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They want a new phone they buy to have something 'WOW' about it that they can show to their friends to impress them in study hall.

Like,

'see? I can play a 3D movie and watch it in 3D right on the phone!'

or

'My processor has 16 cores! See this page here? See that number - 16? It's a lot higher than 2! It must mean this phone is awesome!'

or

'Look - I have NFC on my phone. Yep - you never heard of NFC before, but I have it, and I'll buy a slurpee at 7-11 with no cash, just my phone, someday. Then you'll think I'm awesome'

I just want a phone with the latest technologies, but not bleeding-edge doesn't quite work yet technology, that works better than Android.

This sounds awfully familiar when people were talking about phone screen sizes. No one needs more than a 3.5" screen.

Or something.

;)
 
unlocked iPhone will be avialble on this Friday for preorder

unlocked iPhone 5 will be available for the preoder on this Friday.. (source? heard it from Tim, if you dont believe me, why don't you go ahead email him or wait until this Friday)

The reason why it took about couple of weeks to provide unlocked phone from last year is that they just started offering. But this year, it will be offered with other options as well.

cheers!
 
I will be taking a trip into an Orange store tomorrow, just spoke to someone at Orange who stated, 'sorry, we are only sending the nano SIMS out with the iPhone 5'!!!!

Hmmm, somehow I don't quite believe that. I have to buy a new contract, or upgrade just to get an iPhone 5 nano SIM on Orange!!

Well, if that is the case, bye bye Orange UK, hello O2.

Now I don't know weather to pre-order the phone tomorrow morning and then 'hope' I can get a SIM from Orange or what?

And remember, Orange supports the iPhone and makes up half the new EE network...


Can you cancel a pre-order?
 
Personal experience from last year - You'll have to effect it as 2 separate transactions. I had one account open in IE and one open in firefox. Since the server will be way overloaded, F5 key will be your friend.

Thanks for the tip! Good idea with the 2 browsers.
 
unlocked iPhone 5 will be available for the preoder on this Friday.. (source? heard it from Tim, if you dont believe me, why don't you go ahead email him or wait until this Friday)

The reason why it took about couple of weeks to provide unlocked phone from last year is that they just started offering. But this year, it will be offered with other options as well.

cheers!

Did you ask him prices?
 
Can anyone tell me if you can cancel a pre-order from Apple with no hassle?

Yes. Until it is prepared for shipping, my personal experience is not a problem.

When it goes into the "prep" mode, usually 2-3 days before delivery, you usually have to return it via Ups etc. You can't return apple.com orders to stores.

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How do you guys plan to upgrade if you dont have one available? Will you just pay the full 700-900?

If you get a phone for full price, get the unlocked version. It has a much better resale and holds value longer.
 
meh :( "iPhone 4GS" would have been a more applicable name.


The iPhone5 is a nice incremental upgrade, but not enough for me to rush out and replace my iPhone4 (even after two years of using it now).


what?! really? i have a 4 which I got on launch day and it is super slow compared to the 4s and also I have been running iOS 6 on it the last couple of months and am not looking forward to keeping it while running this OS. the processor alone is not enough to sell you on this upgrade? I guess that I am one person closer to getting my iphone on time then...thanks?
 
Can someone confirm that if you preorder through Verizonwireless.com that you will get the phone on the day of the release just like you would if you ordered it through apple.com?
 
ATTENTION BEST BUY PREORDER-ERS

Just got off the phone with Best Buy. They changed the way they give you the promotional $50 gift card. You can't use it on your iPhone 5 purchase because now they're mailing it to you a month after you get your phone. AND they won't guarantee that you'll get your preorder on launch day or even the following day. Screw that.
 
I believe Im eligible for an upgrade but do not want to use it.

How am I able to buy one one AT&T? I am ok paying full price for one.
 
Will there be a contract-free option right away?

And how will the nano-sim work? I understand it can't just be cut down like a sim-microsim? SO it may take a while for carriers to have nanosims available anyhow.
 
I'm looking forward to Siri (legit). Siri proxy is annoying as the proxy service I use goes down on my iPhone 4.. always when I am asking Siri to do something you'd think she would understand locally (set a reminder, set a timer, etc).

The interesting part is everyone I know with a 4S barely uses it and when I am able to use it, I use the crap out of it to remind me of stuff and set timers constantly. I have missed her lately, so I'm real happy about finally having her on the iPhone 5. And she can open apps now, right?! Woo!
 
Yes. Until it is prepared for shipping, my personal experience is not a problem.

When it goes into the "prep" mode, usually 2-3 days before delivery, you usually have to return it via Ups etc. You can't return apple.com orders to stores.

Cheers mate, I'm going into town tomorrow so will pop into an Orange store and double check about the Nano SIMS.

May try to cut mine otherwise? May be possible to do.
 
Question was asked: If you order from Verizon, will you get it on release day?

Answer was:

Yes that is correct.

Just for clarification, you should NOT pick next day shipping, right? It will arrive won launch day with the free 2 day shipping?
 
Seriously, check out the Samsung Note 2, or Galaxy 3. It takes you 5 years into the future.

I did not realize that the latest Android did time travel. This is a great feature and may get me to switch from iOS. Before I do, could you check to see what happens with my life over the next five years? I'd like to know if I can just skip it without any really loss. Do my wife and I have kids? If so, I guess I'll stick with iOS as I'd hate to miss my children's formative years just for the awesomeness of Android.
 
Anyone think I can snag one of these for sprint at 9:00 am central? That's 7 pacific. If not I guess I'll be taking off tomorrow just to stay up ordering late tonight.
 
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