What surprises me is that they have shipped 16GB golds, but not 32GB or 64GB which are higher margin. You would have thought they would have done it the other way round.
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UK iPhone 5s and 5c Thread
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I have been following this thread from the start. And finally im now a member of this amazing forum!
As many of you, im waiting for my 32GB GOLD, still in step #2 "Processing Item" my other order, 16GB GOLD, i dispatched allready though.... But that's not mine, mine is the 32GB.....
Has anyone with 32GB/64gb GOLD changed status from "Processing Items2?
As many of you, im waiting for my 32GB GOLD, still in step #2 "Processing Item" my other order, 16GB GOLD, i dispatched allready though.... But that's not mine, mine is the 32GB.....
Has anyone with 32GB/64gb GOLD changed status from "Processing Items2?
I have been following this thread from the start. And finally im now a member of this amazing forum!
As many of you, im waiting for my 32GB GOLD, still in step #2 "Processing Item" my other order, 16GB GOLD, i dispatched allready though.... But that's not mine, mine is the 32GB.....
Has anyone with 32GB/64gb GOLD changed status from "Processing Items2?
Some have yes but the majority of the gold are still waiting and most likely will be until the estimated delivery date. Gold is one of the most popular colours. Dont forget, in China gold is likely to be the only colour people want, its a huge market and one Apple is keen to keep happy.
Any gold rolling off the production line will no doubt be on their way to the chinese carriers.
From East Midlands Airport Website
Looks like one flight a week.... I wonder what time our phones will be leaving??
Cologne (UPS)
Cologne is the main european hub airport for UPS with onward connections throughout Europe and to the Middle East, India and Far East.
Flights operated by DHL and UPS:
DHL
Aircraft: BAe ATP-F
Capacity: Up to 8 tonnes
Frequency: 4x weekly Tue-Fri
UPS
Aircraft: B767-300PF and B767-200F
Capacity: Up to 60 tonnes
Frequency: 6x weekly Mon-Sat
Looks like one flight a week.... I wonder what time our phones will be leaving??
Cologne (UPS)
Cologne is the main european hub airport for UPS with onward connections throughout Europe and to the Middle East, India and Far East.
Flights operated by DHL and UPS:
DHL
Aircraft: BAe ATP-F
Capacity: Up to 8 tonnes
Frequency: 4x weekly Tue-Fri
UPS
Aircraft: B767-300PF and B767-200F
Capacity: Up to 60 tonnes
Frequency: 6x weekly Mon-Sat
Job done. Three have now unlocked my CPW 5S as of this morning.
Overall, paid the same price as retail and now the phone has been unlocked by Apple servers. Granted it cost £15 but still...Happy Days
Meanwhile Apple order was still 14 days out.
Good luck to everyone else.
Finally bit the bullet and went to CPW and managed to pick up a SIM free 5S Grey. Those of you willing to wait for your deliveries are more patient than I!
One question about the Three unlocking trick, if the SIM I intend to use after unlocking is a Three SIM on a rolling contract anyway, do I still have to buy and use a PAYG Three SIM separately?
My 16GB gold finally changed to dispatched at 10 to 8 this morning, I'm resisting the temptation to check the tracking info atm though!
UPS flight 5x001 direct flight hong kong to cologne departs tonight 18.13.http://www.hongkongairport.com/flightinfo/eng/cargo_dep.html
I've not seen anyone's 32GB Gold order move on from processing yet? .. mine was 12.02am .. la la la .. was really hoping for something today but so far nothing at all
Shouldnt have gone for a colour which looks like watery piss then
Yes, there is a delay on unlocking with a contract sim. I think it's 30 days before you can request. If you intend using Three you could always just start using it and then request the unlock in a month. It'll still cost £15 though so won't save anything.
Anyone stuck on import scan 0:47 - Colgne for delivery scheduled 2nd October. Do you reckon they'll get to the UK tonight?
Have to say, first impressions with the 5s are good!
Coming from a 3gs, the retina screen is amazing. First thing I noticed though is how light the phone is! Far lighter than the 3gs.
O2 sim swap happened almost immediately once I did it via the text message method. For some reason the web page method refused to take my nano sim card number.
Immediately turned off the parallax on the home screen - makes me feel a bit weird. No need for it.
Speed, this thing flies!
Tried out the gyro/level. Shows 1 degree, but I don't think my desk is level so i'll have to retest this. However, I don't think mine is one of the -6 "faulty" models.
Fingerprint reader works great
Will post more as I use it
Coming from a 3gs, the retina screen is amazing. First thing I noticed though is how light the phone is! Far lighter than the 3gs.
O2 sim swap happened almost immediately once I did it via the text message method. For some reason the web page method refused to take my nano sim card number.
Immediately turned off the parallax on the home screen - makes me feel a bit weird. No need for it.
Speed, this thing flies!
Tried out the gyro/level. Shows 1 degree, but I don't think my desk is level so i'll have to retest this. However, I don't think mine is one of the -6 "faulty" models.
Fingerprint reader works great
Will post more as I use it
Or they are waiting for more deliveries from China to make the travel worth while. The large plane load it started with may be less now they have taken the European deliveries out.
That says 6 days unless I'm reading it wrong? Where does that say 1 flight a week?
Well it appears they don't have a Sunday flight from Cologne to EMA, so that may be why our phones are still in Germany. Either that or they're wanting to combine two shipments arriving from China. I think some people had a Tuesday delivery estimate, which would support them leaving Germany tonight.
I phoned up Festival Place in Basingstoke and they said they have sold out of 5S's and don't know when they will get more in as they don't know until they receive deliveries themselves, the guy did say though they get deliveries most days and it's best to ring up to see if they have any in the morning.
I asked about 5c's and he said they have plenty of those.
I asked about 5c's and he said they have plenty of those.
While they are a higher profit margin, I would imagine that both Apple and the Networks shift more 16GB phones than the higher capacity models. Thus they are going to build greater stocks of those.
I think thats one likely explanation as to why 16GB Golds are shipping, but not the higher capacities, as also with many of the silver.
It seems the Northern Ireland phones went last night. I got mine delivered to work at 11am this morning.
didn't pay for faster shipping.
