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#146540 11-Jul-2008 01:57

so I got to the wellington line about 6pm, number 15 in line.
we have about 30 people by 7pm.

not many more showed till after 10pm.
by 11:30pm we have about 90 people in line.

free food and hot drinks put on by Vodafone.

I got in store at about 12:30, home hand happy by 1:15am.

may post a personal review late friday (today)

BTW I got the 16GB in black on the $80 plan.

and also note that itunes has to be version 7.7 for iphone 3g.

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#146541 11-Jul-2008 02:02

It looks like the new iPhone APN is www.iphone-vodafone.net.nz . That's what I saw written on all the counters at the Auckland store.

And it appears everyone is free to buy the iPhone to be used on Prepay, bar the data service, and again, this was noted on every counter in the store.

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#146550 11-Jul-2008 04:43

M_I_C_H_A_E_L: SteveNz:
"4 – You are asked whether you want the phone “unlocked” which means that your phone will work on ANY network"

So are you saying that it CAN be put onto the telecom network!? If i was to buy the phone outright, could i then put it on telecoms current Network?

No, there is no way it can possibly work on Telecom's CDMA (current) network

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#146552 11-Jul-2008 05:37

<sarcasm>
wow check out this amazing proposition

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Mobile-phones/Vodafone-network/Other/auction-165259065.htm

"1st" 16gb white 3g iphone EVER, only $3k, what a bargain!
</sarcasm>

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#146566 11-Jul-2008 07:59

7:50am - Dunedin - 4 or 5 people camped at the door of Vodafone store.

I say "or 5" because some dude was lurking as I drove past and I'm not sure if he was in the queue and wandering or just wandering.

Apparently store opens at 9am but it wouldn't surprise me if staff just opened when they arrived and set up.

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#146569 11-Jul-2008 08:14

Can anyone explain to me why it was 12:01am and not 12:00am? (not that it made any difference to me, I was tucked up fast asleep. Just curious.)

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#146599 11-Jul-2008 09:27

bonkiebonks: It looks like the new iPhone APN is www.iphone-vodafone.net.nz . That's what I saw written on all the counters at the Auckland store.

And it appears everyone is free to buy the iPhone to be used on Prepay, bar the data service, and again, this was noted on every counter in the store.

Can anybody tell me if they are able to change the APN or is it locked down and greyed out? Just wondering if it's just a simple case of changing the APN from "www.iphone-vodafone.net.nz"to "internet" thus allowing a prepay version of the 3g iPhone to use casual data.

Anybody mind trying this?

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#146625 11-Jul-2008 10:41

TinyTim: Can anyone explain to me why it was 12:01am and not 12:00am? (not that it made any difference to me, I was tucked up fast asleep. Just curious.)

Because 12.00 - well the actual time is 00.00 - is still Thursday, 00.01 is the first minute of Friday.

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#146648 11-Jul-2008 11:25

Xt1ncT:
TinyTim: Can anyone explain to me why it was 12:01am and not 12:00am? (not that it made any difference to me, I was tucked up fast asleep. Just curious.)
Because 12.00 - well the actual time is 00.00 - is still Thursday, 00.01 is the first minute of Friday.

00.01 is the END of the first minute of Friday as far as I'm aware. 00.00.01 is the end of the first second of Friday. My clocks change date at 00.00.00. Doesn't everyone elses?

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#146702 11-Jul-2008 12:35

bonkiebonks: And it appears everyone is free to buy the iPhone to be used on Prepay, bar the data service, and again, this was noted on every counter in the store.

That seems somewhat strange considering everything Vodafone has said suggests the opposite - can anyone else confirm this? They've lost my sale regardless now. I would have paid a premium to get one last night, but with parallel importers estimating a price point of around $999 ($130 cheaper than Vodafone for the 16GB model) a week from now, I'll wait.

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#146730 11-Jul-2008 13:09

The APN is the dealbreaker for many people. This phone would be so much more appealing if we could just customise our own (horribly expensive

) plan.

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#146738 11-Jul-2008 13:19

JoeBloggs: The APN is the dealbreaker for many people. This phone would be so much more appealing if we could just customise our own (horribly expensive ) plan.

You're absolutely right! It's a deal breaker for me. However, it still may be possible to change the APN ... no-one who bought one in the last 12 hours has confirmed either way if you can change it or not. Guess they're still busy playing with the other settings!

Anyone ... anyone?

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#146740 11-Jul-2008 13:22

Qdabean:
JoeBloggs: The APN is the dealbreaker for many people. This phone would be so much more appealing if we could just customise our own (horribly expensive ) plan.

You're absolutely right! It's a deal breaker for me. However, it still may be possible to change the APN ... no-one who bought one in the last 12 hours has confirmed either way if you can change it or not. Guess they're still busy playing with the other settings!

Anyone ... anyone?

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#146756 11-Jul-2008 13:50

Vodafone has locked the APN so it's not editable out of the box (yet), enterprise deployment tools can't modify it either.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2283?viewlocale=en_US

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#146765 11-Jul-2008 14:05

mike: Vodafone has locked the APN so it's not editable out of the box (yet), enterprise deployment tools can't modify it either.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2283?viewlocale=en_US

Thanks for the answer Mike. At least I know now that data is locked out and impossible if I go for the prepay option. Barring a future work around I think I'll stick with my 2G iPhone for now. Shame!

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