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UK Delivery times on schedule?

Hey Guys,

Are the UK shipping & delivery times on schedule / correlate with the supplied Apple receipt?

I ordered on the 28th July and have been given a shipping date of 18th August, with delivery 'on or before' 20th August. Are the dates provided generally correct, or a bit out?

When can I likely expect to see the details to change regards the phone's moving westwards?

Sorry if I've missed this elsewhere on the forum, but my eyes are aching... think I need them tested!

Oh, I'm so excited!!

Thanks

MacBook Pro 17", Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Aug 11, 2010 9:01 AM

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Governa

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Posted on Aug 11, 2010 9:41 AM

Yes they are usually pretty accurate. 🙂

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CeeBeee

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Aug 13, 2010 12:59 PM in response to Youngson

I ordered a black 32GB IP4 on 7 Aug and was given a shipping date of 30th Aug, delivery 1st Sept.

I ended up cancelling though as the London Apple stores seem to be getting more frequent stock in over the last few days. I dropped into the new Covent Garden store this evening at about 8pm and there were no queues for iPhones and they had 32GB ones available.

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Aug 21, 2010 9:31 AM in response to Youngson

'Ships 18th August', 'Delivers 20th August'

Shipped 16th August from Tamworth UK UPS depot, & delivered 17th August... oh joy!

Aug 24, 2010 3:24 AM in response to Youngson

I ordered my iPhone 4 on 4th of august, estimated ships 27th and estimated delivery 31st still no change when I've checked it . I can't believe that a bug company like apple takes so long to deliver iPhones this is not good enough in my opinion. If only apples delivery service was as good as their products!

Aug 24, 2010 3:26 AM in response to Youngson

Big company that was meant to say

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Aug 24, 2010 9:36 AM in response to Bigdan007

I think the lengthy lead / delivery times on iPhone 4 are the result of the wily Apple marketing crew. Create a sexy product, create the 'buzz' and TV advertisements for the product... then limit the supply of that product, and look what happens.

People 'must have one'. They pay extortionate prices for them on ebay, queue for days outside Apple resellers, and generally get in a right lather because they can't get one the day after they decide they want one! It creates anticipation, expectation and more customers for Apple.

I think Apple service is generally as good as it's products, it's just that consumers have to be party to a bit of company marketing to get them ravenous and in need of sating.

Alternatively, demand for the iPhone may just be so high, that the factories just can't keep up with demand, hence the wait!

At the end of the day, they are just mobile phones even if they are the best on the market

UK Delivery times on schedule?