iPhone 5

[El Presidente]

I'm going 16gb, regardless of price...

1. With iTunes Match I now store very little music on my phone itself now.
2. I don't keep photos on my phone, other than the camera roll between syncs.
3. I don't store video on my phone.
4. A lot of the incremental cost for the bigger capacities is eroded at re-sale time.

I have a Blackberry as work abroad a lot and BBM is the cheapest way to communicate with home as uses wi-fi.

Can Messages on the iPhone link to an iPod Touch and therefore do the same?

 

[Aadam]

I have a Blackberry as work abroad a lot and BBM is the cheapest way to communicate with home as uses wi-fi.

Can Messages on the iPhone link to an iPod Touch and therefore do the same?

If you have iMessage you can communicate with anyone on an iPod, iPad, Apple computer or iPhone with iMessage.

 

[El Presidente]

If you have iMessage you can communicate with anyone on an iPod, iPad, Apple computer or iPhone with iMessage.

Thanks!

 

[Aadam]

Just to add, if you're on an iPod with iMessage you need wifi to communicate.

 

[tinx]

Ordered at 8.05... 2-3 week lead time. Bah

Did you order an extra cable? I did and it gave me 2-3 week delivery. I cancelled the lead and iot now says delivery next friday

 

[Box of Frogs]

Website busy updating!!

http://store.apple.com/uk/go/iphone

 

[Aadam]

Works fine for me.

 

[Springal]

Did you order an extra cable? I did and it gave me 2-3 week delivery. I cancelled the lead and iot now says delivery next friday

Ah yes - thank you!

 

[Box of Frogs]

Go to the pre-order bit and it just says "We'll be back!"

Grrr!

 

[tinx]

I did it on Apples website at about 8:15 and it went though fine.

 

[tinx]

I see delivery estimate is 2 weeks already now though.

 

[Another Berkshire Seagull]

#switchtolumia

 

[Bozza]

#switchtolumia

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Unfortunately for Nokia and your chums at Microsoft, most of that stuff doesn't matter to most people.

The Lumia does look a cracking handset, but it needs to be. Nokia and Microsoft are pushing against a massive headwind and they'll need to keep throwing cash at developers for them to produce software for the platform because otherwise they'll have very little interest, focusing instead on the vibrant iOS and Android ecosystems.

Also, the Lumia isn't here yet and there is no release date either - just sometime later this year. That's almost as bad as RIM in terms of timing, and does them no favours at all.

Good luck to Nokia/Microsoft - they're going to need it.

 

[tinx]

#switchtolumia

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But thats a horrible yellow colour.

 

[clippedgull]

Got one in the bag via Apple online earlier for delivery next Friday (backup in case I bottle out of the 'live launch'!).

Still looking forward to my Churchill Square Q'athon though.

 

[beorhthelm]

Unfortunately for Nokia and your chums at Microsoft, most of that stuff doesn't matter to most people.

im no Microsoft lover, but i think their new phones may surprise. the wireless charging and image stabalisation are gimmicky but are the sort of thing that might interest enough people. free music will definatly appeal (though how does that work with a bandwidth cap?). getting the price right is most important, if they put the 920 out for £400 (and less for 820) and that will definatly create a stir.

as for apps, lets face it they only need to port Angry Birds to cover 90% of users app usage an eco system of x000 apps is not really a driver any more than NFC, nice but not really demanded by users. a few core apps is whats required and i would assume they have office type ones nailed down.

 

[Bozza]

im no Microsoft lover, but i think their new phones may surprise. the wireless charging and image stabalisation are gimmicky but are the sort of thing that might interest enough people.

It's a shame the image stabilisation isn't good enough for them to actually use themselves in their adverts - Is Nokias Marketing Misleading? | Pocketnow - shameful.

 

[drop dead fred]

Anyone had any luck getting a nano sim off any of the networks
Vodafone are useless and keep trying to give me a micro sim

 

[Aadam]

So it looks like o2 really have simplified things. Calls and text messages are unlimited and Data is 1GB. Depending on how much you pay for the contract drives the price of the phone.

£26 a month | 16GB £249.99 | 32GB £359.99 | 64GB £449.99
£31 a month | 16GB £159.99 | 32GB £269.99 | 64GB £349.99
£36 a month | 16GB £099.99 | 32GB £209.99 | 64GB £269.99
£41 a month | 16GB £029.99 | 32GB £139.99 | 64GB £209.99
£46 a month | 16GB £000.00 | 32GB £089.99 | 64GB £169.99

(added the zeros in because it messed up my tables)

 

[DTES]

So it looks like o2 really have simplified things. Calls and text messages are unlimited and Data is 1GB. Depending on how much you pay for the contract drives the price of the phone.

£26 a month | 16GB £249.99 | 32GB £359.99 | 64GB £449.99
£31 a month | 16GB £159.99 | 32GB £269.99 | 64GB £349.99
£36 a month | 16GB £099.99 | 32GB £209.99 | 64GB £269.99
£41 a month | 16GB £029.99 | 32GB £139.99 | 64GB £209.99
£46 a month | 16GB £000.00 | 32GB £089.99 | 64GB £169.99

(added the zeros in because it messed up my tables)

O2 have to do something special, not having 4G. What length are those contracts? My 4S contract was only 12 months (only available to then existing customers), any sign of them doing similar again?