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UK iPhone 5 thread

^ I'm guessing its a pre-auth they done and therefore they have no need to check the address again really
 
Anyone ordering the iPhone 5 via Orange, T-Mobile or Three, remember to go via www.quidco.com first.

You'll get £45 cashback for Orange/T-Mobile and £95 cashback for 3.
 
Random hero said:
I ordered with 3 over the phone yesterday, was assured that id receive it on friday, They took no email address and gave me no type of order number.... Ill wait and see what happens
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Glad it wasn't just me then. I will leave it until Monday and try calling them. I've never used 3 before but first impressions aren't great
 
Just called apple and got through quite quickly. Anyway they have no Sims and aren't expecting any until Friday. Why do I have this awful feeling I'm gonna have a phone that I can't use next weekend! It is getting to be a real pain. You could order a PAYG sim with the phone but I didn't. I don't want to edit my order and mess it up. I thought getting the phone would be the nightmare, not the stupid sim.
 
BestMate said:
Is there any other provider besides Three in the UK that offer unlimited data plans??
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Not for any where near the price Three are charging (they offer Unlimited from £11 p/m). O2 don't offer Unlimited and Orange starts at £51 p/m. Vodafone don't offer Unlimited (AFAIK as I can't see it on their website) and their 2GB caps start at £40!. Giff-Gaff do Unlimited but they are not issuing nano-sims for a few months apparently.

Remember, Three don't have a FUP.
 
bbfc said:
Not for any where near the price Three are charging (they offer Unlimited from £11 p/m). O2 don't offer Unlimited and Orange starts at £51 p/m. Vodafone don't offer Unlimited (AFAIK as I can't see it on their website) and their 2GB caps start at £40!.

Remember, Three don't have a FUP.
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Whats an FUP, (being nosey here!)
 
sb22 said:
Whats an FUP, (being nosey here!)
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Basically some networks will say 'Unlimited' but they are not truly unlimited as they will have a cap.

Edit: I don't actually think they are allowed to advertise it as unlimited anymore if it's got a FUP, as it's not unlimited and thus it's false advertising.
 
bbfc said:
Remember, Three don't have a FUP.
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This is not strictly true, They do have a limit of 1000Gb per month.

And if you are in the top 5 % of data users on the network they will restrict your usage



Personally... i can live with that



bbfc said:
Basically some networks will say 'Unlimited' but they are not truly unlimited as they will have a cap.

Edit: I don't actually think they are allowed to advertise it as unlimited anymore if it's got a FUP, as it's not unlimited and thus it's false advertising.
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This is the reason 3 dont actually call it unlimited, they call it all-you-can-eat data
 
Hustle said:
I preordered both today.

O2 told me it'll be delivered on 21st. Orange say delivery when in stock, though they aim for 21st obviously.

Doubt I'll be seeing them then however. I got on the bandwagon a bit late.
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02 ran out of stock last night and Orange are stating within 30 days.
 
Random hero said:
This is not strictly true, They do have a limit of 1000Gb per month.

And if you are in the top 5 % of data users on the network they will restrict your usage

Personally... i can live with that

This is the reason 3 dont actually call it unlimited, they call it all-you-can-eat data
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Jeez! Who on earth would consume that much data a month! I barely use about 2GB.

Interesting about the Unlimited thing, never really thought about how different it is to 'All You Can Eat', but it still can't be matched by any of the other 'big' networks.

You learn something new everyday.

From the Three Terms & Conditions...
Does all you can eat data come with any limits? The limit is how much your device can consume – if you were to actively use data or the Internet on your phone every second, of every day, in every month (and we would be worried if you were !!!!) you would, subject to the current traffic management requirements (which vary from time to time), use up to 1000GB per month. So in essence there is a limit of how much data you can actually consume which is up to 1000GB. All this means that you can have absolute piece of mind and enjoy all the internet you need on your smartphone, without worrying.
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N0ddie said:
I ordered 2 of the 3 nano sims (1 month rolling deals) yesterday. I went with the £12.90 per month one for both but will be adding tethering to one of them (Thats £5 per month on top of the £12.90) for our iPad.

The biggest draw for us to this specific deal was the "All you can eat data". 200 mins and 5000 texts i way more than we'll use each month.

They start billing you the day you get the sim card (Ordering yesterday means ours will be hear on Tuesday). Though I have bought some nano-micro sim adapters off the web (Couple of quid each) so that I can activate them when they arrive on Tuesday (Need to get my PAC codes from O2 first) and use them in our iPhone 4's until Friday. Which should mean that it should just be a case of sticking the nano sim (Which'll already have been activated) in the iPhones 5's when they arrive on Friday (Touch wood).

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O2's 4G network wont work with the iPhone 5 as the iPhone 5 doesnt work on their frequency/band.

The only 4G network that will work with the iPhone 5 is EE. Its also said that 3 have "Offered to share" (At their cost) some of EE's 4G coverage but that wont be until next year AFAIK.
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Thanks for this, very good info.

I won't be getting a Three SIM until the day my iPhone 5 arrives, since I have a large amount of credit and data left on my iPhone 4 PAYG at the moment.
 
oldcelt said:
That's what I was told in the Orange shop.
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Well you were told wrong. Look on EE's site, it's been quoted in this thread alot too.

Edit, see the T&C's as attached

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Does anyone know if Orange will support Wideband audio? And if so, I assume only between two iPhone 5s?

I know they used to be into HDaudio or some branding like that, but doubt it is similar enough tech to be compatible.
 
Random hero said:
The last 3 months i hit my Data limit with o2 (i honestly dont know how) so i would avoid watching youtube video when not on WiFi...... Not any more :cool:
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More reason to pick an all you can eat data plan. Specially on a 4G LTE network.
 
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