A few people posted on here that the iPhones which O2 sold off at £169 a few weeks ago were manufactured in the same week as those sold at the UK launch.
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A few people posted on here that the iPhones which O2 sold off at £169 a few weeks ago were manufactured in the same week as those sold at the UK launch.
That certainly would make sense - thanks for the info.
Hope it works out light that - I would love to walk in and collect my iPhone. I fear I'm going to be there at 7am. That annoys me a bit - not that I'm embarassed that I may look a sad geek in a queue.....but the feeling the Steve Jobs has got me exactly where he wants me
In short, I've become a fan boy
Hope it works out light that - I would love to walk in and collect my iPhone. I fear I'm going to be there at 7am. That annoys me a bit - not that I'm embarassed that I may look a sad geek in a queue.....but the feeling the Steve Jobs has got me exactly where he wants me
In short, I've become a fan boy
In short, I've become a fan boy
Me too.
I fear it will be 7.02 am and I am there at 6.59am and my N95 will be on ebay at 7.04am via cloud and my iphone. 
I can vouch for this from personal experience.
I bought a week 43 on launch day.
Member of my family bought a £169 special in April, and that too was a week 43!
Im just posting what I was told, you cant start accusing me of posting something which is untrue without being able to positivly prove that the infomation I have is wrong, Which I welcome you to do, Ive never said that my information is definately positive, just posting what I was told, but looking back there have been many examples of iPhones which have been recently sold and have a launch day week date stamp on them.
Cheers
Hey Johnpartridge! great stuff! good that you are sharing your info with all of us. I'm particularly very interested in what you have to say -- and obviously things will get further clarified as we approach the 11th. Thank you!
^ I thought they were teaching Apple Stores how to do credit checks etc.
I'm jus gonnna wait and get a PAYG iPhone wherever its easily available. If that means goin to London so be it...
I'm jus gonnna wait and get a PAYG iPhone wherever its easily available. If that means goin to London so be it...
its been up and down all day for me (i was emailing o2 and had to wait a few minutes each time before pressing next to ensure i didnt have to start all over again) and its down for me atmYep, fine for me
i just emailed o2, response i got:
(only the bit in bold/italic is interesting)
Thanks for emailing us about the new iPhone 3G.
I've checked your account and I can see that you're currently eligible to upgrade your contract. Your current 12 month contract term will complete on 28 June 2008.
To upgrade your contract please call our upgrades team as our upgrades team deals with all the queries related to upgrades.
You can contact them free of charge on the following phone numbers:
1. 8001 313 136 from O2 phones.
2. 08001 313 136 from Fixed line phones.
3. 08706 007 102 from your O2 Pay Monthly phones. They're open:
-Monday to Saturday between 08:00am and 08:00pm.
-Sunday between 10:00am and 06:00pm.
Our upgrades team offers all upgrade deals and they'll be able to tell you about the various upgrade options available.
You don't need to visit the O2 store to activate the iphone you can activate your iphone via iTunes.
You can also register your interest to upgrade to the new iPhone 3G by using the link below:
http://iphone.o2.co.uk/registeryourinterest/
After you've registered your interests, we'll contact you in early July to tell you about the new 3G iPhone.
I hope you find this information useful and many thanks for your keen interest in the iPhone 3G.
Please visit our website using the link www.o2.co.uk/iphone for the most up to date information on iPhone.
Should you need any information on our products and services, please visit our online Help Centre at:
http://www.o2.co.uk/help
(only the bit in bold/italic is interesting)
Thanks for emailing us about the new iPhone 3G.
I've checked your account and I can see that you're currently eligible to upgrade your contract. Your current 12 month contract term will complete on 28 June 2008.
To upgrade your contract please call our upgrades team as our upgrades team deals with all the queries related to upgrades.
You can contact them free of charge on the following phone numbers:
1. 8001 313 136 from O2 phones.
2. 08001 313 136 from Fixed line phones.
3. 08706 007 102 from your O2 Pay Monthly phones. They're open:
-Monday to Saturday between 08:00am and 08:00pm.
-Sunday between 10:00am and 06:00pm.
Our upgrades team offers all upgrade deals and they'll be able to tell you about the various upgrade options available.
You don't need to visit the O2 store to activate the iphone you can activate your iphone via iTunes.
You can also register your interest to upgrade to the new iPhone 3G by using the link below:
http://iphone.o2.co.uk/registeryourinterest/
After you've registered your interests, we'll contact you in early July to tell you about the new 3G iPhone.
I hope you find this information useful and many thanks for your keen interest in the iPhone 3G.
Please visit our website using the link www.o2.co.uk/iphone for the most up to date information on iPhone.
Should you need any information on our products and services, please visit our online Help Centre at:
http://www.o2.co.uk/help
This will be true, I have a friend who is not on o2 and he received a text from o2 the other day advertising the iphone.
I might be well wrong but it sounds like the rep have used a pre-prepared iPhone v1 email template and added the 3g blurb to it... i have a feeling that may not be 100% accurate. Im guessing if you email them a few days before July 11th you might get a different email back... i might be wrong though! (hopefully!)
Doesn't this imply that the first part of their email was just a canned response referring to the gen. 1 iPhone?
I can make it to the store, buy the phone and go to work by 9am. But then, I gotta wait alllll day to play with it
I cant wait to get the rest of the details. Why are they making us wait so long. 2ISH MORE WEEKS!!!!!
I hope im reading this wrong, but each store receiving 5k units?? Even the largest stores only hold approx <1000 phones in them.
I hope im reading this wrong, but each store receiving 5k units?? Even the largest stores only hold approx <1000 phones in them.
Yeah, 5000 iPhones would take a hell of a lot of storage space. Even the largest stores would struggle with that. If the current box size is used 5000 iPhones would take up a HUGE space... and this would be a huge security risk. Imagine the losses (5000 * £300 = £1,500,000!). I think its going to be more like 500 phones, but then depending on store size! Wasnt there a stock checker (at least in american apple stores) to say when the next iPhone delivery was?
I think this is just some smart-alec salesman trying to be all nice so that you come back and see him and line his pocket with commission.
That would be great. My local o2 shop said a while ago they were opening at 07:02 to sell the iPhone and I probably can't make it until 12:45ish, but if you can register before hand, thats kinda like reserving one right?
Unless they only have 8Gbs left by then of course, but if its true they are getting 5000 each (sounds unliekly to me, but then I didn't realise that happened last time) then there should be tons left by 12:45.
Unless they only have 8Gbs left by then of course, but if its true they are getting 5000 each (sounds unliekly to me, but then I didn't realise that happened last time) then there should be tons left by 12:45.
Very interesting! Thanks for posting... as others have noted, it adds up.
If they're going on sale at 7am I will definitely pick one up before work but god knows how I will make it through the day knowing I have a shiny new iPhone sitting in my bag just waiting to be switched on... argh.
If they're going on sale at 7am I will definitely pick one up before work but god knows how I will make it through the day knowing I have a shiny new iPhone sitting in my bag just waiting to be switched on... argh.
That would be great. My local o2 shop said a while ago they were opening at 07:02 to sell the iPhone and I probably can't make it until 12:45ish, but if you can register before hand, thats kinda like reserving one right?
Unless they only have 8Gbs left by then of course, but if its true they are getting 5000 each (sounds unliekly to me, but then I didn't realise that happened last time) then there should be tons left by 12:45.
Yep O2 at the trafford centre said that KO was 7.02am.