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iPhone 13 UK iPhone 13/13 mini/13 Pro/13 Pro Max Pre-release, Orders and Dispatch Thread

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Which Model are you getting?

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Sal09 said:
But it only comes into effect on 1st April. For me at 30% off still makes cost effective to get EE iphone contract as ill be upgrading again in Sep 2023. Plus discount is applied in full to increased monthly figure so still better off.
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Totally understand if it works for you. Will put me over my discount though so not happening for me
 
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Sal09 said:
But it only comes into effect on 1st April. For me at 30% off still makes it cost effective to get EE iphone contract as ill be upgrading again in Sep 2023. Plus discount is applied in full to increased monthly figure so still better off.

Though it all depends on the EE prices for new iphones. As per usual they have jacked up prices for old iPhones just like they always do every year.
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Yes this is my thought
I have iPhone, tariff, Apple Music, Apple TV, and Insurance all via EE and I'll upgrade every year so makes sense to stick with EE
 
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Been using ee esims for the last 3 years or so. Always worked well but does require you to have access to the previous phone when doing the transfer. Sadly a couple of months ago my 13PM had a hardware failure where the device would freeze and go into a continuous reboot loop. Was unable to save the current backup or transfer the esim to another device. Took the phone into an Apple store where they replaced the circuit board and wiped off everything on the device. It took 4 hours to fix during which time i went into into an ee shop in the mall and reverted back to a physical sim (free) which I was able to pop into my burner till my phone was fixed.

esims work well but when you run into situations like the above its a bit of pain. Still using the physical sim but might switch back to esim once I order the 14PM
 
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pheonix320 said:
My wife has an upgrade. Would love to get her the 14 pro, but it will be cost too much, especially out of the gate and with the rumoured price increase.
We finally pulled the trigger on a 13pro on a great deal of £42 a month on ID... and they now tell us they dont have stock for a month:mad:

If we trade in her 11 in the Apple store, does anyone know if they knock the price down for screen scratches? The rest of the phone is mint and the screen is not cracked.
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My partner traded in her XR a few months back and the screen was very scratched but she got full price. YMMV

Jinjin said:
I don't think I've had a phone on contract since the iPhone 4!

paying £28 for sim only EE including the £5 for BT sport large screen. that's 200GB/m.

given I'm paying Barclays ~£44 (when AC+ taken out) - I'm sure there are EE tariffs out there that would beat the £72/m I currently spend?!
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£28 seems expensive! I’m paying £17/month for 200GB from EE
 
I have just left EE as the ridiculous increases every April make their plans very expensive. The new plans are even worse. I miss eSIM as want my physical sim from work in my phone but I have gone to Voxi and get unlimited data, mins, texts for £10 a month. They also still do European roaming.

I still don’t understand why MVNO don’t have eSIM.

Not sure if people here are aware but you can have to eSIMs active on iPhone 13 and above. However you can’t have two esims and a physical active.
 
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MM got my order at 1:22pm 🙌🏻

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dbrose said:
I have just left EE as the ridiculous increases every April make their plans very expensive. The new plans are even worse. I miss eSIM as want my physical sim from work in my phone but I have gone to Voxi and get unlimited data, mins, texts for £10 a month. They also still do European roaming.

I still don’t understand why MVNO don’t have eSIM.

Not sure if people here are aware but you can have to eSIMs active on iPhone 13 and above. However you can’t have two esims and a physical active.
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Is that Voxi deal still available? Seems pretty great. I'm currently on EE with around 6 months left (quite a good deal at the time, paying £14ish for 150GB/month), but the price increases and the fact that most plans are now speed capped at 100 Mbps are meaning I'll probably leave at the end of the contract.
 
The-Barron said:
I was on the 20% student last year. Made it worth it. But with the 11% increase last year (or whatever it was) and likely 15%+ this year. It’s no longer worth it.

Buy out. Take some cash hit. And get interest free Barclays and a sim only
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This is my exact plan for this exact reason. Student discount just isn’t worth it now.
 
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mrandyyu said:
Depends on the network for the migration from phone to another.

I'm currently with O2 (shortly leaving to re-join EE) and they require that I have a new printed eSIM pack to do the migration. EE didn't immediately adopt the eSIM migration tools that Apple provides because a number of us tried several years ago.

I still stand by that unless you require the use of 2x SIMs, stick with a single physical SIM card. Especially as Daz above has said he swaps between two different phones on occasion. His biggest hurdle with a physical SIM will be whether he has a paperclip or SIM eject tool on him!
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Yep I was with O2 as well, and they send you an esim pack, but all you do, is qr code it, and fill the sim no presented on their network. Don't make this harder than it is. Having an esim is handy, and very convenient. With the new phones, you can park up to 12 numbers as an esim too.
 
dbrose said:
I have just left EE as the ridiculous increases every April make their plans very expensive. The new plans are even worse. I miss eSIM as want my physical sim from work in my phone but I have gone to Voxi and get unlimited data, mins, texts for £10 a month. They also still do European roaming.

I still don’t understand why MVNO don’t have eSIM.

Not sure if people here are aware but you can have to eSIMs active on iPhone 13 and above. However you can’t have two esims and a physical active.
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Do you have a link to this voxi deal please? Very much interested.
 
Ended up biting the bullet with EE on their 125gb SIM only plan. Capped at 100mbps but that will be more than enough for me, £18pm with my 20% code taking it down to £14.40 on a 12 month deal.
 
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