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Destination: PLYMOUTH 22 Sep 2012 Shipment in Transit
Apple site says estimated delivery date 24/09, am also hoping that it Changes in the morning!
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Same, says:
Destination: PLYMOUTH 22 Sep 2012 Shipment in Transit
Apple site says estimated delivery date 24/09, am also hoping that it Changes in the morning!
Any of you guys that have the iPhone 5 noticed any scuffs, scratches or dents... It seems the Americans are talking more about it.. May be we are luckier??
I saw in this thread on launch day that about 5 people had scuffed iPhones out of the box. So we definitely aren't unaffected.
Mine however was perfect with no issues
Thank you for your reply.
And how about 3G speed & coverage? Are all carriers pretty much the same? Is 3 the only one to offer unlimited data plan?
Still waiting to pick mine up from the UPS depot tomorrow. If its scuffed, scratched or marked in any way it's going back to Apple for a replacement.
I can't wait for 4G, thankfully I get a solid 14-18mbps on my broadband, which makes up for poor signal indoors
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Coverage and speed varies from provider to provider. O2 have the worst coverage and speed while 3 has the greatest 3G coverage. As do t-mobile and orange although their speeds are slower.
Check the ofcom website, they have maps showing the various providers 3G coverage.
On a personal note. 6 months ago my wife and I switched from t-mobile and orange to three as while they had coverage, I often couldn't use the Internet or speeds were terrible. Three have proven to be reliable and we do a lot of travelling so not just in our home town.
T-mobile while they do not offer unlimited do not charge if you go over your limit however they may throttle your speeds.
Picked up my new 32Gb in black today, no scuffs, perfect so far, just cutting down my sim to fit!
EE LTE Coverage
EE LTE coverage maps for the 10 live cities now (engineering tests) can be found here:
http//twitter.com/offmybox
EE LTE coverage maps for the 10 live cities now (engineering tests) can be found here:
http//twitter.com/offmybox
T-Mobile do offer Unlimited on the Full Monty plan as well as all the iPhone 5 plans. It is truly unlimited too, they don't even have a fair use policy. They did used to cap the speed at 3.8Mb but as of 3 days ago when they changed the Carrier profile to EE, this has been lifted.
That's awesome (I was wondering when we could see coverage maps!) but too low-res for me to check if my area, south of London, has coverage or not.
Looks like the London coverage might stretch to me in Hertfordshire. Its hard to tell though because the maps are very small.
I know no network has LTE yet. However its not just EE that will have LTE as Three have acquired an entire band (much like EE did) and will be offering LTE connectivity from that soon, obviously not in the next few weeks, but the rollout wont take too long. Given the very poor plans on offer from T-Mobile/Orange, you'll be hitting their limits pretty fast on LTE!
Even the Apple Store reps were recommending the Three plans. You'd be crazy to willingly pick one from O2 or Vodafone, thats for sure!
Basically to begin with only T-Mobile/Orange (under the name 'EverythingEverywhere') will offer LTE, with three to follow. No other network will have access to LTE, thus its a poor offering from them.
The finish on mine is just a smidge off perfect, in a couple of corners where the antenna bands join the sides, but only the kind of stuff you see if you're really looking. Certainly no chips or scratches, and I haven't put any on it yet either.
I'm definitely within the area covered according to that map for both home and work. I think as long as the costs are reasonable I will probably switch to EE's LTE network from my current regular plan on O2's network which is very poor for 3G especially around where I live and work.
mine (white 16gig) is the same - very minor 'lines' above the plastic bands...looks like its where the aluminium was joined (which shouldn't be the case if its liquid metal, so may actually be stress marks)
EE were forced to sell 2x15Mhz blocks to Three as part of the deal to allow them to run LTE this early - but the deal won't be going through until September next year. Three, therefore, can't use the blocks to run LTE until that date at the earliest, so no, there won't be a competing LTE network for around another year.
Three, in all honesty, may just plump to run LTE in the 800 and 2100 bands that are being auctioned off in 2013 anyway, rather than two restrictive blocks.
According to what I've read Three wont be able to provide LTE for another year. If so that's not exactly soon.
Only the sister arm "EE" will offer LTE, Orange and T-Mobile will only offer 3G technologies.
Everything Everywhere will operate the EE, Orange and T-Mobile brands. EE is not Orange and T-Mobile combined as everyone presumes, if you need anymore info give me a DM.
That's good news. Reading the American thread it feels like every single black phone is affected. I am worried as my phone is already in London and I am in USA and wont be seeing it before a month time (unexpected business trip). I don't want to open it then and find dents or scuffs. I am worried by then Apple won't exchange it for me too! Any ideas of what to do? I have no one that can inspect the phone in London...