Why was this a known thing, that the Plus would be so limited? I wasn't keeping up.
Anyway, I preordered my plus for delivery in October. I'm still a bit skeptical of the size but we'll see.
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Why was this a known thing, that the Plus would be so limited? I wasn't keeping up.
Anyway, I preordered my plus for delivery in October. I'm still a bit skeptical of the size but we'll see.
Don't think so.
It was predictable. We saw tons of 4.7 leaks. Barely any 5.5
Don't be that guy.
Ended up ordering an iPhone for myself on the AT&T site and on the Apple Store (I thought the AT&T order didn't go through). Both are scheduled to arrive next Friday-- what happens if I don't cancel one of them? Ideally l would like to give one of the phones to my Dad, as we're both on the same family account. Can I just transfer one of the phone's number to my Dad's when I get the phones?
Anyone ever been in a similar situation?
Anyone ever been in a similar situation?
That's what I figured but it wasn't until he took my payment that he admitted what carrier he sold me. Oh well, should have little issue canceling.
My Nexus 5 is pretty damn fast, I'm not even that interested in more speed anymore. I'm still pondering an iPhone 6+ purchase though because I've encountered way more bugs and crashes on android than I ever did on iPhone.
I think I may just wait for people to get them in-hand and we can start learning a lot more about the pros and cons vs other phones. I do think 1GB of ram is pretty pathetic for a flagship phone as we enter 2015.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
No.
For months it has been rumored that the 5.5" iPhone 6 would arrive after the 4.7" model. Only in the last few days before the announcement did rumors break that both sizes would be available at the same day. Apparently the consolation for the 5.5" being available day 1 is that stock was very low.
What do you think of the handset prices?
I have a 5, and I'm waiting for a 6S if the 6/6+ have 1GB RAM, mostly just for future proofing. I have a Retina Mini in the meantime.
BruiserBear
Banned
The real question here is why you care what other people do with their time? You might as well go onto the gaming side and ask why people like racing games so much.
NekoFever
Member
There were persistent rumours that it was lagging behind the 4.7-inch model in production because of manufacturing issues.
Here's a story from July talking about a potential delay, and it's one of many if you look around: http://www.macrumors.com/2014/07/13/iphone-6-production-issues-5-5-inch-delay-2015/
Seems Apple went for a day one release but with lower availability.
I ordered an iPhone 6 128GB and extended my plan with Telekom Germany. I am curious, how do the costs of my plan compare to what you'd have to pay for a similar plan in the US?
- 2-year plan with iPhone 6 128
- Flatrate for all in-country voice calls and texts to landline and mobile
- Max speed LTE with 500MB (lol) traffic (after that 64kBit flatrate)
Costs 50€ (~$65) per month and additional 379€ (~$490) for the phone.
Telekom Germany has a reputation for being shit expensive.
- 2-year plan with iPhone 6 128
- Flatrate for all in-country voice calls and texts to landline and mobile
- Max speed LTE with 500MB (lol) traffic (after that 64kBit flatrate)
Costs 50€ (~$65) per month and additional 379€ (~$490) for the phone.
Telekom Germany has a reputation for being shit expensive.
That's a bit more reasonable than EE, but the lack of data on some of those plans makes it go back as well. Helluva balancing act, but at least it's more flexible than EE.
Save_Us.3
EDIT: It's amazing that I get a 30% discount with O2 and I'd still spend more with them on every other phone with Three and have unlimited data/minutes, so I remain hopeful.
I would say that's pretty much around the average price that people pay for their phones here in the US. 500mb is crazy though.
The Elite
BOSS
I can't imagine using these devices with only 500mb traffic. Canada tries to shit on us with similar deals. I just ended up waiting for a deal with the 2gb plan.
Yeah, considering I've used 6GB so far this month on my mobile data, I can't imagine having 500mb and then being billed. I'd be scared when my bills come out.
EDIT: My bad, had the range set to only this week. Make that 10.75GB.
I agree. You can add additional 1,5GB for 10 on a monthly basis. But there is no discount for adding that extra traffic permanently to the plan.
My parents use maybe 500MB combined.
Erebus
Member
6GB just for your phone? How do you do that?
Katana_Strikes
Member
What's EE's tariffs?Can't access the site.
Some people here have 100MB contracts. Why even bother?
My T-Mobile plan at least falls back on a slow traffic flatrate instead of automatically adding high speed traffic to the bill. But the 64kBit fallback is ridiculously slow, much slower than actual 64kBit. You can receive text mails, but that's basically it.
Well I stream my 4 hours of wrestling weekly, my phone is saying 3.49GB for that. Google Play Music coming in at 4.32GB, Gametrailers app 1.45GB and auto phone/video backup (which I've just noticed backed up a video I downloaded) coming in at 1.26GB
noomi
Member
Yes, 1st got a conf about thank you for your order, 2nd conf about recent order status with additional info about shipping date, and then my CC got charged the full ammount after a $1 hold.
Only one I was looking at was the 6+ 64GB and that came in at £58.99 a month with 20GB data and £149.99 for the phone. Even dropping down to a 5GB plan at £50.99 a month, it drives the phone cost to £249.99
NekoFever
Member
I only have 500MB data on my plan. The vast majority of my time is spent in places with wi-fi and I don't do anything data-intensive like streaming media. I average about 6MB data usage per day, mainly from email, Twitter and various messaging apps.
where are you that you cant use wifi to stream
JackLongRod
Banned
Anyone currently waiting inline anywhere ?
In my office. Can't use the work WiFi for that.
Yes. Equipment installment plan.
Also, looks like every single 6plus is sold out for the next month.
TheZink
Member
I'm leaning to the Olive Brown Leather
Ordered a 16gb 6+ from AT&T at 11:58pm (two minutes before it was to have gone live), woke up to this e-mail:
"Great news! Your order is in the process of being fulfilled. The expected shipment date for your new phone(s) is in the table below. 10/13/2014 to 10/22/2014"
You've got to be shitttttinggg meeeeee
"Great news! Your order is in the process of being fulfilled. The expected shipment date for your new phone(s) is in the table below. 10/13/2014 to 10/22/2014"
You've got to be shitttttinggg meeeeee
The problem I have with the apple cases is they don't wrap all the way around the edges, meaning if you dropped it on JUST the right spot, it's a one way ticket to shatter-city.
#TeamNoCase
The Elite
BOSS
I have been feeling the same way. I keep wanting to go down to Best Buy this morning to put an order on one. I have some store credit for it and would trade in my 5S so it's a good deal. I would just end up having to pay an early upgrade fee of $400 with Bell. I may just wait to try them though as I'm torn on which one to get.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
I've used Grove cases since the 3GS, but I dunno about for the 6+ since have started to get out of control. They used to give discounts for pre-orders, but now they aren't doing that, and want full payment up front. The 6+ case has an early 2015 arrival to boot.
No case is the way to go.
Me and three other pals ordered the iPhone today. Out of the four of us, three went with the 6 and one went with the 6 Plus.
T-mobile's site finally goes up with preorders but chokes on all my credit cards at the last step
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Guess I'll just rely on my phone from apple and forget this shit. Wanted to buy from them to save my ETF but it's not worth it.
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Guess I'll just rely on my phone from apple and forget this shit. Wanted to buy from them to save my ETF but it's not worth it.
silentspork
Member
I rationalize it like this, if I was buying a samsung I would buy the S5, not the Note. So why should the iPhone be any different? I guess part of it is the naming, the 6 just sounds inferior when the big version is name 6+.
I also would assume that logically the 6 should perform better overall given the smaller screen size. I'm hesitant to get into another situation like the iPad 3 which was woefully underpowered.
Glorious Ownage
Member
Fucking Amex flagged it as fraudulent for me. I'm on hold with apple. Probably forever to try and figure out if my order was cancelled or not. Anyone have the same experience?