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I have always found that a little strange, iPhones more than any other phones seem always to be wrapped in some kind of "protective" case.
 
You need that kind of protection for them though when you realise you spent megabucks on something that does a lot of nothing, oh and everytime someone makes a No Flash joke and you promptly throw the phone at a wall!



Maybe... ¬_¬
 
Vodafone have just rung me. They're phoning round now taking orders to whoever expressed interest.

If you're waiting for them I suggest you get on the phone NOW!

They will be shipping them tomorrow, for arrival on Friday.

I ordered a 32GB Black, £189 on the £45/m tariff (18mth)
 
Tute said:
And at the end of the day, i'm all about functionality over form. I don't mind how something looks, I just prefer that it works. Having had some right hum-dingers of phones before, I just prefer it when stuff functions correctly. I'm not saying that Android doesn't work, i'm sure it does - but the iOS is fantastically stable.
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Staying on my original point, I surely can't imagine that allowing users a little more freedom on how their phone looks and acts would cause that much instability. Some jailbroken iPhone lock/homescreens I've seen look great, just wish that Apple allowed this kind of freedom with their handset without having to jailbreak it and risk having it bricked.

I don't think "form over function" really applies to android vs iphone homescreens, adding widgets and alternate launchers does a hell of a lot more than just change the look. They change the whole way you interact with the phone, they allow much more information to be viewed much quicker and more easily.

Finally, I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think the main issue that gives Android users pause in buying/recommending an iPhone is that they cannot imagine going from a very free environment on their phone to a very locked down and preset environment. It's difficult to go from screens full of useful information, custom shortcuts & icons and immediate access to program features to a phone with screen full of preset icons.

I think the attitude of many on the forum is also influenced by the overload of tripe on the internet about iphones, some iphone fans completely disregard anything not iphone as if it is the greatest phone ever made, I mean look at this crap I stumbled upon today:

It’s no secret that Apple’s new smartphone, the iPhone 4, is a big deal. The Phone 4 has the capability to transform the world of modern smartphones in a way nobody has anticipated. iPhone 4, teamed up with iOS 4 have some unique features that could render cutting edge smartphones like the HTC Evo 4G and even unreleased phones in Dell’s lineup completely obsolete.
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The iphone 4 making the evo obsolete? Incremental improvements is going to change the mobile landscape? I had a laugh, but this is the same kind of attitude that's everywhere out there. So I think a lot of it is down to people being sick to death of hearing about the most fantastic phone ever and Steve "god" Jobs.
 
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Wahoo - just got my shipping confirmation for tomorrow - looks like the Bumper hasnt delayed the order - awesome :D

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
maxilive said:
Just called Tesco, they can't sell pay as you go models yet, but they will have contract ones available tomorrow.

Plus they haven't been told when they can sell them, she guessing in about a week or 2.
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I wonder if they'll have white ones available. Sounds one of the best deals so far...
 
maxilive said:
Just called Tesco, they can't sell pay as you go models yet, but they will have contract ones available tomorrow.

Plus they haven't been told when they can sell them, she guessing in about a week or 2.
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I'll be ringing my local Tesco tonight them I think. Hopefully they can get a couple in stock for tomorrow, and I'll swing by and grab one :cool:
 
Having read the reviews...im definitely going into the apple shop sometime this week where i can properly have a look at one then decide there and then whether to get one....sure the OS on the iphone is as restricted as it gets but for me, i only see the iphone4 as a multimedia machine ie apps, games, videos and music...those are going to be my main uses for it. And obviously web browsing too as browsing the web on my BB is painful at the best of times:p.

Having just recently sold my HTC Desire, great phone no doubt but im not that impressed with Android just yet...its getting there slowly but for me after about a week of having it, it just didnt hold my attention...the apps if anything were dire as i tried to use it as a multimedia device but it just wasnt happening.

For me its having the best of both worlds ie my communication device is my BB9700 and nothing will replace that and having the iphone4 as my multimedia device should fit my needs...im not getting the iphone4 on contract...ill be buying it sim free but the added bonus is that come end of july my upgrade is due so depending on what tmobile offer me with regards to the iphone4...i might get one on upgrade then sell it to cover my upgrade contract.

BUT saying that if im not impressed with the iphone 4 ie i buy it then get bored of it ill just sell it...i can still make some money on it although maybe not the full price but that doesnt bother me as im always buying phones and then selling them onwards.

Looking forward to some of the reviews in here as a lot of apple fanboi's will probably have theirs tommorrow.
 
Tesco only do mobile sign up in selected stores for contracts afaik. The local one to me only has PAYG, the larger one a few miles away has a dedicated Tesco Mobile section.


Will Tesco actually be given an allocation ? They are just a virtual provider after all, the provisioning is done through O2 and we already know that the big operators are going to be on small stock allocations at launch anyway thanks to apple effectively stitching up the networks and conducting the only pre-allocation itself.

The interesting thing about this is if the apple stores are as awful as anticipated I wonder how many people will just walk to the nearest network store as most of the retail environments apple are in are also close to network stores. If that happens then I can see a lot of those reserved handsets going back to available come 9am on the 25th. Launch day +1 for anyone who missed out.
 
Woohoo, went to phones4u on Monday and put on a five pound deposit for a black 32Gig IPhone 4. I have phoned them and they have said its in and I can go in tomorrow and get it sorted. Lets just hope its not too good to be true.
 
I'm waiting until tomorrow and then I will decide what contract option to get.

I probably wont use the full 32GB available but I would just me miffed with myself knowing I had the 16GB version, so the 32 it will have to be :p

I prefer the black over the white too.

Are we looking a huge stock problems across the board with regard to the carriers or just certain places?

For example, is there much chance I'll be able to order one on contract tomorrow and get it by Saturday?
 
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