N97 for sale - help me EG! • Non-Gaming • Mobile Phones • Eurogamer.net

monkeyspasm 10 Feb 2010 15:08:31 2,971 posts
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So, I'm after an iPhone, and am flogging my few-months-old N97.

To be absolutely honest (nothing you wouldn't know from a 10 second Google anyhow), the N97 has had a fair few teething problems - as have most Nokias until a few firmware releases sort the problems - but mine is now on 2.0 firmware, and has zero issues, it's a nice piece of kit now, working flawlessly. I'll miss the camera, keyboard and third party browsers like Opera Mobile but I want the iPhone for games.

Mint condition (screen protected since purchase), Ł180 ono. It's a Vodafone contract phone so would assume it's locked to them but I haven't tried a different SIM, wouldn't be averse to getting it unlocked if it's a dealbreaker. Not too shabby seeing as they're going for between Ł220 - Ł280 on eBay - I just don't fancy dealing with Nigerian fraudsters much, so thought I'd try here first, I sold a Treo 750v with no hassle before on here.

JohnnyWashnGo 10 Feb 2010 15:12:33 1,544 posts
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As far as I know - All Vodafone phones now come unlocked... At least my last two did and nothing online suggests otherwise.

warlockuk 10 Feb 2010 15:18:31 19,519 posts
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I have the .20 firmware too, still waiting for the .45 update. If yours has zero issues you're a lucky lucky bastard and I hate you.

monkeyspasm 10 Feb 2010 15:25:16 2,971 posts
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The only problem I had on 2.0 was the Facebook app caused the phone to crash - did a hard reset and formatted the memory card, no problems at all since. The full Facebook via Opera Mobile or Bolt is miles better than that crappy app anyway.

I'd recommend a hard reset and formatting the mass storage if you're having problems after 2.0 - it was a big update, my available memory was 24MB before, 50+now.

I had a few issues until firmware 2.0, now it's a great phone.

Load_2.0 10 Feb 2010 15:26:58 33,583 posts
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I'll buy it for a high price!

monkeyspasm 10 Feb 2010 15:29:38 2,971 posts
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I was going to recycle it via Simply Drop (Royal Mail's recycling service) - they'd pay Ł180 but according to their website they check if the phone is part of a contract (presumably from the IMEI?) - bah. Although Envirofone don't seem to have such stipulations from a quick look (although they offer less) - anyone know if this would be an issue? I'm keeping the contract, just selling / recycling the phone.

monkeyspasm 10 Feb 2010 15:37:21 2,971 posts
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JohnnyWashnGo wrote:
As far as I know - All Vodafone phones now come unlocked... At least my last two did and nothing online suggests otherwise.

I can confirm that it is unlocked, just tried a 3 SIM.

morriss 10 Feb 2010 15:39:00 71,293 posts
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Awful, awful phone.

monkeyspasm 10 Feb 2010 15:51:31 2,971 posts
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morriss wrote:
Awful, awful phone.

Thanks for that. I appreciate you've got an opinion, but I've been very honest - I did have a fair few issues with low memory and random crashes until 2.0, and have none whatsoever now, it's a really fast, usable phone now. It's a bit clunky compared to other high end phones, but that's down to the s60 v5 OS - as someone that's used Nokias since the N-Gage, I find it fairly easy to use.

And I'm also selling it Ł40 cheaper than the lowest eBay price.

Deleted user 10 February 2010 16:11:46

Can't see how they'd be concerned about a contract. If they are, Mazuma would give you Ł168 cash for it and they don't care about contracts or whether the handset's unlocked. I've just used Mazuma and they were very efficient

monkeyspasm 10 Feb 2010 16:16:23 2,971 posts
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Ooh - ta Judge, good call.