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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
I never have taken out 2 year contract and never will. Why would I want to be locked up for such a long time. Just buy a handset on low rate credit card, paying few £ a month and take out cheap sim only contract for 1/3/12 months :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kravevr6:
Suppose its because there will be a lot of people that end up failing to claim the cash back through being releaxed/lazy.

But yet the people that do follow through get the good deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
The contract I've taken out will cost me £587 in total.

Can you find me a SIM free price and 24 months of service to beat that?

That's why.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
No, but one of the most common reasons people take out expensive contracts because they cannot afford to buy sim free phone for £500. You found a very good deal indeed!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skanj:
I managed to get the same but only £200 cash back. Thanks for your post as I never would of haggled for the cashback.:)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
I decided to go out today and went to every store that are selling this phone on contract. O2 are stupidly expensive and the cheapest they said was £42 a month! Their stupid tariffs with these dumb data bolt-ons and god knows what, they are pretty much out of the picture.

I also took a trip to phones4U and I honestly cannot understand how these people are still in business. They were so rude and disrespectful towards me after I told them I could get better signing up as a new customer rather than an upgrade, as well as quoting some deals people I know have got. I simply kept my cool and walked out, but on another day I would punched that guy so hard in the face, so rude!

How did you manage to get this deal? I might have to phone up the upgrades team and see if they can give me something good but I dunno if I want to buy something from that company after the way they treated me. It was as if they were doing me a favour by selling me the phone, rather than me doing them a favour by giving them bloody money.

The only real consolation I have is Vodafone guy told me they have a different set of prices for existing customer and I should get a good upgrade but why oh why they did have to put bloatware on the phone! :@

Any ideas anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
If I didn't even have £500 in the bank the last thing I would be doing would be signing up for an expensive monthly contract :eek: But maybe that's just me. Everyone else is part of the "gotta have it now" mindset even if that means on credit, and have never understood the concept of saving up for something and buying it when you can afford it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kravevr6:
I respect your opinion. But why save X amount for a certain time and get desired product at the end, when you could spend x amount and have the item now. If you search smartly and look at some deals in places, you can get the item at basically the same price....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BadBoyR:
Is the cash back auto or via redemption?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Meaple:
I cancelled my order just to see what Orange can do for me. Need to wait until next week :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dan_king3:
I got an awesome deal ! I upgraded from my 18 month contract I had on my HTC desire.

I got 500mb data, unlimited txts, 300 mins, 20 mms, and free Wi-Fi

But I managed to get a 12 month contact for £36 a month and the one off payment for the headset was £140!

Just ask to be forwarded to the retention team (they are the ones that try and give u a deal so you don't leave!)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
I have just been on Oxford street in O2 shop and they have very attractive deal: 15.50 per month, 24 months contract, 169.99 handset fee. But its only until end of November, then it will be 20.50 per month.

Total cost of contract £542
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kostodo:
My friend is in the UK this week and was gonna pick one up for me sim free.

What would be the best place to get one? Is there stock at the shops or not?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
Three shop, 499£ pay as you go, get it unlocked for 10-15£.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
That's a good deal, tried O2 myself earlier this week and the contracts were nowhere near that. I presume that includes 500mb data as well?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kostodo:
How do you go about getting it unlocked?

And are there really no sim free ones for sale?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meeporox:
For anyone that got their Galaxy Nexus from O2,

May i know if there is any bloatware on it or just pure stock google ICS rom? If there is a future update, would it be o2 or google/samsung releasing the update over the air?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nikosrs4:
I wanted to ask the same question, what is the best/cheapest place to buy the phone in London? sim free? I searched the net, seems that carphone warehouse is the cheapest at 515£ sim free. O2 won't let me browse their site cause I'm not in UK.

any info or advise would be appreciated.

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kostodo:
Most places advertise the phone sim free for between 510 to 520gbp but the rumour is that there are no sim free handsets in stock, only contract ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nikosrs4:
yeah, that's a trick they do here too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
This is a picture I took of all plans:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] meeporox:
Pretty sure that doesn't include data

O2 have been seperating data from normal tariff. It will be extra £3 for 100mb, £6 for 500mb, and £10 for 1gb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] djmcnz:
As I said, I think the data is just in the wrong field. Otherwise it would say 16GB somewhere I am assuming.

Either way, I'll know in a few weeks! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
I had a response to an email I sent to Play about their page showing 32GB, but showing 16GB in the technical specs:

"The information regarding product specifications comes directly from the releasing supplier. Whilst we strive to keep our website as up to date as possible we are unable to provide any further details than those specified. More information regarding the product in question may be available on the manufacturer’s website."

Which is not very useful :mad:

I think it's best to assume at this stage that it will be the 16GB model.

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On the plus side, prices seem to be stabilising slightly now.

Amazon have dropped £30 to £519, Mobilefun have gone down £10 to £529.

I might just not bother with a pre-order and wait until every carrier and outlet have it, see if prices drop a little. I can't see this phone being so popular that it will be out of stock everywhere on release day.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tom Servo:
Same reason I can't see why only a single retailer mentioned a delay up until now. If a large one like Handtec is affected, smaller ones would be too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ghost010:
different country's have different retailers,that have different source of the income of the product(industrial retailer)

and seeing the post from handtec. that it will affect all UK retailer's.

meaning that handtec gets the shipment from a 3rd party industrial retailer.

that doesn't mean the whole EU is affected by it.

for example. hantec will get the galaxy nexus from samsung UK.

when Dutchretailer"fill in the blank" will get it from samsung NL.

both difrent industrial retailers.

meaning that samsung UK having a delay or a smaller stock.

doesn't mean that other country's will have a smaller stock or will be delayed.

as Shodney said.

the device might be popular in the UK.

but not in my country. meaning it wouldn't go out of stock for the first 1/2 months.

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lol.i dont know all of them out of my head. but djmcnz allready posted the cheapest one there is x3/(this is the 32GB model that was 60 euros more than the 16GB model i ordered at handtec)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
Clove blog have said that Handtec source EU stock, so this might actually be the other way around

http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/10/19/...-to-pre-order-at-clove-429-vat/#comment-17851

I don't know how true this is, but it's worth noting.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blunden:
I had rather hoped for something more substancial than what is probably just an error in their specs. Is there some better price comparison site than kelkoo.nl (I just tried .nl domains of sites I already know) that you could point me to?

Most of the retailers I found either had the exact same (possibly incorrect) specs as studentmobiel.nl or didn't list any specs at all. The results was also filled with prices for it on contracts. I've never really seriously used kelkoo before though since it's quite bad in Sweden too compared to the other alternatives.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] matt2053:
Unlocked-Mobiles.com shows "expected date" of 07-11-2011. Can this be???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tom Servo:
That Clove guy making an assumption based on the price. Not sure if that's reliable. Who knows.

--edit: Handtec's FAQ page on the Galaxy Nexus product page mentions Samsung UK several times.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
Yeah I didn't think it would be the most reliable source, just thought it was worth mentioning :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shodney:
I sent an email to Theorder.co.uk to verify whether they actually have any stock, and simply got this back as a reply right now:

"The galaxy nexus is out to buy. Diane."

Who's feeling brave and wants to stick an order in? :D

This is the first I've heard of the company - I'm not so sure myself...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tom Servo:
Hrmmmmm...

--edit: Ratings on various review sites aren't exactly inspiring confidence. :V
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] killbox:
English residents only :/

Are there any dutch sites that sells it early?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Elenkis:
That place doesn't ship to other countries anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blunden:
I had a feeling it wouldn't but thanks for clarifying. I hadn't found that information yet.

The sites listed below both list it as having an sdcard slot which we know it doesn't.

www.gsmwijzer.nl

www.phoneshop.nl

Can anyone find a store where it actually lists the 32 GB model and where it can be pre-ordered?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] طوني تبولة:
Can someone tell us about its credibility and your experience with the website?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] go2mo2:
Look back at my posts in this thread, i already have
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] طوني تبولة:
This sounds too good to be true.

However, I think I'm going to place an order today. I need a phone, this phone, so bad.

This dumb Blackberry phone is killing me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ghost010:
even more reason to be pissed at handtec.

"all UK retailers are effected by it" BS from handtec.

ill see what reply ill get today.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GR36:
Price at CPW will be £550 sim free or £500 as a pay and go upgrade on O2.

I am getting very impatient now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] loinder:
expansys have the 32gb
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
Yes, the price does not include data, so for 500MB it would be £169 + (24 * £21.50) = £685.

You can get £50.50 cashback via TopCashBack, so that brings it down a little.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tech-style:
How you manage to bring them down so much?[/QUOTE]

It took a couple of calls. My last months bill with Orange was over £500 (I know!) So when I went to upgrade with directly with them they politely bent over ( free S2 with 1200 mins for 18 x £20).

When P4U asked me what I was looking for I said I wanted the nexus on the same deal. I knew it was never gonna happen but it meant I got my position in early (commercial negotiation 101) and they had to work back from there

The cash back had to be authorised by a manager apparently, and they only work until 6pm so I'd give them a call before then. You could also say that ur other half has just been offered the deal I got and that if they can match it you'll take it immediately. I'd also try not to sound to desperate on the phone. Best if you act like you're not that bothered either way.

The good news is the cash back doesn't have to be redeemed. They just post a cheque. Good luck. Let me know how you get on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tech-style:
The in store deals are pants you definitely need to phone the upgrades number.

I agree P4U are cowboys in my experience but it will make it all the sweeter when you get a good deal out of them.

You can do it.... use the force.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
Haha thanks bro, I'll try again tomorrow. I also sent you a PM if you haven't seen it, asked you a few questions there :)

Might try Carphone Warehouse tomorrow too, never dealt with them personally however.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CamoGeko:
Not sure if they got it in stock, to be honest. Anyways, if they do then it's not going to be cheap. Specially since they still have the SGS2 for £499 on payg.

Despite all that though, it still might be worth a try. :)

Communicated from a Galaxy far far away via an XDA premium quality neurotransmitter.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
P4U retails shops are full with complete dicks - guy tried to sell me GN for £964 on 2 year deal quoting this is cheapest and all online shop sell refurbished/used handsets etc. They are looking for idiots. Even he started laughing when I told him his rip off won`t work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] imsotall:
Any idea when Vodafone will finally be releasing the GN in the UK?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mskip:
Could be days, weeks, months or never..

They did exactly the same thing with the HTC Evo 3D. First they said they was testing it to make sure it was ok, then after a while they said it wasnt going to be supplied through vodafone anymore as they had too many issues with the phone and with HTC dealing with it.

I really dont know why they need to 'test' it as its a vanilla rom and shouldnt need changing in any way for them to sell it.

Vodafone sucks!! I just went through phones4u in the end and got it on orange.

Mark.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
I'm so pissed off now. Lots of you guys are talking about getting cashback from P4U? I had no idea you could do that? :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thiagodark:
guys, i'm gonna be in the USA next week and i know it wasn't released out there yet, so, i'm wondering if i could purchase one of this from UK, from handtec, and ship to me in states. without VAT (don't even know what is it, i guess some uk tax), it will cost £450~, what i think is a good deal... but according to what i read in this thread (that you can buy it for £520~) i guess i'm doing something wrong... is that right? ship to USA is cheaper than buy it from a street store in UK?!

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstegeman:
VAT = value added tax. I'm pretty sure that if you ship it outside of the EU, you don't have to pay the tax (but I could be wrong). Just as an FYI, the VAT is 20% here in the UK, so a price quoted as £499 is about £415.80 ex VAT.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
You have to pay VAT if you buy it from the UK (a tax of 20%), so you won't be able to buy it for 450 here.

Edit - some guy beat me to it, and I might be wrong about the VAT then..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
The idea is that you pay the tax of your own country.

So when you buy something from the US you don't pay the sales tax, but you do pay duty and VAT on the import when it arrives.

So someone sending the phone to the US shouldn't pay UK sales tax. But they will more than likely have to pay US sales tax when it arrives. So take that into account when working out how much it will cost.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thiagodark:
it makes sense, now i need to know how much will cost US import duty...

thank you all!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
just tried the local O2 shop, they said SIM free is 499. can I use a t-mobile SIM in these, or do I need to get it unlocked first?

Update: Went back to the shop with intention of buying, staff said it could be unlocked immediately, but when the manager checked, it can only be unlocked after 12 months on the network. So a no go for me, I'm going to buy the 12 month t-Mobile deal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rusty!:
Oh I dunno, you never know, they might find some crippling bug like their 2G frequency causes the phones volume to go haywire, maybe?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chistery:
I'd love to see networks holding back on an iPhone on release day so they can test them out for a few weeks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Finally got it for £450 from O2.

Basically, if your in contract with O2 then they can offer you 1 handset discounted.

What I did was upgrade to the Nexus on contract, took it out etc, but then cancelled by contract.

However because I was in contract technically, the could offer me it for £450
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
Sorry to be bumping quite an inactive topic but I have a question.

If I were to take a contract out with these people:

http://www.buymobilephones.net/mobi...network=goog&gclid=CJPgq7jp2KwCFcEmtAodGmJMGQ

Anyone who hasn't seen their tariffs should definitely do, they are so cheap! (And they are trustworthy I think, they sponsor Derby County and have been around for a good 5-6 years so) but anyway.

There is an offer there with O2 which is for £32 a month, 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500mb internet.

The question I am posing is this, IF I were to take a contract out with them, I don't know if I appear on the O2 network database, but would my friend (who works for O2) be able to put a Friends and Family 30% discount on for me? I am not entirely sure as I don't know if I am technically an O2 customer as I'm taking it out from an independent site.

Any replies would be much appreciated, thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
And phone is free? If not, then its not the best deal, go direct with o2:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/255/96682278.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
Can you link me to the actual page where that information is contained? Thanks :)

(I would do it myself but my internet is incredibly slow and annoying right now)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
I went to o2 shop on Oxford street last Sunday and took a photo of their leaflet. BUT you must hurry up because only until end of November they have his November special deal for Nexus, so 2 more days.

BTW, if you take £15 contract for 2 years ,then you only pay 179 for a phone. Very good deal IMO.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
Preferably I would like the phone to be free, the site I linked to were all deals were the phone was free.

On that leaflet, which was the cheapest tariff where the phone was available free? Sorry for the overload of questions haha :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
They do have a November Bonus tariff on 24 month contracts which is about £5 off per month. So it's 180 for phone, then 200m/Unlimited text is £15.50 a month + £6 for 500MB internet. That's £696 over 24 months, £645.50 if you use Top Cash Back. Works to £26.90 a month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
I`m selling my iPhone 4 tomorrow, so I`m happy to pay up to £300 for a phone and have lower monthly cost.

No, phone was £179 on 15.50 contract
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
As I said, I would like the handset to be free tbh, I can't really afford to be paying a lump sum up front. I'm on the O2 website now and the tariffs shown on that leaflet are also reflected on the website, I'm imagining the phone was only free on the unlimited mins tariff (most expensive) which is quite stupid about O2 I think.

But as my question before does anyone know if I take out a contract with an independent site on O2, can a Friends and Family discount be applied to it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Robboftw:
Buymobilephones.net have their stock now and are posting them out today, they should have enough for all orders.

Also, a £26/month deal on Vodafone with a free phone has appeared on there too if you don't need much data (250MB).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kam187:
Check these guys out too - They have the same prices as buymobilephones.net but also offer half price line rental for a few months and some free gifts on top:

http://www.mobileshop.com/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-nexus/pay-monthly.html

I've used them many years ago, and have just upgraded on T-Mobile with them (since t-mobile don't have the GN direct). I even kept my Friends and Relatives discount on T-Mobile :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rbs_uk:
They have some pretty good deal IMO, £31 per month, FREE phone and 7 months half price line rental :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BadBoyR:
You can't use the discount. You must buy direct or via O2 online.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
You can apply it after I think.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BadBoyR:
How to get your discounted tariff...

• First, check with your friend at O2, that they’re happy for you to use one of their discounts.

• Next, buy the phone and pay monthly tariff of your choice by either:

going into an O2 store.

going online.

or by phoning us on 08442 020202 if you’re a new customer or 0844 809 0202 if you’re an existing customer wanting to upgrade.

• Once you’ve got your new phone, use the form below to let your friend know and they’ll get the discount added to your account.

The savings will appear on your second monthly bill, so don’t worry if you don’t see anything different on the first one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
Yes he would be able to apply it but I think I'm just gonna buy from Mobileshop.com, I doubt I could get any cheaper than that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
Decided to go with buymobilephones.net as they claim to have stock and the best price. £60 for phone, then 18 x £30.64 (what I pay now) - £30.90 cash back, so £580.61 TCO
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BadBoyR:
What network was that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
It's T-Mobile, which is fine in London. 600 minutes, 500 text and 500MB internet... it's what I have now and it's more than enough for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
@nigelw, are you sure it's 18 months? It's 24 months from what I can see :/

Anyway, I just bought it off mobileshop.com like one member on here recommended.

Phones FREE, 300 mins, unlimited texts, 500mb internet ALL for (*drumroll*) £31 a month with 9 MONTHS HALF PRICE! Yes, ok it is cashback but still, that brings it down to about £26 a month which is dirt cheap. And if I don't get the cashback, what's the worst that can happen? I pay £31 a month which is cheaper than everyone else anyway lol.

I'm just hoping they're legit and there's no catch involved, but I'm willing to take the risk and get a brilliant deal :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BadBoyR:
Is that the voda deal and are they porting your number?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
No they aren't, they said they aren't doing upgrades for Voda yet but tbh I don't mind having a new number as long as I have all my contacts (synced them with my gmail account) and a mass text will update it so its all good. Tbh it's so cheap I don't mind a new number
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HooloovooUK:
Mine has been dispatched from buymobilephones.net :D

Although they have messed my upgrade up. I have an unlimited text booster instead of an internet booster. I can't change it from My T-Mobile. So they'll have to sort that out. For now, I've disabled data on my phone because I can't be bothered with the hassle of having to try to recover the charges.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cmonthegas:
:) hopefully mine will be dispatched tomorrow.

Ordered on the 16th an hour after someone who received theirs in the first batch of phones. Patience is wearing quite thin I must say! When did you order?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nigelw:
Yes, it's 18 month contract:

1 x Samsung Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile £30 (18mths) inc. Internet

Price: £59.99

Monthly Cost: £30.64

Inclusive: 600 cross-network mins + 500 texts + 500MB data plus Unlimited Web and Email

Inclusive Boosters: 500MB plus Unlimited Web and Email - £0.00 per month

Although I doubt it will be shipping any time soon.... which is really annoying when the website says In Stock. But I suppose that's the price you pay when the discounts are good.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Faz20:
@nigelw That deal you've got there is really good actually!

*ninja edit*