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UK iPhone 5s and 5c Thread
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I'm not convinced that is entirely accurate information. Some of the batches have gone through Cologne in minutes, Arrived, Import scanned, Departure scanned and flown out within an hour. (all according to the rather dubious UPS tracking info ;-) )
I expect the UPS date of end of Monday will be accurate for this batch and the Apple Store date of Wednesday will move - the Monday date being 5 working days of dispatch that UPS Expedited deliver within.
Which is the date that actually appears on the Apple Order page, rather than the date of Monday shown on the UPS tracking page.
I wouldn't worry though, I'd be incredibly surprised if they don't come Monday. While UPS won't deliver our phones on Saturday, their logistics network is still in operation, so they essentially have today, Saturday, Sunday and the early hours of Monday morning to get them over here and ready for loading onto vans.
It will only be after the people who ordered before you get theirs. There are 2 sets of orders in front of you (7-10 & 8-11 Oct).
As it says, it will be dispatched some time before the last day of October.
Hope so! I've booked Monday off work, and also ordered a case for my gold 5S, and new battery for my 4S ready for sale.
Even going back to a 4S from a 5, it seems 'sluggish'. Can't wait for the 5S speed!
Come on German customs, get em scanned and let the pilots get flying over the English channel
This flight left HKG a little while after a fresh batch (my batch) arrived, headed for Anchorage. UPS hasn't logged a departure scan yet, but I'm hopeful my baby's on it.
My CPW delivered (ordered Wednesday, delivered Thursday) phone has these stats:
Nice Name: iPhone 5s
Family name:
Group1: iPhone
Group2:
Generation:
CPU speed: 1.3GHz
Screen size: 4 inch
Screen resolution: 1136x640 pixels
Colour: Space Gray
Production year: 2013
Production week: 39 (October)
Model introduced: 2013
Capacity: 32GB
Memory - flavour: xx
Factory: C3 (China)
Apart from 3 are showing all 5S PAYG as out of stock on line
If you go from three.co.uk the obvious way, yes they show OOS. But there is another way...
http://store.three.co.uk/view/product/ql_catalog/threecatdevice/2663
If you use this link then tick the box/grid for the model and colour of choice, the right-hand side drop-down for PAYG will allow you to add to basket and buy. This is how I got mine as I originally thought they were OOS too. Seems like they didn't update the whole site so this link is a workaround
Grey 32/64 in stock will deliver Tuesday 8th
Silver 32/64 in stock will deliver Tuesday 8th
Silver & Grey 16 will deliver Friday 11th
Gold 16/32/64 due October 28th
After that, you fill in the online unlock form at www.three.co.uk/unlock then wait for the call to take £15.32. Some hours later (can be up to 2 days apparently) the email with unlock instructions arrives - this requires connecting to iTunes with a different network's SIM card.
Not as simple as buying from Apple but that's not straight-forward right now. If someone wants an unlocked 5s in the next week or two this is a proven way to do it. I've only followed what others have done before me as I didn't have time to wait (going abroad soon).
Still following this thread incase a Gold 16 for my wife becomes available in the next week or so. CPW told me today for Gold's last week but others have been updated that it's going to be later
Nah, mine is in Cologne, granted, but they will still move stock over the weekend ready for the vans on Monday.
From past shipments I think we'll only see something late Sunday evening! So it's not worth stressing about if nothing happens for now.
It's really a short hop over here, barring some localized delivery problems it should arrive on Monday.
I have been ready to get my phones by the end of Oct...
Hopefully, you will get some movements soon,
Finger crossed!!
Thanks but wish mine was in Cologne ready for Monday too. Seems weird that nothing is showing up since Dubai at 18.15 yesterday hence my concern.Appreciate your words of support though
I don't know, what did Apple say when you ordered?
If the order page said "Dispatch October" then there isn't an actual date, you will get it dispatched some time in October, the first batch had a 7-10 October dispatch and the second batch was 8-11 October.
Apple has managed to get the 7-10 batch out early, even with the holidays, so are doing quite well at the processing.
You can't expect to jump the queue and be processed before the people who ordered before you, that wouldn't be fair on those who ordered first.
As way of an update my spirit level is now only -1 to -2 degrees on a flattish surface, not sure the reason but recalibrated the compass, rebooted and updated to 7.0.2. So, much closer to my Iphone 4 if still a bit off. Was fine taking a pano shot so hopefully not an issue.
Wow you have asked the same question a lot. You are definitely the most impatient person in this thread! Enjoy the phone when it does arrive; hopefully not too long now.
I think, as you've stated many times that you are in the 'October' group, you hold tight and only begin to worry that your phone has not been delivered when it gets to the 31st, until then, your delivery could happen at any time and nobody in this forum can advise you further than that.