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  1. Iaso's Avatar
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    Smartphone Deal - which phone to pick?
    Hi there!

    Basically, I'm planning to open a student account with Barclays, and as such I get £75 cashback if I take out a contract through Phones 4U. I've looked on their website, and there's loads of great deals for £21.50 p/m (working out to around £18 p/m when you take the cashback into account), so I'm not sure which to pick? There's:

    Sony Xperia S (seriously considering this as I've always had SE phones (W810i, W595) and they've always been great, plus this has a crazy 12mp camera and I hear the music's quite good on it too)
    Samsung Galaxy S2 (apparently this is like the best smartphone around?)
    HTC Sensation XE (not too sure about this, don't really know what HTCs are like, but I hear the music on this is fantastic, and that's quite important to me)

    All these are £21.50 p/m for 200mins, unlimited texts, 250mb internet and free handset.

    I'd mainly want it for music, and casual internet use (I wouldn't mind saving YouTube for when I'm in wifi areas, so it'd mainly be Facebook, news etc).

    If anyone could give any opinions on any of the above phones, or any other info, I'd really appreciate it.

    Thanks a lot!
  2. SilverbySkyline's Avatar
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    Re: Smartphone Deal - which phone to pick?
    Groupon have a deal today only that's a 24 month iphone 4s contract for 85% less than normal. Get involved.
  3. Iaso's Avatar
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    Re: Smartphone Deal - which phone to pick?
    (Original post by SilverbySkyline)
    Groupon have a deal today only that's a 24 month iphone 4s contract for 85% less than normal. Get involved.
    Thanks for the heads up! That's a good deal, but it's still a £34 p/m contract, which is quite a bit more than I'd planned to spend
  4. ruby321's Avatar
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    Re: Smartphone Deal - which phone to pick?
    (Original post by Iaso)
    Thanks for the heads up! That's a good deal, but it's still a £34 p/m contract, which is quite a bit more than I'd planned to spend
    no thats the original price! The price per month is now £19!
    I actually bought it just now, but a bit skeptical, nowhere on that page does it say the handset still costs £49... but even with the handset cost its still a good deal
  5. SilverbySkyline's Avatar
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    Indeed. I pay £34 a month so I'm pretty sour haha. Get the deal, 4s is amazing! Honestly! And I've jailbroken mine so it now works as a gameboy too, pokemon yellow pew pew pew!
  6. mucgoo's Avatar
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    Re: Smartphone Deal - which phone to pick?
    No that "deal" is just this but a £19 upfront cost rather than £49 with the 85% discount figure being created by throwing in car charger/headset/case and pretending there worth £60.
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    Re: Smartphone Deal - which phone to pick?
    (Original post by mucgoo)
    No that "deal" is just this but a £19 upfront cost rather than £49 with the 85% discount figure being created by throwing in car charger/headset/case and pretending there worth £60.
    I know realised it now, but its still a cheaper deal than anywhere else right?
  8. winning11's Avatar
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    (Original post by ruby321)
    no thats the original price! The price per month is now £19!
    I actually bought it just now, but a bit skeptical, nowhere on that page does it say the handset still costs £49... but even with the handset cost its still a good deal
    Apple iPhone 4S 16GB And Accessory Pack for £19 (85% Off) When You Sign Up to 24 Month Contract (£34 per month)
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