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iPhone 7/7+ - UK Orders & Dispatches Thread
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I preordered my watch straight after I preordered my phone and although there was an option to pick up the watch in store it wasn't possible to actually choose it which is annoying as I was hoping to pick up both at the same time. I rather have picked up the watch then have it delivered.
That's Interesting. Mine is still processing with 20-22 as delivery date.
What's yours?
Still waiting for mine to arrive. My order on Amazon says they will arrive between the 13th and 17th although they have already dispatched as of Friday so hopefully I will have them Monday or Tuersday. I've also ordered a Ringke case and an Orzly case.
bit of a long shot but I've ordered to apple store to collect an iPhone 7+. I was wanting to take my current iPhone 6 (64gb) and trade it in with apple when i collect. However looks like apple will be taking the payment when the phone ships to the store (metro centre)2 days before the friday 16th collect. it says you get a gift card if you trade in but id like the money to go towards the new 7+. You think the store might credit my bank account rather than a gift card.
worse case i can go to cex or game and trade in just rather do it all in the apple store keep it nice and easy
worse case i can go to cex or game and trade in just rather do it all in the apple store keep it nice and easy
It's a Series 2 42MM Stainless Steel with white band due for delivery on the 16th.
There are a lot of scammers on eBay and because eBay and PayPal heavily favour the buyer in a dispute you run the risk of losing both the phone and the money you were given for it. For that reason I've taken less money from CEX instead in the past.
On another unrelated note the Halifax mobile banking app has now been updated and we can sign in with Touch ID finally.
I had some fun with data this afternoon and built a timeline for each Apple Store showing reservable/pick-up-able stock:
https://code.gladdy.uk/iphone/timeline
Here's an example of what SouthGate, Bath looks like:
https://code.gladdy.uk/iphone/timeline
Here's an example of what SouthGate, Bath looks like:
With all the maths I've done it's all swings and roundabouts with phones and tariffs and ends up being about the same for the phone cost and airtime.
From years of being on contracts I've decided personally think the best way is to buy a phone outright and chose a SIM only 12 months plan. Selling the phone a year later will cover a large proportion of your upgrade next year.
It's all about if you can stump up one payment or not. Otherwise a 0% credit card and split the payments into 12 and make sure you pay each month.
iPhone 7 Plus Orders Begin Shipping to Customers
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My 6s from John Lewis is definitely unlocked. Been using on EE since launch but just tried an O2 sim and it worked fine.
The way you talk, makes it like there's going to be hundreds of people doing the iUP reservation then buying full price, it's more like a handful, which makes little difference to the launch day figures.
The ruling of not allowing people to switch form iUP to paying full price was rolled out today, so your friend may be on old news.
Nope! Admittedly, I didn't expect Apple to expose the JSON they are this year (as they didn't last year for the iPhone 6S, but did for the 5S and 6) so I wasn't logging the data for the first 28 minutes. I know for sure there are some black models around, and even a few stores had jet black non-plus iPhones - but they were all gone before I started logging
CEX are always hard to get 'top dollar' from but sometimes the delight at selling quickly and without hassle far outweighs the extra £££
So, from that, the Oracle, Reading, never had stock of the 128Gb 7Plus in black? (Not jet black)??
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Nope! Admittedly, I didn't expect Apple to expose the JSON they are this year (as they didn't last year for the iPhone 6S, but did for the 5S and 6) so I wasn't logging the data for the first 28 minutes. I know for sure there are some black models around, and even a few stores had jet black non-plus iPhones - but they were all gone before I started logging
Ahh that makes more sense, that you're missing the first 28 minutes.
Thanks.
Now I just need to figure out how to go from my current phone and watch to the new phone and watch. I'm thinking that I should set up my new phone using restore from back up. Unpair my current watch from my current phone and then pair it with the new phone. When the new watch comes which I'll probably have to pick up the following Monday from the courier depot I should unpair my old watch from the new phone and then pair the new watch with the new phone. I'm hoping that's the best way to do it.
It states in the EE terms you have to, if wanting the upgrade after 12 months, to hand in the same phone though. Pity we could have been a bit cheaper way!!
I'm not a fan of these 24 month contracts from the networks where you can upgrade after 12 months.
After 12 months of payments + upfront fee you've paid a considerable amount for the phone only to hand it back and be forced to take a contract again of equal value.
They're just a way to lock you into the network for longer than the statutory 24 month limit, as you never shop around.
The Apple version is less of an issue as it's network independent and you can switch provider at any point.
I've been thinking on this myself. Currently I'm on three sim only, 23£ for unlimited everything. EE looks good, especially the WiFi calling and visual voicemail capabilities. I was reading that with ee, you can pay 300 odd to keep the phone instead of handing it in which is good, but you can do the same with apple upgrade programme. The tipping factor for me was the included apple care with apple upgrade programme. For me adding the 45 per month ontop of my 23pm sim only contract works out only a pound or so more expensive than from ee with a 100£ less upfront fee.