iPhone 14/Plus UK iPhone 14/14 Plus/14 Pro/14 Pro Max Pre-release, Orders and Dispatch Thread

[Mr.C]

I completely forgot that my EE sim only deal was coming to an end, so in the market for a new one. I currently pay about £25, and that includes Apple Music (which I was paying £10 a month for anyway before!) and unlimited 5G. This is also with 20% off through my work.

Am I going to get anything remotely close to that sort of deal again?

I’m on a very similar deal and my SIM plan ends next month. I’m looking to see if there are any better options although I think I want to stay with EE.

 

[Sal09]

Yeah but if your phone doesn’t have that noise then clearly it’s a fault if others do, right?

Not saying that your iPhone is not faulty but i would highly recommend when you are in Apple Store pickup every single Pro model on display and test them. They all will have that little hisss buzzz noise because of OIC.

 

[BillGates1969]

I’m on a very similar deal and my SIM plan ends next month. I’m looking to see if there are any better options although I think I want to stay with EE.

Me too.

2 year SIM only ends next month paying £41/month for 5g max speeds and unlimited everything and 3 smart benefits and BT Sports large screen. Use it all so want at least this. Also have the legacy £5/month watch plan that they try to keep upgrading me to the new £7 one.

I want to stay with them as unlike others on here I have had zero issues with them and everytime I speak to customer service they have been excellent. Wouldn't mind getting that £41 a bit lower though, but with all the add ons may be not worth it. I use the AppleTV+, Apple Music & Roam Further (I travel to US a bit so need it) and with the BT sport large screen as well I think I may struggle with a better deal elsewhere?

 

[RossMacca]

Me too.

2 year SIM only ends next month paying £41/month for 5g max speeds and unlimited everything and 3 smart benefits and BT Sports large screen. Use it all so want at least this. Also have the legacy £5/month watch plan that they try to keep upgrading me to the new £7 one.

I want to stay with them as unlike others on here I have had zero issues with them and everytime I speak to customer service they have been excellent. Wouldn't mind getting that £41 a bit lower though, but with all the add ons may be not worth it. I use the AppleTV+, Apple Music & Roam Further (I travel to US a bit so need it) and with the BT sport large screen as well I think I may struggle with a better deal elsewhere?

Same for me, I find their coverage and speeds excellent in comparison to when I was with Three, but that was a good few years ago so they might have improved.

I see they offer Apple One on some plans, I'd definitely take this if they allowed you to pay more and get the Apple One Premier plan as it would end up saving my partner and I money overall.

 

[D1G1TALR0B0T]

I completely forgot that my EE sim only deal was coming to an end, so in the market for a new one. I currently pay about £25, and that includes Apple Music (which I was paying £10 a month for anyway before!) and unlimited 5G. This is also with 20% off through my work.

Am I going to get anything remotely close to that sort of deal again?

My sim only also expires soon, the deals from EE don’t seem as good at the moment. Can’t we just continue with our current sim only plans until a better deal comes around?

 

[SnooApples5021]

Not saying that your iPhone is not faulty but i would highly recommend when you are in Apple Store pickup every single Pro model on display and test them. They all will have that little hisss buzzz noise because of OIC.

I’m not sure what OIC means. Anyway went to the store and spoke to Genius Bar they said it was a very common issue and they were getting a lot of units back. They extended my return policy by 1 month and said to keep checking to try and reserve a model and then once reserved they’ll do the exchange up to 1 month from when I bought the phone. So at least I can keep the same phone until then. Also just to clarify the noise only happens when I open the camera app. Otherwise there is no noise.

 

[RossMacca]

My sim only also expires soon, the deals from EE don’t seem as good at the moment. Can’t we just continue with our current sim only plans until a better deal comes around?

I think for me, the 20% Perk discount expires unless you upgrade, so my plan will jump up in price. Might still be the cheapest option though.

 

[D1G1TALR0B0T]

My Apple clear case for the 14 PM arrived today.

I still have all my other official Apple clear cases from the 11 PM (this was when Apple started making their own clear case).

The case is still slippy this year, but the buttons seems a bit easier to press. I imagine I will use this case along with the Midnight silicone case when I need more grip.

 

[fat jez]

My sim only also expires soon, the deals from EE don’t seem as good at the moment. Can’t we just continue with our current sim only plans until a better deal comes around?

Yes, you can. No need to switch to a new contract

 

[iwanders]

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[D1G1TALR0B0T]

Yes, you can. No need to switch to a new contract

Thanks, I think will have to do this as the sim only deals are really not good at the moment.
Someone posted that EE sometimes have good Black Friday deals, so I will keep a eye out for those.

 

[aldo82]

EE sim only plans seem to have gone up in costs and down in features significantly recently. I changed fairly recently and got 160GB and one smart benefit (using it for Apple Music) for £25 (I don’t have any discount codes) but the closest they do now is 125 GB for £31. Given EE will put the price up twice in a 2 year contract, that’s a pretty big up shift already!

 

[swfcdm1]

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Quick rules: No editing posts, your first answer is your final answer and you MUST have been a member BEFORE i posted this.

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Question: What will be the time of the first goal scored tomorrow between England vs Germany.

If we have someone say 16th minute and 18th minute BUT the goal is scored in the 17th minute. We'll find a way of doing a tie break.

No minimum entries. Will be a winner guarnteed. Good luck 🙂

Quick edit: if two people say the same minute, it will be the person who said it first who wins. So worth checking other entries 🙂

10th Minute

 

[dbrose]

Finally got my money from CEX. Been down to the shop to show them how to properly unpair a pair of AirPods. They were convinced they were still tied to my iCloud account. What they hadn’t done was hold the button. Because they didn’t do that when the connected to a device it re-paired them to my account. So when removing pods make sure you hold button till case is blinking white!!!

 

[dbrose]

So finally decided on the Gold Pro Max. Ultimately I didn't like the shiny purple band around the DP and the white of back of silver felt a bit cold and dull after a few days use. I know I am in the minority around here but I think the gold is quite a classical, neutral looking tone.

Unfortunately I had redeemed my Apple Gift Card against the Deep Purple and they wouldn't let me return the gold and rebuy as had opened the box (seems crazy and possible contrary to what had been discussed around here much earlier in the thread so thought I'd pop on and mention). This means that I have the balance back on the gift card which is annoying as wanted it applied to the phone purchase. Guy at the Apple Store in Edinburgh said sure you'll buy something else soon with it. I said no I was really relying on it against the phone purchase but frankly I've had enough of average-bad customer service in the last week that I couldn't be bothered arguing. So looks now like I'll be buying the Air Pods Pro2!! This was after him saying he would not have picked the gold as he didn't the gold was as nice this year. Way to go on building up my enthusiasm but at least he served me quickly rather than making me wait as the store was packed.

Also had a major faff with MusicMagpie last week. Can't recall if I posted to say that that received but sent me a revaluation (down £90) on basis received outside 14 day period. Anyway I had already spoken to someone on MM chat because I can't get logged back into my account and that meant I couldn't check out on a saved quite so they agreed to add 7 days to my checked out order. So I went on chat on Thursday evening and said that I not sent late. Was repeatedly told they do not extend trade in dates and went around in circles. Eventually I asked 'A' so was 'C' lying when he said he put a note on my order and to confirm that there was no note left on my account. At this point she said she would double check and came back apologising and saying there was indeed a note and that I should just accept the re-valuation and I'll get it paid the original trade in amount as two sums (even mentioned the UPGRADE22 code which I hadnt mentioned during the chat at all. So came off chat delighted/relieved opened up the email to accept and it required me to sign into my account!! I had just explained the whole extension was due to unresolved issues signing into my account so cue first thing Friday morning back on chat asking them to accept / confirm the order. At 1.15pm an email arrives from MM saying I have only 13 days to accept the revaluation so back on chat but they confirmed payment was with their finance department (she told me to ignore the chase email, quoted the correct original amounts and said would be paid Friday). No payment received Friday and another MM reminder email received yesterday. Will see if I get payment today or tomorrow and if no joy chase on Wednesday!

Well done if you read to the end of this but needed to vent a little! Am not even mentioning the Off Topic hassle am having with Air France changing my flights and their horrible call centre who refuse to let me speak to a more senior member of staff.

With regards to gift card they can definitely put it back to gift card and then pay for the new one. I’ve done that year after year and on Saturday after release. Last week it went even better where they did the refund and payment in one transaction. They then owed me £100 which should have gone back to account balance but he allowed me to return to card.

 

[Fried_Gold]

Finally got my money from CEX. Been down to the shop to show them how to properly unpair a pair of AirPods. They were convinced they were still tied to my iCloud account. What they hadn’t done was hold the button. Because they didn’t do that when the connected to a device it re-paired them to my account. So when removing pods make sure you hold button till case is blinking white!!!

Had a similar issue selling AirPods Max to them, they paid me and when I got home they phoned me to say it was on my account, I explained over the phone and they never got back to me so must have sorted it.

That was early this year.

 

[dbrose]

Little funny post on Reddit I just saw

It’s coming in iOS 16.8!!!

 

[Sal09]

I’m not sure what OIC means. Anyway went to the store and spoke to Genius Bar they said it was a very common issue and they were getting a lot of units back. They extended my return policy by 1 month and said to keep checking to try and reserve a model and then once reserved they’ll do the exchange up to 1 month from when I bought the phone. So at least I can keep the same phone until then. Also just to clarify the noise only happens when I open the camera app. Otherwise there is no noise.

Typo error. Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS). That white noise and hissing sound will also come from your replacement device. The noise goes away when you change to slo mo mode. It was there on 13 Pros too.

Anyway glad Apple Genius helped you out with a desired resolution.

 

[SnooApples5021]

Typo error. Original Image Stabilisation (OIS). That white noise and hissing sound will also come from your replacement device. The noise goes away when you change to slo mo mode. It was there on 13 Pros too.

Anyway glad Apple Genius helped you out with a desired resolution.

Oh okay interesting. I mean tbf, I’ve never gone searching for it! Maybe I don’t need to change anything then😂? I only assumed it was a fault due to all the negative press about it. I’ll keep a listen and eye on it to see how it is over the next few days

 

[ScrumpyDaniel]

EE sim only plans seem to have gone up in costs and down in features significantly recently. I changed fairly recently and got 160GB and one smart benefit (using it for Apple Music) for £25 (I don’t have any discount codes) but the closest they do now is 125 GB for £31. Given EE will put the price up twice in a 2 year contract, that’s a pretty big up shift already!

I've literally just signed up to EE after 21 years with O2. Just on a 12 month sim only deal but I couldn't take O2's horrendous service any more. Constant drop outs in Ipswich and the 5G just doesn't work! So i'm intrigued to see how EE fair. I've gone for the 125GB with 6 months of Apple Music for £25 which is the same as I was paying for with O2.

 

[sahajesh]

Got my 14PM today from Leicester - glad I made the move from P to PM.

Now I just need to check everything is on the PM and I’ll return the 14 Pro and case back to Apple.

Lesson learnt - stick with Max from now on!

 

[troubleonline]

With regards to gift card they can definitely put it back to gift card and then pay for the new one. I’ve done that year after year and on Saturday after release. Last week it went even better where they did the refund and payment in one transaction. They then owed me £100 which should have gone back to account balance but he allowed me to return to card.

Except they wouldn't let me return and immediately rebuy the phone I wanted to keep (regardless of whether I used the gift card or not). MY understanding was because I had opened the box already. Anyway I managed to get the amount back onto my card following my accidental redemption of it to the App Store via Apple support this morning!!

 

[njek]

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Prize: £50 apple e-gift voucher (redeemed online via your account)

Quick rules: No editing posts, your first answer is your final answer and you MUST have been a member BEFORE i posted this.

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Question: What will be the time of the first goal scored tomorrow between England vs Germany.

If we have someone say 16th minute and 18th minute BUT the goal is scored in the 17th minute. We'll find a way of doing a tie break.

No minimum entries. Will be a winner guarnteed. Good luck 🙂

Quick edit: if two people say the same minute, it will be the person who said it first who wins. So worth checking other entries 🙂

I'll go with 25 mins please @Qountdown 👍 Cheers!

 

[dbrose]

Except they wouldn't let me return and immediately rebuy the phone I wanted to keep (regardless of whether I used the gift card or not). MY understanding was because I had opened the box already. Anyway I managed to get the amount back onto my card following my accidental redemption of it to the App Store via Apple support this morning!!

Ah brilliant. Result.

 

[Hicksmat1976]

should have waited for Black Friday, usually better sim only deals to be had then, from EE etc.