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UK iPhone 4S thread.
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Although I stated it would be 12.01 in each country before I suspect it's going to be 12.01 PST in the US and corresponding times in the other countries. Which would mean 8.01am here.
Think I might be heading to the office early tomorrow. Should refreshing the webpages around 08:00 then.
well tomorrow ill be ringing them about the availability of the 4s. if they cant give me a firm answer (been with them for over 7 years now) and a decent upgrade price, im off!!
buy it from apple unlocked and ill go with giffgaff
The store part of the site is still working though.
But the iphone section of teh store isn't working for me....hmmmm.
Price
It's quite a fundamental redesign under the hood. 2 antennas for a start, new camera optics, new dual core processor and twice the storage of the previous model.
Last june a 32GB iPhone 4 cost £599 and now a much improved 32GB model is exactly the same price, so I don't understand people's surprise on pricing.
For a £100 more you can double the capacity - great for people like me who's 32GB iPhone 4 is full to capacity.
What you lose on the high end you gain at the bottom. My iPhone 4 will be put up for sale and because Apple haven't discounted it, I'd expect to get about £450 - not bad for a phone that cost £599 nearly 18 months ago - how many other handsets retain 75% of their retail value after 18 months?
Certainly softens the blow of the upgrade.
Oh and remember this...YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY IT!!!!
If it's too expensive or not enough of an upgrade to justify the fee, don't do it. Plenty of other fab phones out there, or your existing iPhone 4 will work just as great as it did before and will seem like a new phone when you update to IOS5 anyway.
The iPhone is the most expensive smartphone you can get, but I use mine to run a Filemaker Pro customer database on the move, read emails, surf the web, give me directions, listen to music, watch SKY TV, play Fifa 11, take photo's & video's and then show them on my TV at home.
So it's quite a special 'phone' and one that does what it does like no other - not worth it for some - indispensable for others (try running Filemaker or watching Sky Sports on an Android handset - oh that right...you can't!).
Horses for courses an all that!
It's quite a fundamental redesign under the hood. 2 antennas for a start, new camera optics, new dual core processor and twice the storage of the previous model.
Last june a 32GB iPhone 4 cost £599 and now a much improved 32GB model is exactly the same price, so I don't understand people's surprise on pricing.
For a £100 more you can double the capacity - great for people like me who's 32GB iPhone 4 is full to capacity.
What you lose on the high end you gain at the bottom. My iPhone 4 will be put up for sale and because Apple haven't discounted it, I'd expect to get about £450 - not bad for a phone that cost £599 nearly 18 months ago - how many other handsets retain 75% of their retail value after 18 months?
Certainly softens the blow of the upgrade.
Oh and remember this...YOU DONT HAVE TO BUY IT!!!!
If it's too expensive or not enough of an upgrade to justify the fee, don't do it. Plenty of other fab phones out there, or your existing iPhone 4 will work just as great as it did before and will seem like a new phone when you update to IOS5 anyway.
The iPhone is the most expensive smartphone you can get, but I use mine to run a Filemaker Pro customer database on the move, read emails, surf the web, give me directions, listen to music, watch SKY TV, play Fifa 11, take photo's & video's and then show them on my TV at home.
So it's quite a special 'phone' and one that does what it does like no other - not worth it for some - indispensable for others (try running Filemaker or watching Sky Sports on an Android handset - oh that right...you can't!).
Horses for courses an all that!
Any of you know if I can pre-order in Dublin?
And if not, if I can pre-order and pick it up from the Apple store in Belfast?
And if not, if I can pre-order and pick it up from the Apple store in Belfast?
I really don't understand why there isn't a single Apple store in The Republic of Ireland. Do you know if there will be a pre-order for the countries getting the 4S on the 28th?
Will we know whether there is a pick up option or not as soon as the pre-orders open at 8am GMT?
Tut tut - buying a £500-£700 phone and then protest at tuition fees!!!does anybody no if apple will let you change your shipping address for the iphone pre order, im at uni in sheffield, and i remember last year some people saying they weren't allowed to have the phone shipped to any address other then the billing address, otherwise im gonna have to go apple store in meadowhall at 3-4am to pick 1 up.
Tut tut - buying a £500-£700 phone and then protest at tuition fees!!!
it's ok, there's a loan for that
On the Apple UK site it doesn't say whether they will be selling unlocked iPhones or not. Will they?
Would I be able to go to Belfast and buy one there? On the UK store it's saying I need to have a UK credit or debit card which I don't.