Just back from Apple at Liverpool One. They said they only have stock for those who reserve for in store collection.
Same as all Apple stores currently.
Just back from Apple at Liverpool One. They said they only have stock for those who reserve for in store collection.
It is a brilliant case. There is a video on their website if you struggle to get it to stand up in landscape orientation initially (the leather can be a little stiff) that shows the little trick you may need to use. I wouldn't be without my Kavaj Berlin now (the mini is a beautiful device but gen 1 was too easy to scratch).
I tether my first gen mini to me iPhone 4S multiple times a day using Bluetooth and it works flawlessly every time. Speedtests on the phone itself and the mini show negligible degradation in speed at the 2-6Mbps I tend to get on 3G, but over 4G you may see Bluetooth bottlenecking. Wifi would be better, but slightly more power hungry. The other drawback of wifi over Bluetooth is that you have to go into the Personal Hotspot menu on the phone to get it to initiate the broadcast of the wifi SSID (you can leave it again once connected though) whereas Bluetooth remains available whenever it's enabled in the menu (even if the iPhone is asleep).Only, before I jump in, I would like to know the 3G/4G speed loss from tethering an iPhone 5's connection to the Mini. (I can only assume there is a loss; I haven't tethered before.) Is the loss negligible, or does having the local cellular chip and plan make the extra price worthwhile?
JohnLewis have stock, plus 3 year warranty/28 days to Pricematch/Collect from local Waitrose tomorrow.
Surely that's the best place to be buying these right now? It's the route I've chosen!
So anyone managed to figure out how to track the UPS flight which left Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong today with most of our mini's on it?![]()
I assume you're all talking about WiFi only models, not Cellular
What stock did they have?
Same as all Apple stores currently.
I'm glad your one was perfect. I went to Watford today to pick mine checked it and there was a big yellow tint at the bottom half of the screen, apple guy saw it and went out back to get another one, same issue again but worse compared to their display models that were perfect! Had to walk out with a refund and no rMini!
In conclusion I've basically returned an Air and iPad Mini R in the span of a week due to yellow tinting in the bottom half of the screens!!
Dunno what to do now!
Picked up my 32GB cellular silver retina mini from Union Square Aberdeen yesterday. They had one on display and had a sign about reserving online. Fortunately I had seen the link yesterday morning and the 32GB cellular was the one I wanted (it's for an early Christmas present!) They don't seem to have any cellular models left today though. Ideally I'd have waited for John Lewis and got the 3 year guarantee and possibly a price match with Tesco or similar but I decided to go for it. Glad I did-it's a cracking little machine and I'm not sensitive enough to notice any screen deficiencies next to my other half's Air so as far as I'm concerned it's great.
So anyone managed to figure out how to track the UPS flight which left Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong today with most of our mini's on it?![]()
The thing that is frustrating me is that I don't know if the 64 or 128 cellulars are actually "in the wild" yet.
I've been checking stock regularly over the last couple of days hoping that they appear. For all I know they may not be coming to stores for another week or so, so my efforts are pointless.
About this time every year i start to worry seriously about what is actually wrong with me, and whether i have some sort of mental health issue.
I mean i've got a perfectly good order sitting out there which will be delievered the week after next, why am i sitting here constantly refreshing the apple store, ipad-stock check.co.uk and macrumors every five minutes...EVERY YEAR I DO THE SAME THING!!!
sounds like you might be suffering from the same thing![]()
The thing that is frustrating me is that I don't know if the 64 or 128 cellulars are actually "in the wild" yet.
I've been checking stock regularly over the last couple of days hoping that they appear. For all I know they may not be coming to stores for another week or so, so my efforts are pointless.
I checked a few stores yesterday and have seen a 64GB WiFi available. Can't remember which store though but it's most likely gone now anyway.
I had a look but couldn't figure out which flight it was on, the shipment should have arrived in Dubai by now....
Yep, sure enough, it arrived in Dubai... how did you know it was going to do that?
Any ideas where next?![]()