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UK iPhone 4S thread.
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My debit card got charged when I placed the order this time. I know its not the same as a credit card.
They reserved the money straight away, but it didn't actually get taken until after they had dispatched it. That was on debit card.
This year I ordered on Credit card and I can see the money has been reserved as my available credit has gone down by the cost of the iPhone but they money hasn't actually been taken yet.
Do you expect that queuing from the night before launch will be enough to secure one? I couldn't pre-order in time and I'm out of the country at the time it would be expected to ship, so this is my best option.
Every Apple Store always receives stock, right?
Every Apple Store always receives stock, right?
Apple stores will deffo have stock on launch day. The Online and offline stock levels are from different stock.
Ahh, cool. I'm starting to get worried, that's all! I've never done a through the night queue and I'd be pretty disappointed to spend all that time only for them to open up and say 'sorry, but...'.
I don't think you will need to do an all nighter, 6am should be fine!
Unfortunately I have no other way of getting to the store before 9am! I currently have no car and the nearest store is getting on for two hours away by train. It's a bit of a shambolic situation, but hey...as long as there's stock
Unfortunately I have no other way of getting to the store before 9am! I currently have no car and the nearest store is getting on for two hours away by train. It's a bit of a shambolic situation, but hey...as long as there's stock
Oh i see
, are you going for sim free?They were all at launch and all showed tracking from Shenzhen in China via Hong Kong. My launch 2011 Mini was also shipped from China.
I couldn't find a thread for the iPhone 4 but the following two are UK threads for the iPad and iPad 2. Both show people's orders here in the UK shipping from Shenzhen. I'm pretty sure it was the same for the iPhone 4.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/920057/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1107373/
Oh i see
Yes. I'm currently trying to exercise my better judgment and get a 32GB. That 64 is becoming increasingly tempting though...
Interested to know this too but for 3...will it be enabled on their One Plan as they include tethering in their unlimited data so I imagine it will be?
You don't get free BT Openzone or Cloud wifi with 3, but the 3G is so ugh faster I have not missed it since I switched from O2 in May.
Haha, yeah I know what you mean. I'm upgrading so 64GB not gonna be too bad. I don't have to travel that far so gonna get their around 5 I think, to be on the safe side
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Apple have a distribution centre in Cork ireland.
They ship most of the stuff for the UK from there, ordered a BTO iMac at launch and it shipped from there
Apple have a distribution centre in Cork ireland.
They ship most of the stuff for the UK from there, ordered a BTO iMac at launch and it shipped from there
Ah, the good old order confirmation spam
Thought I'd mention it in case yours wandered into Spam too...That's pretty mich the same email than I got, so the preorder seems to generally track as 0, which puts my mind at ease a little. I went with the One plan (unlimited data will come in handy for my iPad tethering), though considering that 109 was the most anyone should get according to Quidco, 149.something for me and 144.33 for you is strange, strange numbers as well.
Ah well, I'd rather see more than less there. Let's hope we get something out of it, good luck! Seems like that 8 digit number will also help in the case of a dispite - I never trust trust cashback sites...
Envirofone are very good, used them once before, excellent
. Also sent it via special delivery... Just in case.Some, but not all orders... you can't extrapolate from n=1 to say 'orders' implying ALL orders
It seems that some came direct from China, but some were definitely shipped out from a UK distribution centre.
Some, but not all orders... you can't extrapolate from n=1 to say 'orders' implying ALL orders
It seems that some came direct from China, but some were definitely shipped out from a UK distribution centre.
I said orders, Apple orders iPhone from China
Order, in this case, is the process of Apple getting a manufactured iPhone from x to y.
Some, but not all orders... you can't extrapolate from n=1 to say 'orders' implying ALL orders
It seems that some came direct from China, but some were definitely shipped out from a UK distribution centre.
I think from past experience of tracking iMacs & MacBook Pro's if you order additional stuff like Applecare you can't track your order until it gets to UK, when you'll find it at an airport on it's UPS or whoever route to you.
However, if you've just ordered the iPhone we can hopefully track it from China, getting thoroughly confused by time differences (!), think it usually goes via Netherlands for some sort of checking & then it's clue to UK. If you can be bothered I think you can track your phone's plane from the shipping time in China!
I see on the US thread folks are getting the shipping notifications so I guess it won't be long for us in UK.