the screen breaks

I snoozed.

I loozed

Not paying £179.99 for it:(

To be fair, the phone is flat to a smooth concrete floor....and the actual pressure coming through each of those tires is going to be <250kg. So it's entirely plausible that a phone can survive that.

Anyway, I'm not sure why the other person complained about the lack of gorilla glass on the Xiaomi phone. The P9 Lite doesn't have Gorilla Glass either.

I tried making a call to test the phone, then it said it had activated a £10 pack and that my balance is zero. I needed the £10 for the unlock request for the phone, anyone know how to cancel the pack? Cheers.

That info is on ee, 16GB

FYI - It doesn't support adoptable storage either.

Time to get your credit card out...

That's a bit of a deal breaker at this price point. It should either have 32GB, or be able to make use of the SD card...

(I personally use the iPlayer apps to download videos and radio shows. I would definitely struggle with that amount of storage)

Lol. Why are you so eager to prove that your purchase decision was better than everyone els... oh ..ohhhh right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice-supportive_bias
Never mind :sunglasses:

If you're happy with your phone then just be happy. Overall the two are actually remarkably similar and the 'best' is almost always entirely subjective and down to personal prefernce.
Why waste minutes of your life with this pointless back and forth.
Here's a little secret about life, nobody actually cares what anyone else thinks.

Great deal, just ordered, thanks OP.

It says external storage micro SD card up to 128gb?

Not really Samsung confirmed to me that i had a faulty motherboard and could not replace it as there was a worldwide shortage of parts due to a lot of people having the same issue. I don't expect a 2 month old phone to be broken and have Samsung wash their hands of it. Vodafone did aswell it was 3 phone calls, 3 store visits and an official complaint to the chief exec before i got a new phone. The customer service from Samsung was just awful, no offer of a new phone or even a loan phone just its not been repaired 4 times so we can't do anything apart from send it away but don't know how long it will take could be anywhere upto a month. A MONTH wiothout a phone i am still paying for thanks Samsung.

I also had issues syncing my LG Urbane with the edge 7, The sound is tinny due to the water proofing and the GPS kept putting me in the wrong location. Every day when at work it had me a mile down the road.

Ill never buy another Samsung phone, this was the second chance ill stick to Huawei and LG phones.

Call, text or data would trigger it, that's the package you bought when you ordered the phone (I guess you got the other deal like me)

Very tempted with this. Currently using a HTC One m7 and don't think there is a better phone for the price than this.

This is a forked version of Android Marshmallow, and doesn't seem to allow the SD card to be viewed as internal storage...

As such, if you use apps that create a lot of offline content (offline nav apps, iPlayer etc), or big games etc, you'll soon find yourself managing the limited space.

32GB internal would have been a better amount of storage.

Correct, the SD Card can be used as storage, it cant be used as Adoptable Storage that's normally available in Marshmallow, Adoptable Storage allows your SD Card to be adopted as part of the internal memory.

​you ordered the phone without knowing what memory version it was? o.O

Ah I see, thanks for clearing that up. Could I add a microsd card purely to store photos/videos though?

Once you go super AMOLED.... nope

Yep

Have had Super AMOLED on my Samsung S7 and after having to worry about image burn/retention and poor outdoor visibility, am perfectly happy with a high-performance LCD.

You are correct. As Jagg4 eluded to, most components are outsourced to OEM and can come from anywhere and is widely available everywhere. It is also easier and more efficient for manufacturers to form local partnerships overseas to service their products, especially when the knowledge based is widely available. At least you bought wisely :laughing:

Man, in the good ol' days when Britain was "Great", there was something called a "Civic Duty" to point out a misstatement of fact, something which is sadly missing nowadays

Luckily, facts are freely available for those who care. What's your point? :P

I wasn't seeking to demonstrate that my purchase was better than everyone elses. I was simply correcting the 'facts' that the other contributor was laying down. As I have since evidenced, this P9 Lite does not 'blow away all the Chinese phone deals'. It is a decent phone....but it is still relatively pricey given the specs. So given this is a deals website, I think it's good for people to know that there are better specified alternatives for less money.

Fair enough that's pretty reasonable. Remember though 'better specified' is still going to be pretty subjective as certain features are more important than others for some people and there's always going to be a fair amount of personal preference too

Screen is less important to me. I always have the brightness on 10% maximum anyway.

The screen is the single most battery drainer on the phone.

Battery over screen any day.

No gold without the headphones? dammit :disappointed:


Will this take the asda sim without unlock?

Not better, and not for less money, just different.
You seem to aggressively push the idea your purchase of a Chinese phone from Aliexpress is the better choice ("blows this deal out of the water" ?)
This is sold for the UK market, with a proper UK warranty.
The deal in this thread includes the headphones which some say can be sold for around 65 pounds. Maybe you are missing this part from the equation? I think the poster who said this phone blows out of the water all other chinese phone deals meant it as such (the package value) and at the original 169 -65 = 104 for a phone you buy from the UK.

Hard to compare with something from Aliexpress that you cannot really be sure will come, will work, will not incur custom duty etc.
But I surely appreciate the new Xiaomi with band 20 and the so called international ROM, however, that doesn't change the fact that 99% or so of the Xiaomi sold so far where the ones coming with no band 20 and the chinese ROM that people had to fiddle to replace.
We can easily find about 20 deals or so for the Xiaomi and probably just one or two for the international version.

Like the camera, which pretty much sucks on the xiaomi this user is promoting so much.
And for 50% more money if you take into account the headphones

i bought the other deal last week for the black lite. can i return and buy this ?

​yes, ASDA runs off ee

In store the minimum top up is £10, so £169.99 in total

​you really need to get out more

Anyone got dispatch email txt anything

tempting, but too many reviews saw the small battery is cack.

Cheap Rubbish won't last

The ASUS one
Just installed the launcher & wallpapers etc and working fine.
It's quite a nice launcher.

Looks like a great deal - I would need to unlock to use on O2/Tesco.
Has anyone successfully unlocked?
Ebay unlocks appear to say 5-10 working days to receive code?
When I have unlocked before the code arrives within hours.
Sharing any experience of this with P9 lite greatly appreciated.

The ONLY reason I said anything at all was to refute that rather nonsensical claim that this Huawei blows all Chinese phone deals out of the water. It just doesn't. It has a significantly slower processor, half the internal ROM, a 25% smaller battery.
As for the cameras...the IMX218 in the Huawei is better - but in decent light, the differences are marginal at best. Neither camera is good in low light - so neither phone is really going to be bought for the camera performance.
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=283429

Also, the consensus about the Beats headphones are that they are cheap feeling, and are unlikely to even get £50 (which after fees and hassle is actually going to be £40 or so).

Basically, this Hauwei isn't the only option out there. It is decent though.

I am waiting for a price drop on the Galaxy A5 but tempted by this. I see EE have a website marker for Black Friday Deals could be worth waiting.....

Any tempered screen glass and case recommendations from actual users thanks ??

see the other post from same OP around page 9 and comments 334 onwards
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-p9-lite-black-129-99-10-minimum-top-up-139-99-ee-2536084?p=29104182
http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit?m=37125&q=2536084

how does the phone compare to the Moto4?

you are right. I was out in Asia recently whereby I compared a number of Xioami phones to Huawei as they are both big out there and I had my daughter's Moto G4 to compare with and there is little to choose between them (Huawei and Xioami) other than the G4 looked a poor cousin to them. The Motorola is not being sold out in those markets. I tried to find out why from my contacts out there and the look they gave the phone probably said a lot. This has a lot to do with the culture out there rather than anything to do with the phone itself
there are those like yourself who are brave enough to take a pun and source for up and coming good products (and they are quite a few out there) which hasn't arrived at these shores and some may never as the demand from those markets may outstrip their capacity. I wouldn't myself as I will get no head peace from my family if something goes wrong. :smile:

​Definitely, use Nova Launcher and you get get whatever interface you like

see the link I posted above yours. someone has posted a link for review between P9 lite and G4 plus around page 1 or 2

sorry wrong link

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-p9-lite-black-129-99-10-minimum-top-up-139-99-ee-2536084?p=29104182

so went in store and got it for 129.99 plus 10.00 top up just by asking nicely and saying I was using it for my contract sim and the additional credit was no use to me. seemed easier than trying to flog on beats headphones to get the price down. anyways I've installed Google now launcher and Google keyboard and installed all my apps and the phone is still flying...very impressed

Snadragon 615 & 2GB RAM vs 3GB RAM and Kirin 650 (on the Huawei)...

On specs alone the Huawei is better. Though the Moto does have stock Android.

Was the gold available on that deal? or just the black?

both...just have to try your luck...think it helped that the pos still said 10 top up

​Classic Hans...

I managed to buy this deal from the EE store in Lancaster including £10 top up for £159. I took along with me an old T-mobile sim which they converted to EE. Unsure how it all happened, they asked me to pay £159.99 as the final amount including £10 top up. I think I overhead him telling the manager that the system has knocked further £5 off as a result of converting the sim. As I said, I don't know how the system came up with £159.99 including £10 top up. Folks may try in store if you have ee, tmobile or orange sim as its better with them. At least you can use my receipt as evidence.
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EE have just phoned to tell me they don't do this phone in Gold, even though it's on the website! Has anyone received the phone in gold. Getting a call back after they have spoken to their manager.

Wife picked up this today from EE £139.99 discounted from 229.99 inc the headphones - seems like this deal is still on;

http://www.hotukdeals.com/visit?t=2540114&hukdm=353&d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotukdeals.com%2Fdeals%2Fhuawei-p9-lite-black-129-99-10-minimum-top-up-139-99-ee-2536084%3Fp%3D29104182

In store? How to get the phone inc headphones for 139.99?

Possiblly a mistake, dunno - i rubbed out the advisers name just in case;

Can't decide between this and a Nexus 5x.
I really like the stock android experience, would a launcher justify the cheaper price of the Huawei?

Anyone got any thoughts?

I received an email today saying they needed more details and I was to call them. Phoned and they said that the gold mobile won't be in stock for 2 weeks and I should reorder then but they are still selling the mobile online and saying it is in stock?

I just went and did this in store. I can see some people have been paying less but I was happy with £179.99 to get it in my hands today. For the money, the phone is excellent, the Beats EP get great write ups (because they're actually about the right price and good quality) and despite this argument over Chinese phones, Huawei has proper UK support - I think you still get 3 months VIP premium as well as 2 years total warranty.

Lucky you :smile:

I did it:) Sold my Giff gaff sim free for them and because I have an ee sim just upgraded and payed £155 for the p9 gold and a blue headphones. Unlock is free too. Plus I sold the box for the previous one with charger etc and got extra £10.

what? how did you get it for that price with the headphones? thats not what the deal is

It's a mistake, if you look at the receipt they discounted the headphones by £89.99 instead of £59.99. Lucky git :smiley:

The current price is £159.99 including headphones. Still very good though.
Without the headphones it's £129.99.

Has anyone who has this phone

Converted it and made it into a Dual Sim version?

Iplayer downloads can be stored on the sd card, thats been the case for awhile.

How do you do that?

I've just gone into settings on the iPlayer app and can't see any way to change the location for downloads...

(Fairly new to Android - so maybe I'm missing something. I also have 32GB's of storage on my phone...so it isn't a problem for me)

Go into your phone settings and make the sd card the default location.

I have a Xiaomi - there is no option to save app data (/media files) to the SD card.

Maybe you can on this Huawei....but since it doesn't support adoptable storage, I would be surprised if your workaround would work...

The setting he mentioned for the P9 Lite changes the default location of App Data to the Micro SD and is the only alternative aviliable to adoptable storage. It seems to work as their was a few threads online about it when I was looking for a work around to adoptable storage on this device. Im unsure myself about iplayer as they state they don't support SD storage and that their right holders state it must only be stored on the actual device being used to view it.

Does this phone have 4g?

​It works on the p9 lite as I've tested it. Handy as I'm a big iplayer user.

dO YOU HAVE TO PAY THE TOP UP EVERY MONTH?

Yes

No

Just purchased from EE in Canterbury without the Beats headphones, their price tags still say only £10 topup, and that was all they charged me. So got it for £129.99+£10. Assistant said there was about a week left with it at this price.

Are these dual sim then or ? I had the email saying to ring them etc so I did , no gold left so they offered me a silver one. Delivery tomorrow.

Same, except there was no mention of a silver version, just a 14 day wait on the black. Tried to be cheeky and asked if there was anything they could do for the inconvenience, but the monotone, disinterested voice said no...

I really want this! But I am on Talkmobile. Has anyone unlocked managed to unlock this phone?

If I buy it in the store can they unlock it for me?

Cheers.

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

:smiley:

In the first EE store I went to, the assistant was adamant it can only be unlocked after a 6 month wait. But I knew better than that from HUKD and went into the other EE just down the road where the assistant was helpful enough and said she would action the unlock for me, but that it CAN take up to three weeks. I'm ok with that, but still hoping it might be days rather than weeks. Also, don't use the EE sim that comes with the phone at all, otherwise the data will eat into the 10.00 credit and there won't be enough to pay the 8.99 unlock.
Also, in store you won't get much choice in colour. This one only had black for both the phone and headphones.

The £8.99 charge only applies to those who have bought the phone on a contract. If you have bought it on pay as yo go from EE it's free to unlock as long as you register the phone to your EE online account.

Managed to get it in store for a total of £149.99 with beats headphones and £20 top up.

They cancelled the deal online saying it's out of stock so thought I'll try the shops even though they said it was online exclusive deal.

Will upload receipt if anyone wants proof.

Basically what I did was ask if the phone comes with FREE beats headphones and they said yeah. But for something reason the phone was priced at £129.99 plus £20 top up

See what I wrote here, specifically the bit about employees.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-p9-lite-gold-black-beats-ep-headphones-was-169-99-now-179-99-minimum-top-2540114?p=29101362

Why people keep confusing this issue is beyond me, Its FREE to unlock PAYG:confused:

what it's looking like is that youc an get the pone & beats for a variety of different prices depending which store you go into.

Thanks guys.

I can't believe I didn't see this deal sooner. I would have preferred to have bought this Saturday morning so I could have played around and set it up over the weekend. I will have to bike it to town before work tomorrow and see if I can pick one up.

So with the beats headphone I should be looking at paying £149.99 that's including the £10 top up??

I am on Talkmobile so have no use for the £10 top up. I take it I can get the phone unlocked without giving over any details or setting up some kind of account with EE??

Also, If I get some headphones with it what colour would sell best because they are going straight on the bay?

Thanks.

I got it for £149.99 including £20 top up. Not £10. Doesn't make a difference to me though as I won't be using it

Just got mine delivered, it's BLACK & not Gold I ordered.. Sending back!!! Shambles from EE

No such luck with the phone price here.

At first I was told it was £200 for the deal. Then they checked the system and told me it was £179. Because I am not with EE I was told it was £8.99 to unlock a payg phone and that it would take upto 3 weeks. I said are you sure about this and they said yes. I said OK then I will take the deal but they didn't have any stock - come back Wednesday. Typical.

I might just leave it and wait for the CPW sale at Xmas or black Friday because at least when you go there to buy a phone its straight forward not all this messing around buying topups you don't need and waiting three weeks for an unlock code and trying to sell some headphones to make it a good deal.

So i think they may have lost a sale.

Ordered Gold phone + Black headphones on Friday lunchtime.
Received this email Sunday morning:

"Your order is almost complete - we will have you up-and-running with superfast 4GEE soon.
We need a bit more information from you to complete the order. If you can give us a call on 0800 0790531."

Just phoned them and I think she said the Gold was never in stock and shouldn't be on the system and it couldn't be re-ordered but they have Black on the system but it will take 1 or 2 weeks to be delivered.
Something like that as I was going to cancel anyway so wasn't that focused.

With the email saying the 'Order is nearly complete' arriving 2 days after the order placed when it clearly wasn't and the confusion the EE staff have over unlocking it's not exactly a good advert for using them.

For anyone interested in not buying a pair of utterly pedestrian Beats headphones to sell on, EE are still doing the P4 Lite (3GB RAM) version in store for £129.99 with a £10 top up (Pay as you Go).

This information was valid yesterday, for sure.

Now, I just have to get it unlocked.

contacted my local store who at first said it was in stock but when i asked for price for pay as you go they said that they only have pay monthly stock and I should try carphone warehouse instead :disappointed:. Surely the phones they use are the same for pay as you go and pay monthly as both are locked to EE. They said they are different as they are a franchise. Seem to only be intrested in helping you if your getting a contract with them

I've just seen the headphoneless version online. It says a £20 minimum there so looks better to get in store.

Can anyone confirm that this is a dual sim phone or not? Online reviews suggests it is and that you might be able to "hack" the 2nd sim/microSD card to use both simultaneously as shown here. I did the same recently but used Acetone rather than a hair dryer to remove the back off the SIM.

Being given the run around by EE after ordering online no stock email as OP above is this a dual sim phone all be it that second sim uses SD slot assume it is as spec on http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p9_lite-7983.php implies so but typically online retailers details including EE is poor.

Thanks

This needs expired, too many different prices and no gold available.

Still live on EE web site ,

EE OP told me had stock in wharehouse but not yet on system so cant see why it could not be ordered if still required be it at £79.99 now.

which still seems good price for both ?

When I went to enquire in my local store they were trying to push me into getting an EE contract too. I said I used to be on Orange and they were terrible for CS therefore I think EE would be even worse. I said I just want the phone deal and an unlock code. When they went to get the phone low and behold no stock - come back another day. They said its a popular phone and must have sold out over the weekend. BS. Most people have never heard of Huawei so I can't see it being a big seller.

Maybe I'm just paranoid :neutral_face:

Those comments aren't going to go down well with any sales staff, no wonder they refused to sell you one!

I was only joking, I never said that. Its what I thought but I never said it. I just said I used to be on Orange and I didn't think they could better my sim only deal at talkmobile @ 4GB for a fiver a month.

I wish I had said it now. Anyway I hate going into phone shops as they are full of zealots and the assistant was no different.

They sold out in my local store last week when it was posted as a deal for just the phone.
Any deal that gets this hot on here has a chance of impacting stock levels.
Making insulting comments about a retailer whose store you are in is tactless especially when you consider that they'd rather sell to on going EE users than people who just want the phone.
If it was my business and I was low on stock I'd happily not sell to someone with your attitude.

Just do what I did - I told them I had a works phone and I only needed a PAYG phone since I only put about a fiver on every 3 months. End of discussion.

In response to "why do you want to unlock it?", I just replied "I like having an unlocked phone" and left it at that.

Offering as little information as possible usually helps.

I ordered on Sunday morning. Both headphones and phone black version. Just phoned up EE and told they are out of stock and I am in a queue. Likely to be 14 day wait

I didn't have any attitude. Please see my previous post. They can stuff their phone anyway. Sooner deal with CPW than crappy EE.

Orange were terrible I can see EE being abominable.

Received mine today. Black with a silver edge , apparently classed as silver. Anyway regarding unlocking all u have to do is register the phone against a Ee account , just use the top up one u bought with phone and they unlock for free with no questions asked. Anybody wanna buy the headphones ;-) ??

Very funny.

It is not as easy as you think. I have registered, tried to unlock device by sending form and it says that it cannot be unlock as they do not think phone is locked! ''Sorry - we can't unlock this phone as we don't recognise it as being locked to EE, Orange or T-Mobile'' but phone is clearly locked as it asking for code when putting foreign sim card.
any ideas anyone?

You could point them to this:

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

Doubt they will be able to give you an unlock code there and then as I think this is down to the manufacturer. I registered online and then called ee customer services and they have supposedly sent off the unlock code request which they will forward on when they receive it.

I got this so phoned the customer services and followed it through to the technical support team as there didn't seem to be an option for unlocking. They were really helpful and processed the request with no hassle - now just need to wait for the code to arrive.

EDIT sounds like dual SIM won't work on UK model see 2 posts below.

We've just bought it without the headphones. Cost was the £129.99 +£10 topup. The very helpful chap in store helped out with the unlock and there was no charge for this as it states on the EE site for PAYG phones the fee is for pay monthly and that's only after 6 months into contract.

As per info from jordanc93 see below it won't work as dual SIM I can confirm that there is only one IMEI posted on the side of the box more info here.

thanks for that, will ring them tomorrow!

The VNS-L31 is dual sim but the second SIM card option is disabled on these UK models. Dual sim is only enabled in certain countries

That's a pain. Oh well the dual SIM possibility was only a bonus. Thanks for the info.

You could enable it with some tools from xda.

If you can't wait https://www.dc-unlocker.com/ 4 euros done in 5 mins.

Install http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/HiSuite_en/index.html first then the unlocker s/w

This is interesting as I filled out the form to unlock my PAYG (bought from a shop on Sunday for what you paid for yours) and I think it stated an £8.99 charge for it. They said they couldn't unlock it in the shop, too - it took 48 hours before it could be done.

It's definitely free to unlock even for a "new to EE, PAYG" customer? If so, I'll be moaning on general principle.

I know this gets covered from time to time but there are often conflicting reports....If EE unlock it, are there no changes to the warranty conditions but if you unlock it via a third party, there are?

​well it is cos ive done it twice in 2 weeks. ring 150 and do it over the phone.

As far as I know they can't legally void your warranty unlocking the network.

Is it possible to sell the EE voucher on ebay, or just bin it.
The guy in the shop said to me its got £20 starting from yesterday and last for 30 days.
I thought it would only start once activated?

This is what I'd like to know too.

Ringing 150 what numbers do you press next ?

I seem to get sent in a loop of useless options.

Once almost got to technical help it then said I have no credit and I need to top up as it will cost 25p.

I paid £10 for a Everything pack but it shows £0 credit also will EE try to take another £10 off me next month ?

Rang yesterday to see where order was Gold and Headset as promised email / call back later no call rang today and asked to cancel too much hassle and the fact that only 1 sim is working was the killer for me.

Hope some of you get what you want good luck.

Zeberdy

Has anyone actually gone into a store and bought one of these since Monday or have all the geese flown??

Had same issue myself. Pack states £10 credit will be added within 2 days. I will try again tomorrow.

Timeline for me was
I saw the deal last week (Monday) with it at £129.99+£10 top up (online)
By the time I got to ordering one online (Thursday, probably), they were £129.99 + £20 top up (online).
I bought one on Sunday from an EE shop (in Stoke on Trent) for £129.99 + £10.
No one mentioned anything about the price going up during the 9 hours it took me to get the phone out of them :wink:

All depends on the poorly trained staff

Almost got the deal for £159 incl headphones & £20 credit but one of the other staff butted in and said I had to pay £179.

I asked how much it was without headphones and he said £129.99 + £10 credit - so I bought that instead.

Thanks guys.

I'm going to pop in tomorrow and try and pick up the £129 deal but I think it will be out of stock.

So if I don't have an EE account I will need to pay £8.99 for an unlock code?

This is my question, too. I believe it's that price for PAYG customers but someone previously said it was free which ifind hard to believe. I'll never use mine on EE so taking it of of my credit doesn't really bother me.

Be nice to know for sure, though.

Be sure to specifically ask for the 3GB RAM version, though, as they appeared to have both in stock for the same price where I got mine.

​It mentions it here - http://ee.co.uk/help/getting-started/joining-ee/unlocking-your-device - that you can unlock the mobile for free. This was taken from the website: " If you’re on pay as you go, you can unlock your phone as soon as you get it...There are no charges for unlocking for pay as you go devices bought from EE and our indirect partners." I haven't tried it myself as I am holding out for the gold version, has anyone had any luck in getting the gold?

I ordered the gold P9, they've sent the black..ffs.

Useless.

​they sent me the red beats when I ordered black. but also said red on the delivery note. strange.

I am not convinced they have ever had the gold. They told me it was coming in on Monday and I would have my phone on Tuesday. I called yesterday as nothing arrived to be told they had no stock and no idea when it was coming in.

just received mine. ordered gold but got black one. at least they sent right coloured beats!

filled in the online form to unlock but says number not recognised and then prompts to enter imei and then get another error and says call 150 to get unlocked. what a joke

I just spoke to EE customer service, who put me on hold to check with colleagues with regards to the gold model.

She came back and said that the gold model does not exist, they've never had stock of the gold model ever. It was a error on their part for listing it as gold, and again their error for not notifying customers who bought gold that they wouldn't get the gold model.

I've since sold the headphones, i told her this and she said that she can't refund me then. It has to be returned as a complete package.

This is disgusting to say the least, now im stuck with a phone that i didn't order. I told her even if i had the headphones, returning it isn't a option as i've ordered up a £12 case and a £1 screen protector. Despite the mistakes and huge inconvenience to me, they told me i'd have to keep it... WOW. This has to be the worst customer service i've ever dealt with.

​maybe you shouldn't have been so quick to sell the headphones to make a quick buck.

It wasn't to make a quick buck, it was because i dont need them.

Plus that is besides the point.

I ordered gold, they sent black.

They told me its their mistake.

Admitting that they made the mistake, they should correct.

Headphones or not, they sell the phone WITHOUT the headphones too. Its just an excuse for them.

Obviously. This is how deals like this with any retailer/company has always worked. You have messed up here & now having a problem admitting it.

Well you have to laugh after I cancelled my order for gold and headphones as no stock EE had cheek to ring me saying noticed had been on their web site and was there a phone I was interested in tried to push an Iphone 5s at me for £18.99 a month.

Obviously does not use Hot UK Deals and know we don't pay that sort of silly money and most have Sim only deals. My current 1000 mins 4Gb data and unlimited texts is about £3 a month after cash back paid regularly by mobiles.co.uk.

Made me realize how good my old Oneplusone 64Gb phone is and recommend a good second hand one of these to anyone.

Now if the Shure SRH840 do turn up that featured on here that will be a Hot Deal this one was certainly NOT !!!

​i assume you received the headphones and the phone at the same time, so why so quick to sell the headphones? it was a package deal so EE would want it all back to process the refund. Simple.

The first person to mess up was EE. Therefore it was their mistake in the first place.

If i kept the headphones, then its still their problem to resolve. Which they cant resolve as the gold model doesn't exist. It is a chain of catastrophic errors on EE's part.

Anyway, i lodged a complaint and they've called me back pretty much instantly, admitting fault and i've received a nice bit of compensation for my troubles and inconvenience.

I guess it wasn't my fault after all :smiley:

Their solution was this:

I get back the headphones, i send the headphones + phone back to them.

They then resend me the same headphones back with the replacement phone.

If you think that makes any sense then please be my customer.

It is what it is - if a company sells you a package deal they will require it all back if you require a refund. Regardless how did you expect them fix the situation if the gold phone never existed??? What were you expecting to get all your money back without sending back the headphones?? Anyway enjoy your compensation which is what i am sure you were after all along after realising you were partly at fault.

I know that, you're completely missing the point.

Their resolution for me was this:

I get back the headphones, i ship the headphones + phone back to them. They then ship me back out the same headphones and either the gold model or another phone. That was their resolution.

I run a business, so i know how it all works. However if i sold a product on its own or bundled as a package, so long as its not packaged together in some bundled packaging then i consider the items separate. If a customer needed to exchange one of them, then i would offer the exchange for only that particular item. If they decided they only wanted one of the items, then i would ask them to return part of the bundle and i will refund part of the money. That is how i operate and actually i've done this before. Its kept the customer happy and it makes sense.

Its nothing to do with trying to get compensation. I want the gold phone that i ordered. I'd rather my exact order than any compensation.

Thats the thing they were never going to just exchange the phone without requesting the headphones back also - to them it is one product not two separate items. (Did they say the gold model exists or not)

I think you've made this mess yourself. If you didn't want the phone then it was pretty silly to 1) sell the headphones and 2) buy accessories for the phone...

EE have made a mistake with the listing, they offer people who don't want what they got a refund. Pretty straight forward to me... unless you sell part of the package then complain and want a refund :laughing:

You're missing the point too. I did want the phone that i ordered. The phone is a gift its security sealed. So without checking the sticker on the side of the box to check its colour or opening it. You won't know the colour of the phone. Off chance i so happened to randomly read the sticker on the box and that's how i know it was actually the black model and not the gold. I want the phone that i ordered, not a different colour. I always trust big retailers that sell phones, ive never had a problem before and i always order a screen protector and a cover as soon as possible. But it doesn;t matter now, EE accepted they made the mistake and therefore compensated me after i accepted to accept the black model.

Oh and i got rid of the headphone BEFORE i knew the colour of the phone was incorrect. I don't like breaking seals on phone boxes when its a gift for someone either. If the phone was for me, i would of opened it as soon as i got it BEFORE selling the headphones, then i would of returned all for a refund.

Agreed

tbh im glad i got a black one. i think the gold one would have looked damn ugly. its not a great looking phone but runs beautifully, fingerprint sensor is great and can confirm its 3gb ram. glad i bought it

I Went instore today and was told there has never been a gold, they then totally denied they advertised they had a gold, was offered the black for £129.99 and he said i didn't need to buy a top up as i have an asda sim, will wait for a deal from CPW i think.

I doubt your see it anywhere else at a price as low as this.

FYI - Its showing as £159 again online for this deal, plus £20 topup

When I read this "gold phone + headphones" problem, I thought it was J4GG4's mistake but I think it's fair enough that if you order a gold one (do you have a copy of the original order specifying gold?) and you get a black one then they should exchange the phone irrespective of the headphone situation.

Asking for a refund is a different issue entirely. A replacement would seem reasonable.

If you buy online getting a refund is easy, by law you have 14 days right to cancel.

Just get the Lenovo Vibe on Friday for £100 or so. Or the Redmi Note 3 Pro for £120

(Both from China)

​yes your right however you have to return both the purchased item and any free gifts included which in this case is the free headphones. Every retailer is the same some might let you keep the gift but take its value off the refund instead.

Just for anyone worried about the unlock.
(Bought phone on its own with the ten quid top up option)

After activating my £10 credit by making a call etc. 7days ago...
I then created my EE account, waited a bit having a coffee.
Went for the Unlock page, did what it said and of course it then mentions the cost (a left over I guess or error as this is payg)

Anyway, they today had an SMS (I had used my other phone number, not the sim number) saying it may take longer than the 10 days as they need to ask the manufacturer.. 30 mins later an unlock code in my email.
Popped other SIM in and worked. Switched back as I have data to use up :-)
Job done.
No hassle.
So yes it is free and easy.

Good old BT must have improved service since I was on last on Orange/EE, (just before BT bought them up)

Redmi Note 3 Pro 32GB International version for 120? I doubt it.

I should have qualified this better. I meant getting a refund after flogging part of what was purchased

It's already been listed as a deal on HUKD. Goes live on Friday. Part of some Black Friday style deals day in China.

But by all means, doubt it :smiley:

Good luck getting this message across :disappointed:

Link? Why the agressivness, I just expressed my doubt it will be the international 32 gb version.
Also, they can offer it for 10 pounds, if they have 1 piece sold out in 1 second.

I wasn't being aggressive.

I'm not sure where the Chinese deals thread has gone - but it was a big one. & the Band 20 version 3GB/32GB is definitely on for £120.

Link or it didn't happen :smiley:

:smirk:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/band-20-xiaomi-note-3-5-5-inch-3gb-octacore-fingerprint-4100mah-battery-1-day-sale-2542705

The 11-11 is Chinese singles day and that's marketing excuse for Black Friday, so all the online Iincluding Gearbest, Lazada etc) and shops should have good deals

Cant understand EE still leaving the gold package available to order unless its a marketing con to try and sell you something else as they tried and failed with me.

Got one yesterday from EE store in Leicester. 129+10 top up. Didn't bother with the headphones though they did try to sell them to me. Very pleased so thanks for the heads up. Great phone. Just waiting for them to unlock it now. Said up to 10 working days.

They had the gold one on display in the Trafford Centre. No idea if they had any stock for sale or not.

Are you on the EE network?

This is a much better deal. You can get much better headphones than Beats for £40-50 if you want them.

I brought the bundle yesterday for £179 and the phone works with BT mobile sim. I didn't need to unlock the phone. Just need to get rid of the headphone and sim.

Can I sell the sim on eBay? how can the potential buyer activate the £20 credit?

From £135.99 on o2 refresh https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/tariff/huawei/p9-lite/?productId=aba62974-911e-48cd-bec0-dbebe3c634d6&planId=&contractType=paymonthly

I just got this in store but think the assistant gave me a £10 monthly pack for my top up and not £10 PAYG credit like I wanted - the receipt mentions a £10 Everything Pack

Is there anything I can do to stop the pack or complain?

have had the p9 lite for 2 days now . best phone I've owned.

I believe the way it works is the pack activates and uses up the £10 credit once you make a chargeable call or text or use mobile internet. You should be able to stop it if you put the SIM card in and text STOP PACK to 150 straight away and if that doesn't work you might have to ring EE helpline and explain you wanted the credit and not a bundle pack in which case they may cancel the bundle and put the £10 credit back on.

I'm not sure about instore but online the only option you have is their various packs, no simple payg choice.

Has anyone got an unlock code yet from Ee and if so are they account specific or will they work as I'm having trouble unlocking through the Ee app form.Thanks

Seriously, you only have to look a few posts back.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-p9-lite-gold-black-beats-ep-headphones-was-169-99-now-179-99-minimum-top-2540114?p=29134127

Was only asking if anyone had a code obviously you haven't so why bother commenting

I would imagine that the code is specific to the individual handset

​Thanks for that mate

No Naugart When do you think it will be upgraded please ask Huawei on twitter but no reply? Also has anyone used Huaweis customer service at all please?

From previous experience of other manufacturers, I would work on the basis that the Android version installed on the phone is the best one you'll ever have. Upgrades tend to be glitchy at best....

So I wouldn't worry too much about Nougat.

I was wondering about updating for security reasons so many people around the world have this smartphone motorola have said that they will update there G4 to Naugart and O for example why Cant Huawei I wonder?

I'm not saying they can't or won't...but it us an engineering headache to make upgrades happen seamlessly (and most manufacturers therefore don't bother).

​first check if the phone is actually locked. I brought mine and it works with bt mobile sim

Finally got mine unlocked,
First time I submitted details and then got a email saying it wasn't registered to an account, so rang up customer services from another phone that isn't on EE and spoke to a guy who registered the sim and submitted the unlocking again and got a code 5 days later.

Now all unlocked and best bit is I didn't have to top up my sim to get it unlocked, I got given a voucher where it is manually entered to the sim.

They don't have stock

mum just told me that she wants this phone. being a filial child, i quickly went on this website and found this post! lucky me.
is this available in store? did someone mention it is available at 129.99 + 10 top up without the headphone in store?
thanks.

mum just told me that she wants this phone. being a filial child, i quickly went on this website and found this post! lucky me.
is this available in store? did someone mention it is available at 129.99 + 10 top up without the headphone in store?
thanks.

Had a similar problem but by text saying the sim isnt registered so they cant unlock.I thought it was odd as its a old sim which is on my ee account but that doesnt make it registered by all accounts.

Hopefully i should see the code anyday now.

This phone is available online for £129.99 plus a minimum of £20 top up.
Follow this link and you're good to go. From what I understand the phne can be unlocked for free via EE customer service. Code takes between 5-10 days

thanks. but your link does not work?

It does now. I used a url shortner but this site does not allow these types of links. Have now used correct full url

The advantage Huawei has is they also 'make' the processor. The trouble they have is altering their fork of Android for their EMUI interface.
EMUI 5 has been developed and nougat is in testing on the P9. I think it's expected to be deployed to 8s and 9s at least. But do a search and see what crops up.

This or the moto g4? (can get the g4 for 130 via cpw upgrade). Thanks!

can anyone help confirm if this phone is unlocked?

Isn't that the g4 play?
Never seen the g4 at cpw

Its 100% locked but in theory should work with other sims that use the ee network like, bt, asda, t-moble, orange etc

​ok great thanks

​No they do the g4 also

yes got the normal G4 sim (single) free (black only) from CPW a few months ago for a teenager for £129 norm price then. The P9l is a much much better phone but whether the G4 or P9 depends on the user as I found out the young teenagers preferred the g4 and older ones the P9.

Unlocking for payg is free from EE but could take anything from 6 days to 2 weeks for the code to arrive from huawei. Online purchase from them is crap as their system is a mess and better to see if you could find a deal in store. all these info plus unlocking code or enabling the dual sim capability, screen protectors, and case you can find on the older thread posted by the same OP

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/huawei-p9-lite-black-129-99-10-minimum-top-up-139-99-ee-2536084?page=12#comments

good luck

I was waiting til today as my credit card bill is produced on the 16th so it'd be a month before i had to look at paying and typically price on the standalone phone is now £159 + topup and on this deal £189 + topup.

Not hot anymore. Ee is being **** and increasing the prices every week. Now went upto £159+top up for the handset only which cost the exact amount the deal was with the headphones at the beginning of the deal.

Unlock code arrived from EE today.
Free and easy.
Great phone for the price - many thanks OP.

How long did it take to get the unlock code?

Bit of a saga getting this phone unlocked. Register on the EE website, fill the form in. Wait 8 days to get a text telling me that the phone isn't registered. Ring customer services costing 25p, they register the phone then have to fill the form in again. It's coming up for 10 working days and still nothing except a text saying that I've been sent an email to confirm my email address (which I already did before I filled the first request in).

You can't chat with anyone on EE with a PAYG phone, either, to get more info...always 25p to ring someone up.

No wonder they get poor customer service reviews.

Phoned Monday - received Wednesday 9 days later by email

Just been into the Edinburgh Princess St store and purchased the phone for £129.99 + £10 top up. Sign was still there for phone + beats deal.

Does anyone know if this will work with BT mobile, I presume it would but I don't know for sure.

Yes it will.

Thanks preecey.

Bought this deal at Spytty retail, Newport for £159.99 + £10 top up, yesterday. Black phone only, gold is £189.99 plus choice of headphone colour. Thanks Op. :smiley:

Phone now unlocked. Took over 20 days to get it unlocked from time of first requesting....

Sorry for replying to this almost 3 month old deal (it's already expired anyway), but just thought I should mention this deal was mentioned on the News Quiz (Radio 4 ) today.

Not sure what should surprise me the most
a) The News Quiz is 3 moonths out of date
b) The deal is expired
c) This deal, nevertheless, still got to almost 1000 degrees ( "Was £169.99 ! Now £179.99" which is why it was mentioned on the News Quiz)