iPhone 5 Thread

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

i really want to hear the story about how it got stolen out of your hands, thats cray

long story short...

Vietnam's streets are completely packed with motorbikes.. like crazy, To cross the street, youre better off closing your eyes and just walking slowly because they dont stop for you, they only go around you....

anyway, i'm standing on the interior of a big sidewalk in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), probably about 20 feet wide, texting my mother (of all people!).

some guy on a motorbike drives ONTO the sidewalk, swipes it out of my hand and drives away. After i chase him for about 10 seconds i think to myself "well i probably wont catch up to him, and if i do, what am i gonna do to him?" So i stop, scream FUCK, and move on to being pissed for the next 50 days that i had left of my trip...

Yup, sucks..

I think if i call AT&T and tell them this story, they may just help me out. or i could always use the "i'm switching to verizon" method..

[tmv]

Originally Posted by Naz24

long story short...

Vietnam's streets are completely packed with motorbikes.. like crazy, To cross the street, youre better off closing your eyes and just walking slowly because they dont stop for you, they only go around you....

anyway, i'm standing on the interior of a big sidewalk in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), probably about 20 feet wide, texting my mother (of all people!).

some guy on a motorbike drives ONTO the sidewalk, swipes it out of my hand and drives away. After i chase him for about 10 seconds i think to myself "well i probably wont catch up to him, and if i do, what am i gonna do to him?" So i stop, scream FUCK, and move on to being pissed for the next 50 days that i had left of my trip...

Yup, sucks..

I think if i call AT&T and tell them this story, they may just help me out. or i could always use the "i'm switching to verizon" method..

That's suck. Did you have it unlock while using it overthere? Wish I can spend that much time there. My longest trip was 4 weeks.

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by tmv

That's suck. Did you have it unlock while using it overthere? Wish I can spend that much time there. My longest trip was 4 weeks.

Actually no, it wasnt unlocked. I had it through AT&T and didnt really use much of the phone part, everytime i found wifi, i would imessage my friends..

I was actually on a semester at sea, so vietnam was just a port of call for 6 days..

Phu Quoc was truly the highlight of Vietnam

[PersonaNonGrata]

Originally Posted by Naz24

long story short...

Vietnam's streets are completely packed with motorbikes.. like crazy, To cross the street, youre better off closing your eyes and just walking slowly because they dont stop for you, they only go around you....

anyway, i'm standing on the interior of a big sidewalk in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), probably about 20 feet wide, texting my mother (of all people!).

some guy on a motorbike drives ONTO the sidewalk, swipes it out of my hand and drives away. After i chase him for about 10 seconds i think to myself "well i probably wont catch up to him, and if i do, what am i gonna do to him?" So i stop, scream FUCK, and move on to being pissed for the next 50 days that i had left of my trip...

Yup, sucks..

I think if i call AT&T and tell them this story, they may just help me out. or i could always use the "i'm switching to verizon" method..

Crazy story, Naz, but as LeMans mentioned, that happens here too - even straight up street robberies at knife/gunpoint.

It would have been slightly funny if you were using a Verizon or Sprint CDMA iPhone (on WiFi to iMessage since CDMA is no good in Europe or Asia). Thief would've had a nice paperweight to sell.

Glad you survived though. The phone can easily be replaced but you could've gotten shanked.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by Naz24

i'm freaking out...

My iPhone 4S was stolen out of my hands in Vietnam 2 months after i bought it, so i'm stuck with my half functioning 4 right now...

Whats the best approach to get AT&T to give me an early upgrade? i was an idiot and forgot to purchase insurance..

No difference here in US in crowded places. I hear stories about iPhones pulled from peoples hands in subway stations in US, pretty much every week. One woman died last year as the iphone owner started chasing the guy and the thief pushed an old woman down the subway stairs in an attempt to escape quickly.

[noncom23]

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[LeMansX5]

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[Quicksilver]

Apple 4S phones can be used in Europe but there are some conditions. If you bought the phone from Apple there is a difference from those phones bought at Verizon, AT&T , Sprint,
Ect. Read on.......
How U.S. Carriers Fool You Into Thinking Your iPhone 4S Is Unlocked - Forbes

[watrob]

I have been running IOS 6 on my iPhone 4S, and can get emails & Messages (SMS) on my iDrive, can read them when stationery or play them while driving, no need for cradle and no need for BMW Apps.

The problem with the iPhone 5 will be getting an Apps cradle if you have BMW Apps, it will take BMW 6 months to produce one. So I think I will stick with my iPhone 4S.

PS. If the iPhone gets any bigger it might not fit in the centre consol.

[LeMansX5]

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