UK bought iphone 5s any movement?

vinnycoyne

Mine seems to be stuck in Germany at the moment. Delivery date has been pushed from Friday to Wednesday now. Strange.

Deep Thought

anyone know would iPhone 5 case fit the 5S?

DT

Mimikyu

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Jofspring

Deep Thought wrote: »

anyone know would iPhone 5 case fit the 5S?

DT

There is a warning on the apple website that due to the change in camera the iPhone 5 covers may affect taking pictures.

Jofspring

First time using parcel motel so wondering how long is there usually between them receiving your package and notifying you they have it?

Mimikyu

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The Ayatolla

Package Progress

Newtownabbey, GB 07/10/2013 04:43 Destination Scan

Should this arrive at PM today ? (And be in Cork PM tomorrow )?

babyhack

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Package Progress

Newtownabbey, GB 07/10/2013 04:43 Destination Scan

Should this arrive at PM today ? (And be in Cork PM tomorrow )?

Mine was scanned at the same time
They must be together

The apple site for me has an ETA of the 11th OCT
UPS has an ETA of the 8th OCT
Looking at the map the UPS center in 20 mins drive from PM, so there is a chance they may get it today
Depending on the time PM get it you may have yours tomorrow and I may have mine tonight (Dublin)

But as apple and UPS have dates from tomorrow onwards, getting it today would be a big bonus

The Ayatolla

Yeah same ETA here. Ups for me have always been a day quick though a

Jofspring

Mine showing the same times as above do ours must be in a batch together. I'd say most of us outside of Dublin will get them tomorrow.

The Ayatolla

I had a ups delivery a few weeks ago which wad delivered to my house before it even had " out for delivery '' on the tracking. 99% its already with PM

Pm update the website with check ins around 1-3pm

The Ayatolla

Mines delivered at PM now. On way to Cork today please god

babyhack

The Ayatolla wrote: »

Mines delivered at PM now. On way to Cork today please god

Same here

Seems yours and mine are in the same box :P

vinnycoyne

babyhack wrote: »

Same here

Seems yours and mine are in the same box :P

+1

babyhack

Looks like all three of us are now just waiting on PM

They got to PM at 11:30 so with a bit of luck I might have mine later tonight
They last package I got via PM, get to them after 1pm and was in my PM just after 8pm that evening

Jofspring

Is anybodies showing up on Parcel Motel yet?

I'd say unless you are in Dublin you are probably looking at tomorrow for delivery.

Hopefully I'm wrong though

vinnycoyne

Jofspring wrote: »

Is anybodies showing up on Parcel Motel yet?

I'd say unless you are in Dublin you are probably looking at tomorrow for delivery.

Hopefully I'm wrong though

Mine is showing as checked in now. I'd expect it to arrive in Galway tomorrow

babyhack

vinnycoyne wrote: »

Mine is showing as checked in now. I'd expect it to arrive in Galway tomorrow

Same with mine

The last package I had that check in around this time was delivered to my PM at 2am
Hopefully I can pick my phone up on the way into the office in the morning

coffeepls

Mine is sitting in PM down the road waiting for me.... just delivered an hour ago

babyhack

coffeepls wrote: »

Mine is sitting in PM down the road waiting for me.... just delivered an hour ago

Mine was dropped to my PM at 12:07 (I had just gotten into bed)
Picked it up an hour ago on the way into work
Restoring from icloud now, happy days

I have to say Parcel Motel is a great service

The Ayatolla

Got mine at PM at 7am this morning.

Well done Parcel motel

Jofspring

Mine was in parcel motel this morning also.

displaced dub

Lads when did ye order from the UK apple site?

Im thinking of going down this route also, i own a business but was going to wait for Irish release for VAT reclaim but its looking like its not going to be released till at the very earliest Friday week

kingshankly

Missed mine yesterday came around 2pm found the ups docket in the letter box wasn't supposed to come until today

Jofspring

Most who received here in the last few days ordered on the first day of release or within a few days.

The delivery times on the apple website are pretty spot on.

If you wait for the Irish release and for example its Friday week, then you will still most likely have another 3 weeks minimum wait for the phone after that again. That means your talking the bones of another month before you get the phone.

The phone has also worked out cheaper from apple.co.uk if you consider a 32gb will most likely come to €799. It was only €765 with the exchanhge rate.

The risk is there with Parcel Motel but it's up to yourself whether you take the ris. To be hones I can't see Parcel Motel wanting anything to go wrong. The last thing they need is a load of expensive deliverys going missing and ruining their reputation.

displaced dub

to get over the hurdle of the 5s delay i have ordered my wife a pink 5c which i will use until the 5s is released here. Used PM for the first time so i will be interested to see how this goes for future UK buys.

displaced dub

Jofspring wrote: »

Most who received here in the last few days ordered on the first day of release or within a few days.

The delivery times on the apple website are pretty spot on.

If you wait for the Irish release and for example its Friday week, then you will still most likely have another 3 weeks minimum wait for the phone after that again. That means your talking the bones of another month before you get the phone.

The phone has also worked out cheaper from apple.co.uk if you consider a 32gb will most likely come to €799. It was only €765 with the exchanhge rate.

The risk is there with Parcel Motel but it's up to yourself whether you take the ris. To be hones I can't see Parcel Motel wanting anything to go wrong. The last thing they need is a load of expensive deliverys going missing and ruining their reputation.

Could not agree more re PM, as someone is business the last thing you want is your reputation destroyed by a driver nicking a phone. Also the driver earns more than the cost of the phone in the week so it makes no sense to risk your income and job for a few hundred euro

whiterebel

Thats pretty naive thinking with regard to courier companies. One of the biggest in the world started doing Apple deliveries and collections for iPod repair/replacements back in the days the iPod was fairly new to market, taking that part of the business off another competitor. All of a sudden the iPods started going missing left right and centre, but how stupid were they? They were nicking the collections i.e. the broken ones...........:pac:
A lot of drivers wouldn't be earning €700 a week, and even if they were, taking 4/5 phones would be worth it. The only thing is that modern tech i.e. barcode scanning etc makes it much easier to pinpoint problems in the chain.

displaced dub

whiterebel wrote: »

Thats pretty naive thinking with regard to courier companies. One of the biggest in the world started doing Apple deliveries and collections for iPod repair/replacements back in the days the iPod was fairly new to market, taking that part of the business off another competitor. All of a sudden the iPods started going missing left right and centre, but how stupid were they? They were nicking the collections i.e. the broken ones...........:pac:
A lot of drivers wouldn't be earning €700 a week, and even if they were, taking 4/5 phones would be worth it. The only thing is that modern tech i.e. barcode scanning etc makes it much easier to pinpoint problems in the chain.

you get caught, and they always do, you get a criminal conviction... That does not travel well in the freight business. Of course stuff goes "missing" all the time

kingshankly

Received mine today gold one looks pretty but no difference to my 5 with the exception of finger print sensor

wush06

Mine still at processing items ordered on the 21st. Did any of you order on or after this date and get any movement on their phone or even get their phone.
Thanks

Wolverine359

Slightly OT but what do iPhone4/4S owners need to do to get the SIM card to fit, will the likes of Carphone warehouse cut the card down to the appropriate size (if that's possible) or do you need to transfer it to a new card altogether? Just want to be ready and know exactly what to do as soon as it comes in the post so I can get my 5S working asap.

billie1b

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Slightly OT but what do iPhone4/4S owners need to do to get the SIM card to fit, will the likes of Carphone warehouse cut the card down to the appropriate size (if that's possible) or do you need to transfer it to a new card altogether? Just want to be ready and know exactly what to do as soon as it comes in the post so I can get my 5S working asap.

They can snip it down for you or issue you with a new nano-card with the same number but with some networks it can take up to 24hrs for the new nano-card to activate as it did with my god-son yesterday

coffeepls

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Slightly OT but what do iPhone4/4S owners need to do to get the SIM card to fit, will the likes of Carphone warehouse cut the card down to the appropriate size (if that's possible) or do you need to transfer it to a new card altogether? Just want to be ready and know exactly what to do as soon as it comes in the post so I can get my 5S working asap.

I called into vodafone today at lunch, they deactivated my current sim card and activated the nanosim. I didn't have the new phone with me (duh - that would've been a good idea), so I'd about 4 hours without network. Got home and hooked up the 5S, synced etc with the new nanosim, all no bother. Happy days

displaced dub

Lads, quick question.

Ordered a pink 5C for the misses and using PM, it's out for delivery to newtownabbey PM depot today. My local PM is Kildare based.

So when they get it today when will it be in PM in Kildare for me?

V1llianous

displaced dub wrote: »

Lads, quick question.

Ordered a pink 5C for the misses and using PM, it's out for delivery to newtownabbey PM depot today. My local PM is Kildare based.

So when they get it today when will it be in PM in Kildare for me?

Parcel motel say 48 hours after delivery to Newtownabbey to cover themselves but normally it would be within 24 hours. I've often had items arrive in NI at 3p.m. and in Lucan at 5 a.m. next day.

displaced dub

Interested to see how my first PM experience goes, if it's as it seems here I can see us using it for other UK sites that don't deliver here

liamcu

Placed an order yesterday. Checked this morning and my order has a dispatch date of 18 October with an expected delivery date of 25 October :-)

displaced dub

Well That PM service really is excellent, Misses 5C delivery to newtownabbey yesterday morning was in Finglas last night and was in my local PM in Kildare at 1.14am. Collected it this am.

Will defo use this service again.

NetNinja

liamcu wrote: »

Placed an order yesterday. Checked this morning and my order has a dispatch date of 18 October with an expected delivery date of 25 October :-)

Same here!

NetNinja

displaced dub wrote: »

Well That PM service really is excellent, Misses 5C delivery to newtownabbey yesterday morning was in Finglas last night and was in my local PM in Kildare at 1.14am. Collected it this am.

Will defo use this service again.

That's good to hear. Decided to use them myself, first time.

Heisenberg1

displaced dub wrote: »

Well That PM service really is excellent, Misses 5C delivery to newtownabbey yesterday morning was in Finglas last night and was in my local PM in Kildare at 1.14am. Collected it this am.

Will defo use this service again.

When did you order the phone ?

wush06

Just got a confirmed date of the 4th of November ordered the 21st and that is to a mate in London so another day to get it over from there.
Did not work out very well this year for me :mad:

displaced dub

Heisenberg1 wrote: »

When did you order the phone ?

Ordered Tuesday morning there's zero shortage of the 5C and the misses is more than happy with it. It's a big step up from her 4

displaced dub

wush06 wrote: »

Just got a confirmed date of the 4th of November ordered the 21st and that is to a mate in London so another day to get it over from there.
Did not work out very well this year for me :mad:

Can you not just cancel it and chance your arm for Irish launch?

wush06

displaced dub wrote: »

Can you not just cancel it and chance your arm for Irish launch?

I'd say with the Irish launch you could be waiting 6 weeks or so for a sim free one. Boys and there toys and all that.
Just thinking about it apple do know how to get to the bottom of your pockets.

scruffmonkey

If anyone is on the mainland and near an apple store, was in the Trafford center yesterday, massive queue outside the apple store waiting for iPhone. came back later and queue gone, loads of phones available in store in every style and colour except gold. Bought myself a 64gb slate grey.

culabula

scruffmonkey wrote: »

If anyone is on the mainland and near an apple store, was in the Trafford center yesterday, massive queue outside the apple store waiting for iPhone. came back later and queue gone, loads of phones available in store in every style and colour except gold. Bought myself a 64gb slate grey.

Don't we all live on the mainland?

copacetic

kingshankly wrote: »

Received mine today gold one looks pretty but no difference to my 5 with the exception of finger print sensor

Have you tired camera? Images are much improved, shutter lag gone competely. Burst mode very good and slow mo video gives good results.

For people who use the phone as their main camera it's prob worth the upgrade on its own. Assuming they sell their 5.

scruffmonkey

culabula wrote: »

Don't we all live on the mainland?

No, we live on an inconsequential bit of dirt off the north west coast of Europe.
So inconsequential that Apple cannot even be arsed to open a retail presence here and we need to go next door to access one.