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iPhone SE orders UK!
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Thanks. Fonebank will give me £430. I'm just looking at some forums that have FS sections to see if I'd get a better price.
Also going to ask at the Apple Store later as I can't find their trade in price for the 6s.
I got 440£ for my launch date 6S 64GB SG from them. I think it's a fair price considering that 20% from the new price was VAT.
So so BEAUTIFUL...
Most beautiful piece of technology ever released.
This phone with an edge to edge amoled screen would be the perfect phone ever.
APPLE LISTEN TO ME
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I agree, I always thought the iPhone 4 was a beautiful design and then I saw the 5 and I wanted it right away. I like my 6 Plus but it's design reminds me of so many Android phones, it feels just like the HTC One S that I had before I got an iPhone. I have had several larger Android phones (including the dreaded HTC HD2 with Windows Mobile, worst phone I have ever had!) and I switched to the 5S and I thought I loved it just because it was iOS. After having a large iOS device for a while I realized I liked it most because it was the perfect size for me.
Glad to be going back soon!
No Space Grey 64GB SEs in stock in the Brighton store. I've ordered online for in-store pickup. I am disappoint, was really hoping they wouldn't be this popular!
Had a go on one in-store though, felt super snappy and the 5 series body design remains beautiful - I prefer it to the 6 series... but the 4 series is probably still my favourite!
Had a go on one in-store though, felt super snappy and the 5 series body design remains beautiful - I prefer it to the 6 series... but the 4 series is probably still my favourite!
Thanks for that Envirofone link, they seem to offer a very good price compared to other places.
Top service from John Lewis, very impressed. And very impressed with the phone too, its strange seeing it next to a 6 after kind of getting used to the larger screen, but I have to say its so nice having a smaller (non-slippery) phone that I can use with one hand with ease again! Nice camera upgrade too.
Top service from John Lewis, very impressed. And very impressed with the phone too, its strange seeing it next to a 6 after kind of getting used to the larger screen, but I have to say its so nice having a smaller (non-slippery) phone that I can use with one hand with ease again! Nice camera upgrade too.
Ah cool. I seem to remember an issue last year with the phones locking to the first SIM provider that was inserted.
Isn't that what happens to the phones you'd get through Carphone Warehouse and the other phone stores? They have a stock of iPhone that they sell contract with for any network and the phone locks to the first sim put in?
Yeah probably, but there were definitely reports of it with JL when the 6S came out. Good to know its not an issue now.
I vaguely recall John Lewis locking iPhone to the first network SIM being inserted when iPhone 6 launched.
Carphone Warehouse (or their third party sites such as mobiles.co.uk) will automatically lock to the first inserted SIM.
Carphone Warehouse (or their third party sites such as mobiles.co.uk) will automatically lock to the first inserted SIM.
No. It's the only place to get a truly UNLOCKED iPhone
All the other retailers like Carphone warehouse, John Lewis, Argos, Three, Vodafone, O2, EE etc sim free phones will lock into the first sim inserted
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Thanks for the reply - I'll wait for the Apple order to come through in that case!
Just tested this with the iPhone SE i bought from John Lewis today and its not the case. It doesn't lock to the first sim card you put in it.
Plus, a retailer can't sell a phone as being unlocked only for it to become locked when you put a sim card in.
Shouldn't be a problem for those on the Three network. I believe they unlock any phone for free.
Yes they can and they do.
Please provide a video if you can as it has been discussed before that buying from John Lewis will lock into the first sim inserted. Here's the thread - https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...carphone-if-you-want-unlocked-iphone.1920425/
PS: I think some ppl are saying it will lock and some it won't lock.
I bought an iPhone 6 from Argos, sim-free and it locked to my network there after
No. That is wrong.
The John Lewis iPhones are 100% unlocked.
I have used a JL iPhone 6s and now a SE.
Unlocked.
The confusion started last year when John Lewis' website had fine print saying it locks to first sim… They subsequently took that off.
Sorry did not mean they were unlocked, I meant they are not network specific, meaning you could grab any iPhone from their stock room and put any sim in it and it would lock to the network of that first sim
If you read the thread you linked to you will see that it is a non issue with John Lewis.
Beware though that Argos, CarPhoneWarehouse etc do lock to first sim..
Ok, I actually thought that all the retailers except Apple are selling iPhone's that lock to the first sim inserted.
So that's Apple and John Lewis who sell truly unlocked iPhone's. Thank you for your info, I might consider John Lewis in the future as well
No problem.
There is also another reseller to consider — GiffGaff.
They sell 100% unlocked - network agnostic - phones as well. They also offer monthly credit plans… and free next day delivery. Their stock of 64GB phones are sold out it seems.
These little SE iPhones are selling like the proverbial hotcakes it seems.
Disclaimer! I have nothing to do with either John Lewis or GiffGaff, just keeping my eyes peeled for good deals.
