In addition to what darren9030 said, you only need to make a single chargeable call or text once every 180 days to keep it active - so it can potentially be used for several years before it expires altogether.

You want cheaper than FREE? (_ :wink:

the clue is in the name 'phone', as in phoning people!
useful for:
1. leave in glovebox for emergency calls
2. elderly relatives who don't understand the internet
3. kids you don't want browsing inappropriately.
4. spare for when you break your proper phone.

It's amazing that people here complain about something that's free cheeky
Thanks OP - ordered two ...

Sell phone at CEX for £10 and enjoy the free £10 SIM card.

Collected one this morning. As others did not get a voucher but quick call to CS and a tenner was added to the sim. Regards charger, no wallplug but there was atleast a Micro USB to USB lead in the box.

Thanks for sharing OP!

Definitely locked to O2, and as Cloudane says above, none of the usual suspects on Ebay are offering cheap unlocking for this model, and O2 seem to make you wait a year THEN charge £15 to the privilege, so in practice you'd have to accept being stuck with their rates if you bought this.

Note it could be a LOT worse than 5p/5p, and 2g connectivity for phonecalls at those prices is invaluable if you live out in the sticks like me and normally rely on hoping to catch a Three signal.

Those laws, seems to apply only for Pay monthly contracts
https://blogs.which.co.uk/technology/phone-networks/unlocking-your-phone-is-now-free-heres-how-and-why-you-should-do-it/

Nice one!. :-)

And on that note, I may consider similar/same too?, lol.

I know a few that could potentially benefit from a cheap as chips phone. :-)

I've already forwarded the OP's Deal out a few times as it is ... hehehe.

Lol.

I still recall the day's (be they Symbian powered, or otherwise?), where a Phone, was pretty much what it said on the label?, eg. a 'phone's?.

Make calls, receive calls, make texts, receive texts, and/or if push came to shove then make mms's, and receive mms's too etc?.

These day's it's like we're pretty much/literally spoilt like I reckon?.

These contraptions we're pretty much allllll sticking before our faces these days to make/receive our phone calls on nowadays, are not phone's again? (or at least, NOT in its truest sense?), they're sodding COMPUTERS!!.

So, with that in mind, is it really any wonder that ...

We are ironically the mentality of 'will never be satisfied with anything' product of our own success?.

Next port of call, reinventing the empty yogurt cups and ball's of string for us to use as makeshift old Skool playground telephone devices?, hehehe (glass bottles, and elastic thread instead perhaps?, lol). ;-)

WOW!, what happened to all those new/fresh European Laws of late (as in last couple of months at least?), whereby EVERY phone, could/would be UNLOCKED FOR FREE?!, or ..... :-(

Am I missing something?, lol. :-D

I'd be very highly surprised if it isn't locked.

A cursory Google search brought this up
https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/guides/how-to-unlock-a-phone-a-guide-to-unlocking-mobile-phones/
£15 to unlock, which comes out of your credit, but you have to wait out 12 months first.

Non-deal if you don't want to use O2.
Edit: another link and I find it interesting to note that the Galaxy S8 and S8+ on PAYG is permanently locked to O2! Atrocious! That kind of consumer-hostile behaviour steers me well away from O2, and I hope it doesn't spread.
http://www.o2.co.uk/help/phones-sims-and-devices/unlocking-an-o2-mobile-to-use-on-a-different-network

Why would I buy a phone just to make calls?? It is 2017 you know??? Not 1800!

Thats the problem no one has said whether its unlocked or whether you can use the top up to unlock it!

Good deal. Got mine for £17.99 (which included an enforced £10 top-up) in Tesco last month when I was messing about with dumbphones. Still wasn't a bad deal as you can use the Tesco top-up to get it unlocked - there's no cheap eBay unlock that I could find. If O2 let you do the same then yay, one unlocked 20.45X for a tenner :smiley:

Can confirm it's 3G.

You can get things like Twitter and Facebook by searching for .vxp applications and putting them on a micro SD card.

It's quite a good option for anyone who feels a bit smartphone addicted - gives you that "lifeline" to the internet but only in a very basic fashion so you're not going to have your nose to the screen all the time (and absolutely no selfies) and are more likely to keep it pocketed and be all sociable and stuff. Another good option is the Nokia 216 - 2G but with Twitter and FB already built in and even with push notifications and a battery life measured in weeks if you don't do much with it. (Wouldn't bother with the 3310 personally as that's more of a nostalgia gimmick and you lose internet access in exchange for a naff remake of Snake).

Can confirm this is legit, if anyone had doubts.

Couldn't complete purchase through their shoddy site so went into my local O2 shop to ask if they could order it, since I was passing anyway.
Assistant ordered it for me via the online shop (otherwise no free inclusive airtime) then found me a brand-new sealed boxed one from her instore stock.

Came home and rang O2 CS on 0344 809 0202 (had to quote a "SSN" serial no. off the SIM) Took her a couple of mins with her supervisor to confirm offer existed then, no argument, instantly loaded £10 credit on SIM.

Result! :smiley:
Thanks OP!

hi,anyone know of a similar offer ( basic phone) but which includes a charger please.

Just noticed it says on the main product page itself, which I guess you missed:
https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/alcatel/20.45x/

"Why doesn't this phone come with a charger?
O2 is working to try and reduce waste. And as 70% of people already have a USB charger at home, we've decided to not include one with your phone. If you do need a charger you can add one after choosing your tariff. O2 does not make money from selling the charger separately."

Yes, I understand but I do think it's a bit cheeky to remove it from the box and then most likely sell it on. If I want a charger I will now have to pay them extra to get something which was already in the box and should have come with the device!
Also if I were to sell it on most likely I would have to include a charger with it which I now don't have and have to buy separately. It should also include headphones according to unboxing videos on YouTube maybe they removed those too?
I am not convinced they are doing this to save the environment but most likely to make a few quid extra.

Phone does not come with a charger. According to my invoice I selected the no charger option, which I was not even asked about during checkout :smirk:

Just got an email from o2:

Sorry, there's been a problem with your order of 1 Alcatel 20.45X O2 P&G
£10 BIG BUNDLE TRIPLE SIM (2FF/3FF/4FF) £9.99
2 Includes a £10 web top-up voucher £0.00
, and it's not going to be ready today.

We're working hard to fix this, and we'll be in touch again once it's
ready to collect at O2 Store

Just returned the phone for a refund as the staff reckon the phone should be £20 with the top up and not free even though it clearly shows on the order confirmation

The staff were a bit clueless to say the least, hope other people have more joy with the voucher coming with the phone

ordered :-)

Yeah purchased online and my email says phone plus £10 voucher

I asked the lad in the shop when I collected it if the voucher is in the box and he said it should be on the SIM card. Looks like they haven't put it in then so I'll go back the store before the close

Does anyone know if the £10 credit is on the sim card as just picked up the phone my dad and charged it up and the phone is saying the credit is zero or do you normally have to wait for a while for it to go on?

£9 cash for a £10 top up with 5p charging units and 2G coverage is a great deal :smile:

is it unlock?

Have 4 of these, great phones as glove box, spare in a bag, oversea visitors, the 5p calls and texts on o2 Classic PAYG plan is great - yes it maybe more expensive than Three but the coverage AND with 2G access outweigh the extra minimal costs. Heat.

Is it locked to o2?

They're still making money, as soon as the voucher has been sold they've made their money. You can do what you want with the voucher, if, like someone says it's a voucher, I don't really know if the credit is on the sim or a voucher.

Where does it say you get £10 free credit?

I ordered the international sim. Would not let me pick up for some reason.

Hehehehe, sweeeeeet!, I hear ...

Thanx for that. :-)

Hi guys I am already with o2 payg, does anyone know if the £10 top up comes as a separate voucher or code which I can use on my current sim? Or will I be sent a new sim with £10 already preloaded?

Is it me, or ...

Everything I'm on that O2 Site searching for the Alcatel 20.45X Phone, it KEEPS timing out! (and crashing on me!).

What's going on man?, hmmmmmmmm. :-(

O2 Priority Moments, here I COME ..... hehehehe. ;-)

Is this really 3G?

You want cheaper than FREE? (_ :wink:

I need 20 for a team of volunteers. Any other low cost suggestions please?
Many thanks

Locked to o2?

Anyone know how long you have to use up the £10 credit once the card is activated?

Sell phone at CEX for £10 and enjoy the free £10 SIM card.

Anyone know if the £10 voucher be sold on or is it tied to the phone?

buy a bagful and pretend you're in The Wire by throwing them away every time you make a call.

This or the £300 iP7?! Choices, choices...

Thanks
Just ordered one for my dad as he's lost his phone last weekend as only needs a cheap handset as doesn't need anything fancy.

Bonus of having the £10 top up with the phone too

dayum

nice

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/alcatel/20.45x/#contractType=payasyougo
http://www.alcatel-mobile.com/global-en/support/product?id=120&model=2045
Guide - http://pic1.aotcloud.com/tclportal/20161128/07/32/27/Tiger_XL_3G_2045X_QG_Eng_USA__V4_20160713.pdf