Not to take any credit away from dave99461who found the offer first. I've been indecisive whether to buy it. Went to have a look today has quadruple data on the cheapest tariff. All you have to do is order before midnight on Monday 4th September while stocks last. Please be careful, it shows as £16 which is what I first saw but that's without the PS4!
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johnblake
9 Aug 17#1
Not to take any credit away from dave99461who found the offer first. I've been indecisive whether to buy it. Went to have a look today has quadruple data on the cheapest tariff. All you have to do is order before midnight on Monday 4th September while stocks last. Please be careful, it shows as £16 which is what I first saw but that's without the PS4!
johnblake
9 Aug 17#2
Go into the 4G tariffs for the data deal and price reduction. :grin:
escortboy
9 Aug 17#3
What's the minutes texts and data please?
johnblake to escortboy
9 Aug 17#5
This should cover it.
callu80
9 Aug 17#4
Will only let u have deal if your credit rating is 3 or higher and wouldn't let me pay whole contract up front..good luck
johnblake to callu80
9 Aug 17#7
Interesting to know about the credit rating thing. I'm still undecided as we have two Xboxes already.
Darzen
9 Aug 17#6
Monthly bill after 24 months £1.
escortboy
9 Aug 17#8
300 minutes Unlimited texts 1.2GB data
escortboy
9 Aug 17#9
I value the ps4 and phone at £400 so £16 profit and 2 years of lowish allowance for free. Am i right?
NotoriousC
9 Aug 17#10
Added the phone on the tariff im the image there isn't no mention of the ps4, have I done something's wrong
mtc1 to NotoriousC
9 Aug 17#12
Yes , it's £18 with the ps4
NotoriousC to mtc1
9 Aug 17#14
I don't even can see an £18 offer now. the next one up for me is £19 and that's barebones, add It to the cart and there's n mention of a PS4 and they try add another £4 onto your bill for quadruple data
NotoriousC
9 Aug 17#11
Clicked through to online purchase and it say so abkht setting up 2 direct debits, 1 to buy the phone and the other for the he must monthly billing, im so confised confused
johnblake
9 Aug 17#13
It looks like they're being sneaky, they've a £16 no PS4 option with nothing in the basket, or the £18 option where it shows the PS4 also. You still get quadruple data though, I'll close this offer.
Jonny4911
9 Aug 17#15
Stay on the page linked and scroll down to select tariff, don't press the show 4g plans button
Worth also trying with Topcashback. I ordered last week when they were offering £45 cashback too
johnblake to manicmidlander
9 Aug 17#21
Just had a look, Quidco are offering £45 cash back also.
Manimal
9 Aug 17#20
I am very tempted. How are Virgin as a mobile network?
mc_lines to Manimal
9 Aug 17#23
They use EEs network so it ain't to bad
lakesh8602
9 Aug 17#22
My contract runs out in December...If they had this offer in December I would have bought it straight away. I can see the £18 deal on mine...1.2GB of data is good for me :smile:
paulst
9 Aug 17#24
I managed to get 2500min and 2GB (not 6GB) of data for £21 after ringing them the other day, but I noticed that I missed out on the £45 Quidco.. So I just rang them and cancelled my order, ,then re-ordered it online using Quidco, I went for the 2500min with 6GB data for £24, works out a little more for the extra data overall but I'd rather have too much than not enough..
Manimal
9 Aug 17#25
Took the plunge and voting hot. Thanks OP
alexjameshaines
9 Aug 17#26
Looks like you could cancel the contract if you wanted so total would be:
24 * 17 = 408 + 1 = £409
Nice way of spreading the cost of a PS4 and a phone if you have a borked one already.
nightstud
9 Aug 17#27
What ps4 is it?
Manimal to nightstud
9 Aug 17#29
It's definitely a slim and would imagine 500gb hdd
lakesh8602 to Manimal
9 Aug 17#30
100% 500gb
arjangbaig
9 Aug 17#28
Whats the HDD for the ps4
BubaMan
9 Aug 17#31
Great deal - heat :smile:
NotoriousC
9 Aug 17#32
can confirm its the 500gb model
paulst
9 Aug 17#33
Has anyone got their PS4 yet or is the earliest day Saturday? Mine's coming Tuesday along with the phone. I was thinking of selling the slim and buying a pro as I already have an original PS4 with a 2TB HDD so ideally I'd be looking at moving that into the lounge and putting a pro in the gaming room..
muttyhc
9 Aug 17#34
Isn't the phone itself pretty awful?
paulst to muttyhc
9 Aug 17#35
I've seen quite a few reviews saying it's a good phone at the mid range level, seems to have a fairly decent spec. I imagine there are some that don't rate it for whatever reason but I think nowadays most phones are pretty much the same in terms of features etc! and most people tend to stick with the same brand, this will be my fourth Sony phone in a row now. I just get used to the layout and find that other brand phones feel awkward to use.. Plus you get remote play on a Sony phone :wink:
whelan189 to paulst
9 Aug 17#37
Personalyl think its better to get refurb sony x, it was one of there flagships last year costing 400£, now 130£ refurb from envirophone and ebay, better specs, i know its not new like this one but its overall better specs
Gormond
9 Aug 17#36
Great deal, it would be hot from me but I hit the minus by mistake and it won't let me change it :disappointed:
shug119
9 Aug 17#38
Good find
nige182
9 Aug 17#39
Scroll down the page and look at the representative example, it clearly says £17 per month device and £1 per month tariff, £18 per month total.
Cribbs to nige182
9 Aug 17#40
Are you sure? If so, it's a fantastic offer and I retract my previous comment :smile:
nige182 to Cribbs
9 Aug 17#41
Hard to miss if you click the "Get Deal" link, but here is a screenshot anyway:
apmirkin
10 Aug 17#42
Can't give you a thank you for a sony handset. My xa wont change the alert tone for incoming messages. POC!
666FU
10 Aug 17#43
Will the phone be any better than a Galaxy S6? My S6 battery is woeful and wouldnt mind a upgrade.
abdi12346
10 Aug 17#44
Webmaster link is dead, deal is still active.
abdi12346
10 Aug 17#45
abdi12346
10 Aug 17#46
Mobile they are decent, but stay away for home broadband
myshon
10 Aug 17#47
I have home broadband from VM and it's superb. Fast and stable af.
paulst
10 Aug 17#48
I'd like to know who else can provide me with a 27.8MB (220Mb) download on Steam.. :smile:
alexjameshaines
10 Aug 17#49
The DL speed is kind of irrelevant if the stability of the connection is woeful but that is personal experience and will never use again for myself. Had 2 years of monthly problems culminating in knowing the engineers names and mobile numbers!
margamboy
10 Aug 17#50
I pay Virgin £10 per month on SIM only 30 day 2500mins, 6gb data. It's £24 per month 24 month contract here i.e. £14 per month more, I calculate the hardware to be worth between £350-£400 so don't see this as attractive to tie up to a 24 month contract, or my missing something.
mtc1
10 Aug 17#51
Yes, £1 per month airtime with only annual RPI increases. That to me is the real bargain.
kwesleyb
10 Aug 17#52
"The charge for your airtime plan will increase with your July bill each
year from July 2018. Any increase will be in line with the retail Price
Index (RPI) rate of inflation announced in the April before and we’ll
always give you 30 days’ notice of the exact increase each year."
Thats a tad alarming if its going to go up some stupendous price :thinking: Im really tempted regardless, but I cant see the PS4 anywhere in the basket. I think I may do this over the phone.
jbiscuit
10 Aug 17#53
the wording of the offer is weird when you scroll down
"Sony XA1 with PS4 offer: Receive a PS4 and Uncharted 4 game when you purchase a Sony XA1 from Virgin Media on our £18, 300MB Freestyle Pay Monthly plan. Available while stocks last. The PS4 and game will need to be returned with the handset along with the original packaging and all accessories if the order is subsequently cancelled, or is exchanged for a different handset. If your PS4 or game is damaged on return or you fail to return all the parts and accessories, we reserve the right to charge you for any repair or replacement cost. There is no cash, credit or other alternative; it is not transferable."
I deffo want more than 300MB if i get this offer but the wording above seems to imply the PS4 is only for the 300MB option. hmm. Anyone else had confirmation they gonna be sent one on the other tariffs?
jbiscuit
10 Aug 17#54
ah looks like it gets added to the basket. ignore me.
mtc1
10 Aug 17#55
Even if you say RPI is going to average 5% over the next 10 years it would still only be around £1.70.
Keith9534
10 Aug 17#56
Iv`e got a similar Virgin deal ( with a telly Tablet )
The two items are seperate.....I`m thinking that if they do something which allows you to walk away from the phone contract you won`t be able to keep the "freebie" or phone as its a financed product you are buying outright
I maybe wrong but in the past when price rises or other stuff meant you could walk away from your contract penalty free you got to keep the phone
mannin
10 Aug 17#57
It's not a freebie though, it's part of your credit agreement with the phone, this price won't ever change. The only part of the contract you can leave is the SIM deal. And by doing this you have to pay up the what ever is owed on the phone/telly tablet.
Hot from me! A new phone for the wife & a new tariff & PS4 for me. Good spot Mr OP.
abdi12346
10 Aug 17#60
Hyperoptic
abdi12346
10 Aug 17#61
Lucky you. My area in London Virgin goes down once a week, they way things are going i think we will be opening a community forum to discuss about Virgin once a week. Bloody joke of a company
CivilDrone
10 Aug 17#62
Don't even know why I've ordered this! Thanks :grin: Topcashback has confirmed £30
abgamer
10 Aug 17#63
Ordered aswell, £30 cashback with Quidco confirmed, thanks for sharing.
manicmidlander
12 Aug 17#64
Mine is being delivered today. Only 96 deliveries before mine. Sigh
mannin
12 Aug 17#65
Only 22 deliveries before mine :grin:
margamboy
12 Aug 17#66
Anyone purchasing this thinking after the contract ends that the tariff will remain at £1 be very careful, if you read the T&Cs the tariff increases annually by RPI, that means that if they raise by RPI or less then you cannot leave penalty free, however they could raise it by 500% but then you could leave penalty free, this happened with my unlimited everything tariff, basically they wanted me off the tariff so raised the price by £3 each year until it became uneconomical to stay on it, and each time I spoke to them they just said I could leave penalty free as per T&Cs
manicmidlander
12 Aug 17#67
Ok. Got mine. It's a 500gb ps4 slim as expected.
awt
12 Aug 17#68
Can any one confirm how much total data is? Is it 4gb?
manicmidlander
12 Aug 17#69
Depends on your contract. I went for the cheapest deal so I'm expecting 1gb or 1.2gb. I'll be confirming that with customer service when I get a chance
JCBRFC
12 Aug 17#70
Mine turned up today and it was extremely faulty. Screen kept going grey and static looking, wasn't functional at all. Have to wait til Monday for more info on a replacement as they apparently ran out of stock.
nerd187
13 Aug 17#71
Is it the uncharted 4 slim pack or is the game physical in a seperate case?
I'm thinking of doing this deal to sell both items and get a ps4 pro but I have a good service with three currently and am wary of dipping into a 24month contract
manicmidlander
13 Aug 17#72
It's a physical copy but the game case is marked as not for resale.
JCBRFC
14 Aug 17#73
Nobody else had this happen? Can't get it to work at all...
TheCrackInTime
15 Aug 17#74
Yikes. Was the box damaged when you opened it? Either way, get in touch with Virgin and get them to send a replacement unit.
Mine arrived today, thankfully with no screen issues. I wish it had a fingerprint sensor and was compatible with the PS4 Remote Play app (without having to tinker with the software), but those two gripes aside, it's a nice little mid-range phone.
golfie
16 Aug 17#75
Just ordered mine.the black was oos, so getting the white phone
JCBRFC
16 Aug 17#76
Box was perfect. No damage at all. I've had to ring up nearly everyday as they keep saying they don't have stock for a replacement, they think stock will be replenished today. So as soon as I get home I'll be ringing again.
awt
16 Aug 17#77
Can any pne confirm of the phone is unlocled or locled to virgin
SavageDonkey
18 Aug 17#78
I stuck a freedom pop (Three) and ee (I know Virgin is EE anyway) and it seemed to allow both, both had signal and freedom pop told me I couldn't call the number (I've never yet managed a phone call with these.but text and data fine).
dbay85
19 Aug 17#79
Is there a possibility that you could sell the PS4 if you didn't want it, or would this cause issues if the phone had to go back for repair?
I can only see that the PS4 needs to go back if you don't want the phone.
mannin
20 Aug 17#80
You can send the phone back direct to Sony for repair, you don't have to send it to virgin at all.
niallwilson1102
24 Aug 17#81
I got rejected, to be fair my credit rating is non existent but did get offered a 6gb 4g data plan 1 month rolling contract for £7 a month unlimited text and calls so worked out alright
Gra123
26 Aug 17#82
Out of stock.
horb1967
26 Aug 17#83
Oos
monkey1999
26 Aug 17#84
EE network
microbar
27 Aug 17#85
Out of stock
gti6306
27 Aug 17#86
Shows out of stock now for bith white and black versions
BenSewell
27 Aug 17#87
out of stock. I rang em and dunno when new stock is coming in :disappointed:
nige182 to BenSewell
2 Sep 17#88
Looks like no new stock will be arriving, the website no longer lists any deals with free PS4.
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All you have to do is order before midnight on Monday 4th September while stocks last.
Please be careful, it shows as £16 which is what I first saw but that's without the PS4!
All comments (88)
All you have to do is order before midnight on Monday 4th September while stocks last.
Please be careful, it shows as £16 which is what I first saw but that's without the PS4!
Unlimited texts
1.2GB data
I don't even can see an £18 offer now. the next one up for me is £19 and that's barebones, add It to the cart and there's n mention of a PS4 and they try add another £4 onto your bill for quadruple data
Here
24 * 17 = 408 + 1 = £409
Nice way of spreading the cost of a PS4 and a phone if you have a borked one already.
POC!
Thats a tad alarming if its going to go up some stupendous price :thinking:
Im really tempted regardless, but I cant see the PS4 anywhere in the basket.
I think I may do this over the phone.
"Sony XA1 with PS4 offer: Receive a PS4 and Uncharted 4 game when you purchase a Sony XA1 from Virgin Media on our £18, 300MB Freestyle Pay Monthly plan. Available while stocks last. The PS4 and game will need to be returned with the handset along with the original packaging and all accessories if the order is subsequently cancelled, or is exchanged for a different handset. If your PS4 or game is damaged on return or you fail to return all the parts and accessories, we reserve the right to charge you for any repair or replacement cost. There is no cash, credit or other alternative; it is not transferable."
I deffo want more than 300MB if i get this offer but the wording above seems to imply the PS4 is only for the 300MB option. hmm. Anyone else had confirmation they gonna be sent one on the other tariffs?
The two items are seperate.....I`m thinking that if they do something which allows you to walk away from the phone contract you won`t be able to keep the "freebie" or phone as its a financed product you are buying outright
I maybe wrong but in the past when price rises or other stuff meant you could walk away from your contract penalty free you got to keep the phone
Topcashback has confirmed £30
I'm thinking of doing this deal to sell both items and get a ps4 pro but I have a good service with three currently and am wary of dipping into a 24month contract
Mine arrived today, thankfully with no screen issues. I wish it had a fingerprint sensor and was compatible with the PS4 Remote Play app (without having to tinker with the software), but those two gripes aside, it's a nice little mid-range phone.
I've had to ring up nearly everyday as they keep saying they don't have stock for a replacement, they think stock will be replenished today. So as soon as I get home I'll be ringing again.
I can only see that the PS4 needs to go back if you don't want the phone.