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The U.K. iPhone 4 Thread
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which gives apple more control of when we get them i suppose. In the US they must be expecting AT&Ts servers to get hammered hence why they're spreading the load
Yea thats what we're presuming... would be nice to have some solid info though, all just guess work at the moment.
we shall find out tomorrow! lol...
i wouldn't worry about it...
i just hope time flies!
i think we must worry about the Emergency Budget first though!
Agreed, I remember with the iPad launch they thought they would get them early but UPS were fairly religious in only delivering them on launch day (which was a Saturday over there).
Now, I seem to remember that TNT did actually deliver iPads a day early to a lot of people over this side of the pond.
I'm in the 2nd July batch (ordered first thing on the 16th
) so am hoping that they do actually have enough stock to satisfy some of those orders for launch day toowe shall find out tomorrow! lol...
i wouldn't worry about it...
i just hope time flies!
i think we must worry about the Emergency Budget first though!
100% tax on all iPhone 4's. NOOOOOOOO
A LOT of Americans have got emails from Apple telling them to expect delivery on the 23rd. There's no reason to think the same thing will happen anywhere else, but it does seem that this time around Apple is deliberately delivering many iPhone 4s a day early, at least in the US.
http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/buchananstreet/
It says under the opening hours and close times:
"iPhone shoppers can stop by the store early:
8 am on Thursday, June 24, or
8 am on Friday, June 25."
So, 8am it opens. I reckon queueing will start at 6am. If it was a nighttime launch like the first iPhone when it was 6.02pm, queueing started at 7am.
Id just aim to head in there for 6am if you are desperate for the phone. There will be some phones for sale the following morning as well with any reservations that havent been picked up available for sale.
My friend received his iPad one day early and he lives in the UK. So never say never to Apple shipping stuff early.
It wasnt a worldwide launch though. The iPad had already been out in the USA for several weeks before it came out here.
It didnt really matter if the iPad's got delivered a day early in the UK since people already had them shipped from the USA. Even Radio 2 DJ Simon Mayo said on his drivetime show that his got delivered a day early and they were all playing with it during the show on that day.
Apple will not ship the iPhone a day early. It will be delivered on Thursday. The courier company will know not to mess it up else they'll risk any future delivery contracts with Apple for such a big launch.
I also got my UK iPad a day early but that wasn't a worldwide new product launch, Apple had released the iPad weeks ago in the US and there were already plenty floating around in the UK from people buying in the US.
Apple might deliver US orders early (to help spread load on the AT&T systems?) but equally they might instruct the couriers to hold them all at the local depots and not load them onto the final delivery vans until launch day. Apple have a history of doing that too so, until we hear tomorrow from the US, we really don't know for sure what will happen.
- Julian
I've just sold my 3GS 16gb on ebay and I want to get an iPhone 4 - but I can't afford it till pay day (30th June)
What's my chances of being able to buy a sim-free one next wednesday
I can't pre-order it as the apple store is saying 14th July, I can't book and reserve because they've taken the iPhone off of the book and reserve list.
Will O2 stores be selling the phones sim free if I pop into my local O2 and try to reserve one for 30th June??
What's my chances of being able to buy a sim-free one next wednesday
I can't pre-order it as the apple store is saying 14th July, I can't book and reserve because they've taken the iPhone off of the book and reserve list.
Will O2 stores be selling the phones sim free if I pop into my local O2 and try to reserve one for 30th June??
My mate preordered an iPad and got his a day early.
Difference being it was already out in the US where as this is a global release I guess.... still wouldn't rule out some getting there hands on the iPhone 4 tomorrow
Only Apple are selling the simfree ones currently but you could just try your luck!
Well, my status is still at Not Yet Shipped and delivers on 24th.
The iPhones are definitely at the Ireland Hub, or maybe even making their way to UK mainland by now. I heard some deliveries will also be made a day early to try and stop all the activations so the servers wont go down.
The iPhones are definitely at the Ireland Hub, or maybe even making their way to UK mainland by now. I heard some deliveries will also be made a day early to try and stop all the activations so the servers wont go down.
CR*P
So my only chance really to get one then is wait until next week and start ringing around Apple stores to see if they've got stock in?
Or go to O2 and do an early upgrade on my contract - which I don't really want to do as it will tie me into another 18months