So I had a HTC U11 that I bought several months back, 3 or 4 months maybe I can't remember. It wasn't perfect but it was pretty good and I was happy with it. Until Android 8.0 update totally broke bluetooth with my car. Which is a huge deal, seeing as I am in my car for 2+ hours each day, and not being able to play or control my music using the steering wheel controls over bluetooth is real ****.
So I went back to the store I bought it from, explained it to them. They said they couldn't do anything to fix it, which I knew already, but they said I can swap the phone out for something else and they will take the retail price off of the U11 off of the phone I choose. Well, there is an offer I can not refuse. Then I saw they had £100 off the iPhone X if you took out a 1 month rolling SIM only deal with it, so I looked at that. For £2 a month more than my current SIM only deal I could get 3GB of extra data, so I did that and went with the iPhone X. So we go to pay and I am expecting the following:
iPhone = £999
Hand back HTC U11 = -£499
SIM deal discount = -£100
So billed amount would be 999 - (499 + 100) = £400 to pay, and hand them my U11
I don't know what happened or if I misunderstood, but somehow I ended up only paying £150 and also they never asked for my HTC U11 off me. So I walked out of the store (Carphone Warehouse FWIW) with a 64GB iPhone X, and still with my U11 for just £150.
RESULT ! I feel like I had good luck for once
I'm normally unlucky... well on the same day work told me they were relocating our office 15 miles further away from home, so I guess it balances out.
Anyway the iPhone X is a *seriously* impressive phone. I wasn't really that fussed when I bought it, just hoped the bluetooth worked in my car (it does, perfectly), but having used it a bunch I am legit blown away by how good it is. Not had an iPhone for 3 years, I can't say I missed it, but now being back it sure does feel good.