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Apple UK Special Event: September 18th 2007

I think Apple have probably fell out with the Paris Expo hosts.
Maybe they leaked something in the past???

As for a SE K810i being free on a £20 a month contract. I bet you get hardly any bundled texts, data and minutes meaning it's likely that you will exceed what they bundle and ending paying ALOT extra when you exceed what they give you bundled in.
 
According to Reuters, this may only be to announce which carriers they will partner with. I'm not sure if Europeans get suckered into 1-2 year contracts with their providers, but this may be the heads up to cancel with your current provider, if needed.

"Apple declined to divulge details about the planned news conference in London, and an Apple spokesman in Germany said only that the company would announce which telecoms operators had clinched the sales deal by the end of September."

http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news...RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-APPLE-IPHONE-EUROPE-DC.XML
 
what about us Canadians?

Not that i'm not happy about you guys on the other side of the pond getting the iphone... its great, congrats... but being just north of the border, its kinda upsetting that we canadians still don't have:

Movies, TV shows on Itunes or the Iphone.


Does steve just hate us up here or is there another reason we have been shunned?
 
joe8232 said:
I wonder if there will be any clues leading up to the event ie. Large covered up banners in the window of the apple store etc. Also, will Steve be there?
Here's hoping for the iPhone at a non-ridiculous price!
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It'll be £169 for 4GB. I betcha.
 
Is it possible to announce the iPhone on Tues and have it shipping out from the 25th with live demo versions at the Expo?
 
To think this wont have anything to do with the Euro iPhone launch would be ridiculous.
 
mmmmm...this comes very quickly after the announced price drop for iphone. i really thought we would wait longer and then get a 3G phone. if they are announcing iphone for the UK, does this make it more likely its going to be EDGE (taking into account O2 have been adding EDGE)?
 
It will be the iPhone on the O2 network and it will be the same as the US version i.e. 2.5G and EDGE (or whatever O2 brand it). Apple is not going to have Europe having a better iPhone than the US. Apparently the price drop over there pissed off a few people(!). I think 3G in Europe only would piss people off even more...

We'll have to wait for iPhone 2 for 3G I suspect, but then we'll see a really cool version of iChat for the iPhone with neat integration with both the Mac version and a new Windows version. Finally they'll be a reason to actually use the video call features that 3G allows. Mark my words!
 
Urgh. New iMacs, iLife, iWork, Leopard, iPods, iPhone, Logic Studio? I fully expect Steve to stride onto stage with a Borg eyepiece and a Santa outfit to declare "This Christmas resistance to our product lines is futile. Hand over your bank accounts to us." If they announce a new Mac Pro as well as the European iPhone I might as well just start tithing 30% of my income to Apple :eek:
 
Wouldnt it Make Sense...

Here's a thought (Probably mentioned many times before, but I cant seem to find it in thread)...

Wouldnt Apple AND the service providers in Europe want the iPhone to hit the streets BEFORE people start buying the alternative... iPod touch. (slated to hit the streets 9/28)

I mean think about it, suppose you were in Europe and you were thinking of picking up an iPhone, but were getting a bit impatient with Apple in regards to waiting for their announcement and release. You may be tempted to just grab an iPod touch and keep using the old classic cell phone.

Phrased this way... Wouldnt and iPod touch on the market with no clear promise of a release date on the iPhone hurt the service providers in Europe?

Maybe I am way off here... thoughts??
 
gusapple said:
Hoping for Beatles. And iPhone for the great Mac fans across the pond!
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Olivia Harrison was quoted somewhere as saying that Beatles music won't appear online until early next year. Expect that means an announcement at MacWorld 2008.
 
Veldek said:
Thanks a lot, I did wonder what this sentence could mean...
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Me too ;)

Mum's the word

Meaning

Keep quiet - say nothing.

Origin

Mum; not mother but 'mmmmm', the humming sound made with a closed mouth. Used by Shakespeare in Henry VI, Part 2:

"Seal up your lips and give no words but mum."
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so... no more keeping quiet; start talking... here's the iPhone! ;)
 
COMMON Canadian iphone!

Like someone else already said... congrats to you guys getting your iphone but dammit Canadians should get it over here too....

ugh
 
Piarco said:
What? A 8GB iPhone for £169? Not a chance. Have a look at the pricing stucture of the iPods vs iPhone Stateside and you'll revise that standpoint. It'll be £250 upwards IMHO...
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i expect £299 for 8gb with 3G.
 
GavinTing said:
A special edition ipod to honour the queen mum!
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<Obigatory bad taste>It'd hafta be a faulty special edition iPod as the Queen Mum ain't amongst those living </obligatory bad taste>

I'll leave someone else to post the inevitable take-off of the parrot sketch :p
 
glennyboiwpg said:
Not that i'm not happy about you guys on the other side of the pond getting the iphone... its great, congrats... but being just north of the border, its kinda upsetting that we canadians still don't have:

Movies, TV shows on Itunes or the Iphone.


Does steve just hate us up here or is there another reason we have been shunned?
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Did you take a look at our data plans?

Neither Telus, Rogers or Hell have reasonable plans for unlimited data.

Since Rogers is the only carrier to use sim cards... We are waiting on them.

Ideally you could call your MP and talk to him/her about having the CRTC allow foreign telecom companies competing on the Canadian Market.

But, if you really want an iPhone, go buy one, and unlock it. A friend of mine is using iPhone on Fido at the moment.
 
OK then dilemma time..... I was about to buy an iphone from eBay that is already in the UK and just unlock it, then I get a cheap contract as I wont have to take the most likely expensive iPhone contract.

I guess I'm silly not to wait until next week and see what the news will be as it could really change things. If the release date is still end of November I'll just get one off Fleabay as i'm going mad waiting:mad:

You can't dangle a new gadget infront of me and tell me I cant but it for months!!!
 
Oh Mother

If Mum is no longer the word then what is? iBet its something on the lines of "let's-get-the-out-of-date-8GB-EDGE-version-out-quickly-in-the-UK-so-we-can-launch-the-3G-16GB-iPhone-in-the-new-year" only snappier. iKnow what my Mum's word would be; "wait" Of course iWon't 'cause I'm stupid and iWant one NOW! Bring it on!
 
glennyboiwpg said:
Not that i'm not happy about you guys on the other side of the pond getting the iphone... its great, congrats... but being just north of the border, its kinda upsetting that we canadians still don't have:

Movies, TV shows on Itunes or the Iphone.


Does steve just hate us up here or is there another reason we have been shunned?
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What's all this fuss aboot?

No idea, but maybe he blames canada for something.
 
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