iPhone 6/6+ First Impressions

Zcott

Yep, that's a decent price.

culabula

realdanbreen wrote: »

Sorry, that should be 64gb. Well this is brand new from 3 @ 750.00.

But.....Tis a terrible price if locked to Three. Make sure it isnt or else pay the extra 49€ and get an unlocked phone.

realdanbreen

culabula wrote: »

But.....Tis a terrible price if locked to Three. Make sure it isnt or else pay the extra 49€ and get an unlocked phone.

Its a pay as you go phone

Gumbo

realdanbreen wrote: »

Its a pay as you go phone

So it's locked to Three.
Better value to buy from apple direct, it's sim free and you can pick and choose your sim only plan that's suitd to you.

culabula

realdanbreen wrote: »

Its a pay as you go phone

I can't understand why you would think this a good deal: paying nearly the full price as Apple would charge you to get a locked handset that they won't unlock until you've spent a certain sum. Please don't do this.

dodzy

culabula wrote: »

I can't understand why you would think this a good deal: paying nearly the full price as Apple would charge you to get a locked handset that they won't unlock until you've spent a certain sum. Please don't do this.

It's €799 from apple. €50 less from three. Perhaps the assumption was that it was unlocked, which would make it a good deal (compared to OEM seller) or perhaps the "good deal" refers to the possibility that the user may be quite happy with three and the chosen plan, and has no intention of changing provider. The unlock entitlement would eventually come. Again, a good deal.

culabula

dodzy wrote: »

It's €799 from apple. €50 less from three. Perhaps the assumption was that it was unlocked, which would make it a good deal (compared to OEM seller) or perhaps the "good deal" refers to the possibility that the user may be quite happy with three and the chosen plan, and has no intention of changing provider. The unlock entitlement would eventually come. Again, a good deal.

50€ extra gets you something that's sellable in the event of a new iPhone being released.
It allows you to SIM-swap if travelling. 50€ extra avoids having to spend probably over 150€ to get it unlocked, eventually, and the possible hassle of requesting this.

For such a small bit extra, I'd choose lack of hassle and peace of mind. It still allows you to choose Three and their PAYG offer, anyway

realdanbreen

kceire wrote: »

So it's locked to Three.
Better value to buy from apple direct, it's sim free and you can pick and choose your sim only plan that's suitd to you.

Yer man in the 3 shop said nothing about being locked to 3. I thought I could work away with my O2 pay as you go pre paid credits?

dodzy

realdanbreen wrote: »

Yer man in the 3 shop said nothing about being locked to 3. I thought I could work away with my O2 pay as you go pre paid credits?

No, if it's €70 less than Apple direct, it'll be locked to 3. No question.

culabula

realdanbreen wrote: »

Yer man in the 3 shop said nothing about being locked to 3. I thought I could work away with my O2 pay as you go pre paid credits?

No chance. It will be locked to Three, of that you can be sure.

Gumbo

realdanbreen wrote: »

Yer man in the 3 shop said nothing about being locked to 3. I thought I could work away with my O2 pay as you go pre paid credits?

it's locked to Three.

realdanbreen

culabula wrote: »

No chance. It will be locked to Three, of that you can be sure.

What exactly does that mean? I can still keep my 086 number right?
Does it mean I am on the 3 network as opposed to the O2 one?
But aren't they all much of a muchness nowadays?

shanec1928

realdanbreen wrote: »

What exactly does that mean? I can still keep my 086 number right?
Does it mean I am on the 3 network as opposed to the O2 one?
But aren't they all much of a muchness nowadays?

yes the phone is locked to three. Which will require you to move networks..

realdanbreen

shanec1928 wrote: »

yes the phone is locked to three. Which will require you to move networks..

Sorry to be a pain, but why would I need to move networks?
Isn't the 3 coverage as good as the O2?

culabula

realdanbreen wrote: »

What exactly does that mean? I can still keep my 086 number right?
Does it mean I am on the 3 network as opposed to the O2 one?
But aren't they all much of a muchness nowadays?

Not really, no. Look at what you get from Three for 20€ and compare. Nobody else gives you unlimited data AND you get to keep the 20€ until you start spending it.

dodzy

realdanbreen wrote: »

Sorry to be a pain, but why would I need to move networks?
Isn't the 3 coverage as good as the O2?

The coverage is irrelevant as it will vary depending on your location (or at least where you spend the bulk of your time), and only you can decide if the €50 saving is worth the move based on the above along with plan cost/offerings.

The important point here is that if you buy the phone from 3, then you will have to move networks, change your SIM, and be stuck with that network on whatever plan you choose, until you get to their "minimum spend" this enabling you to request unlock code, and then move should you wish. You are with o2 currently. If you wist to remain with them, then you will need to look elsewhere for the phone, either o2, or unlocked to all networks. Culabula's advice following my earlier post pretty much covers it.

FourFourRED

Interesting that Three UK are selling all phones unlocked now, wonder will the Irish crowd follow suit?

culabula

FourFourFM wrote: »

Interesting that Three UK are selling all phones unlocked now, wonder will the Irish crowd follow suit?

Not looking that way as Three UK have been doing it for some time now. Also, not falling in line with that crowd's "Feel At Home" offering.

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Anyone else having issues tethering to their windows laptop? It's as if the iPhone keeps quickly connecting and disconnecting...

stimpson

Jace Whispering Yodeler wrote: »

Anyone else having issues tethering to their windows laptop? It's as if the iPhone keeps quickly connecting and disconnecting...

I had similar symptoms on my new machine although I wasn't tethering. A fresh install of iTunes sorted it out.

realdanbreen

realdanbreen wrote: »

Sorry to be a pain, but why would I need to move networks?
Isn't the 3 coverage as good as the O2?

Go the iphone6 64gb yesterday from O2, 749.99 pay as you go.

culabula

realdanbreen wrote: »

Go the iphone6 64gb yesterday from O2, 749.99 pay as you go.

So, it too will be locked. Try requesting unlocking on their site. Travelling is usually a good reason. Not sure if they will do it as readily on PAYG, though.

realdanbreen

culabula wrote: »

So, it too will be locked. Try requesting unlocking on their site. Travelling is usually a good reason. Not sure if they will do it as readily on PAYG, though.

It's OK, she is already an O2 customer

culabula

realdanbreen wrote: »

It's OK, she is already an O2 customer

I realise that but an unlocked phone is a desirable thing.

McGrath5

O2 require that you spend €150 on call credit to unock a a prepay phone.

squonk

realdanbreen wrote: »

Go the iphone6 64gb yesterday from O2, 749.99 pay as you go.

50 quid more and you'd have gotten it unlocked from Apple and could have chosen your ideal plan to spend as little per month as possible. Buying a phone PAYG outright like that doesn't seem like a lot of sense to me.

Zcott

I made the mistake of opening a thread on Reddit about front facing misaligned cameras, and mine appears to be a pretty bad case. Some folks have had no trouble with replacement, but how does yours look?

Here's mine:

Mimikyu

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Eire Go Brach

Zcott wrote: »

I made the mistake of opening a thread on Reddit about front facing misaligned cameras, and mine appears to be a pretty bad case. Some folks have had no trouble with replacement, but how does yours look?

Here's mine:

I had never heard of this till now. Low and behold. Mine is misaligned by about .25 to .33 of a MM. I never even noticed it. In fact, Is it possible there moving inside?

Have you contacted Apple on it? Now I am thinking of sending mine back.

mad muffin

No problems herebut I have seen a post on macrumour about it.