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ColinP
03-10-2008, 10:04
http://www.pricesearching.co.uk/Mobile

We've added a mobile phone price comparison search to Price Searching. It is still a WIP and is not generally available, but it IS working and you can find some stonking deals and free gifts on there.

If you have the time to give it a go then please do, and let us know what you think and what other search options you'd like to see.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 10:14
We're aware that links to 'Buymobilephones.net' are currently not working, and we're investigating this issue.

SFletch
03-10-2008, 10:42
Just a thought - is it possible to restrict the search by network?

There are one (or two) networks I would not want to use.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 10:43
Should be... That's one I'll add :)

EDIT - I've now added the option to filter by network :)

pompeyfan
03-10-2008, 10:52
Looks very good, couple of suggestions though - can filters be added for network and monthly tariff preferred? and what about adding the three network?

yaffle
03-10-2008, 11:06
The mobile phone manufacturer 'Network' should probably be 'Sim only' or similar?

yaffle
03-10-2008, 11:08
Plus, is it possible to allow a search without having to specify a phone manufacturer? When I renew my contract, I generally don't care much what phone I get, I just want the cheapest deal that provides enough minutes/texts whatever. So I'd like a search where you needn't specify a phone manufacturer, just a network.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 11:09
Try it now - I've removed the need for manufacturer to be selected.

yaffle
03-10-2008, 11:12
That's great! It's bringing up contracts for about £9 per month with a free phone, which is usually around the bottom end of the market.

Are you excluding phones4u from this, in line with the forums policy?

ColinP
03-10-2008, 11:16
Phones4U are included, but they don't appear very often as their deals aren't that fantastic.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 11:18
That's great! It's bringing up contracts for about £9 per month with a free phone, which is usually around the bottom end of the market.

The best deal on there works out at around £6.11/month after cashback on an 18 month contract. That's with T-Mobile.

yaffle
03-10-2008, 11:28
Yeah, just saw them! That's bargainous.

I'm not getting any deals at all coming up for Tesco or Virgin networks - is that a bug, or are there just none listed with any of the retailers?

EDIT: Virgin are now appearing, but nothing for Tesco still.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 11:32
I did a data refesh a few minutes ago so that might explain the Virgin data. It may be that Tesco only do PAYG - I'll check.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 11:36
Tesco are stored in the database, but it is only PAYG and there are currently no valid deals listed for them.

Gerschwin
03-10-2008, 12:44
Works great - some good deals with cashback :)

ColinP
03-10-2008, 14:09
You can now search based on the handset features and total cost of the contract.

yaffle
03-10-2008, 14:16
The very cheapest deals are usually on mobiles2yourdoor.co.uk - typically they carry some completely free deals (after cashback) and sub-£5 p.m. contracts.

ColinP
03-10-2008, 14:25
We've added the ability to search on the average monthly cost, number of texts and number of minutes :)

ColinP
03-10-2008, 14:27
mobiles2yourdoor.co.uk should be included in our results.

Edit: Yep, found a few deals listed from them - there aren't any less than £5/month though at the moment!

ColinP
03-10-2008, 16:18
Bumping for the Mobile Phone Forum crowd :)

bollecks
04-10-2008, 11:37
It would be nice if you could click the results to sort by price, manufacturer etc.

I did a PAYG vodafone search, looking for the cheapest and the results were arranged by supplier with no way to change to a price listing.

This isn't a major problem when there are only a few results, but when there are 100s it could be.

ColinP
05-10-2008, 09:08
yup - sorting is coming. At present we're finalising the search/filter functionality and then we'll be allowing ordering of the results :)

Dan
05-10-2008, 14:28
Never knew that there were so many gifts available.

Was wondering has anyone spotted the best laptop as a gift, looks like most of them are Celeron based?

Pist
05-10-2008, 21:49
Just did a search on this for the Samsung i8510 with a max price of £0, and the first item on the list was the phone at £59.99. Few other links in there where the phone is not free. Full link is below. Have found some good deals in there though.

http://www.pricesearching.co.uk/pricecomparisonmobile.php?manufacturer=Samsung&handset=i8510&handsetcost=0&contracttype=&network=&totalcost=&averagemonthly=&gift=&numberoftexts=&totalminutes=&action=search

ColinP
06-10-2008, 14:38
Sorting is now in there :)

ColinP
06-10-2008, 14:38
Just did a search on this for the Samsung i8510 with a max price of £0, and the first item on the list was the phone at £59.99. Few other links in there where the phone is not free. Full link is below. Have found some good deals in there though.

http://www.pricesearching.co.uk/pricecomparisonmobile.php?manufacturer=Samsung&handset=i8510&handsetcost=0&contracttype=&network=&totalcost=&averagemonthly=&gift=&numberoftexts=&totalminutes=&action=search

I think this is fixed :)