Seen a few people recommending this phone on HDUK. Now available for £80 + £10 top up
at Vodafone on PAYG. Good price?
All comments (40)
grandoldchap
11 Dec 16#1
Octa core and 2GB RAM good deal have some heat mate
Tapasman
11 Dec 161#2
Yep, good price for a decent phone - its no Samsung or iPhone beater but for sub £100 you cant go wrong.
vassy4u
11 Dec 16#3
Good price.. Heat added :smiley:
Guess it ll be locked to Vodafone and would need unlocking. Correct me if wrong.
Baz417
11 Dec 16#4
Its good price for specs wise. However not sure it will be locked or unlocked. Heat added though.
BrianSewell
11 Dec 16#5
good budget phone
grandoldchap
11 Dec 16#6
Most likely locked to Voda, £9.50 to unlock on eBay
lightchop
11 Dec 16#7
I've had it for a year. No regrets, as fast as the day I bought it. A little disappointed with the camera, colours a bit insipid in daylight. But then again I'm fussy.
Baz417 to lightchop
11 Dec 16#8
Did you get it from Vodafone? If so was it locked?
alanbeenthere
11 Dec 16#9
I got an unlocked one from carphonewarehouse and it was fairly simple to update to emui4/ marshmallow. Not sure if it works for a network locked one though.
lightchop
11 Dec 161#10
No, mine was from CPW and was unlocked.
Baz417
11 Dec 16#11
Thanks.
lianne21
11 Dec 16#12
Anyone know how this compares to Moto G4 ?
grandoldchap to lianne21
11 Dec 162#15
Moto G4 slightly better phone also Full HD screen
hard123
11 Dec 16#13
Yeah it's a decent phone , the camera was alright , capable of an okay picture but struggled quite a bit with too much or too little light but for under a £100, you cant go wrong
GoldSquid
11 Dec 16#14
anyway of getting around the £10 top up
clairebhere to GoldSquid
11 Dec 161#16
Bought this last week same price and asked if I could swap the top up for a case but sadly not. Bought a decent looking shockproof case for a fiver delivered on eBay.
tyr
11 Dec 162#17
i posted the same deal week ago it was cold
vassy4u to tyr
11 Dec 16#24
Guess it's to do with the outside temperature?? Lol
HUKD is so unpredictable like UK weather :smile:
i bought one previously from Vodafone, and was locked. Vodafone startup screen, apps etc. someone previously posted a guide to unlock which I followed. was like four quid.
agree with the comments on the camera. it's a little weak, but then you aren't spending premium money.
If the prices were the same you'd take the moto all day long due to the better screen and stock, (almost,) Android.
As the prices are different by a good chunk, it's your choice as you get what you pay for.
grandoldchap to sterion75
11 Dec 16#32
Just a word of caution Moto G4 play isn't the same as Moto G4. play is a lite version not so good
sterion75
11 Dec 16#23
Even with the extra 1GB of RAM on the P8? All prices currently comparable on deals Ive found
Masteryates
11 Dec 16#25
Sorry. My mistake. I thought you were talking about the moto g which has 2gb ram.
To answer your question. I'd nearly always take the device with the most RAM if prices are equal.
Fano
11 Dec 16#26
I have one of these.
Its an excellent phone except for the battery life which is appalling .
The battery is only 2200 mAh and I barely get a day out of it with minimal use.
sterion75 to Fano
11 Dec 16#27
thanks for that!!
Fano
11 Dec 16#28
No bother
Its very frustrating that the battery is so poor as I cant fault the phone otherwise.
Marshmallow is slightly better than Lollipop for battery life but its still very poor.
Its also very slow to charge .
Inyxzee
11 Dec 16#29
Can unlock Vodafone handsets for free now anyway :smile:
lightchop
11 Dec 16#30
Only comment I can make on battery life is that it's better than the iPhone 5S it replaced. Charge it every day but it gets quite a hammering.
coldo
11 Dec 16#31
had for about 6 months and find the battery fine on mine ...people walk around with GPS on WiFi on and screen brightness at full you just need to learn to optimise any phone to get a full day out of a battery . I also find the camera very good ..yes I don't think you are going to get great photos on any phone in the dark with little flashes they have on phones . overall very happy with my p8 lite i would snap up at this price .
sleepywhispers
11 Dec 16#33
This or the smart ultra 6
DazLFC
11 Dec 16#34
This or Sony Xperia XA
warlock09
11 Dec 16#35
anybody know can this be sim unlocked??
phantomhobo
11 Dec 16#36
Missus has this phone, word of warning, her years old Sony M2 out performed this. :disappointed:
skoupidia22
11 Dec 161#37
Unbelievable how everything has timing even people's opinion. You didn't post on the weekend buddy
pengwyn
12 Dec 16#38
If it was the p9 lite at that price this would be scorching. I only buy 30 max off ebay got a right bargain z1 compact. Looking for a cat 6 lte phone as my mast is bound to be upgrading soon to lte a will jump on the first p9 lite thays under a ton. Vodafone is free unlock to payg sim owners with a chargable call in last 3 months. Visit http://www.vodafone.co uk/nuc and fill the form in
dogsballs
12 Dec 16#39
considering to replace this dire Lenovo
stefromuk
13 Dec 16#40
been looking at this phone for my son
It's either this phone
P9 lite from EE (£140)
or Moto G4 from tesco £149 (have £20 Clubcard)
some people have been struggling unlocking these and according to other comments on the other posts most eBay sellers can't unlock the Huawei one's so are using the DC unlocker program
Can anyone who has this phone confirm what the UI is like as I've read it can be a bit laggy?
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Opening post
at Vodafone on PAYG. Good price?
All comments (40)
Guess it ll be locked to Vodafone and would need unlocking. Correct me if wrong.
HUKD is so unpredictable like UK weather :smile:
agree with the comments on the camera. it's a little weak, but then you aren't spending premium money.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorola-Moto-Play-SIM-Free-Smartphone/dp/B01IF51GHW/ref=sr_1_2?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1481487857&sr=1-2
As the prices are different by a good chunk, it's your choice as you get what you pay for.
To answer your question. I'd nearly always take the device with the most RAM if prices are equal.
Its an excellent phone except for the battery life which is appalling .
The battery is only 2200 mAh and I barely get a day out of it with minimal use.
Its very frustrating that the battery is so poor as I cant fault the phone otherwise.
Marshmallow is slightly better than Lollipop for battery life but its still very poor.
Its also very slow to charge .
It's either this phone
P9 lite from EE (£140)
or Moto G4 from tesco £149 (have £20 Clubcard)
some people have been struggling unlocking these and according to other comments on the other posts most eBay sellers can't unlock the Huawei one's so are using the DC unlocker program
Can anyone who has this phone confirm what the UI is like as I've read it can be a bit laggy?