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UK iPhone 5s and 5c Thread

zombiedave said:
I rang and ordered over the phone. He said the reason online it still shows pre-order is simply the stock sells out quickly and it's first come first served. However, mine is now on its way for delivery tomorrow.
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I just rang CPW to do the same with the 32GB grey.

I was told they are out of stock but might get some next week.

Think I was lied to, because he also said, that the Gold colour option doesn't officially get released till 4th October, LOL.

Back to the waiting game now...
 
Well I've given up on my apple online order too and cancelled it.

I know they set our expectations with the 7-10 days before shipping but that was before the stores and the carriers appeared to be swimming in more 5s than they know what to do with.

I'm sure I would be well happy with my new phone if I had it now but I'm so over the hype and rightly or wrongly its left a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm now £700 better off, i might just keep my 4s, or I might pick a 5s up from the CPW over the weekend if the opportunity presents itself.
 
Bear807 said:
I hope apple will imply touch id and apple account to a custom app when purchasing in store!

Make them register their left and right thumb with their apple id when making purchase to prevent repeatedly buying
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This is a fantastic idea. Associate Apple ID with fingerprints for in store purposes so you have to scan your print before each purchase to prevent fraud and the like. Or at the very least, use it in launch windows to stop people buying more than they're allowed. It's probably way off yet, but think could have so many benefits.
 
daijholt said:
This is a fantastic idea. Associate Apple ID with fingerprints for in store purposes so you have to scan your print before each purchase to prevent fraud and the like. It's probably way off yet, but think could have so many benefits.
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But like the guy mentioned a few posts earlier – the Apple Store chick was handing out tickets to the scalpers like sweets at Halloween.
 
daijholt said:
This is a fantastic idea. Associate Apple ID with fingerprints for in store purposes so you have to scan your print before each purchase to prevent fraud and the like. It's probably way off yet, but think could have so many benefits.
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The tinfoil hat brigade would just love that. Not that I care what they think :)
 
Crispy Duck said:
I remember ordering my iPad 2 and having to wait 3 and a half weeks for delivery.

Order placed 7th April 2011 - Delivered on 3rd May 2011.
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As I remember nobody else had stock either. And I would be happier waiting in those circumstances. Why wait for an online order from apple if you can just walk into a store and get the phone, or order it from CPW for the next day.
 
BMcCoy said:
I think we can conclude that Apple is delaying UK online orders deliberately.. not because of short supply.
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The orders on their website are virtual cash in the bank. They don't *need* to fulfil these orders immediately as 95% of the orders are guaranteed purchases. They're probably already quoting them in their sales figures for last weekend's release. It's a lack of respect though as the people who ordered and handed over payment details a week ago are absolutely the first people who should be despatched phones.

Yeah, you can compare it to previous launches...but ALL stock was constrained in those instances.

Apple should be looking after everyone - not everyone *except* their direct customers. Talk about counter-productive.

It's ridiculous.
 
Crispy Duck said:
But like the guy mentioned a few posts earlier – the Apple Store chick was handing out tickets to the scalpers like sweets at Halloween.
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I'm sure there are some employees that don't care about the scalpers, but considering how many people were turned away disappointed, it would benefit future launches if Apple did something to try and stop it. The longer it goes on, the less people will want to risk queuing for hours to ultimately come away empty handed.
 
Theydonboi said:
The orders on their website are virtual cash in the bank. They don't *need* to fulfil these orders immediately as 95% of the orders are guaranteed purchases. They're probably already quoting them in their sales figures for last weekend's release. It's a lack of respect though as the people who ordered and handed over payment details a week ago are absolutely the first people who should be despatched phones.

Yeah, you can compare it to previous launches...but ALL stock was constrained in those instances.

Apple should be looking after everyone - not everyone *except* their direct customers. Talk about counter-productive.

It's ridiculous.
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As others have stated previously, Apple don't count orders until they have been dispatched.
 
dlondon said:
So I went to Stratford this morning to purchase my iPhone. Got to the queue, full of scalpers and a couple of genuine purchasers. I was told that there was just the grey left (I'm been undecided between the grey and silver). I asked for the 32GB and joined the queue with my mate. It was full of Asian people (observation, not racism) and many seemed to know each other (observation, not racism).

What really surprised me is that as people left the store which their two purchases in hand, they approached the lady giving out tickets and before they said anything, she asked 'Going again?' and offered them two more tickets each. I saw this repeatedly with virtually every customer who left the store. I left the store with my one handset at about 10:30 and the queue line was being shortened.

Whilst earlier this week I got slated for saying about Apple not being strict on this by not introducing reservations/pay and collect, it appears that Apple are deliberating assisting customers they know have their allocation of two phones already. This is at the expense of genuine customers, both online and instore.

Really poor show by Apple. I think they just want to shift the stock as quickly as possible so they can get on with business as usual.
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Your observation of stating their race has no relevance to this thread, Im sure most would agree that a scalper is scalper irrespective of your oberservational comment
 
Hello,
Just wanted to share something about the scalping...
Been watching ebay and saw a couple of fishy auctions.
Check this for example:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111176551677?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

A 64gb 5s ended for £770.
Ebay charges 10% comission. The payment is with paypal. Paypal charges fees.
The seller says the iPhone was purchased at an Apple store, so £709 price tag.
Is this scalper loosing money? Does it make sense?
Or will he just ship an empty box for £770?
Just got me thinking...

Cheers!
 
Whilst were are still sat here waiting, the americans are posting things like this....

"My 64GB Gold unlocked phone shipped overnight. It's currently in ZhengZhou and is estimated to reach me by Oct 1 - my shipping estimate was Oct 8 to 11, so I'm psyched to be getting it a week early! Woo hoo!"
 
So I've called CPW house and an ordered a 5s 64 gig in grey, delivery by DPD between 8:00 and 1:00.

Apple online order cancelled.
 
gdourado said:
Hello,
A 64gb 5s ended for £770.
Ebay charges 10% comission. The payment is with paypal. Paypal charges fees.
The seller says the iPhone was purchased at an Apple store, so £709 price tag.
Is this scalper loosing money? Does it make sense?
Or will he just ship an empty box for £770?
Just got me thinking...

Cheers!
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You are correct.
It demonstrates what I said a short while ago about how the scalpers have ended up flooding the market with too many phones, so there is no longer a significant profit in it. That said, the gold ones still seem to be commanding at least £200 more.
 
pfiffi78 said:
Ordered my 64GB silver yesterday, and got it today lunch time. Just setting up the baby.

Unlock request raised with Three and waiting for them to call me back. Should happen over the next couple of days.
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Massively envious mate.
Im with 02 Business (12 monthly upgrades) and they have constantly messed up.
Now been told we are priority on the 64GB silvers, and as soon as o2 have them we will get dispatch note... well two folks yesterday got the dispatch info for same model / size as we have nothing.

Do you like the phone :)
 
NightFox said:
Just phoned CPW again to see if my order's showing on their system yet (64GB grey, ordered about an hour ago) so I can arrange Saturday delivery. Guy says it's not on their system yet and it can take up to 24hrs, I should probably be looking at dispatch Monday for a Tuesday delivery.

So much for order by 5:00pm for next (working) day delivery.

Still, I'll call back later today in the hope that the order's showing and I can pay for Saturday delivery. I don't understand how I can have an order confirmation email when they can't even see my order, but nothing surprises me with CPW.
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Great, despite me having had a confirmation email with an order number at 10:28 this morning they now can't find ANY record of it in their system...
 
You are kidding me!!

If you remember correctly I cancelled my Space Grey phone but made sure and confirmed it with the irish operator that the second Gold would not be cancelled

Guess what....

Just checked the account and they have cancelled BOTH phones, my other half is really not happy. I mean REALLY!

So I called them up and they can't understand why the Gold one was cancelled and they said it was their fault and apologised. Now Anthony is trying to see if they can put a priority order through
 
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