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Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 on PAYG Now £159.99 @ o2

£159.99 O231 Aug 17

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Mobiles

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R-1

31 Aug 17

16GB/2GB Ram. Android Nougat 7.0. Screen 5.2" Super AMOLED.
Save £50. Was £209.99. Offer Ends 27 September.

Latest comments (67)

alexdeni

25 Sep 17 #67

Working on Giffgaff , don't need to be unlocked and keeping the warrant too. Great thanks

fillo4100

23 Sep 17 #65

Anyone tell me if I purchase the Samsung J7 (2017) PAYG phone through the o2 store can I put a talk talk contract sim into it or does it need unlocked. TIA

sanandreasgangstar to fillo4100

23 Sep 17 #66

you will need to unlock it.

danflorin3

19 Sep 17 #64

Any discount codes???

mattspatch

14 Sep 17 #63

Advice please.
Looking at a choice of these three phones, all about the same price point:

Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 (this deal)
Huawei P8 Lite 2017
Vodafone Smart V8

I'm kinda leaning towards the Huawei. What do people think?

Thanks
Matt

WillPS

31 Aug 17 #3

What's the easiest way to get these unlocked?

captainbeaky to WillPS

31 Aug 17 #14

Get a cheap unlock code from eBay. Prices start at £3.49.

Search on eBay for: "samsung galaxy j5 unlock code o2"

WillPS to captainbeaky

1 Sep 17 #36

Cheers. I've ordered one but seems to be taking an age to arrive. Usually these things have been instant when I've tried in the past. Hmmm

Couttsy667 to WillPS

2 Sep 17 #39

Hi mate can you let us know if you have any luck with this? Planning to take the phone abroad so its useless if I can't unlock it. Cheers

WillPS to Couttsy667

3 Sep 17 #43

Still waiting presently.

LARDYBOY to WillPS

7 Sep 17 #52

Any news on the unlock?

WillPS to LARDYBOY

7 Sep 17 #53

Yepp - arrived this afternoon and unlocked successfully. I used globalpc3 on ebay.

LARDYBOY to WillPS

7 Sep 17 #54

Cheers just ordered one for the Mrs :thumbsup:

WillPS to LARDYBOY

8 Sep 17 #55

It's a great phone, I'm really happy with it.

sanandreasgangstar to WillPS

9 Sep 17 #57

how much storage was left after the OS Android updates? The 16gb is putting me off a little bit, however everything else seems great. (I know you can use a SD card, but a lot of apps don't let u transfer data to it)

WillPS to sanandreasgangstar

9 Sep 17 #58

To be honest I don't know. I have gone pretty app-happy (with some meaty ones like Hearthstone and Spotify) and I still have 3.3gb remaining. Apparently there is 1.6gb which can be cleaned up too.

YMMV, of course.

LARDYBOY to WillPS

8 Sep 17 #56

Just waiting for the unlock code :grin:

nomis83 to LARDYBOY

13 Sep 17 #59

Did you get it within a reasonable time and did it work? Following your post I used the same ebay seller but over 24 hours now and not received any response at all.

LARDYBOY to nomis83

13 Sep 17 #62

It took about 36 hours. Worked great. Thanks.

mattspatch

13 Sep 17 #60

Is there any way of avoiding the £10 min topup on the O2 site?

nomis83 to mattspatch

13 Sep 17 #61

Yes just select the classic sim and the charge in the basket is £159.99. That's what I did and all went fine. Getting the unlock code however seems to be a different thing all together....

sanandreasgangstar

7 Sep 17 #50

Could you not just get it unlocked by the many numerous independent phone shops for a few quid?

wotsits999 to sanandreasgangstar

7 Sep 17 #51

Something to do with the IMEI not being on any databases at the moment.

LARDYBOY

7 Sep 17 #49

Hi has anyone else got this phone unlocked? I'm looking to buy it for the Mrs. Thanks :grin:

wotsits999

3 Sep 17 #44

Has anyone got this phone unlocked yet? I've used an online company and there taking ages to get the unlocked code, is this normal?

LARDYBOY to wotsits999

6 Sep 17 #47

Have you got the code yet? I'm thinking about buying one for the Mrs

wotsits999 to LARDYBOY

7 Sep 17 #48

Unable to get an unlock code. Took it back for refund

bryan_turner

4 Sep 17 #46

Good deal, I'd go for it if I didn't have a load of argos vouchers to use up.

DocRobotnik

4 Sep 17 #45

This or a second hand S6?

Dude1971

2 Sep 17 #41

This seems like a great deal to me - we've been out looking at a variety of Motorola's but the build quality seems worse than the Motorola's I've had before - might be time to change brands!

sanandreasgangstar to Dude1971

2 Sep 17 #42

You can't go with Samsung! i have the samsung j5 (2015) and it's still going very strong. Looking to get one for a family member but not sure about the whole sim card issue.

applepieman

31 Aug 17 #20

I'm sure you can list 5 of these £100 phones then :laughing:

There is some rubbish on these threads. Good find OP

jaydeeuk1 to applepieman

31 Aug 17 #23

I accept your challenge. And I'm not even going to include gearbest or crap like that.

hotukdeals.com/dea…742

hotukdeals.com/dea…660

hotukdeals.com/dea…394

And a few well under £160

hotukdeals.com/dea…227

hotukdeals.com/dea…092

hotukdeals.com/dea…211

hotukdeals.com/dea…949

Consider those chebs well and truly spaffed on.

applepieman to jaydeeuk1

31 Aug 17 #26

‌ :joy:‌ :joy:‌ :joy:‌ :joy:‌ :joy:‌ :joy:‌ :joy: What a wally

None of those are superior to the phone in question. Cubit and bush do me a favour :grin:

The only ones close is the phone I bought my kid the e4 / g4 plus which ain't your £100 are they. Thanks for the laugh though.

jaydeeuk1 to applepieman

1 Sep 17 #27

Cubit and bush, you just proved my point about paying for the brand. Theyve all got full hd displays too bar the cubit which is half the price but same as this. Spank you very much.

applepieman to jaydeeuk1

1 Sep 17 #29

So you would buy a Cubot or Bush smartphone based solely upon a higher res screen over a Samsung, priceless and clueless. You think simple resolution of screen is an indicator of quality do you? No thought to screen quality, cpu, wifi, amoled, cameras, look/feel, os installed, possible updates etc?

In addition none of those prices are available the Bush has been junked it looks like, the Cubot is near same price and The Medion is near £200 :thinking:

Seems you have really struggled here :blush:

Seanetta to applepieman

2 Sep 17 #40

The Bush phones are actually made by Archos which is a French brand

applepieman to Seanetta

2 Sep 17 #38

Being Archos branded in no way improves things, very low rent products presently. Plus I still have nightmares about having to pay for their codecs to use their media players.

deaglecat

2 Sep 17 #37

do these work with tesco/giffgaff ?

greatnameuk

1 Sep 17 #35

paid 209 will they refund price difference or gotta buy again?

technodai

31 Aug 17 #25

Decent phone but you'll need to root as the internal storage is a pathetic 8gb. Just a few apps and my mum's phone was reporting out of storage. Got sick of moving things and used ADB to set the external SD to adoptable. Much more usable now.

sanandreasgangstar to technodai

1 Sep 17 #32

Hi mate, could you please let me know how you did this? Cheers.

technodai to sanandreasgangstar

1 Sep 17 #34

Rooted using Odin (tutorials abound on the interwebs) then used a combination of ADB and an app called root essentials from the play store

Seanetta to technodai

1 Sep 17 #33

I've had this phone for 3 weeks now and out the box you have 11gb not 8gb. The storage is 16gb not 8gb. I've been surprised how good the performance is too, very smooth and the other day Samsung updated Touchwiz in the Play Store and it's been even smoother since then. Fantastic build quality and great battery life, decent camera as long as you stick to using HDR in high contrast situations as otherwise it comes out too dark

Masteryates

31 Aug 17 #9

Apart from the OLED screen, I really don't see the appeal here. There are better phones with 3GB Ram for this £.

rev6 to Masteryates

31 Aug 17 #10

Which ones? Just wondering. From the UK too.

chancooluk to rev6

31 Aug 17 #15

From the phones currently available around this price (and intended for sale in the UK), I found the Vodafone Smart V8 to be the best of the bunch. Great screen, surprisingly great camera, Snapdragon 435 (an improvement over the G5 and G5S), 32GB, and 3GB RAM. Cheap to unlock too.

happpychappy to chancooluk

1 Sep 17 #28

Have you got the v8? Be interested to know what the camera is like. Have the smart ultra 6 and the only thing that let's it down is the camera particularly in low light. Would like something nearer the performance of the s7

chancooluk to happpychappy

1 Sep 17 #30

You won't find S7 performance on any new phone at this price point. It's a lot to ask for £160. Even the £220 Moto G5 Plus, which uses the same sensor as the S7, produces significantly inferior photos.

The camera on the V8 is not amazing in low light, but the camera quality is still a massive as step up from the Ultra 6.

Masteryates to rev6

1 Sep 17 #31

P8 Lite 2017, Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus, second hand Galaxy S6 to name a few.

redflash

31 Aug 17 #5

Personally I'd rather get a SIM free Moto G5 with it's 1080p screen and stock Android for £10 cheaper but this does have NFC and a compass which some people will want.

cullies to redflash

31 Aug 17 #7

Moto G5 has a compass as well. The stock Android and removable battery of the Moto G5 would make it my choice as well

chancooluk to cullies

31 Aug 17 #8

None of the UK variants of the Moto G5 have a compass (including G5 plus, G5S and G5S plus).

Sol81k to redflash

31 Aug 17 #22

I just bought Huawei p8 lite 2017 for £150 from Currys, all the specs you mentioned plus NFC, also nougat stock Android out the box.

pokemon_master to Sol81k

31 Aug 17 #24

I got one too for same price. Seems a good phone so far.

jaydeeuk1

31 Aug 17 #19

This is a £100 phone with £60 tacked on for the 'brand'.

cullies to jaydeeuk1

31 Aug 17 #21

That is exactly what Samsung is doing............trying to to be like crapple Apple!

Pera.Kojot

31 Aug 17 #17

Hello there, can anyone confirm if battery is removable on this model or not. Thanx.

chancooluk to Pera.Kojot

31 Aug 17 #18

It's not removable.

Jimjam1976

31 Aug 17 #16

I have a Vodafone Smart V8, it's a great phone. Got an unlock code off eBay for £1.29 and now I'm back on Three. There is some Vodafone software built in but you can delete some of it and the remaining software is very unobtrusive.

danflorin3

31 Aug 17 #13

This makes good photos? compare with Note 4?
I want something with a quality camera

Superscrimper

31 Aug 17 #12

Great price. And they've got the Moto G5 for £129.99 too!

WillPS

31 Aug 17 #6

Ordered - strange message:

We'll deliver your order: Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 Black Friday

danflorin3 to WillPS

31 Aug 17 #11

:))) You can get it wrong when they don't know when or how to use " , "

Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 Black, Friday

‌ :grin: funny tho