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UK iPhone 5 thread
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I would guess that Carphone Warehouse will be opening at 7 to allow people in and start allocating phones, but I wouldn't imagine Apple will allow them to actually sell or handover phones before 8:01am.
If they do they would probably risk Apple not allowing them stock for future new releases.
not as yet, ordered at 8.25am friday but only finalised it sunday as i chased T mobile up (new customer) and had to sort a few things. Hoping though, that they work off customer order numbers so i may still get friday.
Who knows though?
I'm a new customer too, I didn't get anywhere on the phone even though on twitter I was told:
Hi, you could try over the phone and see if they can advise a date. Thanks^Steven
I will try again tomorrow or later today to see if I can get any further, Well I thought I order at 8am but for some reason it didn't go through so I ended up having to reorder when I got home at 1:47pm so really thinking I won't be seeing it on Friday
I am in the same situation and because I am going from 32GB to 16GB I am going to set it up as a new device but use it on the same icloud apple ID. It's going to be more long-winded processes but I suspect some of the games on the old phones have left a train of malware so prepared for a fresh start, really only download the appls I really need. Dittto with music, as I have iTunes match, I will only put on the phone the albums / playlists / songs I want to carry with me. Although I must admit 16GB will really need managing for me. Already regretting it.
If you are a gamer, you may not actually have the choice with certain games, unless you go back to square 1 BUT I would imagine most of them will have cloud back-up so when you get into each via game centre it will tell you to chose level 1 or backed up version at whatever level you left it. Hope that helpd.
I think he means starting afresh or restoring from back-up during set-up.
Has anyone managed to work out how you go from the vodafone order number WEB-XXXXXXXXX to finding what the order number is to check on the Apple website (or even better UPS?)
I ordered mine on Saturday also.
It seems only Fridays have started to ship, though O2 have said they'll get all pre-orders out for Friday. I wouldn't worry until tomorrow night.
Mine is showing the same as yours.
To be honest, I knew I would be buying it, but I never ordered it on the Friday because I was still in denial. I got over that pretty quickly though when I went to the Bath Apple Store to buy an Apple TV, and walked out spending £599 on the phone. Pretty Standard for an Apple store. More Fool Me for thinking I could walk into an Apple store and not be tempted!
Why are there so many jailbreak apps for tethering if it can be done on the phone by default?
Cable/Adapter + iPhone
Hi all,
So I spoke to Apple.com customer service today to try and cancel my lightening/USB cable which I assumed had pushed my delivery date back from Friday 21st to October 2nd.
The lady at the other end of the phone confirmed that, by default, all iPhone 5 orders with accessories will have the phone shipped out on the 21st (if pre-ordered early enough) and the accessory will be shipped later.
i.e. rather than the usual shipping where they wait until all items are available, they will ship the phone and accessory seperately.
She said this was going to apply to all iPhone pre-orders - so anyone who has pre-ordered through the Apple Store online should be ok, however you might want to give them a call too just to confirm, was very quick and painless to get through to them, and means you dont have to cancel the order for any accessories you want.
Cheers.
Hi all,
So I spoke to Apple.com customer service today to try and cancel my lightening/USB cable which I assumed had pushed my delivery date back from Friday 21st to October 2nd.
The lady at the other end of the phone confirmed that, by default, all iPhone 5 orders with accessories will have the phone shipped out on the 21st (if pre-ordered early enough) and the accessory will be shipped later.
i.e. rather than the usual shipping where they wait until all items are available, they will ship the phone and accessory seperately.
She said this was going to apply to all iPhone pre-orders - so anyone who has pre-ordered through the Apple Store online should be ok, however you might want to give them a call too just to confirm, was very quick and painless to get through to them, and means you dont have to cancel the order for any accessories you want.
Cheers.
Not all carriers permit using tething (it can be optionally locked out by them, depending on contract/tarriff t&c's).
My number has now transferred from O2 to my brand new Three nano sim
Bring on Friday!
Ugh, I've had to get a Nano Sim from O2 because stupid T-Mobile won't give any until Friday!
Still, I'm counting the days until I leave O2.
1) Hence why I said 'may'
2) Taken from T-Mobile website for aplan with 'Unlimited data' on the Full Monty plan:
Fair Use Policy for mobile broadband
However much you use the internet, you'll never get charged extra
We're the only operator to offer you a fixed price for browsing and emailing on your mobile broadband connection with no limits and no extra charges.
Never pay more than your monthly fixed price
You can always browse and email with no limits
Perfect for getting online when you're out and about
Is there an allowance?
You can browse and email as much as you want.
Your plan will come with an allowance which varies depending on the plan that you select however we will not charge you if you go over your allowance. If they go over their allowance we will not charge any extra or prevent them from using the internet however we may restrict their usage on downloads and streaming.
The limit for the Full Monty plan is 1GB acording to their own site.
3) Luckily I live in Bristol! But I wonder how many people will use it and if it will slow the network down for the first year or so...still not sold on it fully yet seeing as its brand new.
their website is actually really misleading. I took out my full monty plan about a month ago and clarified with the sales rep. he said the full monty has no restrictions but other plans are usually 1GB. It is also mentioned in their T&C's
tmobile said:
you can view that here http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/terms-and-conditions/pay-monthly/#sim-only-12-month-plans
How long has anyone's nano sim taken to arrive by post from Three? I ordered mine on Monday evening and it quoted delivery for today (Wednesday).
Thought it was a bit optimistic considering how hectic things are. I'm just hoping it arrives before Friday to set it up before the chaos that is launch day!
I ordered it at 8am yesterday and it arrived today....however they said it could take 3 days.
Nope. From reading what they've been saying to people on Twitter, if you had an estimated date of Fri 21st when ordering you should be receiving an email with Delivery details on Thurs!
Orange taken money but lost order record
Hi all,
Out of contract, I upgraded to iPhone5 on the orange website early morning on 14th. Website confirmed my order and change of talk plan but no email or text confirmation has been received. I've called orange customer services multiple times since friday morning to get a confirmation. Either they say they can't help and send me on a wild goose chase around different departments, all of whom refer me back to upgrades, or they say there is no record of your order but your next available upgrade date has changed to 24 months time! Currently, one operator has promised to look into it and get back to me. He's taken two days so far.... Does anyone know what's going on in that place? Have they made a monumental b's up? I'm left with a bank account - £209.99 (the money left my account on Monday), no receipt, no order confirmation and no one at orange who knows the score?
Hi all,
Out of contract, I upgraded to iPhone5 on the orange website early morning on 14th. Website confirmed my order and change of talk plan but no email or text confirmation has been received. I've called orange customer services multiple times since friday morning to get a confirmation. Either they say they can't help and send me on a wild goose chase around different departments, all of whom refer me back to upgrades, or they say there is no record of your order but your next available upgrade date has changed to 24 months time! Currently, one operator has promised to look into it and get back to me. He's taken two days so far.... Does anyone know what's going on in that place? Have they made a monumental b's up? I'm left with a bank account - £209.99 (the money left my account on Monday), no receipt, no order confirmation and no one at orange who knows the score?
Hey guys!
New member here! Just need some of your advice before Friday!
Currently, I have an iPhone 4S on a 12 month, £36 a month contract, due for upgrade on 29/9/12.
I am yet to preorder an iPhone 5, so gonna hedge my bets and go to a store on Friday morning.
My question is, as my O2 contract is ending, would it be better to request my PAC code and move to a new network, or would I be better off staying with O2 and upgrading when I'm due?
New member here! Just need some of your advice before Friday!
Currently, I have an iPhone 4S on a 12 month, £36 a month contract, due for upgrade on 29/9/12.
I am yet to preorder an iPhone 5, so gonna hedge my bets and go to a store on Friday morning.
My question is, as my O2 contract is ending, would it be better to request my PAC code and move to a new network, or would I be better off staying with O2 and upgrading when I'm due?
Question about TNT delivery, do they send a text message to tell you aprox when it's gonna be delivered?
I've been using DPD a lot recently and they send you a text letting you know it's going to arrive within the hours of say...14:15-15:15 - their service is absolutely fantastic like that!
Cause I'm on nightshift from tonight until Sunday and nobody is about on Friday except me...sleeping
First World Problems.
I've been using DPD a lot recently and they send you a text letting you know it's going to arrive within the hours of say...14:15-15:15 - their service is absolutely fantastic like that!
Cause I'm on nightshift from tonight until Sunday and nobody is about on Friday except me...sleeping
First World Problems.
At first I rejoiced when I read this but after a bit of speculation I just can't allow myself to believe that. Here's why:
I ordered a 64GB iPhone, along with 3 other items. Namely a SuperDrive, Wireless Keyboard, and a Micro-USB to lightning adapter. All of those would have arrived by today(well not the adapter...), that order was made at 08:53am. From then until now on the apple site still says everything from my order delivers 21/9 via standard. If the orders were dispatching regardless of multiple items I should have received a delivery notification. And I haven't.
Now I'm fortunate enough to have my iPhones serial number, so since I know one of the first batch is mine I'm not really bothered but I would take that news with a grain of salt