Apple 8/X

[lewisredfern001]

im currently on Vodafone - no pricing released for the X unless anyone knows any different?

im looking to move to EE if I can get corporate discount of 20% - pricing as below from this link:
https://shop.ee.co.uk/iphone/new-iphone-registration
Check out the iPhone X prices:
Special pre-order offer: 100GB for the price of 25GB. £82.99 a month, only £9.99 upfront

• 15GB for £72.99 a month. £99.99 upfront
• 15GB for £77.99 a month. £49.99 upfront

 

[AdDaMan]

Not bad to be fair. I just got my mums iphone 8plus 256gb upgrade on three and that was £79 upfront and £70 a month.

 

[welshname]

Just found out that the new iPhones might have quick charge, but they don't ship with a wall plug that supports it so you need to buy one.

What a joke.

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[AdDaMan]

Just found out that the new iPhones might have quick charge, but they don't ship with a wall plug that supports it so you need to buy one.

What a joke.

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Yeah I saw that too. f**king £1150 for a phone and still have to pay extra for a charger. b******s.

 

[Gouldy]

I had a look a the 8's on my current network. They're daft expensive even with my discount.

I still fancy an 8 but might buy it cash, sell my 6S and get a giffgaff sim

 

[paddymph]

No quick charger in the box?

They’re really starting to take the piss. There doesn’t seem to be the hype any more over an iPhone release, everyone seems to be just going on about the price this time around.

 

[botfch]

I guess they haven't got as many pre orders so far, I checked the other day and could still get one delivered on release day.

 

[Rich..]

I guess they can only get away with taking the piss for so long, charging extra for the fast charger and all the adapters etc, when the S8 comes with everything you need and costs a fraction of the price for pretty much the same spec, crazy.

 

[welshname]

No quick charger in the box?

They’re really starting to take the piss. There doesn’t seem to be the hype any more over an iPhone release, everyone seems to be just going on about the price this time around.

They are just taking the piss as much as possible. It's ridiculous.

The quick charge thing would really f**k me off. How many people won't realise?!?!

Glad I'm not in the Apple ecosystem anymore.

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[Gouldy]

I guess they can only get away with taking the piss for so long, charging extra for the fast charger and all the adapters etc, when the S8 comes with everything you need and costs a fraction of the price for pretty much the same spec, crazy.

From what I've been reading;

The iPhone X has a more similar spec to a galaxy S6 than an S8

 

[botfch]

They will do ok with sales I think, especially if it's well received in Asia.
Until Samsung sorts out there software Apple wont be too worried.

 

[Ex-User (36231)]

They will do ok with sales I think, especially if it's well received in Asia.
Until Samsung sorts out there software Apple wont be too worried.

Agreed - the software isn't great IMO, I'm almost not bothered what the iPhone looks like or costs because I know it works. As ridiculous as that sounds...

 

[Adamm.]

What's wrong with the sansung software? I just got an S8+ and not noticing anything yet but if it's going to s**t itself in 6 months then I'll maybe consider going back to iphones..

 

[Daz...]

From what I've been reading;

The iPhone X has a more similar spec to a galaxy S6 than an S8

That's been the case for a long time spec wise. But the iPhones always perform as well as the latest android phones, if not better.

That's obviously down to Apple designing both software and hardware, making optimisation much easier.

 

[Gally]

Yeah they had small ram amounts for years but their cores performance is mental etc.

 

[botfch]

What's wrong with the sansung software? I just got an S8+ and not noticing anything yet but if it's going to s**t itself in 6 months then I'll maybe consider going back to iphones..

Individual it's ok, Samsung overlay over android is a bit hit and miss and the UI seems to be different on a lot of there devices.

Apple stuff all works and looks the same, makes it easy to buy into the ecosystem.

 

[welshname]

Yeah they had small ram amounts for years but their cores performance is mental etc.

Their storage s**t all over everyone on the last release. Much faster which was proven in multiple tests, not just OS based.

It's a shame because they bring so much to the table in terms of how well they do things that others have done for ages but unfortunately lock it all down too much.

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[Deeg]

I like the fact they lock it down tbh.

I don't want to mess around, and I don't want an AppStore full of junk.

I had Android on a Samsung tablet, and I just found it hard work, nothing felt intuitive. Part of that is on me, as I've been using Apple for ages, but part of it was the UI.

Lastly, it pissed me off that it was just stuck on an old version of whatever the android OS is called, so couldn't get updated.

 

[Goodj]

im currently on Vodafone - no pricing released for the X unless anyone knows any different?

im looking to move to EE if I can get corporate discount of 20% - pricing as below from this link:
https://shop.ee.co.uk/iphone/new-iphone-registration
Check out the iPhone X prices:
Special pre-order offer: 100GB for the price of 25GB. £82.99 a month, only £9.99 upfront

• 15GB for £72.99 a month. £99.99 upfront
• 15GB for £77.99 a month. £49.99 upfront

£83 a month!?!!?!? GTFO of here with that. £2k total. So, 1k of "line rental" charge over the £1k handset subsidy.

That's just rape. 100gb or not.

Also,"corporate" discount? I'm guessing you'll be applying for 50+ handsets... or is that a workplace deal?

 

[DrR]

On that deal if you bought the handset separately, you could then get a sim only deal for £35 a month, Would get epic deal for that.

Mine doesn't even cost £35 and I got an iPhone 7 included lol.

 

[Goodj]

On that deal if you bought the handset separately, you could then get a sim only deal for £35 a month, Would get epic deal for that.

Mine doesn't even cost £35 and I got an iPhone 7 included lol.

Sim only at £21 a month out of EE (20gb...which is usually plenty) - £504 (OTHER SIM-ONLY DEALS ARE AVAILABLE)
Buy Iphone X (Not Enough Storage Edition) outright - 999.99
Cost over 2 years: 1504.99
-v-
EE MeGaDeEl, 24m total - £2001.75

 

[DannyR]

I don't know why people don't just get a 0% 24 months credit card and pay it off in that time?

 

[boultonn]

I don't know why people don't just get a 0% 24 months credit card and pay it off in that time?

I guess because it doesn't look good taking out credit and immediately using a massive chunk, especially if you then try and take out a mortgage or car loan etc.

 

[Gavin.]

Agreed - the software isn't great IMO, I'm almost not bothered what the iPhone looks like or costs because I know it works. As ridiculous as that sounds...

This! The recent hardware update doesn't bother me much however even after trying to swap to Android about 4 or 5 times, I just can't do it, it's so poor in comparison software wise. iOS is the only thing keeping me with Apple.

 

[sbridgey]

Phoned EE this evening about an iPhone 7 because face recognition is not my cup of tea and the 8 is a waste of money.

The guy on the phone said he hadn't sold a single iPhone 8 and they got loads of staff in Friday but barely any phone calls!

He gave me a cracking deal on a 7 though.

 

[Al_G]

Phoned EE this evening about an iPhone 7 because face recognition is not my cup of tea and the 8 is a waste of money.

The guy on the phone said he hadn't sold a single iPhone 8 and they got loads of staff in Friday but barely any phone calls!

He gave me a cracking deal on a 7 though.

What was the deal?

 

[Al_G]

Personally I think the 8 is the phone to go for.

Face ID is yet to be proven so the only real benefit from owning an X is the extra real estate and the OLED screen. The camera bump may also be a plus for some. Is that extra tech worth an extra £30 a month...I'm not so sure

 

[sbridgey]

What was the deal?

£27 per month + £170 upfront for 5gb data, which is £818 over 2 years for the 128GB model. Gonna try and knock the up front cost down a bit more if i can though.

 

[paddymph]

I don’t know anyone who’s upgraded to an 8 or has even thought about going for the X, feels unnatural for an iPhone realise

 

[eugegall]

I don’t know anyone who’s upgraded to an 8 or has even thought about going for the X, feels unnatural for an iPhone realise

Yep. I'm a fanboi but I hope this is their turning point. They have fucked us around with pricing for way too long now.

 

[botfch]

Unfortunately apple won't really care about sales here, it's all about sales in Asia now.

 

[Rich-D]

Still unsure what to do, iOS11 is out later today, so will install that on my 6S and see how it performs, if there's no noticeable slow down I'll probably keep it another year... :neutral:

 

[paddymph]

You won’t notice much difference in it on the whole Rich, to be honest. Bad year for Apple!

 

[Knuckles]

I don’t know anyone who’s upgraded to an 8 or has even thought about going for the X, feels unnatural for an iPhone realise

I got an 8

Just because I was got a really good deal (which I don't think I was meant to get).

I think it was a bad move releasing the 10 a while after the 8. People want new phones now.

I'm not 100% sold on the 10 for the price of it either

 

[Al_G]

I got an 8

Just because I was got a really good deal (which I don't think I was meant to get).

I think it was a bad move releasing the 10 a while after the 8. People want new phones now.

I'm not 100% sold on the 10 for the price of it either

What was the deal and who was it with?

 

[Knuckles]

What was the deal and who was it with?

EE

256gb
£80 up front
£53 pm
10gb data
Unlimited calls and texts

 

[botfch]

Just updated to ios on my 7, might just be me but it does seem to be running a bit faster and the new Files app is Edit:not very useful.

 

[Pistachio]

Just updated to ios on my 7, might just be me but it does seem to be running a bit faster and the new Files app is very useful.

I thought for a minute apple might actually let you see what is on your phone.


lol nope

 

[botfch]

I thought for a minute apple might actually let you see what is on your phone.


lol nope

Yeah I don't get it, there isn't anything in there.

 

[_Tom]

I’ve Just done mine too on my 7 plus. I haven’t noticed any difference yet other than the control centre and app store. 😂