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Tezcatlipoca · 13-09-2012, 20:28

Yeah. So far it seems that pre-orders are just for SIM free unlocked. Don't know yet if Apple will also allow people to register one online for collection at an Apple Store. Apple did that for the release of the iPhone 4, but IIRC although it did do reservations for the 4S it was delayed a little, unlike the 4.

The networks should all be doing pre-orders, though. Well, except for O2 unless it has finally got its act together! IIRC from last year, all of them except for O2 allowed people to pre-order in advance. I think O2 also initially only sold it to existing customers.

My contract is up at the end of October. I'll be going for the iPhone 5, although I don't know if I will stick with O2. One thing that has always made me prefer O2 is that it's always had good UK-based CS. But...I read recently that some CS jobs are getting moved offshore, which removes one good thing O2 actually had over its rivals. Couple that with the fact that LTE on the iPhone 5 will only work with EE, I think I may finally move...

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Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Re: The iPhone thread Yeah. So far it seems that pre-orders are just for SIM free unlocked. Don't know yet if Apple will also allow people to register one online for collection at an Apple Store. Apple did that for the release of the iPhone 4, but IIRC although it did do reservations for the 4S it was delayed a little, unlike the 4. The networks should all be doing pre-orders, though. Well, except for O2 unless it has finally got its act together! IIRC from last year, all of them except for O2 allowed people to pre-order in advance. I think O2 also initially only sold it to existing customers. My contract is up at the end of October. I'll be going for the iPhone 5, although I don't know if I will stick with O2. One thing that has always made me prefer O2 is that it's always had good UK-based CS. But...I read recently that some CS jobs are getting moved offshore, which removes one good thing O2 actually had over its rivals. Couple that with the fact that LTE on the iPhone 5 will only work with EE, I think I may finally move...