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UK iPhone 5s and 5c Thread

WynterB said:
The very back of the queue was initially unmonitored and didn't have the crowd control fences. Eventually the apple staff noticed people getting tetchy and redistributed the security.
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Sadly this is most of the reason launch day queuing has lost its appeal. The iPhone 4 launch queue was mostly enthusiasts you could chat and yammer with over coffee & doughnuts supplied by Apple. Now it seems to be scalpers and scammers agressively queue jumping; alas Apple store staff can only exert so much control over the queue and the behaviour of people in it.

Even as far back as 2003 I was queueing from 4 in the morning for Paul McMcartney tickets in Manchester and the couple of hundred people in front of me were self evidently there to aquire tickets for flipping on ebay. Perhaps as the smartphone & tablet market continue to mature, the day 1 resale value of these things will drop off to the point that it will only be really worthwhile to to the tech/Apple enthusiasts to do. /SheerOptimism
 
 
Well I got mine... 3rd in line at Vodafone Plymouth and only arrived at 7am for their 8am opening.

o2 opposite had no line, for obvious reasons, and the Apple store itself had an average line.

Had the phone in my hand by 8.15 and really impressed! Went for the 32GB space grey and absolutely love the colour/look.
 
Has anyone got a charge against their account who ordered a sim free directly from apple last night and paid via debit card. In previous years my avaliable balance has always been reduced but this time nothings showing??

Thanks
 
i-aamir said:
Has anyone got a charge against their account who ordered a sim free directly from apple last night and paid via debit card. In previous years my avaliable balance has always been reduced but this time nothings showing??

Thanks
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Me and another guy in this thread were discussing this last night. It appears some people had a pre-auth for the full amount, while others (including myself) had pre-auths for £0.00. Unsure why.
 
psynnott said:
Me and another guy in this thread were discussing this last night. It appears some people had a pre-auth for the full amount, while others (including myself) had pre-auths for £0.00. Unsure why.
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I had one 0.00p when I ordered and one 0.00p when I cancelled it an hour ago :)
 
i-aamir said:
Has anyone got a charge against their account who ordered a sim free directly from apple last night and paid via debit card. In previous years my avaliable balance has always been reduced but this time nothings showing??

Thanks
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Me and 2 friends ordered in the first 10 minutes online. 2 of us had the full amount pre-authorised. The other has shown as £0.00. Can't work out why.

Maybe some of you are more trustworthy than others? :D
 
Hustle said:
Me and 2 friends ordered in the first 10 minutes online. 2 of us had the full amount pre-authorised. The other has shown as £0.00. Can't work out why.

Maybe some of you are more trustworthy than others? :D
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Possibly it's to do with the terms of the different card issuers or banks.
 
Anyone had any further e-mails from CPW confirming their SIM free order will def ship today? Have called as there was a fraud check by my CC on the order and they claim the payment has now gone through and I should get it tomorrow but they seemed very confused that there were sim free orders. :confused:
 
oVerboost said:
Well I got mine... 3rd in line at Vodafone Plymouth and only arrived at 7am for their 8am opening.

o2 opposite had no line, for obvious reasons, and the Apple store itself had an average line.

Had the phone in my hand by 8.15 and really impressed! Went for the 32GB space grey and absolutely love the colour/look.
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i have also bought space grey and gold. i am confused which one to keep. can you please post some pix or enlighten us about the colour. thanks
 
I finished my night shift at 7:05am.. went for a McDonalds breakfast and was then outside the Carphone Warehouse in West Brom for 7:40am. I was the first there and only there whilst i was there. They even took pictures as i was their first customer, no hassle whatsoever. They only had 16 and 64gb space grays though, fine for me as i wanted space gray.

EE dropped a massive one with me though. I'm on a rolling month contract with them, £23 a month which they changed me to. EE said i couldn't upgrade til next Friday so i told them i'd be cancelling. Instead in Carphone Warehouse they offered me a Vodafone contract. 4G, 8gb internet, unlimited texts and calls. 6 months free spotify/sky sports mobile subscription, one of the new leather iPhone 5s cases and they gave me £35 for my old iPhone 3GS. Meaning i paid only £40 today and my contract is £41 a month with all the added features i explained. As opposed to EE where it was going to be £38 a month for 3G 1gb of data, 300 mins and unlimited texts. Think i got a decent deal! And i love the 5s.
 
i-aamir said:
Has anyone got a charge against their account who ordered a sim free directly from apple last night and paid via debit card. In previous years my avaliable balance has always been reduced but this time nothings showing??

Thanks
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My balance is the same, but my available balance is showing the cost of the iPhone taken off. I hope this helps.
 
Carphone Warehouse 32gb silver sim free model, ordered this morning at 09.20, has now been dispatched according to their on-line order tracker.
 
n1ck said:
Anyone had any further e-mails from CPW confirming their SIM free order will def ship today? Have called as there was a fraud check by my CC on the order and they claim the payment has now gone through and I should get it tomorrow but they seemed very confused that there were sim free orders. :confused:
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if you order on the phone you will get a text tomorrow with the 'time slot'. no confirmation email/text for me.

I did call back any hour later to confirm and it was ok.
 
Rang three this morning at 9am and I'm upgrading to a 32gb space grey being delivered on Monday. Happy days.
 
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