June 7th is iPhone announcement day

June 7th is iPhone announcement day

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Alfa numeric

3,027 posts

180 months

Thursday 22nd July 2010
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Weren't they supposed to be publishing details today?

Salgar

3,283 posts

185 months

Thursday 22nd July 2010
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Alfa numeric said:
Weren't they supposed to be publishing details today?
Yeah but they're probably only just waking up on the east coast. Didn't you know there is only one timezone and it's where ever SJ happens to be?

iAlex

17,000 posts

196 months

Thursday 22nd July 2010
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Spoke to a guy in the Apple Store at the Florida Mall yesterday. He said he wasnt expecting any info on the bumpers until Monday earliest. He did tell me that you wouldn't be able to get your free bumper in store, nor your refund. Apple allegedly will be sending them out after you have ordered online and providing cheques for a refund.

Stuart

11,635 posts

252 months

Thursday 22nd July 2010
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iAlex said:
providing cheques for a refund.
Thus ensuring that a given percentage of customers won't ever bother to cash them. Nice touch.

-crookedtail-

1,564 posts

191 months

Thursday 22nd July 2010
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Just had an email from Apple regarding my bumper refund. They have said it has been processed but could take up to 5 days to appear back into my account!

Thankfully this is a lot easier for me than buggering around waiting for and then cashing a cheque.

Ranger 6

7,064 posts

250 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Going back to battery life I'm quite relieved as I expected things to be much worse than my old E71.

Charged it yesterday evening disconnected about 7pm. As I can't drive at the moment I've had to dial in to an all day planning meeting - 9:00-5:30 - it's now 5:13 and I've still got 21% battery life left, 8 hours continuous call.

after 8 hours on the phone it's just about the only thing I'm happy about......

Pulse

10,922 posts

219 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Ranger 6 said:
Going back to battery life I'm quite relieved as I expected things to be much worse than my old E71.

Charged it yesterday evening disconnected about 7pm. As I can't drive at the moment I've had to dial in to an all day planning meeting - 9:00-5:30 - it's now 5:13 and I've still got 21% battery life left, 8 hours continuous call.

after 8 hours on the phone it's just about the only thing I'm happy about......
That's insane! I don't think my 3GS could do that... I've never had an 8 hour phone call to find out though! hehe

Ranger 6

7,064 posts

250 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Pulse said:
...I've never had an 8 hour phone call to find out though! hehe
Believe me you don't want to...

It doesn't happen very often but for the last year in the company all travel has been stopped unless it's to a customer - as I'm not a salesman and my boss is in Germany I'm stuffed.... frown

Silent1

19,761 posts

236 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Have you got 3G, wifi and Bluetooth on or some of them switched off as 3G hammers batterylife

Pulse

10,922 posts

219 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Silent1 said:
Have you got 3G, wifi and Bluetooth on or some of them switched off as 3G hammers batterylife
Ah, might be why mine's always dead. I have everything switched on. Bluetooth, Wifi, GPS, highest brightness, etc.

FourWheelDrift

88,636 posts

285 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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In my experience GPS doesn't kill the battery as it's only used when an app needs to use it, Wifi also is only using battery power when connected to a wifi hotspot. 3G and Bluetooth are the battery killers as they are always on when activated. 3G is only needed if you want to use data on the move, it's not necessary for phone calls and Bluetooth if you are using a hands free kit.

BigMans197

1,193 posts

208 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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How long is this number transfer to micro-sim meant to take on O2? I'm getting impatient.

Silent1

19,761 posts

236 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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FourWheelDrift said:
In my experience GPS doesn't kill the battery as it's only used when an app needs to use it, Wifi also is only using battery power when connected to a wifi hotspot. 3G and Bluetooth are the battery killers as they are always on when activated. 3G is only needed if you want to use data on the move, it's not necessary for phone calls and Bluetooth if you are using a hands free kit.
Wifi does as it's always scanning for access points, you will see a difference with it off

FourWheelDrift

88,636 posts

285 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Why then does it go off when my phone screen goes into sleep mode then reconnect when I turn it on? That's what I mean, 3G doesn't go off when the phone goes to sleep.

Ranger 6

7,064 posts

250 months

Friday 23rd July 2010
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Silent1 said:
Have you got 3G, wifi and Bluetooth on or some of them switched off as 3G hammers batterylife
Yup, all of them.....
I hung up from my marathon 8 hour call at 17:30, it's now 22:54 and there's still 8% left. I'm now going to charge it up as I need it tomorrow smile

I've got a 4 though...

fieldl

1,320 posts

232 months

Saturday 24th July 2010
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Case app installed, case ordered 3-5 week wait.
The selection is pretty good. Big thumb up to Apple for arranging this.

va1o

16,032 posts

208 months

Saturday 24th July 2010
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I love the way you have to download an App to order the case laugh

Sixpackpert

4,566 posts

215 months

Saturday 24th July 2010
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BigMans197 said:
How long is this number transfer to micro-sim meant to take on O2? I'm getting impatient.
Took 10 minutes for me.

trooperiziz

9,456 posts

253 months

Saturday 24th July 2010
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fieldl said:
Case app installed, case ordered 3-5 week wait.
The selection is pretty good. Big thumb up to Apple for arranging this.
Refund processed for my earlier bumper purchase.
Downloaded the app and it allowed me to order a free case too! 2 cases for free biggrin

NDA

21,658 posts

226 months

Saturday 24th July 2010
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FourWheelDrift said:
Why then does it go off when my phone screen goes into sleep mode then reconnect when I turn it on? That's what I mean, 3G doesn't go off when the phone goes to sleep.
I'm with you on that one - wifi turns off when the phone is sleeping. However I guess when you're taking calls etc, it's hunting with additional drain.