The U.K. iPhone 4 Thread

[jeopardy2311]

"Estimated Shipping: Delivers on June 24th"
Though does say estimate, fingers crossed it arrives around that time. Though girlfriends birthday that weekend so might not matter too much if arrives following Monday cos as soon as i unbox it prob won't wana put down :O)

Hahaha well they always say estimated. Dont worry you r going to get it on the 24th if it says so.
I ordered at 9:30 am maybe one of the first people who managed to order but had the bumper also which delayed the delivery to 28; cancelled the bumper and delivery is still 28. I actually feel bad, i almost didnt sleep all the night to get it on launch day and now its not happening. Not a big deal. So dont worry your fine!

 

[mhuk01]

who else is getting two - one to sell on ebay? i'm doing this to try and recoup some of the cost - hoping for around £80 profit after fees. do you reckon thats possible?

 

[iMoo]

Hahaha well they always say estimated. Dont worry you r going to get it on the 24th if it says so.
I ordered at 9:30 am maybe one of the first people who managed to order but had the bumper also which delayed the delivery to 28; cancelled the bumper and delivery is still 28. I actually feel bad, i almost didnt sleep all the night to get it on launch day and now its not happening. Not a big deal. So dont worry your fine!

Heard on some other post about this not updating when people cancelled docks and bumpers. Apparently it will show iPhone available that will complete your order and will ship on time. Check back tommorrow, maybe they have update problem.

 

[Tunster]

Oh noooo, i don't have conformation through yet but it definatly said 24th when i ordered around an hour and half ago. Hope it don't change between now and my conformation email or won't be an happy bunny as ended up getting Black one now....fingers crossed

I've just had my confirmation come through and with the 24th June date. Looks like the first batch for the UK launch through the apple website have gone.

It's taken 5 hours for the confirmation to come through though! So don't panic.

 

[iMoo]

who else is getting two - one to sell on ebay? i'm doing this to try and recoup some of the cost - hoping for around £80 profit after fees. do you reckon thats possible?

Yeah but with the various scams on ebay, is it really worth the risk for a product like this which will def be targeted by scammers!?

 

[iMoo]

I've just had my confirmation come through and with the 24th June date. Looks like the first batch for the UK launch through the apple website have gone.

It's taken 5 hours for the confirmation to come through though! So don't panic.

Ahh had my windows live email oipen waiting for email and nothing, closed prog and reopened and got my "We estimate your order to be shipped Delivers on June 24th.
We estimate your order will be delivered to your shipping address
on or before ."
Whoo ooooooh

Just need o try battle for a micro sim from O2 now

 

[speed12]

Bit of a random and to be fair probably totally unnecessary post, but for those who have made a 'contract' reservation, are you all thinking it will be essentially the same as buying from say an O2 shop in terms of subsidised price etc?

For some bizarre reason, after I put my reservation in I had it in my head all day that it might mean reserving for a contract SIM but still having to stump up full price. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense as to why I am thinking this..............it's bee a long week.......

 

[MikeWilson]

Oh dear... (my chat with T-Mobile customer services - they pro-actively initiated the chat, I wasn't looking to speak to anyone):

Thank you for choosing T-Mobile. A T-Mobile Sales Adviser will be with you shortly.
You are now connected with Daniel.
Daniel: Hi there, my name is Daniel. I am part of the dedicated T-Mobile Online Sales Team. How can I help you with your new order?
Mike: Hi Daniel, I'm looking to arrange a PAYG plan for an iPhone 4.
Mike: Do you know if T-Mobile retail stores will be stocking the iPhone 4 on June 24th or if there will be a T-Mobile pre-order for the phones? (Easiest thing for me would be to purchase one and activate it in the shop on the day).
Daniel: For that you need to register yourself on the website .
Mike: I also had another question about network coverage - I've read in the press that Orange and T-Mobile have merged and will be sharing masts at some point - has this happened to your knowledge? I was with T-Mobile for several years as a business customer previously and whilst the customer experience was good, the network wasn't great in the country.
Mike: I've done that (registered on your website)
Daniel: And T-mobile will let you know when the phone comes.
Mike: I'm currently with O2, do you know if it is possible to port an O2 PAYG number to T-Mobile?
Daniel: Yes definitely it possible.
Mike: Thank you (my O2 number was originally a T-Mobile contract number!)
Mike: Ok, regarding your network - do you share masts with Orange at all?
Mike: Or do you know when this might happen?
Daniel: Not yet.
Daniel: for that you need call customer service department.
Mike: Ok, thanks.
Mike: I want two of these, I'm leaning towards Orange for the network (hence my mast sharing question) and T-Mobile for the tariff and the international boosters. I've already signed up with the T-Mobile website for notifications but haven't received anything.
Mike: Apple's already been taking pre-orders today.
Mike: Is there anything you can tell me about possible availability?
Daniel: Please call customer service the number is 150 or 1818.
Daniel: they will be able to help you?
Mike: That would take me to O2 customer services
Thank you for chatting with us.

^ Then he cut me off!

 

[jeopardy2311]

Ahh had my windows live email oipen waiting for email and nothing, closed prog and reopened and got my "We estimate your order to be shipped Delivers on June 24th.
We estimate your order will be delivered to your shipping address
on or before ."
Whoo ooooooh

Just need o try battle for a micro sim from O2 now

Great news. See i told you.
And i really hope that in my case it is an error and will get updated and get it delivered on the 24th. Fingers crossed!!

 

[007dav91]

i just got my confirmation email and it says 24th delivery so i think im fine and wont get it in july and i pre ordered at 4pm,

 

[Gamst]

They seem to have reserve and pick-up 16's available again at the Manchester stores. They keep becoing available, then not. I hope the system isn't glitchy!

 

[macinhand]

who else is getting two - one to sell on ebay? i'm doing this to try and recoup some of the cost - hoping for around £80 profit after fees. do you reckon thats possible?

I have!! and i am opening it up to cash on collection to cut down on the scams! i have bought two 32 giggers and if you look on eBay people are buying the pre-orders for up to £870 now that will be a result

 

[emotion]

Bit of a random and to be fair probably totally unnecessary post, but for those who have made a 'contract' reservation, are you all thinking it will be essentially the same as buying from say an O2 shop in terms of subsidised price etc?

For some bizarre reason, after I put my reservation in I had it in my head all day that it might mean reserving for a contract SIM but still having to stump up full price. Which doesn't make a whole lot of sense as to why I am thinking this..............it's bee a long week.......

I'm expecting to turn up and pay the contract price at Apple. So, yes.

Unless O2 send me a microsim and I carry on with the Simplicity 20 (I'll then pay 599 for my 32GB). Over 2 years this is more or less the same price but I have flexibility and unlimited data.

 

[jamied95]

Perhaps, Apple told the networks to hold on preorders because they knew they'd be under pressure from the American site. Imagine if they had our country as well as the US etc all trying to preorder - the mayhem we experienced today would have been far worse. By delaying our preorders a couple of days, the Americans get priority (like with the iPad), but Apple circumvent bad publicity for not a universal launch by spreading out the preorders but launching universally. If this theory is correct I think we could see preorders within a couple of days...

Just my thoughts!

 

[JulianL]

I think I'm going to head off to T-Mobile/Orange (they're the same thing and shortly will be sharing masts as the UK's largest network).

On PAYG you can get 1GB/mo for 6 months for just £20. So that's £40 for a year's worth of mobile data, not bad at all. I wonder if Orange can beat this.

I've looked very carefully at PAYG data prices and I agree, you've found the best (T-Mobile 6 month data add on). BUT ....

1) If the current Orange Dolphin iPhone PAYG offer stays then they bundle 12 months of data and WiFi with a PAYG handset so, for the first year, it's free. There is a monthly limit of 250GB for data and 750GB for WiFi which is worse than the T-Mobile 1GB but then again the Orange is (currently) free. O2 had a free 12 month bundle for the 3GS and stopped it for the iPhone 4 so I am nervous as hell that Orange might change this with the 4 but we should know by launch day.

2) I've been told by T-Mobile that they don't think they'll be in the PAYG game at launch day, they think it'll initially be contract only and this seems to be confirmed by the fact that when I reserved my 4 this morning The reservation system said that PAYG was either Orange or O2.

I'm really hoping that Orange keep the Dolphin free-data deal in which case I'll go with that and if nothing changes then swap to T-Mobile after a year. If Orange do withdraw the deal then I'll probably go SIM-free and cut down my current T-Mobile SIM.

- Julian

 

[mhuk01]

I have!! and i am opening it up to cash on collection to cut down on the scams! i have bought two 32 giggers and if you look on eBay people are buying the pre-orders for up to £870 now that will be a result

i took a slightly less big risk and got two 16 giggers (one to flog). i think i might see if i can nab a 'rare' white iphone if they have any on the day and put that on ebay, reckon it'll go for alot of hardly any are available.

the fact that the online shipping date has now slipped and soon the reservations will be completely sold out all helps bump the price!

i'm not doing this to make loads of money (before people accuse me of taking advantage), but if it can make the overall cost more bearable then that'll be great!

 

[scgf]

I am on the O2 Simplicity 20 iPhone Tarif and today reserved a 16GB iPhone 4 at the Apple Store. After several phone calls and email questions to O2 about the micro-SIM card and getting no useful response at all, I decided to bite the bullet and cut my standard sized SIM card down to Micro-SIM size. I used a template I downloaded from the Internet and cut the SIM card with scissors. I had bought a SIM adapter from eBay so was able to keep trying the SIM in the adapter as I cut away at it. I used a nail file to round the bottom edges slightly.

I used some thin parcel tape to secure the cut down SIM in the adapter, just to stop it coming loose inside my iPhone 3gs.

I was actually very surprised that it worked fine when slid into the iPhone! I now feel liberated from the whims of O2 and there is no way they can use the provision of a replacement SIM card to excuse changing my tarif in any way.

 

[Saturnine]

Gamst - sent you a PM.

 

[StewieEatWorld]

I just looked at a bunch of pay monthly tariffs and im praying that Tesco Mobile get to sell the new iPhone from launch. If the iPhone 4 pretty much slides into the price points we have the now, maybe a little dearer then i'll probably go for the £20 a month plan for 12 months with a £320 upfront cost. Looks perfect for me.

 

[ThunderRobot]

I've cancelled my july 5th delivery and managed to reserve one in Glasgow. Collect and reserve is continually swapping between not available and available. Think they must be adding stock based on demand.

 

[macinhand]

Perhaps, Apple told the networks to hold on preorders because they knew they'd be under pressure from the American site. Imagine if they had our country as well as the US etc all trying to preorder - the mayhem we experienced today would have been far worse. By delaying our preorders a couple of days, the Americans get priority (like with the iPad), but Apple circumvent bad publicity for not a universal launch by spreading out the preorders but launching universally. If this theory is correct I think we could see preorders within a couple of days...

Just my thoughts!

I have been told by a friend of a friend who works for Apple it is because they wanted to gauge the demand for the new iPhone through the Apple stores and Apple on-line then they will reduce the stock they offer to the operators accordingly and that's why they have gone with the unlocked version straight away!

 

[MattZani]

My plan is to stroll on down to the O2 shop 8:30am 24th, and buy myself a Pay&Go 32Gb. No pre-ordering rubbish, haven't done it before.

 

[MrSingh]

I just looked at a bunch of pay monthly tariffs and im praying that Tesco Mobile get to sell the new iPhone from launch. If the iPhone 4 pretty much slides into the price points we have the now, maybe a little dearer then i'll probably go for the £20 a month plan for 12 months with a £320 upfront cost. Looks perfect for me.

you're in luck:

http://phone-shop.tesco.com/iphone/registration/

 

[MikeWilson]

I've looked very carefully at PAYG data prices and I agree, you've found the best (T-Mobile 6 month data add on). BUT ....

1) If the current Orange Dolphin iPhone PAYG offer stays then they bundle 12 months of data and WiFi with a PAYG handset so, for the first year, it's free. There is a monthly limit of 250GB for data and 750GB for WiFi which is worse than the T-Mobile 1GB but then again the Orange is (currently) free. O2 had a free 12 month bundle for the 3GS and stopped it for the iPhone 4 so I am nervous as hell that Orange might change this with the 4 but we should know by launch day.

2) I've been told by T-Mobile that they don't think they'll be in the PAYG game at launch day, they think it'll initially be contract only and this seems to be confirmed by the fact that when I reserved my 4 this morning The reservation system said that PAYG was either Orange or O2.

I'm really hoping that Orange keep the Dolphin free-data deal in which case I'll go with that and if nothing changes then swap to T-Mobile after a year. If Orange do withdraw the deal then I'll probably go SIM-free and cut down my current T-Mobile SIM.

- Julian

Hi Julian,

What happens if you go over the 250mb that Dolphin offers? It seems rather restrictive - in a much more restrictive way than even the O2 500mb limit is.

My target monthly spend is <£10 but I'm beginning to doubt that I can manage that on any of the current offers at the moment.

 

[ddrum1458]

Perhaps, Apple told the networks to hold on preorders because they knew they'd be under pressure from the American site. Imagine if they had our country as well as the US etc all trying to preorder - the mayhem we experienced today would have been far worse. By delaying our preorders a couple of days, the Americans get priority (like with the iPad), but Apple circumvent bad publicity for not a universal launch by spreading out the preorders but launching universally. If this theory is correct I think we could see preorders within a couple of days...

Just my thoughts!

I hope so