Yea me too, all i need to do now is decide which model to get, 4.7" or 5.5"
I am going with the 5.5" 64gb space gray
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UK iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Thread
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I am going with the 5.5" 64gb space gray
My friend took her 3 year old MacBook Pro into the Apple store with a display that had a few dead pixels on it. She asked if it would cost because she didnt have AppleCare and the genius in store told her with no prompting that she was entitled to have the repair covered as it fell under the policy mentioned above. No need for any other input or fighting to get it done. Guy said they repair things now because this has been so heavily advertised.
With lots of items as long as you can stand ground and as long as it is within reason a warranty claim on something that hasn't been caused by accidental damage or carelessness fall under protection of the Sale of Goods Act. If you have a phone and it has a fault within 3 years of purchase - you bring up that legislation and they will fix it - aApple are not going to make a statement that 3 years is too long for their products to last.
Just off the phone to EE after looking to get an early upgrade to the iphone 6 as I'm not eligible for an upgrade until 6th October.
(cost was £62 and no way to wavier it or tag it onto the end my existing contract i.e make it a 26 month contract)
When I then mentioned I was thinking of leaving then he said the EE was the only network that was providing the iphone6 on 4G and that the other networks could only sell it on 3G as they had exclusive rights with apple to it on 4G?
That didn't sound believable to me? Anybody else heard of this?
(cost was £62 and no way to wavier it or tag it onto the end my existing contract i.e make it a 26 month contract)
When I then mentioned I was thinking of leaving then he said the EE was the only network that was providing the iphone6 on 4G and that the other networks could only sell it on 3G as they had exclusive rights with apple to it on 4G?
That didn't sound believable to me? Anybody else heard of this?
The iPhone 6 has already been added to the O2 app although you cannot actually pre order it until Friday. Hopefully the app will not crash and I can just tap my choice. It beats sitting on a phone anyway.
...which app are you referring to? I wouldn't have thought you would be able to pre-order through an app?!
Incorrect information. EE has an exclusive partnership with Apple to offer wifi calling (T-Mobile in the US). So when you don't have any reception/low signal you can call from your Wifi network to another mobile phone.
Perhaps this is what the person meant but didn't explain it very well.
I think they are the only carrier to support native wifi calling right now, perhaps that's what they meant. This is already possible on 3 and 3's 4G will work too ... not sure about the other guys.
The 'My O2 app'. You can upgrade through it and in the upgrade list is the iPhone 6. It just say's 'coming soon' next to it, but I am sure it will be like all the other devices.
My wife upgraded to the iPhone 5 through an O2 text message last time around so the app seems a bit more modern.
I am going with the 5.5" 64gb space gray
I do like the idea of the 5.5" but what worries me is portability, because i commute between university and home, I'm worried it may not fit in my pocket or be usable to hold on the bus/train while listening to music. But i do like the fact that the 5.5" has better battery and the extra camera function.
The 'My O2 app'. You can upgrade through it and in the upgrade list is the iPhone 6. It just say's 'coming soon' next to it, but I am sure it will be like all the other devices.
My wife upgraded to the iPhone 5 through an O2 text message last time around so the app seems a bit more modern.
Just had a look at the My O2 app and the upgrade section just redirects to this:
https://www.o2.co.uk/upgrade
Where exactly are you seeing 'iPhone 6' in the app?!
lol rubbish, the only exclusive partnership EE has with Apple is the calls over WiFi... that's it.
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Yes, I also was worried whether it will fit my pockets too, but I saw all the extra you get out of the 5.5" and I believe it's worth the jump to the bigger screen, will take sometime to get used to the size, but I don't want to end up regretting that I bought the smaller screen then wish I had gone with the bigger screen.
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It directs you through the same process as in that link. I just clicked on your link here and the iPhone 6 is there next to the Amazon Fire phone.
I'll be going for 4.7 64GB in gold. I'm due my early upgrade with 02 already and have been holding out for the iPhone 6. Just been waiting to see what time pre-orders actually start.
no the guy was 100% saying it was 4G only on EE and the other networks could only do 3G which I didn't believe
This was the case for the iphone5 when it came out as it only supported the EE LTE band and when vodafone brought up their 4G it wasn't supported until the 5s came out.
it must have been the wifi calling he was meaning but not what he was saying.
It directs you through the same process as in that link. I just clicked on your link here and the iPhone 6 is there next to the Amazon Fire phone.
...ah, ok! I misunderstood you then - thought there was a dedicated upgrade button where you could actually upgrade within the app (without it redirecting to the online website!!)
no the guy was 100% saying it was 4G only on EE and the other networks could only do 3G which I didn't believe
This was the case for the iphone5 when it came out as it only supported the EE LTE band and when vodafone brought up their 4G it wasn't supported until the 5s came out.
it must have been the wifi calling he was meaning but not what he was saying.
He must be getting mixed up with the VoLTE feature. The networks would never allow EE to have exclusive 4G especially now that they are just getting to grips with their networks launched. It wasn't exclusive to EE last year for 4G - it was simply that no other networks had fully functional 4G available at the time and Apple made a song and dance with EE as it was a big feature on the 5s.
Could also be trying to call your bluff. He might not be 100% sure what he is actually promising in the hopes that you dont really know what 4G and VoLTE is and keep you if u are threatening to leave them., I wouldn't worry, 4G will be UK wide.
Yes same here, thats why I am getting up early and pre-order it off apple site as soon as it's live, quite excited, i haven't done this since my iphone5
you have to 'get up early' to be awake at 8am on a weekday? good grief, I thought school holidays were over....
Looking for a size comparison
If you live/work near a Pret a Manager then after doing the screen calibration here http://www.phonearena.com/phones/si...s,Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3/phones/8346,8908,7984
The new 6 plus is basically the size of a Pret napkin (saved me getting the printer and scissors out......)
If you live/work near a Pret a Manager then after doing the screen calibration here http://www.phonearena.com/phones/si...s,Samsung-Galaxy-Note-3/phones/8346,8908,7984
The new 6 plus is basically the size of a Pret napkin (saved me getting the printer and scissors out......)
Still no news on contract prices and how much there gonna charge as the one off payment towards the phone
I've decided on the 4.7 64GB in either white or grey. My contract doesn't expire until January so I'm going to buy the phone direct from Apple and pay the monthly contract cost until it ends. Quite glad to be getting out of these 24 month phone contracts - Sim only is the way to go I reckon!
I quit having a contact with phones almost 4yrs ago, I buy my phone directly from apple & unlocked, and have 1 month sim only contract with Three... £26 all I need