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I must admit that was a little perplexing - a bit like a Price is Right type affair, only the folks cheering were queuing up to pay their cash, sorry use their card, too.

"Whoo, he's carrying a branded bag. WHOO - he's bought it himself - WOO HOO, I'm getting one soon.'

Perhaps I need to feel more umbilically linked to my phone or something?

:confused:
 
Sounds awful.

Just picked one up from london bridge car phone warehouse. Apparently they have sold 20 or so. More than i expected.

On my way home to activate it now. (posting from my nokia 6300 still)
 
My boss just got me one (christmas bonus!)

we went to carphone warehouse first, rip-off merchants won't sell it without a £35 per 1/4 insurance policy!

went to the apple store and after a bit of embarrasing cheering from the apple staff, they sold us some over the counter. However now trying to register it with apple store and it keeps crashing.

i'll report back when it's working more
 
Well, the instant rush didn't seem to materialise - I got through to o2 on the first ring, and went through a very slow ordering process. Finally successful at 7.30 and by 7.40 was outside the Apple Store to see the "crowds"

Well, there were barriers, a dozen security guards, and half a dozen bewildered and slightly amused policemen wondering why they were there.

And no crowds, no queues.

And the sound of wooping from Apple employees each time a successful sale went through.
 
Bristly Pioneer said:
rip-off merchants won't sell it without a £35 per 1/4 insurance policy!

went to the apple store and after a bit of embarrasing cheering from the apple staff, they sold us some over the counter. However now trying to register it with apple store and it keeps crashing.

i'll report back when it's working more
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I went to Carphone Warehouse... insurance def not mandatory. I think that shop you went to was 'rogue'.

My activation went ok. I assume you've already updated your iTunes and all that?

Just synced some stuff. Oh my giddy aunt... this UI is unreal. At this point, it's very very hard not to gush like a sad fanboy. I'm going to do a proper review once I've spent the weekend giving it a going over, but first indications are I'm going to realllllly like this.
 
Bristly Pioneer said:
went to the apple store and after a bit of embarrasing cheering from the apple staff
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It's the whole manufactured US-style fake 'event-ness' that winds me up about all this.

It's a good phone. That's enough.

So fuck off with your lame PR bullshit, Apple. Cunts.
 
editor said:
It's the whole manufactured US-style fake 'event-ness' that winds me up about all this.

It's a good phone. That's enough.

So fuck off with your lame PR bullshit, Apple. Cunts.
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Can't say I disagree with any of that.

Might surprise (or comfort?) you though that your opinion is being repeated (by the brits), over in some threads on the Mac/iPhone forums. Alot of British devotees are finding it very embarrassing.

"iTards" was one very succint comment. :)
 
exactly,

in the apple store, a camera crew came over to us to start interviewing us about it. the boss got very excited (even to the extent of adopting an american accent :rolleyes: ). I started mentioning the shite camera and small hard drive and they soon left us alone.

however having played with it for a while. it is a thing of beauty. I just got my website up on it and checked google maps. :cool:
 
paolo999 said:
isn't it? It's so much is better than I expected.
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Ya, thats what i thought when i had play on one in the states. I was expecting to be disappointed after all the bullshit hype. But it was truly fucking awesome.

All this nonsense around the launch is hilarious though. The yanks clearly didnt take into account the British cynical nature. It seems to override even their love of queueing. i wouldnt actually put it past Apple to have those idiots under the mac umbrellas on the payroll.
 
Just bought one from Carphone Warehouse, I was rather alarmed by the contract, but Im funny with being tied in to O2 for 18 whole months and Apple dictating some offkey (to me!) terms!

Couple of questions though- Im assuming I choose a tariff/ sort payment upon online activation? Because sitting here, Im realising none of this was sorted in store.

Also when does the credit check happen? Did it happen when I was in the store?! I wasnt told! I simply signed a contract and got bundled out the way with the words, "As long as you dont activate the phone, you can bring it back within a week."

So this thing of beauty is sitting on my coffee table, sad and unactivated. Really in two minds about it now.
 
In mitigation I should just add to my post above that Im not usually this dippy about financial things, its just that the store was packed and loud and I couldnt ask as many questions as I would have liked. :oops:
 
Melinda said:
In mitigation I should just add to my post above that Im not usually this dippy about financial things
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Oh just admit it, you are always this dippy about financial things :rolleyes:


;) :p
 
the credit check happens when you activate through itunes. You also pick the tardif then too.

I just got home and am now posting on the 02 network I think. Free internet at home!
 
The shop was so packed and there was music coming from all the phones, plus plasma screens and piped Kanye coming through speakers. Honest!

Ok ok, the phone was just so shiney and pretty, I didnt listne to anything else. I bought insurance too. :oops:


E2a- Thanks Bristly! Im so embarassed!
Data usage is free, but is there an acceptable usage limit ?
 
Oh bloody hell. He said it would be £200 to fix the screen. :oops:
I can cancel that one though right? Im sure the guy said something about that.
 
Melinda said:
Oh bloody hell. He said it would be £200 to fix the screen. :oops:
I can cancel that one though right? Im sure the guy said something about that.
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Sadly, Apple exist in a parallel universe where a GB of RAM costs £100, a motherboard £400, a DVD writer £150, etc.

If Apple sold Bic biros they'd be £17.99 and come with optional AppleCareToPayMore at £7.
 
when we mentioned the insurance thing at the apple store the manager seemed pretty pissed off. I don't know if it was just the long acre store or all the carphone warehouses but someones going to get in trouble. They also tried to sell us mains chargers as extras claiming (falsely) that you didn't get one in the box!
 
Have a look at other insurance. Barclays Additions do one I believe. And I bet O2 have some too. Both are probably cheaper than the Carphone Warehouse one. Yep, you should definitely be able to cancel it. I would check the barclays additions account package, then see how much o2 would charge. Don't sit on it though, the cooling off period won't be that long.
 
Cheers for that lads- I'll def KO the insurance tomorrow. I'll pop into Barclays too.

Im still feeling unsettled- I usually go and look at an item any number of times before I buy stuff, to make sure I really want it. :rolleyes:

Is it likely to come down substantially in price like it did in the US? It works out at over $500!
 
Def boot that insurance.

That aside, I wouldn't stress too much at the iPhone purchase. They'll drop the price of the current one only when there's a new model. Prob a 16gb sometime early-mid 2008. It's one of those old tech things... you can wait, wait, for all the good it will do. ;)
 
Bristly Pioneer said:
when we mentioned the insurance thing at the apple store the manager seemed pretty pissed off. I don't know if it was just the long acre store or all the carphone warehouses but someones going to get in trouble. They also tried to sell us mains chargers as extras claiming (falsely) that you didn't get one in the box!
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defo that shop being dodgy.

CPW at London Bridge had none of that shit. Very polite, straightforward. Suggested insurance, but no hard sell when I declined. Asked if I was interested in accessories, again, no hard sell when I declined.

In and out in about 5 mins. Not even a complaint that I had a beer in my hand. :)
 
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