iPhone 5 Belfast

Bigcheeze

fox007 wrote: »

Bigcheeze wrote: »

fox007 wrote: »

For anyone who knows the shopping centre the Que is going from the Apple store back towards Top shop over the little bridge and back down to mamas &papas, So a good crowd here everyone in good sprint even tho it's cold

Have they allocated tickets to those in lthe line? Sounds like a lot more people queuing this year?

I just got my Golden ticket now about 40 ahead of me easily 300 here now

Wow some people going to be disappointed. I guess this is what happens when you have one apple store for 5 million people.

mad muffin

Sooooo, whose gotten their grubby little hands on one?

White or black?

Graham

Anyone still in the queue? What's it looking like for stock availability through the day?

Scorpion venom

Bigcheeze wrote: »

fox007 wrote: »

Bigcheeze wrote: »

fox007 wrote: »

For anyone who knows the shopping centre the Que is going from the Apple store back towards Top shop over the little bridge and back down to mamas &papas, So a good crowd here everyone in good sprint even tho it's cold

Have they allocated tickets to those in lthe line? Sounds like a lot more people queuing this year?

I just got my Golden ticket now about 40 ahead of me easily 300 here now

Wow some people going to be disappointed. I guess this is what happens when you have one apple store for 5 million people.

I got my golden ticket to so happy I came up hehe arrived at 7am around 15 ahead of me

Graham

Is anyone picking up a UK PAYG sim so they're able to test the phone prior to SIM-Surgery?

miralize

Got it. Now to sleep on the train back to Limerick

Qwerty Dub

miralize wrote: »

Got it. Now to sleep on the train back to Limerick

You went from Limerick? Fair play.

Id be playing with it all the way home.

smithysmith

Anyone know what the queues like now?

hawkwind23

if anyone's interested ill be in Belfast this week and can bring one to Dublin/Drogheda on Wednesday.

all i ask is the train fare.

PM me

Gumbo

Home safe and sound with 2 new iPhone 5's

Left finglas at 2am. Got there and into the que about at about 3.40am.

Got into the shop at 9am.

Had to be about 65-70 in front of me at 3.45am.
Met up with a bunch of people and had a bit of laugh and the time flew in!

Parking from 3.30 to 9.15 was 7.20stg.

Got a free O2 PAYG sim to p,at around with incase the cutting doesn't go to plan.

Harcrid

Initial first impressions of how it feels, looks?

Graham

Let us know how you get on with the sim-surgery (or is that nano-surgery) .

L5

kceire wrote: »

Home safe and sound with 2 new iPhone 5's

Left finglas at 2am. Got there and into the que about at about 3.40am.

Got into the shop at 9am.

Had to be about 65-70 in front of me at 3.45am.
Met up with a bunch of people and had a bit of laugh and the time flew in!

Parking from 3.30 to 9.15 was 7.20stg.

Got a free O2 PAYG sim to p,at around with incase the cutting doesn't go to plan.

What colours?
I've heard the black attracts fingerprints that are hard to remove. Which colour looks better in your opinion?

Gumbo

Celtxx wrote: »

Initial first impressions of how it feels, looks?

The box looks well
Haven't opened them yet, waiting for the go to get home and I'm having a sambo first, I'm starving. On my sisters iPad now, god there great!

Graham wrote: »

Let us know how you get on with the sim-surgery (or is that nano-surgery) .

Will do. Gonna attempt it later. Didn't sleep last night so will do it with a clear head.

L5 wrote: »

What colours?
I've heard the black attracts fingerprints that are hard to remove. Which colour looks better in your opinion?

Both in white. Somebody in the que mentioned that the black attracts scuffs more but I didn't know wether to believe them or not?

PS-Anthony, you on here?

mad muffin

Many reports on macrumours that the black one is scuffed right out of the box :eek:

I think Ill have to go with the white one.

Gumbo

cash4clothes wrote: »

I will pay 700 Euro for Iphone 5. Please pm me if you have spare ones. I can take a few by cash in Dublin

16gb I assume? Hardly worth the hassle to sell for that considering fuel and parking costs.

L5

Looks like ill be getting a white one so.

cash4clothes

kceire wrote: »

16gb I assume? Hardly worth the hassle to sell for that considering fuel and parking costs.

Yes for 16GB. I agree it not great but still 40 Euro profit..

pjjk90

Hey I was wondering what was the queue like when you left? Also did anyone say what stock levels where like? Want to head up but don't want to waste a journey up there to find out the queue is still insanely long and there's none left.

Thanks

L5

cash4clothes wrote: »

Yes for 16GB. I agree it not great but still 40 Euro profit..

40 euro profit for driving up and standing in a queue for roughly 5/6 hours .
Riiiiiiiiight. Your inbox is overflowing with pm's from people wanting to taking up your kind offer I'd imagine.

Eircom_Sucks

somebody gets out of bed early , travels to belfast , stands for hours , all to make 40 profit

good luck somebody selling u one

i got 4 and have 3 to sell

Graham

Do you have them on adverts yet?

Eircom_Sucks

Graham wrote: »

Do you have them on adverts yet?

obviously not if your here

im just waiting to hear back from friends , before i advertise them

McGrath5

If the lucky few who managed to get a iPhone 5 could put a few unboxing pictures up it would be much appreciated.

Gumbo

cash4clothes wrote: »

Yes for 16GB. I agree it not great but still 40 Euro profit..

No profit at all. Parking is 2.70 stag per hour plus fuel.

pjjk90 wrote: »

Hey I was wondering what was the queue like when you left? Also did anyone say what stock levels where like? Want to head up but don't want to waste a journey up there to find out the queue is still insanely long and there's none left.

Thanks

Tbh I think they will sell out quickly. Make a phone call first.

Graham

There's only so much refreshing a trackpad can take.

Gumbo

You rucking daisy, my spare meteor micro sim fits perfect after being trimmed a bit. No sanding, no filing just a few slits with a scissors

Graham

Does it come out as easy :eek:

cash4clothes

Any unboxing pics?

miralize

Its really light. The camera has amazing clarity.

The screen is as stunning as the 4s, maybe a bit better with colour management.

1080p videos are just wow!

fox007

Unboxing

fox007

Great craic I would do it again tomorrow I got there at 245 left apple just after 9 am parking was £6.70 £4 over night rate then 2.70 8-9happy with that.I stopped for something to eat on my way home love the iPhone 5 I also got a three uk sim but think I will cut my one now kc I say you were just behind me I was at the jewelers from 3ish to 6am then the we moved up

Gumbo

fox007 wrote: »

kc I say you were just behind me I was at the jewelers from 3ish to 6am then the we moved up

I was on the bridge type thing with 2 northy lads and a couple from Tallaght.

McGrath5

What did the majority of people go for? I am torn between getting the 16GB or 32GB.

120_Minutes

c_murph wrote: »

I'd say anyone planning on trying to convert an existing SIM into a nano SIM should read this - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/18/nano_sim/

The contacts on the card are re-arranged, so it doesn't seem to be a simple case of cutting the card down to size. At least try with an old card or throwaway prepay card if you want to give it a go.

The register has it slightly wrong, there are two types of "full size" sims out there: older types with large contacts and newer ones with the same contacts (3FF) as the micro sim. both these types can be cut to micro sim (the larger contacts get cut slightly but work fine) but only sims with 3FF contacts can be cut to nano sim.

fox007

Im having terrible trouble with an old meteor micro sim must be the bigger contact I have. will check a spare o2 one before i butcher my 3 sim;)

Gumbo

Perfect Choice wrote: »

What did the majority of people go for? I am torn between getting the 16GB or 32GB.

32gb for me
16gb for her

fox007

Here is a nano sim on left to a micro sim

This can not be cut I don't think

nebo

I'd a great time up there, arrived at 1 and got my black 16GB iPhone 5 at 8.30. Made it back to dublin at 11.
I filed my 3 micro sim down, it's working perfectly for me, loving the new phone!

fox007

can someone post a photo of there sim up for me please? I don't want to start filling my sim down untill i know its the right one

Gumbo

fox007 wrote: »

Here is a nano sim on left to a micro sim

This can not be cut I don't think

thats an old micro sim. get a newer one and the contacts are alot smaller.
My micro sim contact was the same size as the contact on the nano sim i got in belfast this morning.

mad muffin

Let us know if your black one is scuff free please.

fox007

@kceire cheers for that over to Omni I go so thanks again

pjjk90

Just thought I'd update just arrived in Belfast, 30 minute queue and all models are in stock

jamieh

Hi all,

I'm thinking of heading up to Belfast next Saturday to pick up an iPhone.

Do ye reckon I'd be able to pick one up then? I presume the inital hype will have died down a bit by next weekend. Was originally going to order online but realistically looking at 3-4 weeks wait.

Gumbo

jamieh wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm thinking of heading up to Belfast next Saturday to pick up an iPhone.

Do ye reckon I'd be able to pick one up then? I presume the inital hype will have died down a bit by next weekend. Was originally going to order online but realistically looking at 3-4 weeks wait.

If you order at 8am on the Apple.ie site you will most likely have it within a week.
If determined to go to Belfast, make a call to them first to confirm they have stock.

jamieh

kceire wrote: »

If you order at 8am on the Apple.ie site you will most likely have it within a week.
If determined to go to Belfast, make a call to them first to confirm they have stock.

Cheers mate.

I'm actually around the Belfast area next Saturday anyway so I was thinking of collecting one from the store.

I presume you can cancel an order from the Apple store online, provided it hasn't shipped. (So I could pre-order on Friday morning and if I get one in the store on Saturday I could cancel the pre-order.). Or is that pure greed

fox007

Just an update on the Nano sims lads I went to three and they gave me one no problem I just explained I stood in the cold for 6 hrs 😠once the have then in stock there should be no problem.love the feel of the iPhone 5 feels a lot more balanced typing with just one hand 😀

Gumbo

fox007 wrote: »

Just an update on the Nano sims lads I went to three and they gave me one no problem I just explained I stood in the cold for 6 hrs 😠once the have then in stock there should be no problem.love the feel of the iPhone 5 feels a lot more balanced typing with just one hand 😀

now hopefully Meteor get the blank ones soon. I know mine is running fine on the cut down micro sim but i'd like to get a proper nano sim in there just incase.

Scorpion venom

kceire wrote: »

now hopefully Meteor get the blank ones soon. I know mine is running fine on the cut down micro sim but i'd like to get a proper nano sim in there just incase.

I agree with you there did u find it hard to cut the sim card ?