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Other UK iPhone (2018) XS/XS Max/XR Pre-Orders and Dispatch Thread
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Heed the words about not collecting your reservation on the day.. had this over night from the big fruit in the sky
...yea, me too!!!
I wouldn't risk that as your reservation may get cancelled!
For the watch they JL had tweeted this yesterday
Followed up by this today
Sounds like they don’t really know and no mention of this being the case for the phone. ♂️
Today is shipping day!
Who else is off work tomorrow?
Who else is off work tomorrow?
Today is shipping day!
Who else is off work tomorrow?
"Working from home"
Heed the words about not collecting your reservation on the day.. had this over night from the big fruit in the sky
Should I be worried I've not had one of these come through?
I pre-ordered for store collection with the intention of going on to iPhone Payments, though it transpires I've actually ordered/paid in full so will have to switch over in the morning.
I decided to "WFH" tomorrow. I know if I take the day off it'll arrive at 16:59 and I'll have spent the day just watching Frasier and This morning.
I've had to go for delivery to the O2 store as I've got meetings I can't get out of. Hoping I can get my last meeting done and be at the store just before they close.
Lots of photos on Google of flaked/chipped examples. A couple of threads on this forum, too.
I had a slate black iPhone 5 several years ago which was chipped right out of the box from new. I had to go through 8x boxed units at the Apple store before they could find me one that wasn't chipped! Ever since then, I've avoided the painted/non-anodised colours like the plague.
Today is shipping day!
Who else is off work tomorrow?
I am off
will be camping out in the living room so I do not miss the delivery guy.Ah. That sucks. I do always case mine (apple silicone) and keep it in a pouch in my handbag. Hopefully it’ll be alright. *fingers crossed*. I remember this on my slate 5 too just hoped Apple had sorted it. Coming from an iPhone 7 to an XS. Thanks for the info.
We have 1 phone doing the same,did a live chat with apple last night and was told “everything is ok” but there is a thread on USA dates for 28th to 6th Oct and they are getting shipping notifications. So god knows
Working from home tomorrow.Today is shipping day!
Who else is off work tomorrow?
The consensus seems to be that it's like the black steel Apple Watch: the coating is tougher than the bare steel so it is harder to scratch it, but if you do then you can't polish it out like you can with the bare steel. As noted above there are plenty of photos of scratched/chipped space grey X around, but there are also plenty of photos of pristine ones (even some that have been used careless for the year). Mine has been in a case (but taken in and out daily) and doesn't have a single mark on the band after a year. I'd say if you are going caseless you should be fine for everyday use but if you drop it on something hard (like concrete) expect a few marks.
p.s. the issue with the 5 was the anodising, totally different coating process to they use on the X.
I just graduated from University and started my Graduate scheme, I wish I had the option to work from home
It should be fine if you don't drop it. It won't just start flaking "out of nowhere", the coating needs to be initially damaged for it to begin flaking.