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UK iPhone 5 thread
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I know speeds will vary etc dependent on various factors but seeing those tests is making me want to pay off the rest of my contract and join EE
you're doing better than me, very patchy coverage where I am and I get about 16Mbps at best. Admittedly that's about 4x faster than BT can give me on ADSL
Offtopic: I found that all London shops have any iPad Mini models in stock since 2nd of November. I got mine iPad mini 16GB white with no queue on 3/11/2012 and then cancelled my online order.
My local currys has about 50 of them when i walked in on Saturday, but I'm after the LTE version
Hi I'm struggling to find the answer in this long thread so apologies for asking, but I've managed to secure a reservation for tomorrow and wanted to ask about the nano sim.
I'm in contract with Vodafone and will let it run to it's end early next year. Do I need to visit the Vodafone shop beforehand (I hope not it was rammed the other day and I'm doing this in my lunch hour). So do the apple staff have the ability to call Vodafone and sort it out? How long did your activation then take?
I'm in contract with Vodafone and will let it run to it's end early next year. Do I need to visit the Vodafone shop beforehand (I hope not it was rammed the other day and I'm doing this in my lunch hour). So do the apple staff have the ability to call Vodafone and sort it out? How long did your activation then take?
pop into a vodafone store and ask them to transfer your number to a nano sim, itll take up to 24 hours, normally done in a couple, my orange microsim to nano sim took 7 hours
should really be as simple as that, you wont lose your number or current contract etc etc
Ugh thanks, ok the MK Vodafone store was bonkers on Tuesday, I was really hoping to be able to avoid it if possible!
Given I have the store managers number after they messed up on something I might ring up in the morning so they have one ready...
you may be able to call customer services have them send one out if it makes it easier, depends on whether vodafone keep stock etc etc
I collected my nano sim from my local 02 store before I visited my apple store.
The specialist asked if I had a nano on me and proceeded to do the sim swap in the apple store on a demo MBA for me. Took a couple of days to complete due to 02 systems being really busy. Normally takes 2 to 24 hours as already stated.
Enjoy this awesome device.
Thinking of selling my iPhone 5
I have a white 32GB SIM-free iPhone 5 and I want to go back to a 4s - I've decided I prefer the heft and screen size of the older model.
Any ideas as to the best way to sell it? It's mint and boxed as new.
I have a white 32GB SIM-free iPhone 5 and I want to go back to a 4s - I've decided I prefer the heft and screen size of the older model.
Any ideas as to the best way to sell it? It's mint and boxed as new.
I'm here trying to reserve an iPhone as if my life's gonna end tomorrow!
So frustrating! I have friends in different parts of the UK and they have no problem reserving iPhone for next day collection but it seems impossible to get one in London...
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I would buy it off you if you were in London! I really want the black version though! They are going for a lot of money on eBay but remember the eBay fees are something like 10% on the final sale value.
So frustrating! I have friends in different parts of the UK and they have no problem reserving iPhone for next day collection but it seems impossible to get one in London...
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I would buy it off you if you were in London! I really want the black version though! They are going for a lot of money on eBay but remember the eBay fees are something like 10% on the final sale value.
I'm not out to make a profit - £565 would be fine. If I can't sell it I'll stick with it.
Might pop into CEX after work tomorrow.
Well it was very efficient if a little underwhelming but apple had a stock of nano sims and a page with vodafone where he entered the new one. My old one had deactivated within half an hour. So i escaped the voda bedlam...
No setup offered, just heres the phone i'll email you a receipt...! yet there was someone next to me with the pgone out of the box and button pressing away with the staff. Still, its setup, and only one odd issue i might post over in ios6 tomorrow...
Wish I knew how to sell mine too. It seems the Internet is full of scammers and within 5 mins of the advert being placed you get 10 emails obviously fake! Plus I state O2 network 16gb white and they ask....is it unlocked? What colour is it?? Surely there is an easier way to sell the most desired phone in London right now? No?
CeX are paying quite well for it and it's basically no questions asked. Price will change depending on the condition of the device.
http://cl.ly/Klq7
Cex suck . They pay minimum and sell for maximum. Good business for them, rips off sellers.
To be fair I sold mine I got on release day from £100 more than it cost me in Apple so... result!
Have to say I'm pretty impressed, and their 3G speeds when there's not LTE signal aren't too shabby either.
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Bath yesterday (inside my house)
West Ealing yesterday (inside my car)
Bath yesterday (inside my house)
How are you guys finding the puny data caps on EE?
It's mad to me that I can get unlimited 14Mb 3G with Three for less than EE's 500MB package. I mean sure the LTE is fast, but really would you notice the difference between 14Mb and 30Mb-50Mb on a phone? I mean sure there is tethering but with the small data caps kinda makes it useless you'd burn through it very quickly if you tried to use it for anything that would warrant such fast speeds like HD video streaming.
I just don't see the point in this EE network right now with the small data caps, expensive plans and spotty coverage when there are almost as fast 3G offerings that are unlimited and inexpensive with great coverage.
I think I'd feel a bit burnt being an early adopter of their network right now.
It's mad to me that I can get unlimited 14Mb 3G with Three for less than EE's 500MB package. I mean sure the LTE is fast, but really would you notice the difference between 14Mb and 30Mb-50Mb on a phone? I mean sure there is tethering but with the small data caps kinda makes it useless you'd burn through it very quickly if you tried to use it for anything that would warrant such fast speeds like HD video streaming.
I just don't see the point in this EE network right now with the small data caps, expensive plans and spotty coverage when there are almost as fast 3G offerings that are unlimited and inexpensive with great coverage.
I think I'd feel a bit burnt being an early adopter of their network right now.
I'm still making reservations in all London stores every day for a black 32gb Sim Free. Am I the only one? It seems like madness considering the amount of time since launch.
Has anyone been able to walk into a store and buy on the spot yet?
Never had to go through so much effort to get a company to take my money!
Has anyone been able to walk into a store and buy on the spot yet?
Never had to go through so much effort to get a company to take my money!
You're not alone!
I've been trying to reserve one in London for about 5 weeks (some days I try just one store, other days 3 or 4).
I'm surprised that Apple have not modified their reservation system, given their severe lack of stock. It's a farce to expect customers to jump through the reservation hoops every single day for weeks on end. A reservation should be made just once - what's the point in making us do it again and again?