*** The iPhone 3G Thread ***

[Immsy]

Just queued up outside Carphone Warehouse only to find out that they can only upgrade existing Carphone Warehouse o2 customers and not those who have a regular o2 contract - who knew there was even a difference?

There has always been a difference. One is managed by CPW with no involvement from o2 and the other is managed directly by o2.

 

[Raymond Lin]

no pics?

 

[Doug]

So how's it work in the Apple store? How do they make you sign a contract?

They don't. It's only the US Apple Stores that are selling them.

 

[Doug]

Just queued up outside Carphone Warehouse only to find out that they can only upgrade existing Carphone Warehouse o2 customers and not those who have a regular o2 contract - who knew there was even a difference?

You just saved me an hours walk

 

[Ol!ver]

They don't. It's only the US Apple Stores that are selling them.

Ah right. I'm not signing up to another contract, so looks like I'll be sticking to the V1 methinks. Just browsing the App Store on iTunes.

 

[ps3ud0]

Just so you know my O2 store has around 10 16Gb iphones... Dno if that's indicative. only store in Luton

ps3ud0

 

[PinkPig]

They don't. It's only the US Apple Stores that are selling them.

This page http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/iphone/ suggests otherwise...

 

[Mr.Stu]

7:42am, Birmingham o2 store:

 

[JUMPURS]

Mines is out for delivery!!!!

Who has theirs yet? come on, someone must.

 

[Rilot]

Just queued up outside Carphone Warehouse only to find out that they can only upgrade existing Carphone Warehouse o2 customers and not those who have a regular o2 contract - who knew there was even a difference?

Then went over to the o2 shop itself and found out that there wouldn't be enough 16gb versions

Just gonna wait till you can order them online now, that's 2 hours sleep I'll never get back

Where do iPhone contracts fall with regards to that? I bought my v1 through cpw but it's a proper o2 contract.

 

[RobH]

7:42am, Birmingham o2 store:

I'd be in that queue bit luckily I'm staying at my girlfriends in Portsmouth at the moment and got my phone sent to a local CPW store.

 

[Firestar_3x]

Mines is out for delivery!!!!

Who has theirs yet? come on, someone must.

Me, but i'm not at home to play with it yet

 

[Doug]

This page http://www.apple.com/uk/retail/iphone/ suggests otherwise...

Odd, just goes to show: don't believe everything you read on the internet

[edit] You can only upgrade at O2 or CPW... haha, knew I wasn't completely wrong

 

[Dup]

We know that a bill is usually the last thing to bring a smile to your face, but we're hoping you'll at least find this one clear and easy to understand. We also hope you'll see why it might seem a little higher than expected. Don't worry; it's just that we've charged you for a few days before your new bill date and your next month's line rental in advance - together with any other usage outside your inclusive allowance for this month

Erm OK, nice to see this noted on the sign-up process!?

 

[Kainz]

Lawks! We're neighbours, but this time I went to work via Greenford, so missed checking in on CPW.

About to get a Maccy D's breakfast and see what's shaking at the o2 store in Ealing...

Yeeeikes! I work in Greenford rofl. I jump off at Northolt postie office and walk to work from there.

I just got a voicemail from a lady at CPW saying much to my surprise that my reserved iphone was waiting for me. I just rang back and asked if she could please keep it until 4-5pm and she was ok'd that. Sweeeet! It's gonna be a long day!

Don't care if I even get an 8gb phone tbh, I've got my touch for the music/jailbroken goodness anyway.

 

[Squarehed]

Just sitting in the queue waiting for my phone. Rep didn't sound too confident when we asked if we'd get one. Hoping people have to leave for work!! Looks like they're doing everything on paper atm. Oh well, here's hoping!

 

[jonhuz]

Mine is out for delivery to the local CPW store. Really hope they don't sell it, or I'd be mightily peed.
What's the process, do I have to activate the phone during pickup?

 

[[DOD]Asprilla]

Mine is out for delivery to the local CPW store. Really hope they don't sell it, or I'd be mightily peed.

If they sell mine I'll be having them arrested for theft

 

[Alty]

If they sell mine I'll be having them arrested for theft

thanks for putting a on my face while i am at work

 

[Raymond Lin]

Someone on another forum posted

Just came from a CPW in Edinburgh - hilarious. Wandered along out of interest at about 7.45 to find only one person in the queue, so thought i'd join and see what happened. By 7.55 there were about 10/15 folk - pretty good odds I thought.

When it came to signing up I was told the store only had 2 16gb phones (same for all the CPWs in Edinburgh), and despite being second in the queue there were none left. It's all to do with how fast the staff can process the order, it seems....

02 are carrying out all of the credit checks live, so the queue for that on their systems is unbelievable and has ground it to a halt. The guy tried to promise me that there would be some more stock delivered tomorrow until his manager came up and warned him not to "over promise" to anyone and actually it could be, ahem, longer than that... I waited half an hour to see if the credit check went through before finally telling him not to bother and to cancel the entire order. The guys behind me in the queue looked at me like I was mad.

Hilariously badly organised, lucky I didn't have my heart set on one, eh?