July 28th

joe316

Looking likely the 28th of July is when they will launch iPhone 4. Telefonica Spain have tweeted that they are launching it on that date, they like us are in the second batch of countries getting it, plus o2 are owned by Telefonica so even more confirmation:



http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/08/next-round-of-international-iphone-4-releases-set-for-july-28th/

tonylee

same date for the iPad?

Basq

tonylee wrote: »

same date for the iPad?

Late August / early September release for the iPad last I heard.

jakdublin

A new iPhone will ease the pain while I wait for the iPad.

BBMcQ

joe316 wrote: »

Looking likely the 28th of July is when they will launch iPhone 4. Telefonica Spain have tweeted that they are launching it on that date, they like us are in the second batch of countries getting it, plus o2 are owned by Telefonica so even more confirmation:



http://www.macrumors.com/2010/07/08/next-round-of-international-iphone-4-releases-set-for-july-28th/

Translation anybody?! Canada is expecting it on 23rd July - so looks like a staggereed "July" release.

Would prefer it to come out on the Monday to be honest! I'm busy on the Friday so would probably miss out for 3-4 weeks if you don't get it on launch day!

eeloe

there's not really giving people much time to pre order are they?

If it's gonna be the 28th, that's two weeks wednesday, i doubt there'll be many people stumping up the guts of 800euro for a 32gb device sim free if they don't give them some more time to gather the money!

elvis jones

CONFIRMED BY MANAGER IN CPW................................( my best mate )

28th is launch day !!!!!!!!!

Also number are going to be VERY small

vinnycoyne

eeloe wrote: »

there's not really giving people much time to pre order are they?

If it's gonna be the 28th, that's two weeks wednesday, i doubt there'll be many people stumping up the guts of 800euro for a 32gb device sim free if they don't give them some more time to gather the money!

Credit cards are wonderful things!

Four of a kind

Will it be availbe sim free in the republic?

Christ Im in Italy from 20th - 29th july and probably will miss launch day...and with second batch numbers been so small I probably won't get one

eeloe

lackofcolour wrote: »

Credit cards are wonderful things!

and you wonder why the country is in recession?
:rolleyes:


sorry i couldn't resist...hahaha!

Dades

Score - I get paid on the 26th!

chrislad

Due my upgrade on the 29th. Rang O2 and asked if iPhone was released on the 28th, could I get my upgrade then? Was told no. Out of contract also so nothing to stop me going to Vodafone for it, but bit peeved as I've been on O2 for about 4 years.

bigjohnny80

Please make it true.

elvis jones

I disn't post anything until i had it straight from my mates mouth so i'm taking it as true !

RedLegend

Here's hoping your mates right! Dying to get my hands one! I'm due a gold upgrade from o2 at the mo. Don't suppose your mate mentioned pricing? Making the step up from 3G to iPhone 4 is gonna be quite something! Can't wait!

cojomo2

chrislad wrote: »

Due my upgrade on the 29th. Rang O2 and asked if iPhone was released on the 28th, could I get my upgrade then? Was told no. Out of contract also so nothing to stop me going to Vodafone for it, but bit peeved as I've been on O2 for about 4 years.

no surprises there

elvis jones

No all i know is launch date and small numbers. Main reason he knows is to have all staff in that day.

kopite davo

i'm ready to go, saved my money from the 40/1 winner i had last month
happy days :D:D:D

elvis jones

In 6 weeks i've gone from no upgrade to a gold one:cool:

Roll on July 28th

johnc24

Don't get me wrong I am as excited about the iphone 4 as the next person, but should we be so excited given the cockup they made with the antennae issues...?

Should we not hold out for a decent fix?

naasrd

johnc24 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong I am as excited about the iphone 4 as the next person, but should we be so excited given the cockup they made with the antennae issues...?

Should we not hold out for a decent fix?

Yeah, it's been on my mind a lot. In the rush and excitement of it all it is worth bearing in mind.

miralize

johnc24 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong I am as excited about the iphone 4 as the next person, but should we be so excited given the cockup they made with the antennae issues...?

Should we not hold out for a decent fix?

The problem should be hurting the US customers more. AT&T is a notoriously bad provider. iPhone users had problems even before the antennae issues arose.

I doubt that it will be as big of a problem here, and besides, Apple have (sort of) addressed the issue, with a (possible) fix coming in a few weeks.

RedLegend

elvis jones wrote: »

In 6 weeks i've gone from no upgrade to a gold one:cool:

Roll on July 28th

How ya manage that one chief?

RedLegend

Wonder when we can expect to hear something official from apple/providers??

elvis jones

RedLegend wrote: »

How ya manage that one chief?

fcuk knows, logged in and my account says i have a gold upgrade !

kopite davo

johnc24 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong I am as excited about the iphone 4 as the next person, but should we be so excited given the cockup they made with the antennae issues...?

Should we not hold out for a decent fix?

i know what you mean, but when i cover the front of my sony i lose bars in the exact same way !!!

if i dont get the ip4 in the first wave of phones i may go for the desire as out of contract now.i could'nt be arsed waiting another couple of months.

donkey balls

elvis jones wrote: »

fcuk knows, logged in and my account says i have a gold upgrade !

can someone thats with 02 explain the likes of the silver/gold upgrades for me please,afaik no other operator over these.
by getting one how much cheaper do you get a mobile compared to a new customer.

digiman

I cancelled my contract last week and when I logged in a few days ago I also had a gold upgrade.

RedLegend

Sounds like o2 are bumping up customers upgrade status to get more people to buy the new iPhone and onto 18 month iPhone contracts methinks! Didn't AT&T do something similar in the states? Another indication of an imminent iPhone 4 release. Fingers crossed inallinanyways!

BBMcQ

donkey balls wrote: »

can someone thats with 02 explain the likes of the silver/gold upgrades for me please,afaik no other operator over these.
by getting one how much cheaper do you get a mobile compared to a new customer.

Silver upgrade is basic upgrade after 12 months. You get any phone for the same price as a new customer.

Gold upgrade is up to 50 euro off a new phone.

Your upgrade is dependent on your spend in the last 12 calendar months with O2. ie. if you had a big bill in May 2009, it now doesn't count towards your upgrade status. It's got nothing to do with length of time you're with them.

Really hope it's coming out on 28th as said before. Now to get anonymous O2 employee to confirm!

BBMcQ

http://www.devicemag.com/2010/07/09/iphone-4-international-release-date-could-be-july-28-iphone-4-launching-in-88-countries-by-september/

http://www.theexpressusa.com/2010/07/09/iphone-4-coming-july-28-to-other-countries/

http://www.phonedog.com/2010/07/09/rumor-iphone-4-launching-to-more-international-customers-july-28th/

http://www.nextiphonenews.com/2010/07/next-iphone-4-international-launch-set-for-july-28th/

http://www.allnewsmac.com/2010/07/08/iphone-4-to-be-available-in-18-more-countries-on-july-28/

Seems Gospel, although using the same Movistar source as a premise.

Lumi

digiman wrote: »

I cancelled my contract last week and when I logged in a few days ago I also had a gold upgrade.

Logged on tonight and my upgrade had been removed - contract free & off to 3!!! :mad:

Four of a kind

so if the 28th is the next release of the batch down here, then surely they will have micro sims available in o2/vf etc on their sim free models?

Owen

The 24th was confirmed to me by a staff member today, who'd been given documentation on it. My name has also been taken for a waiting list too.

robbie1876

PaintDoctor wrote: »

The 24th was confirmed to me by a staff member today, who'd been given documentation on it. My name has also been taken for a waiting list too.

What store was that, Doctor?

Owen

I'm not going to say for fear that the guy gets into trouble.

squeakyduck

UGH! ****!

28th of July is like a week before my due date for my thesis....We're just gonna be flogging out phones in CPW!

Am I like the only person not happy about this?! :P

robbie1876

Fair enough, I'm just curious about the waiting list cos I've been told by a couple of 02 stores that there is none! Come on the day and take your chances is what they are telling me, but I don't buy it.

BBMcQ

squeakyduck wrote: »

UGH! ****!

28th of July is like a week before my due date for my thesis....We're just gonna be flogging out phones in CPW!

Am I like the only person not happy about this?! :P

yes

miralize

Asked a woman in o2 in Limerick today. She said that due to the stock levels, stores around europe are only getting 16% of the the phones ordered.

She also said that because of this, it will be unlikely that we will be able to pre-order the phone.

ronnie3585

miralize wrote: »

Asked a woman in o2 in Limerick today. She said that due to the stock levels, stores around europe are only getting 16% of the the phones ordered.

Jaysus.

Is this a deliberate tactic by Apple to drum up hype about the phone?

irish1967

Fionagus wrote: »

Logged on tonight and my upgrade had been removed - contract free & off to 3!!! :mad:

Removed?? Why?? They can't do that. Even if you just opted out of contract it states that there is NO PENALTY for doing so. I would be on the phone to 02 asking why your upgrade was 'removed'.

milltown

irish1967 wrote: »

Removed?? Why?? They can't do that. Even if you just opted out of contract it states that there is NO PENALTY for doing so. I would be on the phone to 02 asking why your upgrade was 'removed'.

What's the problem here? Whether you take an upgrade or buy the phone as a new customer (not normally much difference in price afaik) then you're straight back into a contract again anyway. Why would they be offering subsidised phones to people when they've no way of knowing what sort of return they might get?

Back on topic:
I was in Liffey Valley yesterday and asked in the Three store when they would be getting the iPhones in and the girl said they were told "about two months". No launch day iPhone 4s for any Three customers saving their upgrades by the looks of it

BBMcQ

irish1967 wrote: »

Removed?? Why?? They can't do that. Even if you just opted out of contract it states that there is NO PENALTY for doing so. I would be on the phone to 02 asking why your upgrade was 'removed'.

Any upgrade with any operator is entirely at their discretion. They won't tell you exactly how it's calculated but usually its average spend over the last 12 months. The person's average spend probably just dropped below the upgrade level, bad timing probably!

Dades

PaintDoctor wrote: »

The 24th was confirmed to me by a staff member today, who'd been given documentation on it. My name has also been taken for a waiting list too.

I can't believe O2 are going to run another waiting list fiasco like last time!

So now we've two confirmed dates. The 24th and the 28th.

bigjohnny80

Sick of the omerta from the networks.

Lumi

stuartmchugh wrote: »

Any upgrade with any operator is entirely at their discretion. They won't tell you exactly how it's calculated but usually its average spend over the last 12 months. The person's average spend probably just dropped below the upgrade level, bad timing probably!

Actually, my average spend had increased. To be fair to O2 once I contacted them about this via their forum my upgrade 'reappeared'. probably some kind of computer glitch I suppose;)

displaced dub

just spoke with one of the lads i work with in amsterdam and he asked me if i could get him a phone in belfast as he cant wait till october.

told him holland same as ireland and launch date end of month, he says vodafone said to him that they have been told october due to demand.

elvis jones

displaced dub wrote: »

just spoke with one of the lads i work with in amsterdam and he asked me if i could get him a phone in belfast as he cant wait till october.

told him holland same as ireland and launch date end of month, he says vodafone said to him that they have been told october due to demand.

I have already said it will be Novemeber before full market supply is up and running.

I believe they will have tiny numbers on July 28th just to say they did launch on schedule even it is to be a very very very limited launch.

bigjohnny80

Can your mate confirm if its restricted to billpay upgrades?

Paul1979

im on the waiting list, i have gold upgrade, shop assistant said small amount coming in