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iPhone 3GS UK Discussion thread

Apple Store in Kingston apparently had about 20 people outside when they opened. Sold out of 32GB in a couple of hours but had plenty of 16GB left when I turned up at about 1. Apple bloke said they've been steadily busy all morning and they were surprised as they hadn't expected much as most people couldn't upgrade yet. He was intending to do same as me, buy PAYG then flog 3G on ebay. Took about 5 minutes to buy, no hassle at all.
 
The Samurai said:
Picked mines up from the Glasgow store today at 3pm - seems as if they had plenty of stock. It was quite busy at this time though.
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I think I saw you. I was getting an iPhone too.

My experience: a bit crap TBH.

They had to search a bit to find a 32Gb, and I thought they were going to send me away, but one was found. It then took around 45mins to set up as there were problems with the O2 system.

Then the phone wouldn't set up right and we went through 4 macs to initialise. The WIFI looked a bit off in the store too. Trying to set the phone up was a pain. Finally with a new cable which they gave me it kicked in. Personally I'm still a bit unsure about the phone, as were the staff and I was told to "give it 24hrs". I think I should have been given a replacement on the spot rather than a Genius appointment on Sunday which I was given!

As an existing (non-iPhone) O2 customer, I didn't have to go through some of the hoops but I don't get a data plan for 24hrs. Not told this in the store. This again from O2 is sh*t and I should have been told as it would have saved me running back to the store after paying my parking fee.

So I'll be back to the store on Sunday.

Am currently having to restore the machine now. It's just not acting right. Looks like a lemon. Again, they should have replaced it on the spot in my opinion.

Not the Apple experience I expected. :eek:(
 
londonmystery said:
Got my 2 free upgrades from Apple in Bluewater, Kent. Whole process took 25 minutes. We have a 32gb black and a 32gb white one. There were no people waiting outside but lots buying inside. Free coffee, Ice cream and muffins from costa coffee. They said they had huge stock levels and weren't expecting it to be busy until tomorrow.
As stated on a previous post, in Bluewater there are 2 CPW, 2 O2 and an Apple store so anyone who goes there should have no probs getting what they want.:):)
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I just went to Bluewater and Apple said they had loads so I started the upgrade process and was told my upgrade isn't until Jan. (Thought I'd try my luck). I then went to 02 to be told the same. I've since been on 02 online and went through the upgrade procedure and it all went through :D

Got an iPhone 32GB Black for £175 on my £45 month contract. Well chuffed. I can't see them declining it now as I have an order number. I'm going on holiday on sunday so I'm having it delivered the day I get back :)

Fingers crossed!!
 
My online order just shipped...that was pretty quick. Hopefully i get it on monday
 

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Jonny75 said:
I think I saw you. I was getting an iPhone too.

My experience: a bit crap TBH.

They had to search a bit to find a 32Gb, and I thought they were going to send me away, but one was found. It then took around 45mins to set up as there were problems with the O2 system.

Then the phone wouldn't set up right and we went through 4 macs to initialise. The WIFI looked a bit off in the store too. Trying to set the phone up was a pain. Finally with a new cable which they gave me it kicked in. Personally I'm still a bit unsure about the phone, as were the staff and I was told to "give it 24hrs". I think I should have been given a replacement on the spot rather than a Genius appointment on Sunday which I was given!

As an existing (non-iPhone) O2 customer, I didn't have to go through some of the hoops but I don't get a data plan for 24hrs. Not told this in the store. This again from O2 is sh*t and I should have been told as it would have saved me running back to the store after paying my parking fee.

So I'll be back to the store on Sunday.

Am currently having to restore the machine now. It's just not acting right. Looks like a lemon. Again, they should have replaced it on the spot in my opinion.

Not the Apple experience I expected. :eek:(
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lol - were you the guy (with your gf) behind me going from computer to computer because of some error?

i came in, within 10 mins i was out the store lol. i got the 16 gig payG one, i liked how i didnt need to buy credit for the sim. just gonna shove my monthly one in now.
 
The Samurai said:
lol - were you the guy (with your gf) behind me going from computer to computer because of some error?

i came in, within 10 mins i was out the store lol. i got the 16 gig payG one, i liked how i didnt need to buy credit for the sim. just gonna shove my monthly one in now.
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No, I was alone. Guess there were a few errors in the Glasgow store.

My iPhone now thinks I'm French and will only put up French language.

This is such a lemon.
 
The Samurai said:
Picked mines up from the Glasgow store today at 3pm - seems as if they had plenty of stock. It was quite busy at this time though.
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They were quite busy first thing in the morning with people who booked appointments online, so the queue didn't really move for the 1st 30 mins.

They had problems with O2 activation back then. Thank goodness I was buying the phone with PAYG so didn't have to wait around longer.
 
paulg1979 said:
I just went to Bluewater and Apple said they had loads so I started the upgrade process and was told my upgrade isn't until Jan. (Thought I'd try my luck). I then went to 02 to be told the same. I've since been on 02 online and went through the upgrade procedure and it all went through :D

Got an iPhone 32GB Black for £175 on my £45 month contract. Well chuffed. I can't see them declining it now as I have an order number. I'm going on holiday on sunday so I'm having it delivered the day I get back :)

Fingers crossed!!
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Nice one,,, was due 1 upgrade and thought we'd try for 2 although second wasn't due until october. luckily went straight through.
Apple Bluewater are the best. lol.:):)
 
skillwill said:
Yeah same , I called them like it said to in the text message I got after texting MMS to 1010, and he said should be sorted within 24 hours.

Also ... has anyone tried to connect their phone to their home wifi? Mine really kind of sucks at staying connected even though my macbook (placed right next to my iphone on the same wifi) has full bars. As a new iphone user, is this normal?
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My new 3GS was doing that. The wireless dialogue said I was connected but there were no wifi bars at the top of the screen. I switched the router off and on again and all is well.
 
I will be eligible for a upgrade in September.

Should i go for it, but I know if i do that when the new iPhone comes out in June next year I won't be eligible, i'll be further away from being so!

Arghhh what to do!
 
Lost apps

I know this has been referenced in other threads, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer, only a few of my apps have transferred across to my new 3GS, and I definitely selected 'restore from backup' so I don't really understand what's went wrong :confused:
 
The Samurai said:
lol - were you the guy (with your gf) behind me going from computer to computer because of some error?

i came in, within 10 mins i was out the store lol. i got the 16 gig payG one, i liked how i didnt need to buy credit for the sim. just gonna shove my monthly one in now.
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so if you buy from the apple store you defo do not need to buy credit????
 
Just back from the apple store in Glasgow. Got my first iPhone today, a 16GB Black 3GS. Bought it on PayGo. I was in the store for about 45 mins, I picked up a belkin case and some crystal film for the screen. It took about 30 mins to register the phone after trying a couple of different Macs within the store. It only managed to finally work on one of the Macbook Pros on the ground level. The shop was fairly busy and this was at 14:45 in the afternoon.

I was worried about availabilty at first, as I wasn't able to get into the store early this morning due to work :(

Anyway I have just arrived home and setting everything up at the moment, with iTunes and the App store. I have taken some pics and recorded a few mini videos on the train journey home, really nice video quality.

Away to have some fun now.
:)
 
I ordered online from the Apple store at 7:15am this morning. Despite the quoted shipping time of two business days, I've just had my shipment notification. Estimated delivery date is 22nd June. :)

Hope that helps someone.
 
My Oxford experience...

I visited the local O2 store....nobody there, except for 2-3 people getting phones set up. There were 6 iphones:

5 regular 3g 8gb iphones

1 (!) 3GS 16GB

Best of all: all data and wifi had been turned off. I asked why and was told that customers had abused them and were making calls, getting on the internet etc.. Yeah what abuse! I asked whether they could turn it on so that I could test properly, but was told that it was such a hassle for them to get through to O2 headquarters/service to re-activate their data services and that by the time they would it get it going again, it would be closing time anyway. It was about 3.30pm. I left the store immediately.

Walked across the street to carphone warehouse where they had not a single iphone on display. I asked why not and was told that they only found out about the iphone TWO weeks ago and they hadn't yet received any display models. The very friendly rep assured me that they were pretty much the same as the old ones and brought out his own 3G to show me. He would sell me one, but no way to check them out first. Amazing and talk about antithetical to the Apple Store concept.

What a terrible customer service experience. I will never buy from either of these stores, just awful.
 
Got my PAYG 32gb black from Apple white city, activated using my simplicity sim....They threw the payg sim in the bag anyway, i can top it up with a tenner if i ever wanna use it. Anyone know if it can be used in a non iphone for the 12 months free data and wifi.
 
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