Apple iPhone and related items (cont.)

[spitfire]

Err, and the first paragraph in the Gizmodo article credits Ryan Block and links to the article on gdgt.com. I posted it first as it acted as a brief summary and didn't notice any glaring inaccuracies in their reporting, although I'm not a fan of the site.

Anyway, has anyone else noted third party cases disappearing from Apple stores, as Ryan claims? And could the inexplicably long delay for the white iPhone4 be linked to this?

I spend a large amount of time in Apple stores for work. I have been in 3 in the last week. There are just as many cases for the iPhone 4, 3rd party or otherwise, as there was before.

And no, i do not work for Apple. Them's the facts.

As an aside, i've dropped my iPhone 4 several times from some height onto concrete, wood, tiles etc. and had no problem at all (yet!).

 

[Piers Gibbon]

I'd like to buy an unlocked 3gs. Ebay is one option of course.. But does anyone know of any physical or online stores that sell these regularly?

 

[Bungle73]

I'd like to buy an unlocked 3gs. Ebay is one option of course.. But does anyone know of any physical or online stores that sell these regularly?

Apple themselves, but they only offer the 8GB version. Why not get the 4?

 

[Piers Gibbon]

I've got a locked 4, thinking of getting an unlocked secondhand 3gs for when i am abroad...cheaper!

 

[sim667]

I've got a locked 4, thinking of getting an unlocked secondhand 3gs for when i am abroad...cheaper!

Just get you iphone 4 unlocked and change sims surely?

I dont know anywhere that sells unlocked 3gs's as a store...... but you tend to see them on the avforums classifieds quite a lot.

 

[Piers Gibbon]

thanks

When I'm abroad I kind of have to leave my normal sim in the iphone so I can get calls on my normal number

But how easy is it to unlock an ip4 running the latest iOS?

 

[Sunray]

Not sure that they are unlocking them at the moment to stop people buying them for resale in places where they are unavailable. Check out they queues outside the Apple shops in the morning.

 

[maldwyn]

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[ShiftyBagLady]

Argh
My email and internet keep freezing. Have tried rebooting it and turning it off and on again but it still happens regularly. Why is it doing this and do I need to restore it and if I do will I lose stuff that I've got on it?

 

[maldwyn]

Have you tried switching to 'Airplane' mode and back again, it usually works for me.

 

[ShiftyBagLady]

ah yes, that works. cheers

 

[madamv]

Mr V is convinced we signed up to some site to help him transfer his contacts from his old iphone to his 4. The only thing is, he remembers that the site will charge us £60 if we dont cancel the contract within 30 or 60 days.

I have absolutely no fucking idea what site it was.... Has anyone got ANY idea what it could have been? Long shot I know....

 

[Crispy]

I have no idea. All he has to do is sync his old phone wi iTunes then pug the new phone into the same computer...
Never heard of such a pay ssrvice though...

 

[elbows]

Find it through your browsers history?

 

[Winot]

Mr V is convinced we signed up to some site to help him transfer his contacts from his old iphone to his 4. The only thing is, he remembers that the site will charge us £60 if we dont cancel the contract within 30 or 60 days.

I have absolutely no fucking idea what site it was.... Has anyone got ANY idea what it could have been? Long shot I know....

Apple's MobileMe ?

 

[maldwyn]

I agree with Winot it sounds like Mobilme's free trail, before charging your credit card.

 

[editor]

I'm liking the look of these metal backs for iPhone 4s....

Veh stylish.

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/how-to/add-a-metal-back-to-your-iphone-4-129754

 

[Piers Gibbon]

That's how the phones should have been made imho

 

[stupid dogbot]

That's tidy, that.

 

[electroplated]

mmm nice - are they for sale in the uk yet?

eta - just ordered one from hong kong, but they seem to be out of stock so not sure when it'll turn up

 

[paolo]

Very nice looking.

Adds depth though, and I wonder if there's any effect on antennas? (Negative or positive )

 

[editor]

On a related note, here's 'six of the best' iPhone cases:

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...-phones/iphone-4-cases-six-of-the-best-901607

 

[madamv]

Thanks Winot it was mobile me... I found an email, because I had posted a question on this thread on the same day, which Crispy answered...

Panic over!

 

[elbows]

It seems increasingly likely that the white iPhone 4 isnt going to happen, its been pushed back to next spring which probably means that it wot be an iphone 4 at all, but rather an iphone 5.

The latest rumour as to why they failed to get the white iphone 4 working is that light leaks into the device and prevents the camera from working. Oops!

 

[teuchter]

I'm liking the look of these metal backs for iPhone 4s....

Veh stylish.

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/how-to/add-a-metal-back-to-your-iphone-4-129754

I don't think the bevel is good. Does that mean it's thicker than a glass one?

 

[Badgers]

Hmmm...

My 3GS has started freezing up. Has happened three times this week. Can't power it off, just have to leave it for 10-20 minutes and it reboots. Not ideal, I think it is now 10-11 months old. Will call O2 in a bit.

 

[Sunray]

Hmmm...

My 3GS has started freezing up. Has happened three times this week. Can't power it off, just have to leave it for 10-20 minutes and it reboots. Not ideal, I think it is now 10-11 months old. Will call O2 in a bit.

Take it to the Apple shop, they will fix it/replace it. Cut out the middle man.

 

[Badgers]

Take it to the Apple shop, they will fix it/replace it. Cut out the middle man.

Yeah?

Will it matter if there is some light sign of small dropping?

 

[sim667]

Yeah?

Will it matter if there is some light sign of small dropping?

Is it cracked? or just a scratch?

The only thing they're really anal about are the water sensors iirc.

 

[Badgers]

Nothing nasty looking. Will give them a try shortly, is it just the Oxford St one?