iPhone 4 ---- July 30th

babypink

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/iphone-4-coming-to-canada-and-16-other-countries-july-30th/


now.... iPad???

J-blk

I wonder when preorders will go up on Apple's IE site? I think I'm going to go for an unlocked one from Apple directly this time around...

silvine

The dodgy reception is really putting me off. It's unlike Apple to release such shoddy hardware.

Sad Professor

I was playing around with a friend's iPhone 4 at the weekend, and I didn't find the "weak spot" to be an issue at all. In fact, it took quite bit of effort to cause it. The "death-grip" thing, on the other hand, is a non-issue imo as every phone I've ever had suffered from it, but I didn't notice that either. The signal was pretty strong in the area though so maybe that was a factor. But he's had it two weeks and said he found reception much better than the 3GS. *shrugs*

I'm not getting an iPhone 4 as my 3GS is still fairly new, but based on that I wouldn't hesitate to buy one. Try and get some hands on experience if you can and decide for yourself. I really think all this hoo-ha over the antenna is bullsh*t. There's a "weak spot" alright, but it seems like a reasonable trade-off considering the much improved reception.

kevteljeur

I'm of the understanding - and it's not based on any hard evidence, which isn't a good thing - that the issues might have been worst with earlier or particular batches, and there is talk that the newer units have less of this trouble. They're even physically somewhat different, apparently.

I know a man, who was impatient and absolutely had to have the lastest iPhone, so he got it up North. I believe that he's happy with the hardware, but didn't care for iOS4, too buggy for him.

If I know I could spare the money, I would get it, but for me it really does need to be a decent phone, rather than a fancy new piece of kit which doesn't actually work that well. It's basic sense to me; if doesn't work right, then it doesn't matter if it's new or potentially could be amazing, it's a poor purchase. I'll be very interested to see the feedback here, if people are happy with it once they get past the shiny-shiny


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big_moe

i got the iphone 4 launch day and had it in a Bumper since day 1. never had any bother with any of it and like Sad Professor says its very hard to actually make the signal drop with normal usgae

adamhh232606

Vodafone has released iPad data prices. Not too bad actually.

€3.99 - 1 day - 500MB
€20 - 30 days - 5GB

http://www.vodafone.ie/mobilebroadband/ipad/

whiterebel

Fairly terrible up against 3's offering:

Price Plan 3Broadband Light 3Broadband Active
Monthly Rental .€9.99 .€19.99
Data allowance .1GB .15GB

http://three.ie/ipad/index.htm

thisisadamh

O2 have released their pricing now as well.

Daily 24 hour Pass €3.97 500MB 2c per MB
30 Day Pass €19.90 5GB 2c per MB

whiterebel

So good to see Voda and O2 being as competitive as ever:rolleyes:

thisisadamh

If I was to get an iPad I would get it on O2 because they have edge in non 3g areas. Voda just have gprs in non 3g areas

Stainless_Steel

thisisadamh wrote: »

If I was to get an iPad I would get it on O2 because they have a edge in non 3g areas. Voda just have gprs in non 3g areas

I don't think the iPad has edge capability...only 3G

thisisadamh

Stainless_Steel wrote: »

I don't think the iPad has edge capability...only 3G

I just checked on the Apple website. It has edge support. http://www.apple.com/ie/ipad/specs/

Stainless_Steel

thisisadamh wrote: »

I just checked on the Apple website. It has edge support. http://www.apple.com/ie/ipad/specs/

Apologies...my bad

thisisadamh

Stainless_Steel wrote: »

Apologies...my bad

No bother

ipodrocker

i wonder too with one week till july 30 will there be pre order or priority to current iphone owners on vodafone and o2.

or will we just randomly queue in the early hours of july30 to get an iphone....

J-blk

ipodrocker wrote: »

i wonder too with one week till july 30 will there be pre order or priority to current iphone owners on vodafone and o2.

or will we just randomly queue in the early hours of july30 to get an iphone....

At this stage it's looking like there will be no pre-order and I'm even wondering if they'll put it up on the website next week even. It seems unbelievable that the iPad is only currently sold in stores and not from Apple's online store directly - when has that ever happened before? The iPhone "launch" here will probably be even worse IMO...

K.O.Kiki

Jev/N

Anyone hazard a guess at the SIM free prices?

€599 & €699?

babypink

and then some

Rushdie

Price for iPhone 4 16GB €599 iPhone 4 32GB €699 sim free so only a €10 difference between the Vodafone Pre-pay price.

http://www.apple.com/ie/pr/library/2010/07/26iphone.html

nesf

Rushdie wrote: »

Price for iPhone 4 16GB €599 iPhone 4 32GB €699 sim free so only a €10 difference between the Vodafone Pre-pay price.

http://www.apple.com/ie/pr/library/2010/07/26iphone.html

I want one, but not at that price tbh.

Ado86

I want one too...
But I have a perfectly good Nokia E71....