Free iPad mini 2 with Sunday Times subscription (18 months)

TriStar6

gerrybbadd wrote: »

I see another paper is now offering a similar deal, with a Samsung tablet, but its a €299 up front payment (can't find the specific details right now, of course!)

This one?
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/digital-edition/get-a-free-samsung-tablet-when-you-subscribe-to-weekend-home-delivery-and-the-digital-edition-31457765.html

darklighter

You also get a €50 One4All card.....but delivery isnt available in my area!

Mr E

dulpit wrote: »

I still think it's a good offer for the Ipad, although at this stage I'm not convinced I'll be keeping the subscription up once my 18 month contract has ended. What do others think?

I dip into it every morning in bed just to see what's in the news (mainly skimming the headlines). I enjoy the weekend supplements too.

Like you, I don't know if I'll keep the subscription beyond 18 months. I've set a calendar reminder to let me know when I've paid the 18th installment. I'll make a decision then.

I'm probably using it more for Zinio (free magazine subscriptions). The ipad is really great for that.

chrislad

dulpit wrote: »

Just some observations after having subscription for the last few months:

1. The apps on both phone and tablet have become much much better
2. The tablet app is still much better than the phone, but the phone app is fine for quick reads
3. The paper, even though being an "Irish edition", is still clearly a UK paper with an Irish section - people should be aware of this. The Irish coverage is decent though, there's plenty to read through (Think of the Sunday Times and how much Irish scope is there - same sort of breakdown)

I still think it's a good offer for the Ipad, although at this stage I'm not convinced I'll be keeping the subscription up once my 18 month contract has ended. What do others think?

The goals section is fairly good, and it's updated regularly. My one gripe is that I can't get the PDF version of the paper on the phone app. I've an 6S Plus so the screen is fine for the likes of that.

Hmm_Messiah

TriStar6 wrote: »

This one?
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/digital-edition/get-a-free-samsung-tablet-when-you-subscribe-to-weekend-home-delivery-and-the-digital-edition-31457765.html

any idea of the tablet specs - I tried going thro purchase to see it - there are ** suggesting detail/terms somewhere but I cannot find

Birneybau

TriStar6 wrote: »

This one?
http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/digital-edition/get-a-free-samsung-tablet-when-you-subscribe-to-weekend-home-delivery-and-the-digital-edition-31457765.html

€299 to read Barry Egan and Niamh Horan for a year?

TAKE MY MONEY!!!

Mr E

Hmm_Messiah wrote: »

any idea of the tablet specs - I tried going thro purchase to see it - there are ** suggesting detail/terms somewhere but I cannot find

Samsung Tab 4 7"

https://www.reachhomedelivery.ie/newspapers-magazines/terms

I assume it's this one (value £119)

whiterebel

ablelocks wrote: »

i'm hoping that Apple discontinue the mini 2 soon, and if the offer then includes mini 4 i will be signing up for it.

Apple are probably only doing this until they get rid of stock of mini 2

maynooth_rules

Mr E wrote: »

Samsung Tab 4 7"

https://www.reachhomedelivery.ie/newspapers-magazines/terms

I assume it's this one (value £119)

Thats disapointing. Id have no problem signing up to these offers if they had a full size tablet. Id really want 9 inches

dulpit

maynooth_rules wrote: »

Id really want 9 inches

mpearce

Hi,

As a subscriber as part of the iPad mini promotion I have a couple of questions and feature requests that might also be of interest to anyone considering signing up.

1. Is there any possibilities of providing league tables, fixtures, etc. across english leagues and abroad similar to the printed edition. While goal highlights are useful the lack of tables and fixtures is a drawback. including fixtures across numerous sports.

2. Any Chance of providing an 'update only on wifi' option for the android phone app (Ireland edition). Each time I open this app there is a > 20mb update and with a limited mobile data allowance I am unable to use the app as much as I want. Similar to this only having today's edition available is another drawback. Even with 'background updates' and 'push notifications' off every time the app is opened there is a large data download. Would be nice to be able to read saved articles or previous sunday edition without this data download or any other work around you might have.

3. I also lost access to the uk apps recently and it was mentioned that the uk website could be used. This does not render correctly on an iPad 1 across multiple browsers, e.g. 'load more' button doesn't work amongst other problems

Many thanks for your response in advance.

Pique

mpearce wrote:

2. Any Chance of providing an 'update only on wifi' option for the android phone app (Ireland edition). Each time I open this app there is a > 20mb update and with a limited mobile data allowance I am unable to use the app as much as I want. Similar to this only having today's edition available is another drawback. Even with 'background updates' and 'push notifications' off every time the app is opened there is a large data download. Would be nice to be able to read saved articles or previous sunday edition without this data download or any other work around you might have.

Open Play Store
Go to My Apps
Click on the App in question.
Tap the 3 vertical dots on the top right of the page
Uncheck the "Auto Update" box.

Now it will notify you that updates are available but you can swipe to clear it and update when you want. This works with most apps unless the Times app has some setting that only allows it to work if it's at the latest version.

corks finest

mpearce wrote: »

Hi,

As a subscriber as part of the iPad mini promotion I have a couple of questions and feature requests that might also be of interest to anyone considering signing up.

1. Is there any possibilities of providing league tables, fixtures, etc. across english leagues and abroad similar to the printed edition. While goal highlights are useful the lack of tables and fixtures is a drawback. including fixtures across numerous sports.

2. Any Chance of providing an 'update only on wifi' option for the android phone app (Ireland edition). Each time I open this app there is a > 20mb update and with a limited mobile data allowance I am unable to use the app as much as I want. Similar to this only having today's edition available is another drawback. Even with 'background updates' and 'push notifications' off every time the app is opened there is a large data download. Would be nice to be able to read saved articles or previous sunday edition without this data download or any other work around you might have.

3. I also lost access to the uk apps recently and it was mentioned that the uk website could be used. This does not render correctly on an iPad 1 across multiple browsers, e.g. 'load more' button doesn't work amongst other problems

Many thanks for your response in advance.

Afaik,u can save editions,youve previously downloaded,go to the local library once a week,use their WiFi ,download away

mpearce

Hi,

Thanks for the replies however the problem updates are NOT the app updates (from the Play Store).

The updates that I would like to disable/only-over-wifi/manually-update-paper-edition are the edition updates within the app, i.e. todays edition of the paper.

Play store settings are already set not to update automatically.

Mr E

Go into settings in the app - there is a background update option there.
Are you saying that this isn't working as expected?

mpearce

Have tried the 'background updates' on both 'Off' and 'Wifi only'

Unfortunately not much of an improvement.

On mobile data - I opened the app - updated to today's edition -> 21Mb
On mobile data - opened the app 3 or 4 times - each time got a message 'Loading today's edition' and read 4 or 5 articles - still downloaded 81 Mb

dulpit

Offer coming to an end soon, so says the editor of the Times Ireland Edition:

https://twitter.com/roakleyIRL/status/781912100247629824

guil

mpearce wrote: »

Have tried the 'background updates' on both 'Off' and 'Wifi only'

Unfortunately not much of an improvement.

On mobile data - I opened the app - updated to today's edition -> 21Mb
On mobile data - opened the app 3 or 4 times - each time got a message 'Loading today's edition' and read 4 or 5 articles - still downloaded 81 Mb

Why do you go into the app when you're on mobile data if you know it's going to download updates?

mpearce

guil wrote: »

Why do you go into the app when you're on mobile data if you know it's going to download updates?

If you actually read my original post (#432) and subsequent relevant posts and replies maybe then you'll understand the context.

Cabaal

dulpit wrote: »

Offer coming to an end soon, so says the editor of the Times Ireland Edition:

https://twitter.com/roakleyIRL/status/781912100247629824

I'd expect them to start it again with the newer model iPad Mini eventually

chrislad

Just checked my storage and usage. This app currently has nearly 3gb used on iOS!!! I don't have anything saved so it's all needless storage as far as I can tell. There doesn't seem to be a way to clear it down, without reinstalling the app either.

dulpit

chrislad wrote: »

Just checked my storage and usage. This app currently has nearly 3gb used on iOS!!! I don't have anything saved so it's all needless storage as far as I can tell. There doesn't seem to be a way to clear it down, without reinstalling the app either.

I'm guessing that it's the auto-download plus the number of editions being supported. Default = auto download and storage for 1 week, maybe you can reduce this down?

It does seem quite high though, as my ipad is showing 662.1 MB right now.

Birneybau

chrislad wrote: »

Just checked my storage and usage. This app currently has nearly 3gb used on iOS!!! I don't have anything saved so it's all needless storage as far as I can tell. There doesn't seem to be a way to clear it down, without reinstalling the app either.

You haven't deleted previous editions? Go into edit and click on all you have read, and then the bin icon.

ablelocks

Cabaal wrote: »

I'd expect them to start it again with the newer model iPad Mini eventually

Richie, can you confirm if this is a possibility?

chrislad

Birneybau wrote: »

You haven't deleted previous editions? Go into edit and click on all you have read, and then the bin icon.

This is the iPhone version, not the iPad version so it's not PDF downloads.

Birneybau

chrislad wrote: »

This is the iPhone version, not the iPad version so it's not PDF downloads.

Clear app data? You are downloading them for offline use?

chrislad

Birneybau wrote: »

Clear app data? You are downloading them for offline use?

Clear app data isn't available on iOS, unless the app itself allows it. You can force it into clearing the cache via various tricks, but it's probably easier in my case to delete and reinstall. Shoddy design though. For both Apple and the Time app dev.

dinorebel

Has anyone received an e-mail from Digital Help [email] help@timesplus.co.uk via z7qle2n5is8awrr5.vviv.2-cog5eao.eu0.bnc.salesforce.com saying "We have previously contacted you to let you know that we have not been receiving payments for your iPad digital subscription to the Times and Sunday Times.

Your account is now overdue and will be cancelled in the next 2 days unless you pay outstanding fees before your subscription is terminated."


my account has been paid in full since I took out the subscription in June 2016 so am a bit confused by this.[/email]

Mark Tapley

dinorebel wrote: »

Has anyone received an e-mail from Digital Help [email] help@timesplus.co.uk via z7qle2n5is8awrr5.vviv.2-cog5eao.eu0.bnc.salesforce.com saying "We have previously contacted you to let you know that we have not been receiving payments for your iPad digital subscription to the Times and Sunday Times.

Your account is now overdue and will be cancelled in the next 2 days unless you pay outstanding fees before your subscription is terminated."


my account has been paid in full since I took out the subscription in June 2016 so am a bit confused by this.[/email]

I got the same message . My debit card had expired and I hadn't updated my payment details with The Times. The card number and details were all the same just needed to update the expiry date. Like you they hadn't contacted me before and my payments were all up to date.
I contacted customer support and said I didn't appreciate getting threatening emails four days after my card expired. I have other direct debits which continued to be paid without difficulty. I thought an email requesting me to update my payment method would have sufficed.
I got an apology but it seems it was meaningless as they are sending aggressive emails as a first resort.




This was there response to my complaint -


Thank you for your reply.



I am sorry for the way that this has come across and will be forwarding this onto our Head Office for them to look into.



Thank you for taking the time to share your dissatisfaction with one of our communications.



If you require further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me or my team and we will be able to assist you.



Kind regards,



Samantha Hudson

Online Customer Services

mpearce

mpearce wrote: »

Hi,

As a subscriber as part of the iPad mini promotion I have a couple of questions and feature requests that might also be of interest to anyone considering signing up.

1. Is there any possibilities of providing league tables, fixtures, etc. across english leagues and abroad similar to the printed edition. While goal highlights are useful the lack of tables and fixtures is a drawback. including fixtures across numerous sports.

2. Any Chance of providing an 'update only on wifi' option for the android phone app (Ireland edition). Each time I open this app there is a > 20mb update and with a limited mobile data allowance I am unable to use the app as much as I want. Similar to this only having today's edition available is another drawback. Even with 'background updates' and 'push notifications' off every time the app is opened there is a large data download. Would be nice to be able to read saved articles or previous sunday edition without this data download or any other work around you might have.

3. I also lost access to the uk apps recently and it was mentioned that the uk website could be used. This does not render correctly on an iPad 1 across multiple browsers, e.g. 'load more' button doesn't work amongst other problems

Many thanks for your response in advance.

In addition to the above previous post which has not been answered new issue with the tablet app on ipad1.

Since the latest forced update - based on last compatible version - app does not install. No access now through ipad1. Website does not render correctly on ipad1. Very poor service.


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