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Optus+Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL: First 300 Pre-Orders Get a Free Xbox One/FIFA Bundle

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Optus+Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL: First 300 Pre-Orders Get a Free Xbox One/FIFA Bundle
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Pyro on 30/11/2015 - 09:26 offer.optus.com.au (4765 clicks)
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Wow - Optus is offering a big pre-order bonus for the new Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL.

The first 300 customers to jump online and pre-order either the Lumia 950 or the Lumia 950 XL with Optus will receive a bonus Xbox One 1TB EA Sports™ FIFA 16 Bundle, valued at $499.

Of course - lots of discussion about if this is the right phone (retail for $999 and $1129 respectively) but the deal is a very good one if you've already been considering one! Get in quick.

http://www.techly.com.au/2015/11/30/optus-release-hot-pre-or…

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        • Ronnnie on 30/11/2015 - 14:38
          -1

          @oak:

          I have it on my 930 too. I have a keyboard bug, everytime I swype a word I have to manually put a space in between. So the keyboard is currently a pos. There's lag when launching tab switcher on Edge from time to time. On my 930 it's draining around 1.5% battery an hour when idle, however on phones like the 950 users are complaining of losing 50% of their battery over 8 hours doing nothing. I found on my lower end Lumia using a s400/1gb of ram the performance is really horrible. Even doing basic stuff like browsing it would just hang and lag. It's not like 8.1 which is smooth and relatively fast on crap hardware like the 530.

        • thisispants on 30/11/2015 - 18:50
          +2

          @Ronnnie:
          Keep in mind that the 930 is running the windows insider build which is still in development. The 950 is running the same build but it would have tweaks specific for the 950….so you can't really compare.

          I also have the wp10 development build on my 930 and on the whole I really like the OS. I agree there's some bugs but that's to be expected at this point.

          Let's not judge the OS before it's even finished.

          Full disclosure, I'm a windows phone fan boy…if you haven't already picked that up!

  • chrissyboy on 30/11/2015 - 12:28

    Ordered. Thanks OP! Been hanging out for an upgrade to my lumia 920 and xbox 360. 8GB of data/month is going to be quite liberating.

  • stratbargain on 30/11/2015 - 12:39

    No mention of a ‘device credit’ when signing up. So theoretically you could sign up on the $80 plan and cancel the next day for $390 cancellation fee and have a phone and xbox to keep… Theoretically…

    Of course you would want to confirm on chat there is no device credit component..

  • cheesecactus on 30/11/2015 - 12:57
    +3

    C'mon telstraaaa!

  • giventofly on 30/11/2015 - 13:21
    +6

    Imagine you went the $100 plan and forgot to scroll right…

  • giventofly on 30/11/2015 - 13:36
    +1

    Seems like this OS is taking far longer than Android and iOS to get app maturity - which was understandable being a late comer. Windows 10 on the phone is a major step forward and when Facebook develop their apps (instead of Microsoft) and others follow suite it'll be a genuine contender. Just not there yet.

    • Ronnnie on 30/11/2015 - 13:45

      Apps is one thing, like the spotify app is awful on windows phone, it makes a flagship phone feel like a $20 phone the way that windows phone app performs. However as windows mobile 10 user, it really sucks at this point. My concern about these windows phone is battery life, I was talking to someone who has the 950 and G4 and he reckons the battery life on the 950 is worse. The G4 has bad battery life as it is, and really surprised me 950 was performing worse than it.

      • giventofly on 30/11/2015 - 14:07
        +1

        Yeah the apps aren't polished at all. Flipboard app is woeful.

        Hard pressed to think of a decent 3rd party app that feels as good as the inbuilt ones. Even popular apps written by the owner feel like a knockoff.

        • oak on 30/11/2015 - 14:22

          6tag is a great 3rd party app. Much better than first party instagram, which reflects poorly on them.

        • Ronnnie on 30/11/2015 - 14:40

          @oak:

          Having one good app doesn't make up for all the horrible or missing ones. Though its a start. :)

        • thisispants on 30/11/2015 - 18:52
          +2

          There's heaps of great 3rd party apps…. Tweetium, mytube, readit, baconit, 6tag, pin it, to name a few.

        • Apostle0748 on 30/11/2015 - 19:14

          @thisispants: 6tin is another great example. They released a feature which Tinder then copied several months later and started charging people for on the real app!

  • donkcat on 30/11/2015 - 13:37

    Great deal, liked the look of it but reading the reviews for the phone and it's not worth a free xbox. The complete lack of apps and software that is well behind IOS and Android.

  • greentoad on 30/11/2015 - 14:20

    Thanks. Ordered one. Under 100 remaining. Get in quick people.

  • caprimulgus on 30/11/2015 - 14:39
    +2

    ok, i'm in! :)

    back on a plan for the first time in a long time, and sad to lose my grandfathered $20 TPG plan, but let's see how it goes!

  • Educatedfool on 30/11/2015 - 14:43

    ordered one. changed my mind. how do i cancel in a easiest way.Refuse Delivery???

    • frostman on 30/11/2015 - 14:49

      HAHAHAHA

    • Noonoo on 30/11/2015 - 14:54

      Just go through the online chat, they can sort it out

  • 2024 on 30/11/2015 - 14:45

    Just had a call from Optus. Locked in and confirmed. Yay!

  • frostman on 30/11/2015 - 14:50
    +3

    I went to the Microsoft Shop to try out these phones first hand.
    Sadly, Microsoft hasn't learned from Samsung yet that 100% plastic phones costing $1,000+ are not well received.

    • Ronnnie on 30/11/2015 - 15:29
      -1

      The problem with the phone is not that it's plastic, it's the cheap quality of plastic used and lackluster build quality.

    • giventofly on 30/11/2015 - 17:04

      I actually prefer plastic phones for their good repairability.

      Just, the price tag is ludicrous.

      • Ronnnie on 30/11/2015 - 17:09
        +1

        On a flagship they could have used a higher quality plastic like they did on the older Lumias. This plastic is cheap like used on lower end phones. The Lumia 830 for is a lot nicer than these new flagships for instance. Microsoft could have done what LG did to make it look a bit better and used a nicer back cover. Yes you can spend $100 extra and get a nicer aftermarket one, but since this is $1000 phone to begin with you shouldn't have to do that.

  • Cap N on 30/11/2015 - 15:01

    ~140 when I first checked on 30/11 in the morning
    then 66 at 2:55pm
    then 61 at 3:00pm…..

  • giventofly on 30/11/2015 - 15:03

    Can't believe the XL has water cooling.

    I broke my Nexus 5 and used my backup Lumia 925 for a few months. It wasn't too painful despite being on a dev preview of Windows 10. The phone just wasn't fast enough for it, but the lack of Google services wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

  • Phoenixsun6 on 30/11/2015 - 19:01
    +2

    Can anyone explain why this deal comes with $100 Google play credit?

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