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UK iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Thread

drpellypo said:
You sure? I've always sold phones after 12 months and never had a problem. Two of them have been o2 recycle.
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yes but you/he are talking about selling immediately - not after 12 months when you can usually downgrade tariffs etc. If you don't want the phone you are prob best (and may only be able) to cancel the whole contract. But really you need to be speaking to O2 and consider whether having a locked phone is that big of a deal!
 
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ajhard said:
There maybe some very specific circumstances where this is true, but typically in the UK the sale of the handset and the airtime are legally completely separate - even if usually the provider subsidies one against the other.

Once you buy the phone it is yours, in addition you may have signed a contract committing you to a spend with the provider.
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If you buy an iPhone on contact (meaning it is subsidised by the network), then it is theirs until the subsidy has been paid off.

If you stop paying your contract before the subsidy component is paid off (which often is before the end of the contract, e.g. 6 months on EE's 12 month contracts), then they'll try to recover the phone as it's theirs.
 
Zeeboo said:
How did you find that out Polaroid? Phoning?
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You should have received a text
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ischemic said:
Anyone know if I've any chance of my iPhone 6s Plus silicone case arriving from apple.com today? They say estimated delivery is today but the Syncreon postal tracking says it was only 'tendered for delivery' at 10am today. It was shipped on friday!
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I've just had exactly the same thing happen. I got a 'delivered' notification today only to find out that they had only delivered to Royal Mail who would perform the final delivery. I got on to Apple, caused a fuss, and they are sending another one out by courier guaranteed for delivery tomorrow.
 
Polaroid said:
Well I rang this morning and they still said 9th but then I got a text few hours later saying new delivery lol so I'm happy
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Yeah they’re still telling me 9th oct on the phone. I’m gonna be optimistic and believe this text is correct. otherwise I’m gonna theoretically shove it up their metaphorical a*s
 
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Brookzy said:
If you buy an iPhone on contact (meaning it is subsidised by the network), then it is theirs until the subsidy has been paid off.

If you stop paying your contract before the subsidy component is paid off (which often is before the end of the contract, e.g. 6 months on EE's 12 month contracts), then they'll try to recover the phone as it's theirs.
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I don't think that is true.

As I said there may be some specific contractual arrangements that stipulate that - but that is not the standard arrangement, take a look at your T&Cs
 
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Actually on o2 recycle, the handset component has nothing to do with the phone. I've just read the t&c and the phone is yours the day it arrives. What you are actually getting is an interest free loan in order to buy the phone which you have to pay back. So they will never ask for the phone. They'll just pursue the debt.
 
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ajhard said:
I don't think that is true.

As I said there may be some specific contractual arrangements that stipulate that - but that is not the standard arrangement, take a look at your T&Cs
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It's usually six months.

You really think the networks are going to cover their asses against people who take a contract out and then go AWOL?

That phone will be barred and eventually recovered.
 
Brookzy said:
If you buy an iPhone on contact (meaning it is subsidised by the network), then it is theirs until the subsidy has been paid off.

If you stop paying your contract before the subsidy component is paid off (which often is before the end of the contract, e.g. 6 months on EE's 12 month contracts), then they'll try to recover the phone as it's theirs.
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Not really true for most contracts, the only ones that have a clause of sorts is o2 Refresh (where the handset is separately financed) and new EE contracts (which state the ownership of the handset only transfers after 6 months).

Any other contract the handset is your property immediately.
 
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Brookzy said:
If you buy an iPhone on contact (meaning it is subsidised by the network), then it is theirs until the subsidy has been paid off.

If you stop paying your contract before the subsidy component is paid off (which often is before the end of the contract, e.g. 6 months on EE's 12 month contracts), then they'll try to recover the phone as it's theirs.
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Not at all. When you enter into a contract with a subsidised handset you are entering a credit agreement for the cost of the phone, not the phone itself.
 
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