The next iPhone/iPad; speculation thread.

[gex23]

A bit disappointed at the 'upgrades' to the MBP and MBA tbh

Might consider a Sony Vaio Pro Z ultrabook instead.

 

[JD]

A bit disappointed at the 'upgrades' to the MBP and MBA tbh

Might consider a Sony Vaio Pro Z ultrabook instead.

Don't - the other half and I made that mistake a few years back. Never again. Sony has gone downhill.

 

[gex23]

Don't - the other half and I made that mistake a few years back. Never again. Sony has gone downhill.

The one thing that put me off was the flex in the carbon fibre chassis. Just wish Apple had added retina display into the MBA lineup then it'd have been a no brainer!

 

[172Ben]

May have a deal for you there, Ben. I'll shout when I buy the Air as the 2 (white, 16gb, Wifi only if of interest) will be going to Voda recycling or ANOther.

Yeh let me know, good price though

 

[AK]

Got an idea on prices yet Benjamin ?

 

[172Ben]

Got an idea on prices yet Benjamin ?

Speculation at the moment, being negotiated as we speak

 

[ColinG]

Walked into O2 in carlisle today and traded in my 5 for a 5S 64 in gold. They had 1 in stock, picking it up tomorrow at 11am

 

[Knuckles]

Walked into O2 in carlisle today and traded in my 5 for a 5S 64 in gold. They had 1 in stock, picking it up tomorrow at 11am

Wtf do you do? You ball so hard it hurts

 

[ColinG]

Lol nothing exciting mate!

Tbh I was suprised, the trade in price on my 5 more than covered the remainder of my contract. So I was starting afresh,

5S is £149 and £42 x 24 on refresh, or £249 and £37 x 24.. Haven't decided yet

 

[Munson]

Bold move buying gold. My choice would be Space Grey.

Each to his own though. I'm skipping the 5S in favour of iPad Air

 

[ColinG]

Its so subtle, almost looks like the silver one most of the time, very classy looking thing!

Lets hope its better made than the 5 has been, ive had 3 in a year now

 

[Munson]

I've had my five for ages and it doesn't have a mark on it. Like all my iPhones.

 

[Tom]

Bold move buying gold. My choice would be Space Grey.

Each to his own though. I'm skipping the 5S in favour of iPad Air

Same. Air on Friday, might even queue.

 

[Munson]

I'm thinking about buying a tent.

 

[Tom]

I'm thinking about buying a tent.

Ask for donations?

 

[Munson]

A tent is for life IIRC.

 

[Tom]

A tent is for life IIRC.

An iPad is only good until the next keynote.

 

[Munson]

What colour Air are you getting, Bentone?

I can't decide.

 

[eugegall]

Lol at the donations.

I can't find a short keynote video on the new MBP. Is there one floating about?

 

[Tom]

What colour Air are you getting, Bentone?

I can't decide.

Space grey.

On a side note, I'm getting epic battery life from the five

 

[eugegall]

Nice stats, Tom.

However I doubt even you're as popular as my Mrs since she got her 5s.

 

[Tom]

She's not getting 43 years standby is she.

 

[eugegall]

She's not getting 43 years standby is she.

Well obviously not. She receives over 143,000,000 emails a day.

Thank god we're not on holiday. Imagine the date charges.

 

[JJ!]

Had an email at work friday which gives me 30% off O2 tarrifs per month. Brings the overall cost to less than giffgaff & buying simfree.

It does all depend on how much data I need whether I do it or not. Currently doing a week long test to see how much data I do use!

 

[dk]

I'm flying from heathrow to New York on Friday, can't decide whether to get one in dixons or try and get one from the apple store in NY, have capitulated that a 64gb is £480 in NY and you'll probably get about 10-15 saving in dixons over rrp, so that would be about £545.

 

[jam.]

How did you capitulate that?

 

[Rich-D]

I'm flying from heathrow to New York on Friday, can't decide whether to get one in dixons or try and get one from the apple store in NY, have capitulated that a 64gb is £480 in NY and you'll probably get about 10-15 saving in dixons over rrp, so that would be about £545.

I'm going to Los Angeles with work on 4th Nov, so was also thinking of buying one while I was over there or at dutyfree in Heathrow.

Still not totally confident on this 'worldwide warranty' thing as there are varying reports on Google and if you get busted coming back, you'll be taxed on it, making it more expensive, so Dixons might be a better option, plus you get a UK charger.

 

[Rich-D]

How did you capitulate that?

Guessing USD to GBP conversion based on these prices >>> http://store.apple.com/us/ipad/compare

 

[172Ben]

i had a nightmare when i wanted to return the ipad for a refund when i bought one in vegas. "you need to take it back to the store you bought it from"

Yeh good one!!

 

[dk]

How did you capitulate that?

f**king autocorrect!

 

[dk]

I'm going to Los Angeles with work on 4th Nov, so was also thinking of buying one while I was over there or at dutyfree in Heathrow.

Still not totally confident on this 'worldwide warranty' thing as there are varying reports on Google and if you get busted coming back, you'll be taxed on it, making it more expensive, so Dixons might be a better option, plus you get a UK charger.

Remember it's not duty free, it'll only be a few pounds cheaper than from apple as the margin on apple products is pants, we sell them through work and retailers hardly make any money, hence why they are never cheaper.

Also, in the us, you need to add the tax on for the state, New York is 7% which makes it $750 and I used the current exchange rate of 1.56.

As say say though, uk charger, although it will only be the bit that slides on, which I would use from my older iPad, I notice they are now 12w rather than the 10w mine has.

 

[Rich-D]

i had a nightmare when i wanted to return the ipad for a refund when i bought one in vegas. "you need to take it back to the store you bought it from"

Yeh good one!!

This is my concern... LA is a long way from home LOL

 

[Rich-D]

Remember it's not duty free, it'll only be a few pounds cheaper than from apple as the margin on apple products is pants, we sell them through work and retailers hardly make any money, hence why they are never cheaper.

Also, in the us, you need to add the tax on for the state, New York is 7% which makes it $750 and I used the current exchange rate of 1.56.

As say say though, uk charger, although it will only be the bit that slides on, which I would use from my older iPad, I notice they are now 12w rather than the 10w mine has.

Yeah, I know they're not truly duty free from the airport, but it's cheaper than buying from the high street

How much is local tax in Los Angeles? This is something I hadn't realised...

I'd be wanting a 32GB iPad Air in Space Grey, which is $599 (£370), how much will actually cost me?

This makes the margin lower and less appealing

 

[172Ben]

i laughed at her tbh, in the end they sorted it

 

[dk]

Yeah, I know they're not truly duty free from the airport, but it's cheaper than buying from the high street

How much is local tax in Los Angeles? This is something I hadn't realised...

I'd be wanting a 32GB iPad Air in Space Grey, which is $599 (£370), how much will actually cost me?

This makes the margin lower and less appealing

It's 9% I believe (people often forget about this when comparing us and uk prices....) and the price in dixons at the airport is likely to only be 10-15 pounds cheaper, there's very little discount.

 

[Rich-D]

It's 9% I believe (people often forget about this when comparing us and uk prices....) and the price in dixons at the airport is likely to only be 10-15 pounds cheaper, there's very little discount.

Ta :approve:

Narrows the gap between the US & UK price, plus sods law I'd get busted bringing one back LOL

Thing is, will Dixons actually have any by Monday, I might just buy one on Friday then I can actually use it on the trip, decisions decisions...

 

[AK]

I was considering purchasing one in Abu Dhabi but couldn't find definitive prices/work out how much cheaper they'd be.

 

[gex23]

I can't decide between a MBP w/Retina, i5, 8GB RAM and 128 SSD or MBA (non retina), i7, 8GB RAM and 128 SSD .

Nice chunk off both with HE discount though

 

[.Adam.]

Ask for donations?

I lol'd.

 

[Truffs]

I went for the Sheikh spec gold, I've noticed the battery is better than my 5. TBH there isn't much difference it's just 15-20% better in a few areas