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UK iPhone 5s and 5c Thread

Lots of things come to a standstill on a bank holiday in Germany, airports do not. Things have moved in Chine despite the holiday. The unfortunate thing is, that the goods seem to stay in Cologne for quite a while even without holidays.
So keep fingers crossed!
 
Copperrick said:
Here you go chaps.....straight from UPS website


Import Scan
This scan is an electronic record indicating the shipment has cleared import procedures in the receiving country.



In other words the phone hasn't got to bl**dy Germany yet!
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Poor spelling mate, it is: lovely Germany!!!
 
robpow said:
So who's upgrading to 4G for their new 5s and what operator/tariff are you going with?

O2, EE and VF all seem to be charging £10-20 extra per month to comparable 3G tariffs and Three are saying there will be no premium for 4G.

Might go on a 30-day contract SIM from O2 just to see what 4G can do and then decide in December when Three's 4G goes live (in 3-4 places in UK at least).

Matt
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I didn't think O2 offered 30 day contracts on 4G yet?
 
Copperrick said:
Here you go chaps.....straight from UPS website


Import Scan
This scan is an electronic record indicating the shipment has cleared import procedures in the receiving country.



In other words the phone hasn't got to bl**dy Germany yet!
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Is this good or bad?
 
Kiretas said:
I'm currently with O2 on a Simplicity 20 for iPhone plan. It's a rolling contract which I've been on for what, maybe three years now?

It's £21.07 a month for 600 minutes, 1200 texts and unlimited data, a plan which no longer exists anymore.

For just under an extra £4 a month I could have the new 4G Simplicity plan which includes unlimited calls and texts, but the data drops to 1GB.

I'm undecided at the moment as I believe 4G will only be of any use in a city like London. When I got outside of London there are still many places such as where my folks live that I can barely even get Edge, let alone 3G, so in many aspects it seems pointless.

With unlimited data being quite hard to come by these days, at least for cheap, it seems a shame to give that up. But that said, I probably end up using WiFi connections enough that I doubt I'd ever really drift into using 1GB of data anyway.

I also feel that 4G will probably get competitive between the networks as I think most people won't see the benefits to want to switch. However they may do this more with the phones they subsidise on contracts.
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I'm in the same situation as you. I have the same tariff and I'd like to try O2's 4G but they won't allow a 4G bolt on (even with a limited 4G data cap), if I change tariff I can't go back and, from what I can see, all 4G tariffs are a minimum 12 months.

I'm quite impressed with 3 which I have trialled. Much faster than O2 but O2 is the only network which works where I work.
 
Nt79 said:
Is this good or bad?
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Not great...but I've worked it out!

Are phones were scanned in spat anchorage but then departed for Louisville for shipping (I found the corresponding flight) now I'm trying to find a flight from Louisville to cologne and that should tell us when to expect movement

I THINK!
 
dlondon said:
I didn't think O2 offered 30 day contracts on 4G yet?
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You're right. Well, that rules O2 out of the running then.

Did someone tell the operators that the 4G licenses also came with a license to print money?
 
Copperrick said:
Not great...but I've worked it out!

Are phones were scanned in spat anchorage but then departed for Louisville for shipping (I found the corresponding flight) now I'm trying to find a flight from Louisville to cologne and that should tell us when to expect movement

I THINK!
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THIS IS INTENSE! haha! So you don't think we ever got to Germany but actually went to Louisville (World Port) and i have seen flights from World Port scheduled for today! And what do you mean scanned in spat?! I think maybe because of the volume of phones they might just handle the packages independently of the normal sorting and scanning procedures, just get them of a flight and on to another without us necessarily getting a 'scan'? :) Things are getting real! lol

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Its a really long shot i know but what about this? http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS237 Dont laugh I'm desperate! :D
 
Copperrick said:
Not great...but I've worked it out!

Are phones were scanned in spat anchorage but then departed for Louisville for shipping (I found the corresponding flight) now I'm trying to find a flight from Louisville to cologne and that should tell us when to expect movement

I THINK!
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lol lets see. what happens.
 
Copperrick said:
Not great...but I've worked it out!

Are phones were scanned in spat anchorage but then departed for Louisville for shipping (I found the corresponding flight) now I'm trying to find a flight from Louisville to cologne and that should tell us when to expect movement

I THINK!
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Nt79 said:
Its a really long shot i know but what about this? http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS237 Dont laugh I'm desperate! :D
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I just found out that this flight originated in Louisville! So that would tie in with your theory!

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Or this flight: http://uk.flightaware.com/live/flight/UPS203 its destined for Germany (this would link with the import scan) and originated in Louisville (that would tie in with your theory)
 
I have a question and anyone's help is much appreciated.

I ordered a 32GB Gold on saturday 21st September and I'm not surprised that its still stuck at processing so i've decided to buy one online from CPW, this time i'm gonna go for the 64GB. It says expected delivery 9th October, would it be best to deliver to store or to my house (in terms of which one is quicker?)
i'll keep it locked to EE for 6 months (recently switched from o2 cos i got a really good special 4G plan) then pay £20 to unlock it if i need to.

thanks!


p.s- will CPW do the 14 day return incase my apple one arrives first? i wont cancel apple till the CPW arrives or vice versa
 
94at said:
I have a question and anyone's help is much appreciated.

I ordered a 32GB Gold on saturday 21st September and I'm not surprised that its still stuck at processing so i've decided to buy one online from CPW, this time i'm gonna go for the 64GB. It says expected delivery 9th October, would it be best to deliver to store or to my house (in terms of which one is quicker?)
i'll keep it locked to EE for 6 months (recently switched from o2 cos i got a really good special 4G plan) then pay £20 to unlock it if i need to.

thanks!


p.s- will CPW do the 14 day return incase my apple one arrives first? i wont cancel apple till the CPW arrives or vice versa
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They will likely arrive at the store or your house on the same day, so go for whatever is more convenient for you.
 
priscilla55 said:
I got one from them last week - ordered it online at 8.30 pm on Sept 23rd and it arrived at 12.30 the next day - 16 hours in total.

It is a 64GB Space Grey and I paid the normal Apple price for it (£709)

Now locked to O2 but not a problem for me as I intend to stay with O2 anyway.
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O2 usually unlock iPhones for pay monthly customers. I asked O2 to unlock my CPW purchased iPhone 5S but they wrote back and said they were not unlocking 5C/5S at the moment. I referred them to their website and they agreed to unlock it within 72 hours. I'm at 48 hours at the moment so will wait and see.
 
when CPW says expected delivery by 9th october, is there a chance it might arrive earlier? it's the first time i order from them, so not sure how efficient they are with timing
 
We will all soon get our iPhones and I will actually miss this thread in a way (I won't be missing the 'endless waiting' for the iPhone). Some people (like Copperrick) dedicated so much time in researching and have kindly shared their theories and findings. It is even better than watching some crime drama on the telly. Seeing how many posts this thread has it is quite clear that Britain is quite iPhone obsessed. So I am looking forward to the next iPhone release.
 
andy9l said:
Ah, yeah the store I went to had absolutely no stock of silver or gold. The silver is nice, but I've spent a year with a white phone (S3) and have always wished I could have got a black one - not available at the time I got this.

Nexus are good, but not quite as refined as an iPhone. Same goes for Android. They are definitely worth keeping an eye on though, constantly improving and - dare I say it - innovating.

Best of luck with your delivery tomorrow - out of order to not deliver when they confidently take your money and give you a specific date. Definitely some leverage for a good old phone rant to "their supervisor" for some free goodies if it doesn't turn up!
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Good effort with convincing 3!

I was after a 32GB grey as well. Went down to two 3 stores today (Cheapside and Angel) - both had it in stock but flat out refused to even consider selling it to me off-contract. Perhaps I'm just lacking some of your charm!

Stuck with the CPW delivery in the end - just hoping it turns up tomorrow.
 
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