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UK iPhone 5s and 5c Thread
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7 long-haul flights for less than an iPhone 5s
Hmmm! This made me laugh - particularly given many here have been tracking all the flights the iPhone's have been on to get to the UK.
http://www.skyscanner.net/news/7-lo...1+October+2013&dm_i=1RX2,1UU8T,AAMCTN,6NE2C,1
I 'll take both - far flung holiday and fab phone!!
Hmmm! This made me laugh - particularly given many here have been tracking all the flights the iPhone's have been on to get to the UK.
http://www.skyscanner.net/news/7-lo...1+October+2013&dm_i=1RX2,1UU8T,AAMCTN,6NE2C,1
I 'll take both - far flung holiday and fab phone!!
That's what I thought. But then I realised it's a 0.09mm difference! That's so miniscule that it would work with normal tolerances. I didn't bother making mine thinner - just filed the edges so it wouldn't get stuck coming out. Still worked fine.
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I agree. Earn more money, then you don't have to choose ;-)
Mine is still stuck at Castle Donnington and I'm near Edinburgh too. Looks like UPS are a bit overwhelmed with all these......
Another one preparing for shipment!
64GB Gray, ordered around 09:00 on 20-09
Estimate was 08-11 Oct.
64GB Gray, ordered around 09:00 on 20-09
Estimate was 08-11 Oct.
I can't think of any way cutting a sim down would void warranty (other than cutting it down to such a size that it fell out the holder inside the phone). Cutting down will either work or kill the sim, and it's actually pretty difficult to kill as the actual contacts are a lot smaller than the gold area above them.
As long as the size is about right, there is little that can damage the phone.
You are right, and the sim can have a tolerance of +- 10% which is more than 0.09mm. A micro sim could be thinner than a nanosim and still be within specification. It was more of a scare story when the iPhone 5 launched than based on a real problem.
I deconstructed some sims last year, and checked for contact point placement, this image shows the area not to cut, if you cut one of the 5 working tracks you will kill the sim, but it is an extremely small area in the middle of the sim that is the actual working part.
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Yeah, I saw something about the actual circuit size compared to the contacts last year. It's incredibly small!
The only way you can cut into the actual circuitry is pretty much to cut down the middle of the sim. That being said, there is a very small possibility that you can short the contacts making the sim temporarily unreadable...but you can fix that by filing the edge slightly.
Mine seems to love Stansted so much that I won't see it till tomorrow (I'm in London)
Anyone received the package while UPS tracking state still said it was in Stansted?
Same here - so near, yet so far
I think it opens at 9am. I arrived at 8am with about 10-15 scalpers hanging around the doors and a number of regular customers. Someone came out at 8:15am and told us that none had arrived in the delivery they received.
I'll be back again tomorrow morning as I only work around the corner and it's convenient for me to swing by.
Last Friday I picked up a 32GB space grey after arriving at 8:45 and was out of the store by 9:45am (although there were around 50+ people in front of me)
Mine seems to love Stansted so much that I won't see it till tomorrow (I'm in London)
Anyone received the package while UPS tracking state still said it was in Stansted?
Was in Stansted for a couple of hours, then changes 'out for delivery' at 7am.
(London)
Can anyone please suggest the kind of stock levels which are arriving daily at the London stores? Anyone know if it is a daily event, at specific times of the day? (Question from genuine non-scalper wanting to purchase two phones - his and hers). Thanks a lot.
Mine arrived about an hour ago. Tracking wasn't updating as smoothly as previous years but it arived a day early so can't complain.
Good luck to all those still biting their nails!
Just backing up my 5 prior to switching over.
Yes, same time next year, back again
is there anyone else who haven't been charged by Apple and that went to preparing.. Yesterday?
I have had a reservation for about a week, but it isn't final yet but it is preparing.. does that count ?
Westfield at Shepherds Bush, they seemed to have plenty of 32 and 64 in grey. Not sure about other colours.
The phone is the same price as Apple. You have to buy a 3 payg sim (£15) and get it unlocked for £15. But i've lined up on launch day, been every day this week at 7am to Regent St, Covent Garden and Westfield without luck so I'm happy to pay £30 extra.