No it won't.
However I'm sure 02 will charge an upgrade fee and supply an Lte 4g tariff at a higher price !
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No it won't.
However I'm sure 02 will charge an upgrade fee and supply an Lte 4g tariff at a higher price !
Thought that may of been the case (excuse the pun!)
Cool, cheers. Ill go to CPW and have a look as they might have something decent enough. Thanks again.
By the time O2 launch an LTE service I would suspect that the iPhone 5S or 6 will already have launched with LTE 800 and 2600 support.
The spectrum auction won't happen until next year, and it won't be an immediate switch on after the auction, they will only know what allocation they have after the auction and will then have to build a network to use it.
Loving 3 Mobile!
Loving Three at The Min, Ordered a 64gb White online on Threes website on Tuesday (25th Sept) with an expected delivery date of 17th October, Came home on Thursday Night (27th Sept) to find it waiting outside my door for me , couldn't be happier with that for speedy service!!!!
Loving Three at The Min, Ordered a 64gb White online on Threes website on Tuesday (25th Sept) with an expected delivery date of 17th October, Came home on Thursday Night (27th Sept) to find it waiting outside my door for me , couldn't be happier with that for speedy service!!!!
First post although I have been lurking on here for the last 3+ weeks!
I have been through it with you guys, ordered with 3 on the 14th over the phone (due to website down), ordered 32gb Black and paid my £89.
After a nail-biting wait I got my first email from 3 on the 20th to inform me that my iPhone would be delivered as promised on the 21st!
I awaited the tracking info, but alas there was none.
Friday came and I had the day off work so I was up early and like you guys, was twitching the curtains at anything that sounded like a delivery van.
I tried to track my order on the DPD website with my email address and postcode but alas it drew a blank every time.
By lunch time, no sign of the phone and I had bitten my nails down to the bone so I thought it was time to ring 3 and get them to put me out of my misery.
Unfortunately their phones were jammed and I just kept getting the engaged tone.
By 2pm I was a nervous wreck and so tried to ring 3 one more time. I got through to the Indian call centre where the nice lady informed me she could find no record of my order
She then transferred my call to the Scottish call centre who luckily were able to find my order and told me my iPhone was on its way to me and would be delivered within the next hour! She then apologised for the miscommunication of my tracking details.
The phone arrived on time and I have been grinning ear to ear since.
That is - until today.
My iPhone needed a charge so I plugged it in to my PC tower (as usual) and - nothing happened. Strange I thought. I then plugged the USB cable into the Apple mains charger and still the phone refused to recognise the cable.
I then plugged the cable into my powered USB hub. As soon as I plugged it in, the LEDs on the hub went out, and the lightning connector started to get very hot!
Oh dear I thought. A short circuit in the lead I thought. Panic! I thought.
I then remembered from reading this thread how good Apple stores have been with returning faulty/damaged items, so off I trekked to the nearest Apple store (40 miles away). I arrived at the busy store and asked an assistant if she could possibly test my lead as I suspected it had become faulty..? Rather than make a fuss, she simply got a new lead off the shelf and swapped it for my faulty lead, no questions asked. Awesome service.
While I was there I purchased a second lead and micro USB adapter as a precaution!
Not much is known about the lightning plug at present but it has been discovered these plugs possibly contain an authentication chip. I suspect it was this very chip that had become faulty and was causing the problem with my lead, so I would advise everyone to make sure you have a back-up plan just in-case your lead mysteriously refuses to work.
If your lead becomes short circuit like mine did, it could do permanent damage to your PC/Mac motherboard and power supply so use with caution!
I have been through it with you guys, ordered with 3 on the 14th over the phone (due to website down), ordered 32gb Black and paid my £89.
After a nail-biting wait I got my first email from 3 on the 20th to inform me that my iPhone would be delivered as promised on the 21st!
I awaited the tracking info, but alas there was none.
Friday came and I had the day off work so I was up early and like you guys, was twitching the curtains at anything that sounded like a delivery van.
I tried to track my order on the DPD website with my email address and postcode but alas it drew a blank every time.
By lunch time, no sign of the phone and I had bitten my nails down to the bone so I thought it was time to ring 3 and get them to put me out of my misery.
Unfortunately their phones were jammed and I just kept getting the engaged tone.
By 2pm I was a nervous wreck and so tried to ring 3 one more time. I got through to the Indian call centre where the nice lady informed me she could find no record of my order
She then transferred my call to the Scottish call centre who luckily were able to find my order and told me my iPhone was on its way to me and would be delivered within the next hour! She then apologised for the miscommunication of my tracking details.
The phone arrived on time and I have been grinning ear to ear since.
That is - until today.
My iPhone needed a charge so I plugged it in to my PC tower (as usual) and - nothing happened. Strange I thought. I then plugged the USB cable into the Apple mains charger and still the phone refused to recognise the cable.
I then plugged the cable into my powered USB hub. As soon as I plugged it in, the LEDs on the hub went out, and the lightning connector started to get very hot!
Oh dear I thought. A short circuit in the lead I thought. Panic! I thought.
I then remembered from reading this thread how good Apple stores have been with returning faulty/damaged items, so off I trekked to the nearest Apple store (40 miles away). I arrived at the busy store and asked an assistant if she could possibly test my lead as I suspected it had become faulty..? Rather than make a fuss, she simply got a new lead off the shelf and swapped it for my faulty lead, no questions asked. Awesome service.
While I was there I purchased a second lead and micro USB adapter as a precaution!
Not much is known about the lightning plug at present but it has been discovered these plugs possibly contain an authentication chip. I suspect it was this very chip that had become faulty and was causing the problem with my lead, so I would advise everyone to make sure you have a back-up plan just in-case your lead mysteriously refuses to work.
If your lead becomes short circuit like mine did, it could do permanent damage to your PC/Mac motherboard and power supply so use with caution!
Im currently doing an iCloud backup with my lightning cable and wifi switched on for my iPhone 5 and ive noticed that the plug and also my iPhone 5 is quite warm. Im sure its not the same problem as you had though and more the fact that the phone is backing up so much stuff more than anything. I hope thats why anyway!
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The home button on the iPhone 5 feels so different to previous models. It has more of a click now which feels better I reckon.
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Due to technical complications, the phone I got from Vodafone on launch day was not suitable, so sold it.
I wanted to buy one, so Reserved a phone (16GB Black and Slate) from the White City Apple store on Wednesday lunch time, received my email on Wednesday night and collected on Thursday.
Quick and easy.
I wanted to buy one, so Reserved a phone (16GB Black and Slate) from the White City Apple store on Wednesday lunch time, received my email on Wednesday night and collected on Thursday.
Quick and easy.
I think a possible design flaw with the lightning cable may be the exposed connectors on the plug. I always keep the lead plugged into my PC ready to charge but should the plug come into contact with anything metallic or suffer an electrostatic discharge I suspect this could prove fatal for the lead. I will certainly be taking more care in the future.
Got mine yesterday from EE shop in Peterborough. I had ordered unlocked from Apple as still had almost one year to run on 4S contract - however I bought myself out of contract then started a new plan for 120 quid less than unlocked. Was surprised they had a 64gb black one in stock for me!
Ive ordered a version off e bay that is a bumper with clear sides for just under £4. {attached picture}
From your post i'll be looking in Carphone Warehouse too so thanks.
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Got two white iPhones through reservation at Covent Garden store, experience marred by both phones having small scratches on the metal parts. First time I have not been completely happy with an iPhone purchase and I have been buying them since 2007.
Not quite sure how the system works. Assuming that stock is controlled centrally, they must know how many devices are being delivered to each store tomorrow. Or are stock details submitted locally?
If they don't have any stock today, then I don't expect the reservations wil be up again until Tuesday at the earliest, since you can't reserve and pick up on the same day and I heard that stores don't get deliveries on Sundays. I'm thinking that there aren't very many stocks in the country if all stores have essentially had sales suspended.
That said, I went into Eldon Sq yesterday afternoon and am not actually convinced I want one!
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Same here. Wondering if I should buy from cpw, but don't want to pay the extra to unlock the phone later.
I'd be patient - personally wouldn't touch carphone warehouse with a barge pole.
Obviously nothing is decided yet but I had read that o2 would have to issue a new iphone when they have 4g as the current one won't work on their spectrum...could get a bit expensive to change over when they come online
Thing is that O2 are rolling out DC-HSDPA and that can be faster than EE's 4G offering. By the time O2 have rolled out 4G, it'll probably be 2014, since the auction isn't until later next year and they don't be able to start much before they know what spectrum they get.
I wouldn't read too much into the headline speeds for EE at the moment. This is just the first round, 3G was pretty slow to begin with, now look at the speeds achievable.
Virgin Media hit 90 Mbps with their recent LTE tests.
Fair point, however with DC-HSDPA, at least O2 will get up to 40Mbps. I am however leaving my options open by staying on Simplicity and buying a Sim-free phone. Well maybe. I might just save my money and wait for the 5S given all the supply problems!
Nope, still nothing :/ hoping it comes tuesday but trying not to get my hopes up!
Cool, that means that i wouldn't be too far off the end of my contract when it is all up and running. To be honest 3g is fine for me as I only use my phone for emails and a bit of browsing nothing major and so many places have wifi now anyway. I don't want to be behind the curve for too long though lol
I'm still not sure I'm really that sold on 4G. If DC-HSPA can give you 40MB down, will you really notice a difference on 4G? At that speed websites are going to load instantly, music will download/stream pretty much instantly too. The only thing I can see it making a difference on is things like downloading full HD videos/movies which is pointless on an iPhone as the screen isn't 1080P, although admittedly in the future it could be. There will also be internet services in the pipelines from companies that will probably require the higher data speeds, but as of yet, no one knows. It would also be good for tethering, but I'm sure the carriers will either totally disallow tethering or charge extortionate prices for it, plus how many carriers are really going to offer unlimited 4G?
Also, I'm pretty sure where I live (North East England) will be one of the last places to get proper coverage...
That being said, I think it's embarrassing, for the country who "created" the Internet, that we're so far behind in terms of a 4G rollout.
Also, I'm pretty sure where I live (North East England) will be one of the last places to get proper coverage...
That being said, I think it's embarrassing, for the country who "created" the Internet, that we're so far behind in terms of a 4G rollout.
I too ordered from Apple and was given a estimated delivery of 3-9 October there is no status change as yet. This is the first time I have not queued up at store for the iphone and I am sorry I was unable to do that this time. I hate the wait.