iPhone 5 - Discussion [READ MOD NOTE IN FIRST POST]

Qwerty Dub

Jimdagym wrote: »

Is that some sort of super duper upgrade? Those prices are fantastic.

They are the upgrade prices if you are on the Ultimate Flex Max plan that I am on.

Walkman

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Anyone already with Three and thinking of upgrading, beware; you'll lose your free landline calls if you have them.

Tis the way its supposed to be but I still don't get charged for my landline add on and I upgraded in the summer

Elessar

Any word on getting LTE in Ireland?

Media999

Elessar wrote: »

Any word on getting LTE in Ireland?

Well everywhere else had it years so id say its due in Ireland maybe 2015.

Johnmb

Media999 wrote: »

Well everywhere else had it years so id say its due in Ireland maybe 2015.

Sad thing is, that's probably optimistic. Have they even set the date yet for auctioning off the bandwidth in Ireland?

PogMoThoin

Elessar wrote: »

Any word on getting LTE in Ireland?

LTE in Ireland will be nothing like the rest of the world. Other places are using 20MHZ bandwidth channels, here we're using 5MHZ. It's doomed before the spectrum is even auctioned. See Wattys post here

mad muffin

DubDJ wrote: »

In terms of dropping the new iPhone it seems to be holding up well. However the scratches on the back of the Black model from the previous photo's are a big downside imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMvE0lkunBg

Love it.
Still Nothin...
Still Nothin...
Still Nothin...
Still Nothin...
HULK SMASH!!
Got it!

whiterebel

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Anyone already with Three and thinking of upgrading, beware; you'll lose your free landline calls if you have them.

You'll lose the free add-on anyway if there is an expiry on it. AYCED was for life, on my plan landline calls expired after a certain date.

G-Money

Any idea when Vodafone Ireland will have the nano-sims in stock?

digitaldr

No need to wait for a nano sim - just cut down a regular one. Not sure I'd use a scissors though - lots of cutters available on eBay.

Deep Thought

G-Money wrote: »

Any idea when Vodafone Ireland will have the nano-sims in stock?

another poster in a different thread said they are now available

Gumbo

Just bought 2 bumpers from Deal Extreme to try help with any proposed drops etc....... hope they arrive ASAP!

cashisking85

Qwerty Dub wrote: »

Jimdagym wrote: »

Is that some sort of super duper upgrade? Those prices are fantastic.

They are the upgrade prices if you are on the Ultimate Flex Max plan that I am on.

Were you able to pre order your upgrade with them? Missed a call from them there and now they are closed for the night!

DubDJ

The new nano aims are actually smaller and thinner. So they need to be sanded down at the back supposedly.

I've already order adapters for micro and nano sim. And also a plain black rear case and screen protector. All should arrive before the iPhone anyway. Best to be prepared in advance.

andrewdeerpark

Anyone notice any Irish towns missing from the half baked new mapping service?

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19672981

If microsoft delivered such an update they would be rightly lambasted and the product panned. Apple can do it and people still drool over the item, absolutely amazing. Prepaired to spend over 700euro!

Plus this is not the first time; the iphone 4 had the dodgy antenna, the famous IOS alarm clock bug happened twice etc...

Amazing!

naasrd

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

the famous IOS alarm clock bug happened twice etc...

Amazing!

You're gonna have to remind me about the "famous" clock bug. I must have been under a rock for that, 'cause 3 years with an iPhone my alarms went off like, well clock work...

andrewdeerpark

Indeed I shall....

http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/971304

Gumbo

DubDJ wrote: »

The new nano aims are actually smaller and thinner. So they need to be sanded down at the back supposedly.

I've already order adapters for micro and nano sim. And also a plain black rear case and screen protector. All should arrive before the iPhone anyway. Best to be prepared in advance.

they dont. I cut 2 meteor micro sims today and they slotted straight into mine and my GF's iPhone 5 without sanding, filing etc

cloud493

Are these out here now?

McGrath5

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

Indeed I shall....

http://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/971304

Ah well, I got an extra hour in bed out of it :P

Gumbo

cloud493 wrote: »

Are these out here now?

UK today
IRL 28th September

Larry206

Anyone know of any 64gb's for sale

andrewdeerpark

Some of the Irish dodgy maps so far....

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/apple-goes-way-off-course-in-map-mistake-3235793.html

Mixing up Temple Bar and the Zoo is understandable?

I would advise anyone using driving direction with an iPhone 5 mounted on the dash that maybe they need to dust off the old Garmin or Tom Tom though?

Media999

Chris Pirillo Hardcore Apple fan unimpressed with iPhone 5. He couldnt sound less excited if he tried.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAdG7Mhya4Q&feature=g-u-lsb

DubDJ

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

Anyone notice any Irish towns missing from the half baked new mapping service?

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19672981

If microsoft delivered such an update they would be rightly lambasted and the product panned. Apple can do it and people still drool over the item, absolutely amazing. Prepaired to spend over 700euro!

Plus this is not the first time; the iphone 4 had the dodgy antenna, the famous IOS alarm clock bug happened twice etc...

Amazing!

The new Maps have been ridiculed all over the Internet and news. It's been really bad pr for Apple. People aren't drooling over them. They love the phone itself. The maps are only a small part of it. Some people don't even use them at all. I do occasionally maybe once every month or so. Not a deal breaker for me though. Also the antenna and clock problems didn't effect me in the slightest.

Because Apple are such a big company any small problem makes headlines. The percentage of users that were actually effected by this was probably less than 1% for all we know. But it's still massive

Media999

Heard something strange about the iPhone 5. Apple fused the 2 antennas together so you cant use voice and data at the same time. What was the point in that?

andrewdeerpark

DubDJ wrote: »

The new Maps have been ridiculed all over the Internet and news. It's been really bad pr for Apple. People aren't drooling over them. They love the phone itself. The maps are only a small part of it. Some people don't even use them at all. I do occasionally maybe once every month or so. Not a deal breaker for me though. Also the antenna and clock problems didn't effect me in the slightest.

Because Apple are such a big company any small problem makes headlines. The percentage of users that were actually effected by this was probably less than 1% for all we know. But it's still massive

Apple have over 100Billion in cash. The wealthiest company on the planet.

Its taken as a given that the modern day smart phone has sat nav with accurate turn by turn directions. Witness the demise of the dedicated SAT NAV. I would disagree strongly that its only used by a small few and is a trivial matter.

Also all current smartphones are used for city guide books, metro, train timetables and mapping.

Apple cannot just gloss over this and their grudge with google because of Android.

The real test will be the uptake of IOS6 on older iPhones will people voluntarily accept this new rubbish mapping system?

Johnmb

Media999 wrote: »

Heard something strange about the iPhone 5. Apple fused the 2 antennas together so you cant use voice and data at the same time. What was the point in that?

Not sure where you heard that, but it's wrong. It's only on CDMA networks that it can't do data and voice at the same time, there are no CDMA networks in Ireland or the UK, so any iPhone bought over in this part of the world won't have to worry about it. The reason for the CDMA limitation is because they'd have to redesign the antenna just for those networks, so it simply wasn't worth it.

DubDJ

andrewdeerpark wrote: »

Apple have over 100Billion in cash. The wealthiest company on the planet.

Its taken as a given that the modern day smart phone has sat nav with accurate turn by turn directions. Witness the demise of the dedicated SAT NAV. I would disagree strongly that its only used by a small few and is a trivial matter.

Also all current smartphones are used for city guide books, metro, train timetables and mapping.

Apple cannot just gloss over this and their grudge with google because of Android.

The real test will be the uptake of IOS6 on older iPhones will people voluntarily accept this new rubbish mapping system?

Google Maps are in the work for iOS devices. It's been confirmed by Google. It'll only be a matter of time as long as there aren't any problems with approval.

I honestly think its just another overreaction like it always is. They added a sub par maps app. It still works but with incorrect data. And the choice of using Google Maps through safari or chrome is still there. It's still one of the best smartphones on the market. I won't be loosing any sleep over it. I knew throughout the beta stages that maps were bad from the thread here on boards. I wasn expecting it to be perfect. Apple should label them as beta though. Same as they did with Siri. Coz it still is a product that needs a lot of work until it can match google maps. Which has already had almost 10 years of practice.

cloud493

Someone has this on sale on adverts for 999 euro :eek: