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MWEB
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On 2009-03-25 17:34:11, RyaN wrote:
You should've turned it off straight away, once the water is inside and the electric current is still running thats when the problems occur. You are damn lucky it's still working!
As for the signal, thats not too bad... not a lot you can do now though. Warranty is screwed 
So did you drop it down the loo? Hope you'd flushed beforehand!
That just begs for an iphone gag Ryan, but i shall resist 
Glad its still working at least!
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Barachus
Joined: Sep 16, 2004
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lol ....no i stupidly dropped it in a bowl of water, only the bottom bit was submerged up until about half the height, will that register as water damage?
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RyaN
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On 2009-03-25 17:44:23, NoKia wrote:
lol ....no i stupidly dropped it in a bowl of water, only the bottom bit was submerged up until about half the height, will that register as water damage?
Ya know, you might be lucky there mate cos ive heard the little piece of paper that determines that the phone has been submerged in water is inside at the top near the headphone port.
@MWEB Go on. I know you want to!
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Barachus
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lol ...go on then 
i cant even get it changed under warranty unless something stops wroking, cus right now it seems fine apart from the 'weaker signal' that may or not be all in my head |
RyaN
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You may encounter charging problems, so that might be a saving grace! The dock port is a sensitive little bugger
Fingers crossed O2 will let peeps upgrade to the new iPhone when it's released, like the 2G-3G transition. I have a sneaky feeling they wont be so accommodating this time round though
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Barachus
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i hope so!
i dont think they will let us upgrade again, or they might try to tie us into ridiculuos 2 year deals |
RyaN
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Hm now you say that, O2 did announce/release last week the 24 month iPhone contracts, meaning you could get the current 3G for free on a £34pm contract. So similar contract deals will probably be put in to place for the new one.
It is in their interests for them to keep their iPhone user base though - it makes up a massive amount of web browsing market share, and to let people upgrade again ensures they stay and resigning a 24 month contract is a win win situation for them.
Afterall, this year there's gonna be hotter competition for the iPhone
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Barachus
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yeah i think the target market for the new iphone are all phone users anyway so they will have to let us upgrade or they wont sell much:D
but i dont think i want to be tied down for 2 years |
anonymuser
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On 2009-03-25 17:34:11, RyaN wrote:
You should've turned it off straight away, once the water is inside and the electric current is still running thats when the problems occur. You are damn lucky it's still working!
Very true, and it shows up another little weakness in the design - ordinarily the non-removeable battery doesn't bother me, I can see why they did it, but if you drop a phone (or other gadget) in water the first and best thing to do is whip the back off and yank the battery out. Not much chance of that with the iPhone. Even if you turn the phone off, the battery could still be shorting out in there.
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RyaN
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Right my iPhone has developed a crack in the plastic by the headphone port, quite a sizeable one roughly 1cm. I can't remember who it was that found cracks on theirs a little while ago, but would I have grounds to have this replaced at the O2 shop? Btw I've been using it in a case since day 1
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Barachus
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from what i have read you will have better joy going to an apple store as opposed to o2 or CPW, and they do replace for cracked cases its apparently a known problem |
RyaN
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On 2009-03-27 12:45:04, NoKia wrote:
from what i have read you will have better joy going to an apple store as opposed to o2 or CPW, and they do replace for cracked cases its apparently a known problem
Yeah thats what i'm hearing that Apple tend to deal with it in a more efficient manner! Perhaps maybe kicking off and refusing to leave the shop until i have a brand new iPhone in my hands might work? Failing that, perhaps crying? Stamping my feet?
Trouble is, nearest Apple Store is in Bluewater which is a bit of a drive (for my g/f, i dont drive  ) and thats not gonna happen this weekend.
Some guy i just spoke to said that he had the same problem, took it in to CPW and they sent it away for repair and it took 3 weeks - and in the end they just gave him a new one anyway  Like they'd be able to palm you off with a repaired cracked iPhone  They also gave him some naff Nokia loaner phone in the interim... pfff... They're gonna love me in the O2 shop tomorrow
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anonymuser
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O2 staff are bound to just follow the same old rigmarole they've been trained in and make the whole thing as unpleasant and inconvenient as they possibly can. I'd be much more tempted to just put up with it for now, pop it into the Apple store when you can, and with a bit of luck they'll just swap it over the counter for you while you wait. They've got the stock and the returns system right there, and generally have a much more enlightened approach to problems like this.
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RyaN
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Yeah cheers @Boinng. You're right. Thing is, now i know it's there, it's playing on my mind. That...and the prospect of getting a shiny new one!
Certainly dont want to be messed around by O2, but I may just duck in there tomorrow and see what they say.
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masseur
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iPhone users to get Skype service (BBC article)
Skype has confirmed that iPhone users will be now be able to use its internet telephony service.
The firm's native voice over internet protocol (VoIP) application - Skype for iPhone - will be available for download from Apples iTune store on Tuesday.
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Posted: 2009-03-25 17:36
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