I just snapped one of these up. 12 months warranty and from £54.99 for an iPhone 5! Obviously price varies depending on colour, storage capacity, network and condition; however mine is a 'good' condition model, locked to EE, finished in white with 16gb storage, which I think would be a great backup (what I'm using it for) for a contract phone or a good start to smartphone ownership.
Prices aren't very consistant; however I have put a start next to the ones that are really cheap in my opinion. Music magpie are a good retailer on eBay and give you a screen protector, lightning cable, sim removal tool and screen cloth with the iPhones.
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Nick3751 to mtuk1
19 Apr 174#11
Yes they do.
It's an iPhone 5 so it will run the latest version of as fluidly as the iPhone 7, albeit a tad slower in places.
The camera is perfectly capable for a phone as you still have a **** lens and a small image sensor - hence the images look relatively crap anyway.
You don't have a fingerprint sensor but is it so hard to enter a pin?
You have a smaller screen; however wouldn't stop you doing anything really.
There might be some software differences such as split view; however what ordinary users actually use them anyway?
Honestly I would say an S5 can do much of the same stuff as my S7 it just comes down to consumerism. It's not my fault that Apple customers can't see the small differences from one model to the next...
mtuk1
19 Apr 173#6
No, they do not.
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zermattbusby
25 Apr 17#55
Thanks Nick, appreciate your time bud
zermattbusby
23 Apr 17#53
Anyone received a 'good' condition model?
How would you describe the actual condition please
Thanks
Nick3751 to zermattbusby
25 Apr 171#54
I recieved mine a few days ago it is a 'good' condition model. The screen is mark and scratch free; however the handest itself does have some noticeable marks but is perfectly operational.
Nick3751
20 Apr 17#52
Haven't recieved it yet. It should arrive some time tomorrow (Friday) or Saturday - will let you know then (assuming that they will atill be in stock).
sm-1991
20 Apr 17#43
If they are on ios 7 you will won't be able to download some popular apps, Skype, banking apps etc, this was the case with my fathers iphone 5, I had to manually install the apps.
androoski to sm-1991
20 Apr 17#51
Just update it to 10.3.1 then.
Bengali.Gangsta
20 Apr 171#48
Apple have stopped updating this phone.
To everyone who's saying it's fine. It's not.
A lot of apps would require the OS to be the latest version so it means many apps won't be compatible with this phone.
A 4 year old android would still work with newer apps as app developers don't always require the latest Android version to run it
androoski to Bengali.Gangsta
20 Apr 17#50
I use one every day as my personal phones (I also have a work issued iPhone 7).
The 5 is fine. I haven't found an app that doesn't work yet, as the devs do write the apps to support older iOS and the 5 is on 10.3.1 anyway.
I also have a very old iPad 2, also fine.
androoski
20 Apr 17#49
I've done it dozens of times with non-genuine batteries and it has always fixed the problem.
Decentbloke
20 Apr 17#47
I bought an HTC phone from this outfit recently: on the website it was listed as unlocked and in "Good" condition, whereas the phone that arrived was locked to a network and decidedly scruffy (scratched screen, chipped and flaking bodywork). The invoice described it as "grade C". There are several, similar tales among customer reviews.
tazeembi
20 Apr 171#46
Coming up £109.99.. rip off
jon67
20 Apr 171#45
'Refurbished' my @ss. More like just put straight in a box for resale after assessing the condition and functionality.
Jaybeam
20 Apr 17#44
I remember that deal but that was not for new and some of the comments where quite negative as to the condition of " perfectly fine" so still not sure of you're point!
With iP SE avail from £150ish I can't see how this makes sense.
plewis00 to le_jaeger
19 Apr 172#9
You seriously cannot see why a phone almost a third of the price of the one you've suggested makes sense? Good lord...
parasitemol to le_jaeger
19 Apr 172#15
Where we finding an SE at £150?
Jaybeam to le_jaeger
20 Apr 17#41
I've searched for iPhone se on here and nothing coming up fo 150 - perhaps you can give a link?
Jaybeam
20 Apr 17#40
Can I ask nick what is the condition like for the one you received?
Gomezie
20 Apr 17#39
Great effort, voted hot!
Slightly on topic... Can anyone recommend a cheap iphone model that is very current and not due to become obsolete? I need one for dev testing, but dont want to spend much or find it no longer receives the latest updates a few months later
Thanks in advance
zermattbusby
19 Apr 17#17
Is the 5 better than the 5C
Been watching a few C's go through on ebay for around 50 quid
hkhk to zermattbusby
19 Apr 171#20
Batteries a bit worn out? 5c is more colourful and doesn't need a case, so wins big time in my book. My 5 is 4 years old and has a worn battery. Probably useable for another 12 months tops. The cameras from the 4s onward are not very far apart in daylight use.
dijital to zermattbusby
20 Apr 171#38
Almost exactly the same as the 5 but it has a plastic back and is about 1.mm thicker.
super_leeds_86
20 Apr 171#37
Planned obsolescence 100%.
Apple are pushing 64 bit apps and will be purging 32 bit ones. There's a message on the latest iOS update that states 32 bit apps won't work on the next version of iOS. As such it's reasonable to assume developers will only be developing 64 bit apps, meaning all software updates will only be to 64 bit devices. Why would developers support apps on devices 4+ years old - the bottom end don't buy much so low revenue. So don't be surprised when apps stop working in some way and get pulled from the store. Just be aware of that prior to purchase.
iEimis
20 Apr 17#36
Be aware that iOS 10.3.1 is the last software update for this phone.
daz1969
20 Apr 17#35
fantastic find op! many thanks
CouldntThinkOfAUsername
20 Apr 17#34
I never updated mine past iOS 7 and it's still buttery smooth unlike any Android phone after one year regardless of the OS version.
People stating this won't get any updates, you don't say for a phone that will be 5yo soon.
adv
20 Apr 17#33
Damn good deal
sb170
20 Apr 17#32
You forgot the most important bit, like all phones it can make calls and texts no matter how much you pay for it.
androoski
19 Apr 171#23
iPhone 5 battery replacement, 10 minutes max, less than £10.
Meluk9 to androoski
19 Apr 17#28
Done this and hardly made any difference. Who knows if the batteries are genuine or new!
hkhk to androoski
20 Apr 17#31
Trouble is finding an iPh5 battery that doesn't have fake ebay reviews or real ones saying it was re-used rubbish. Apple sells them at £70, but that's halfway to a new phone.
fishmaster
19 Apr 17#30
Me:A 5 year old phone for £54, what a complete bargain, if Jesus decided to do the second coming now, he's been truly usurped, yeah look Jesus sorry mate but it's a quality Apple product for £54 so yeah I'm busy at the moment, maybe give it another 2,000 years?
Jesus: Yeah well you're right, best give them some time to innovate. If can could get snapchat on my cross for the next time at least that would relieve some of the boredom.
misterleoni
19 Apr 17#29
Huh? This phone came out 5 years ago and is still perfectly usable today. How much lifespan do people want ?
omar020
19 Apr 17#27
I bought it like 3/4 months ago lol it's an app on AppStore
moneychop
19 Apr 171#26
great as a dev phone for iOS
konicky
19 Apr 171#22
My 5 is four and a half years old and the battery is well past its best. Standby is still good but it drains very quickly with use. Think it's been confirmed that the 5 won't get iOS 11 later this year. Fine as a backup though.
plewis00 to konicky
19 Apr 17#25
That's probably true but I don't see that being an issue as I have an iPad Air 2 on iOS 8.4 jailbroken and have only found two apps that won't run on it (Bully and the Apple Store/Support app). So iOS 10 should be fine for everything else for a while, I would have thought the processor would be a bigger bottleneck before the iOS version.
omar020
19 Apr 171#1
I got my phone 5s 32gb for £60 look on Depop cheap things on there.
Nick3751 to omar020
19 Apr 17#2
This just seemed unusually cheap to me. I was only looking for a phone to use as a sat nav and music player so I don't need to use all of battery in my S7 edge and it was A LOT cheaper than others on eBay (excluding all of those that are obviously stolen).
Jay8039 to omar020
19 Apr 17#24
Any link please. I would like to buy. thq
RadiantDuck
19 Apr 17#21
in my opinion, if you wanted a cheap back up phone or work phone (my work phone is a lumia 550, which i hate, this would be worth switching), this is a good deal.
le_jaeger
19 Apr 172#19
hotukdeals.com
Wilzia
19 Apr 17#18
Heat....but I'll pass
Sid.Harper
19 Apr 17#16
There was a deal on the 16 posted. Fwiw the deal is hot because of the price but as pointed out it's now stale as I don't expect any more OS updates and hence apps will also tail off over time as they're updated.
GDawes
19 Apr 171#14
also make great music players, or security cams, controllers for boilers or lights via homekit
nishdha
19 Apr 17#13
Heat for the effort :sunglasses:
Nick3751
19 Apr 172#12
I agree. The only reason I have an S7 edge is because I have a contract otherwise I would have a note 3 or a HTC one M8 and honestly if my phone was to break I would buy one and it would not make a difference to my day to day phone usage.
mtuk1
19 Apr 173#6
No, they do not.
Snakeyes646 to mtuk1
19 Apr 172#8
They do, the way apple and samsung bring out these new phones nowadays is a joke.
Nick3751 to mtuk1
19 Apr 174#11
Yes they do.
It's an iPhone 5 so it will run the latest version of as fluidly as the iPhone 7, albeit a tad slower in places.
The camera is perfectly capable for a phone as you still have a **** lens and a small image sensor - hence the images look relatively crap anyway.
You don't have a fingerprint sensor but is it so hard to enter a pin?
You have a smaller screen; however wouldn't stop you doing anything really.
There might be some software differences such as split view; however what ordinary users actually use them anyway?
Honestly I would say an S5 can do much of the same stuff as my S7 it just comes down to consumerism. It's not my fault that Apple customers can't see the small differences from one model to the next...
m5rcc
19 Apr 17#10
Two words: planned obsolescence
Nick3751
19 Apr 171#5
Yes; however they are still capable devices and do serve a purpose today. This still does 80-90% of what the iphone 7 does.
mtuk1
19 Apr 172#4
They're cheap because they are 4 year old phones.
mtuk1
19 Apr 17#3
Just remember that there are no more software updates from Apple for these.
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£5 DISCOUNT APPLIED IN BASKET
Prices are as follows (not including discount):
White, 16gb, EE, Good: £59.99 *
Black, 16gb, EE, Good: £64.99 *
Black, 16gb, O2, Good: £84.99
Black, 32gb, O2, Good: £129.99
White, 32gb, O2, Good: £109.99
Black, 32gb, O2, Very Good: £149.99
Black, 32gb, Vodafone, Good: £109.99
White, 16gb, Vodafone, Very Good: £104.99
Black, 16gb, Vodafone, Very Good: £109.99
White, 16gb, Unlocked, Good: £94.99
White, 16gb, Unlocked, Very Good: £109.99
Black, 16gb, Unlocked, Good: £94.99
Black, 16gb, Unlocked, Very Good: £109.99
Black, 32gb, Unlocked, Good: £114.99
Black, 32gb, Unlocked, Very Good: £149.99
White, 32gb, Unlocked, Good: £119.99
White, 32gb, Unlocked, Very Good: £149.90
White, 64gb, Unlocked, Good: £139.99
Black, 64gb, Unlocked, Good: £119.99 *
Black, 64gb, Unlocked, Very Good: £154.99
Prices aren't very consistant; however I have put a start next to the ones that are really cheap in my opinion. Music magpie are a good retailer on eBay and give you a screen protector, lightning cable, sim removal tool and screen cloth with the iPhones.
Top comments
It's an iPhone 5 so it will run the latest version of as fluidly as the iPhone 7, albeit a tad slower in places.
The camera is perfectly capable for a phone as you still have a **** lens and a small image sensor - hence the images look relatively crap anyway.
You don't have a fingerprint sensor but is it so hard to enter a pin?
You have a smaller screen; however wouldn't stop you doing anything really.
There might be some software differences such as split view; however what ordinary users actually use them anyway?
Honestly I would say an S5 can do much of the same stuff as my S7 it just comes down to consumerism. It's not my fault that Apple customers can't see the small differences from one model to the next...
Latest comments (55)
How would you describe the actual condition please
Thanks
To everyone who's saying it's fine. It's not.
A lot of apps would require the OS to be the latest version so it means many apps won't be compatible with this phone.
A 4 year old android would still work with newer apps as app developers don't always require the latest Android version to run it
The 5 is fine. I haven't found an app that doesn't work yet, as the devs do write the apps to support older iOS and the 5 is on 10.3.1 anyway.
I also have a very old iPad 2, also fine.
Slightly on topic... Can anyone recommend a cheap iphone model that is very current and not due to become obsolete? I need one for dev testing, but dont want to spend much or find it no longer receives the latest updates a few months later
Thanks in advance
Been watching a few C's go through on ebay for around 50 quid
Apple are pushing 64 bit apps and will be purging 32 bit ones. There's a message on the latest iOS update that states 32 bit apps won't work on the next version of iOS. As such it's reasonable to assume developers will only be developing 64 bit apps, meaning all software updates will only be to 64 bit devices. Why would developers support apps on devices 4+ years old - the bottom end don't buy much so low revenue. So don't be surprised when apps stop working in some way and get pulled from the store. Just be aware of that prior to purchase.
People stating this won't get any updates, you don't say for a phone that will be 5yo soon.
Jesus: Yeah well you're right, best give them some time to innovate. If can could get snapchat on my cross for the next time at least that would relieve some of the boredom.
It's an iPhone 5 so it will run the latest version of as fluidly as the iPhone 7, albeit a tad slower in places.
The camera is perfectly capable for a phone as you still have a **** lens and a small image sensor - hence the images look relatively crap anyway.
You don't have a fingerprint sensor but is it so hard to enter a pin?
You have a smaller screen; however wouldn't stop you doing anything really.
There might be some software differences such as split view; however what ordinary users actually use them anyway?
Honestly I would say an S5 can do much of the same stuff as my S7 it just comes down to consumerism. It's not my fault that Apple customers can't see the small differences from one model to the next...