The New Phone Thread

[Flat Eric]

If anyone is thinking of selling their 23/24 ultra drop me a message please 👍

472 is the trade in price for the wife's S24 Ultra with Samsung. 😬

 

[imprezaworks]

Seems strong? Which is good, for you, lol

 

[Flat Eric]

Seems strong? Which is good, for you, lol

They always are strong trade in offers which is always the incentive to chop in against a new one.
With the vouchers they chuck at you as well, a 512gb S26 Ultra works out at 565 quid! Which spread over 2 years is really good!

 

[Andy_con]

I see lots of new phones are coming out.

Honor v6 fold looks impressive, ip69
Samsung with its privacy glass

Mid year ill be in the market for a new phone, my fold 5 will be just over 2 years old

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

They always are strong trade in offers which is always the incentive to chop in against a new one.
With the vouchers they chuck at you as well, a 512gb S26 Ultra works out at 565 quid! Which spread over 2 years is really good!

I was coming in at about £1200 or so? Then again, I only half arsed looked last night

Ive got an S23 Ultra which, tbh, I dont really need to upgrade but I have noticed the battery performance starting to drop off.

Other than the usual AI shite I probably wont use, is there much else actually going for the upgrade between all the marketing nonsense?

 

[dann2707]

I was coming in at about £1200 or so? Then again, I only half arsed looked last night

Ive got an S23 Ultra which, tbh, I dont really need to upgrade but I have noticed the battery performance starting to drop off.

Other than the usual AI shite I probably wont use, is there much else actually going for the upgrade between all the marketing nonsense?

Just had a look expecting the battery to be bigger but it's the same

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

So, having looked through again, its disappointing. Im sure its a great phone, but the difference between what I have now and the S26 just dont seem to be brilliant.

Faster Processor, Better battery life (albeit size remains), better camera and........well. AI s**t?

The ONLY AI feature id ever want is call screening (I get a lot of work/spam calls). But, seeing as thats just software, there is hope that gets rolled out to the other Galaxy devices.

I cant see why id spend nearly £600 on a new device for very little benefit.

 

[Adamm.]

I'm on the S21 Ultra and very tempted to finally upgrade. Still the phone has been fine for me so I don't really need to upgrade but I prefer the new design. Not a fan of the last few and prefer the curved corners like the new one.

It's 512gb for price of 256gb one and an extra £100 off if paying with PayPal so is £1179. Might just wait until later in the year for a better deal maybe.

Again I don't really NEED to upgrade either so the smart decision financially is probably just to not bother seen as I'm in the process of moving.

 

[Flat Eric]

I'm on the S21 Ultra and very tempted to finally upgrade. Still the phone has been fine for me so I don't really need to upgrade but I prefer the new design. Not a fan of the last few and prefer the curved corners like the new one.

It's 512gb for price of 256gb one and an extra £100 off if paying with PayPal so is £1179. Might just wait until later in the year for a better deal maybe.

Again I don't really NEED to upgrade either so the smart decision financially is probably just to not bother seen as I'm in the process of moving.

If you are genuine I have still got a £50 off voucher code too.
Can you try and get access to employee portal too?
As it starts at £1087 for the 512gb before adding on trade in prices and vouchers etc. However to 100 quid PayPal code doesn't work but it still works out cheaper anyway

 

[DrR]

BLC is £1087 too I believe.

 

[Flat Eric]

BLC is £1087 too I believe.

Ye it should be as I think it uses the same portal as I access

 

[Mk1T]

Glad to see this being discussed, haha, my S23U 512GB battery life is horrific now, I do use it a LOT though so lasted OK.

I've seen the deal for S26U 512GB direct on Samsung website for £1279
Trading in my S23 I'd get £400 which is strong imo.

Makes it £879

It also includes bud 4 pro's which I imagine are over £200 new, I wouldn't even use these, just sell right away

You can also get contract options direct which are three, o2 etc, three £25 /mo unlimited everything and £699 upfront seems good value, once factored in £400 trade in, £100 code off, topcashback has it as 12.75% at the moment, not sure if it would work with all this discount though worth a try......
In theory my total could be £599 for 2 years of unlimited with three, assuming topcashback doesn't pay out... that's value

Just call me martin lewis 😆

 

[Gus]

I have a spare voucher if anyone needs one. I have an S24U so not going to upgrade quite yet.

 

[DrR]

I have a spare voucher if anyone needs one. I have an S24U so not going to upgrade quite yet.

Can I have it please?

 

[DrR]

Glad to see this being discussed, haha, my S23U 512GB battery life is horrific now, I do use it a LOT though so lasted OK.

I've seen the deal for S26U 512GB direct on Samsung website for £1279
Trading in my S23 I'd get £400 which is strong imo.

Makes it £879

It also includes bud 4 pro's which I imagine are over £200 new, I wouldn't even use these, just sell right away

You can also get contract options direct which are three, o2 etc, three £25 /mo unlimited everything and £699 upfront seems good value, once factored in £400 trade in, £100 code off, topcashback has it as 12.75% at the moment, not sure if it would work with all this discount though worth a try......
In theory my total could be £599 for 2 years of unlimited with three, assuming topcashback doesn't pay out... that's value

Just call me martin lewis 😆

You aware if you use code S26AI you’ll get an extra £100 for your trade in, then if you pay with PayPal a further £100 off

 

[Flat Eric]

You aware if you use code S26AI you’ll get an extra £100 for your trade in, then if you pay with PayPal a further £100 off

I didn't see the S26AI code when I looked last week. That would have been even better!

 

[DrR]

S26U 512GB ordered
Got it for £597!
Traded in a 13 pro 256gb
Used S26AI for extra £100 trade in
Used PayPal as payment for an extra £100
Then very kindly got a Loyalty Code for an extra £100 off

 

[Mk1T]

S26U 512GB ordered
Got it for £597!
Traded in a 13 pro 256gb
Used S26AI for extra £100 trade in
Used PayPal as payment for an extra £100
Then very kindly got a Loyalty Code for an extra £100 off

Nice, that's how it's done! Did you get the buds also?
I really want to do a buy but just realised they won't let you keep number (already on three) and I'd rather stay on three... aaargh nothing is easy! Might have to switch to another network then back again.. ffs!

 

[DrR]

Nice, that's how it's done! Did you get the buds also?
I really want to do a buy but just realised they won't let you keep number (already on three) and I'd rather stay on three... aaargh nothing is easy! Might have to switch to another network then back again.. ffs!

No couldn’t figure out how to get buds with it. This is my first ever Android phone so everything is new to me.

 

[dann2707]

Proper bargain that!

 

[Flat Eric]

No couldn’t figure out how to get buds with it. This is my first ever Android phone so everything is new to me.

I've not seen a deal that included buds. Just the offer that gave % off buds when purchased with the phone.

 

[Mk1T]

I've not seen a deal that included buds. Just the offer that gave % off buds when purchased with the phone.

Perhaps it's because I'm adding the contract option via Three, not sure. Not to start the outright vs monthly debate again but going contract actually makes it even cheaper, as you don't need to worry about adding a rolling monthly sim at £10-15 month? And total for 2 yrs is similar to DrR's price above, bargain!