The UK Microsoft Store site is joining the U.S. site in offering a free Display Dock accessory with the purchase of the Lumia 950 or Lumia 950 XL smartphone.
The free Display Dock offer (via Neowin), which is normally worth £79.99, will last until either January 13, 2017 or while supplies last. This applies to the purchase of both the 5.2-inch Lumia 950 for £249, or for the 5.7-inch Lumia 950 XL for £339.
As we have mentioned before, the Display Dock accessory allows both phones to connect to a PC keyboard and mouse, along with a big monitor, so they can be used like a Windows 10 PC. This freebie offer is going to last for a while so you should have plenty of time to take atvantage of it.
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Microsoft Store UK throws in free Display Dock with Lumia 950 or 950 XL purchase
Can anyone get the lumia offers app working ato actually order the dock?
I got my 950XL a few weeks back and the app just tells me to come back later...
8 months ago I bought the 950 and dock for the better part of £500. Good to know it's halved in value in less than a year ☹
I could have bought a 950 with a Mozo case for under £100 the other day (barely used). So don't expect to get much when you come to sell yours... there's just no market for these phones anymore.
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Omg, reading these comments is just bewildering. People just like ragging on MS, mostly for no reason. The phones are good, the software is getting better by the day and infrastructure is being put in place for the future. People just need to have some patients. I only have a lowly 640XL and I love it. I have two businesses and it's super. Yes, love some more power and memory, but for the price It's a hell of a machine. Always had problems with Android and Apple is just annoying with its controlled environment and 'superior' attitude. Apple has good design and workable, yet inflexible OS. MS rules and will RULE!
You can never accuse a Windows Phone user of not being patient. If there is one thing we have in common on this site as a community is patience. I do not blame anyone for tearing into Microsoft for how they have handled Windows Phone. The software has always been lagging behind. Always. WM10 then took more steps back until a year later they updated what they screwed up.
It's a shame they weren't this price to start with, 3rd party support is almost gone now. I would be buying the 950xl if it was supported by unity (only has half assed support) or unreal engine 4 (no support at all).
So I'm the mug who pad full price at launch and didn't get a dock, purchased separately
Nope, I did the same. We're both mugs
Just ordered...was just
about to jump ship and try the OnePlus3. Looking forward to my shiny, new 950!
Well, I've just ordered yet another 950xl. That's 4 now! Plus 3 950's. The latest W10M does a great job of releasing these phones. They are so sweet on it. I'm running RS2 insider on the 950xl, and its very stable. The phone is a different beast. Now up to 18 devices in my business, ALL W10M. From the XL down to the 550, they ALL just work, and work well. The X3 would be great in my business as well, but I'm not spending £700 on a phone that does pretty much what the XL does. I'll keep my business devices until MS confirm or deny the presence of the fabled device.
Don't listen to the doom mongers, the XL and 950 are great day to day devices now that the software is there to open them up.
You must be calling A LOT!
Hii dr frndz!! Im planning to buy a lumia 950xl , bt my frnd told me his 950xl selfie camera capture always the mirror image..so many times get irritated.. so anyone conform how is the selfie camera capture the image.. its mirror face? How to fix it ?? Plzz reply soon as possible!! Bz today im planning to buy a mobile!! Thankz in advance....
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€300 is still too much for any Windows phone. The phone isn't the problem, the windows store is.
And £600 isn't too much for a device that should have a warning label on the back saying "FRAGILE"? Oh, hang on, that would cover the fruit up!
Whilst on the subject of money and store, I guess you have an opinion on those who have laid out £700 ( in large numbers ) for a top flight W10M device?? Please share it with us....
You're welcome. In my family we all have W10M phone: 630, 635, 640xl and 650. All work very well, 650 is my favorite. I like the W10M interface a lot, prefer it above the other operating systems. For €300 though I want all the apps and no inferior versions. No doubt you're enjoying all those 950 (xl)'s, it's like "driving a Ferrari"... but the speed limit is 35 mph almost everywhere. Still a Ferrari though. And yeah, €300 is tempting, very tempting ...
Well said, Ude Garami!
They should have introduced those phones at €300 including dock. Yeah, I know ... but did MS really think they would sell well at €500-€600? If so, another example stupidity has not left the company yet. At €300 it could have been a hit. And now, failure is written all over it. But should we really care? Of course not, it's just another company that wants your cash. Luckily there are great alternatives. Competition to the benefit of us consumers. Amen
Hi Ude, thanks for spreading your wisdom. Suppose you're not "a fan"?
You're welcome and you're right. I'm far too smart for that. Have a nice day!
Well done, Brexit working out pretty good.
Nothing to do with brexit... lol.
Brexit sounds like a cheap non brand weetabix-esque cereal from Lidl or Aldi lol....
Sale on just the Display Dock when??
...in india?
... and come on Nokia, work your magic on Android. I'm counting on you!
Guess you're going to be out of luck because no one will top Samsung in the android market and there's not enough scraps for the other OEM's to share and Nokia isn't going to change that! Cyogen, oppo, or any of the others have made any real impact in the android market and Nokia isn't going to change that. They're going to waste million of dollars for nothing.....
Careful DJ is going to come out of nowhere.
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Cue the imperial march theme... haha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=l_bgAKATS68
True dat.
But Nokia couldn't give a lesser duck about this situation. They simply licenced their name to an ODM. So if the new phones fail, which they probably will, Nokia won't give a sh*t, because they don't have any money in production and sales of the devices. They've made their cut already beforehand.
You won't need many fingers to count it. You could probably have 7 amputated. ;-)
Yes Android. You have to love giant ads in every app.
Root. Adblock. No more ads
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RIP windows phone :-(
No. RIP Microsoft Lumia. Too soon to call. Let's see how the X3 goes first. The OS will survive, the devices will come from other OEM's except for MS or Surface supplying a flagship
Still not used my free dock from my UK first day release xl!
I never got one :( Then again I got three with other phones :-) Handy for when I'm in a meeting. Still makes people go 'huh?' It's witchcraft is the look on their faces!
In Germany we have 299 € for Lumia 950 with the Dock. If you are student the same offer ia even cheaper at 259 €...amazing deal.
Does the student offer really include the dock?
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Yes, I checked today and it says at Microsoft page: Dock will be automatically added in the basket when you add the phone.
Awsome. Thanks! Now that's one great deal.
Nope, the student store won't offer you the free dock.
So tempted to replace the wife's 830 at that price, she probably won't ever use the display dock but I would then have a spare to carry about.
I've just done exactly that with my wife's 830.
Well, initially I ordered the 950 via TopCashBack (£10-ish cashback) but then they increased their cashback to £42 and £63 for the 950 and 950xl respectively. So I returned the 950 and ordered the 950XL. Just couldn't resist at those prices.
I was hoping to sell the dock as she just won't use it, but I doubt anyone will want to buy it now. :(
I even found myself considering a 950xl to replace my 640xl, but I couldn't afford it and I'm pretty happy with my 640xl. I just hope it wasn't a mistake to buy this early in what may be a period of heavy price reductions.
Can you also buy this if you live in the Netherlands?
Try Germany, same offer.
I think the main point here is that MS is having the last clean out sale to emphasise (perhaps unwillingly) that Windows 10 mobile is dead as a doornail. Extremely sad but true. Even though they had billions at their disposal they lacked whatever it takes to establish a mobile os. And it's not like Google selling Motorola, because their os market share was not close to zero when they sold. The third party offerings that will still be there are unfortunately under par (Acer, HP) and will most likely disappear pretty soon too.
Or it could be that they're clearing out inventory because the Surface Phone will be announced soon and selling before Xmas. There's one final hurrah left in the platform
The last time windows phone fans were hoping for Windows 10 mobile and the UWP, to no avail as we know now. To release the Lumia 950 with buggy, unfinished software was the last blunder in a long series of blunders and now there's nothing left in the pipeline. I am certain there will be no further phone production and Surface phones are wishful thinking. As a far as I know all the Nokia people have been fired, so who's left to develop decent cameras, the one selling point MS phones had.
Sad thing is, how true your observations are.
But a very crucial point still missed is that all the duck-ups of the last year that led the platform to it's miserable state were done deliberately by Nadella, so he could deliver the final blow to Windows 10 Mobile, claiming he "didn't have any other option."
Would you like me to mail you some lithium or lamotrigine? You appear to be in a manic state.
It was an absolute clusterf*ck, I agree. But there was definitely more than just the camera......
The Surface phone, if it ever materializes from the realm of rumours, will not show before first half of 2017.
Shhhh... You are not permitted to show any form of optimism in these comments threads anymore.... :-o
Why would you, without any hint of a reason for optimism...?
@007zbr:
Yah.... And the Mars Rover is gonna make contact with an alien species who's gonna explain to us how the universe began
;O)
I don't think Microsoft will ever make a phone again. But sure you can wait for the Surface phone.
Pitoka - What the hell r u talkin about??! MS does deals like this on ALL their products at the end of its life cycle or when a new version is soon to be released.
Yep, but there's no indication anything new is about to be released...
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They just clean out the storage
This is like such a sweet deal! One knock out phone for just £250!!
I will receive my 950 tomorro with 2 year contract for €0,-- on T-Mobile. Saves me €228,-- on same contract. Even sweeter.
Doesn't save you anything. You do realize that you're paying through your contract over 2 years right?
Right, but you would normally have a contract anyway? Even sim only deals can be matched if you are willing to hunt them out. I got a 950xl with no upfront for £22 pm with unlimited calls texts and 2GB data.
As mentioned in the post, if he's kept his same contract then a freebie is not too bad, unlike some mugs who are paying £40 - £50 a month for "other" flagships, or are being violated by an O2 refresh contract. Now, they are a scam
Thats right. T-Mobile isn't in the business to loose money. But they have Madness weeks and in those weeks the 950 costs nothing.