Other UK iPhone 12/12 Pro/12 Pro Max (2020) Orders and Dispatch Thread

[KaPOWitsCHRIS]

EE couldn’t get the Student Discount to work with the £20 100GB deal so added £5 loyalty discount so it’s £15 per month

Is this with swappable? You’ve done well there either way.

I have now been told twice now, once on phone and once via live chat that £25 is the cheapest for the 200GB swappable with no room for discount, including student beans on that. Even tho on the student beans website it even highlights that plan.

 

[mrklaw]

I asked a question on here a few days ago about what happens if order phone on Barclays finance WITH a trade in (which reduces monthly payment), but subsequently decide NOT to trade in. Th general response was that Apple would charge your credit card for the trade in amount, but payments would stay at reduced amount.

I just did an online chat with Apple and the representative said different, and that the finance payments would increase, if the trade in was cancelled. If this is true then have to assume Barclays approve credit based on full cost of handset rather than net of trade in value.

Has anyone done this when ordering their phone and can confirm what information they were given in the confirmation/terms as to what happens if they don't send in the trade in device??

Thanks

The agreement that I got from apple literally says if the trade in is not received, or is not in the stated condition, any difference between that and the agreed price will be charged to the card I used for the transaction up to the full price of the trade-in.

 

[MrJM]

Did you request the trade in before or after the announcement? I’m going on iUP but might do this next year.

I did the trade in afterwards. I’d never even considered doing the 24 months finance and was going to do the iUP again as I always have.

It’s only as the finance was so easy to do on the app and I wasn’t too impressed they won’t let you do the iUP online that I looked into the Barclays finance and realised that I stood to make a bit of money out of it.

 

[H-B0mb]

Is this with swappable? You’ve done well there either way.

I have now been told twice now, once on phone and once via live chat that £25 is the cheapest for the 200GB swappable with no room for discount, including student beans on that. Even tho on the student beans website it even highlights that plan.

Best I was offered was £20 p/m for 100GB. Initially I was offered £18 p/m for 20GB. Didn’t take the offer as I’ll be within my last month of contract from Wednesday. Hopefully they can provide something in line with what others on this forum have been getting when I request my PAC code.

 

[Vindallo1]

Hi everyone!

Lets hope we all get our phones on Friday even if we have a Nov due date

In terms of charging, what power bricks do you recommend? I have a 12W Apple Plug, with my new iPhone 12 I want to ensure that I keep up with good charging habits.

What power bricks do you recommend and charging habits too?

 

[H-B0mb]

I did the trade in afterwards. I’d never even considered doing the 24 months finance and was going to do the iUP again as I always have.

It’s only as the finance was so easy to do on the app and I wasn’t too impressed they won’t let you do the iUP online that I looked into the Barclays finance and realised that I stood to make a bit of money out of it.

Doesn’t make sense why they wouldn’t allow iUP online this year.
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Hi everyone!

Lets hope we all get our phones on Friday even if we have a Nov due date

In terms of charging, what power bricks do you recommend? I have a 12W Apple Plug, with my new iPhone 12 I want to ensure that I keep up with good charging habits.

What power bricks do you recommend and charging habits too?

I’m going to be using my 18w from last years pro

 

[Masterman]

Received this beauty a couple of minutes ago for my blue 12 pro.
Was thinking initially to return it for the leather one, but probably I’ll keep it.
How come did they manage to deliver today, they posted last night!

This is my initial plan, ive bought a plum silicone as the leather isn't on sale yet. Plan to use the 14 day return and then Get a leather case (this does leave me with a week without a case though so may need to buy a cheap one off amazon)

Had a leather apple case on my previous 3 iPhones and have never had a single mark on any phone, also don't use a screen protector and never had a single scratch on the screen and its constantly in my pocket, its not mothered etc. I really don't think screen protectors are needed anymore, also just had the full amount quoted from music magpie so im guessing they couldn't see any hidden scratches in the screen either

 

[MrJM]

How did you go about cancelling apple care? I’m in the same boat and contemplating doing the same as you

I rang apple. Took less than 5 minutes.

 

[jasonht]

hi all - ordered on friday with Vodafone to upgrade my account for a iPhone 12 64GB blue. Now reading into it and second guessing it, wondering if i should have paid the extra for the 128gb pro. Purely on storage basis and also the telephoto lens. Is it really worth the jump up? my current phone is on 40gb storage so can't see me filling that. also only got 6GB data on my plan (With spotify) so if i paid for a sim only + spotify seperately i could probably get more data & cheaper.

do you think there will be stock in some stores on friday? tempted to cancel/return my order and just wait a week or 2 and pick one up in store?

 

[CD3660]

The pro models have dropped in price by £50 compared to last year. An adapter and headphones will probably cost apple about 50p if that!

I take it back. I hadn’t realised that the iPhone 12 Pro Max 256GB that I will be ordering on the 6th November is actually £100 cheaper than the price I paid for my 11 Pro Max.

However, I still think that they are overpriced. £1,199 for a smartphone!

Apple are not in the business of saving the planet, believe me. They are virtue signalling whilst building themselves into a giant corporation worth more than some countries.

Anyway, rant over. Where’s my new iPhone’ 😂

 

[Jinjin]

I rang apple. Took less than 5 minutes.

But don’t do what I did in wiping the phone first. Apple need the serial number of IMEI of the phone. I had wiped mine and had to hunt around for it. Finally remembered it’s in support.apple.com

 

[Jinjin]

hi all - ordered on friday with Vodafone to upgrade my account for a iPhone 12 64GB blue. Now reading into it and second guessing it, wondering if i should have paid the extra for the 128gb pro. Purely on storage basis and also the telephoto lens. Is it really worth the jump up? my current phone is on 40gb storage so can't see me filling that. also only got 6GB data on my plan (With spotify) so if i paid for a sim only + spotify seperately i could probably get more data & cheaper.

do you think there will be stock in some stores on friday? tempted to cancel/return my order and just wait a week or 2 and pick one up in store?

If not Friday then from 6am the follow day they will update store stock online for collection. Can try and bag one then.

 

[alFR]

Exactly! I’m afraid that whilst I do love Apple products I have no doubt about the company’s hypocrisy when they claim to have got rid of the included charging adapter and earphones for environmental reasons. Where is the corresponding reduction in price for the consumer?

I keep seeing people saying this, but the reality is that the headphones and charger likely cost them about $1-2 each at the volumes they buy, so it was always extremely unlikely there would be a significant price reduction for them not being there. They may save some cash on shipping too, of course, by getting more phones on a pallet: no idea what that cost would be though.

 

[MrMister111]

I used to them to sell a phone recently. Some confusion over the pickup date (they said next day then changed to Monday, but DPD turned up on Sat - my fault for doing the order after hours on a Thur I guess). No issues though, phone arrived and money credited straight away.

Oddly enough though, if I marked my phone as very good, it was valued higher than like new.

Ok apple care cancelled on my 11 pro on IUP. That’s £91 back for that plus the £640 I should get from magpie gives me a nice sum of £730. £531 to pay back to Barclays leaves me £200 up over just returning the phone as a part of the standard iup process!
Happy days

Never heard of them, are they ok! Rebuy I mean?

just they say at moment £470 for my 11, currently on IUP, and only have £340 to pay back.

I’ve already reserved though for IUP in store, could I once there say I haven’t got a phone to trade as paid up and just start new IUP?
Or apple at moment are giving £420 trade in, I think they don’t give cash though only store credit?

 

[jasonht]

If not Friday then from 6am the follow day they will update store stock online for collection. Can try and bag one then.

cheers - what do you think @ My points re whether its worth doing the upgrade?

also would you always buy direct from apple where possible or is it just wherever you can get it cheapest is best? no real difference?

 

[pacpac2017]

Hi, am to pick up my iPhone 12 Pro at an Apple store in London Saturday coming. Will it work OK if I use an EE SIM in the physical SIM slot for data and my O2 eSIM just for calls? I understand we cannot get 5G if both SIMs are active for data. I have already paid up my 12-months contract with O2 and am OK to take out a new SIM on contract from EE. As I see from the coverage checkers EE is much better 5G coverage in London than O2.

 

[Jinjin]

Never heard of them, are they ok! Rebuy I mean?

just they say at moment £470 for my 11, currently on IUP, and only have £340 to pay back.

I’ve already reserved though for IUP in store, could I once there say I haven’t got a phone to trade as paid up and just start new IUP?
Or apple at moment are giving £420 trade in, I think they don’t give cash though only store credit?

Yes it’s just a case of starting a new IUP which is what you would be doing any way. The in thing apple won’t do is settle the Barclays finance off for you.

 

[blaugrana69]

Wow, not many buying from AO

Find it a bit suspect that after 2-3 days (think they went on sale Sat with AO ?) they’ve still got launch day stock in all variants (?). Wonder if anyone who has ordered on here as got definite confirmation that delivery will be Friday ?

 

[Jinjin]

cheers - what do you think @ My points re whether its worth doing the upgrade?

also would you always buy direct from apple where possible or is it just wherever you can get it cheapest is best? no real difference?

I always buy direct from Apple. No hassle on returns and service.

 

[Saturnine]

This is actually a case study for undergrads, Online price changes after the purchase has gone through was once the hot topic. Unfortunately they are within their rights as the listing price is not legally binding. It’s an invitation to treat and the offer is never unilateral, or has it been accepted until they issue the dispatch confirmation email.

There is a valid counter argument that the order confirmation would communicate acceptance, but as your charge will be pending there is no consideration. There is also a term (escapes me) that essentially rules the order confirmation as “if accepted your order will be this, cost this, and arrive by then”. However Amazon have been known to honour prices as goodwill, another poster suggested they offer a gift card for instance. It comes down to contract rather than the consumer debate.


Qualified lawyers can use bigger words, but this practise is at worst dishonest rather than illegal. Sorry

What does the law say? And does it definitely apply where a contract has not been formed?

It appears that my information may be out of date.

The law, as I understood it, was that a binding contract had been formed once payment is accepted by the retailer. That contract must then be honoured.

It seems, however, that this definition was updated with the Consumer Rights Act in 2015. Although online stores were previously bound to the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982, the 2015 Act seems to have modified the definition of when a contract is formed, probably with online shopping in mind, thus meaning that even taking payment does not necessarily form a contract.

It is a moot point regardless as I find it incredibly unlikely that Amazon would take payment and then refuse to honour the advertised price. If they’re going to cancel these orders, I’m sure they’ll do it before taking payment.

 

[zetti]

Received this beauty a couple of minutes ago for my blue 12 pro.
Was thinking initially to return it for the leather one, but probably I’ll keep it.
How come did they manage to deliver today, they posted last night!

Everytime I see this colour, it just makes me want mine for the Pro Max already. I hope I can get the case before/with my phone, not days later/

 

[BillGates1969]

Is yours for delivery? I’m collecting in-store, and mine is still Processing.

Delivery. I am 99.9% sure it will come, but would prefer it to go to prepare to ship

 

[ranho]

Has anyone with pre-order from Currys got any status update?

 

[paulro]

Has anyone with pre-order from Currys got any status update?

No, not yet. The order confirmation just says 'expect delivery by Thursday 22 October'. I'd expect a DPD shipping email by Wednesday/Thursday.

 

[blaugrana69]

Stock still appearing on the app for Fri/Sat/Sun pickup, for e.g. Manchester Arndale Apple Store has had most variants apart from Silver this am. Doesn’t hang around long though. Also seen stock in Leeds, Birmingham, Milton Keynes..