iPhone’s on Three start getting carrier updates

Three officially started to roll out 4G today to a select range of customers. They will continue to add more over time until everyone gets 4G enabled and just lives in a 4G area.

One step to allow 4G access on an iPhone is a carrier update which is a range of settings sent to your device and also to allow the option to toggle on and off 4G access.

Until now this was missing on iPhones using the Three UK network, however reports tonight are that this carrier update (15.6) is now being rolled out to customers on iOS devices and once accepted will indeed allow 4G on the device.

Please remember though this is just one step, you still need to have 4G enabled on your SIM which will take time. You will also obviously need to be in a 4G coverage area to use this service.

However one hurdle is now overcome when it comes to getting your iPhone closer to 4G on Three

Apple iPhone 5s – Good luck getting one today, you’ll need it

Further evidence is emerging this morning following our earlier story on the iPhone 5s stock situation. It all began when we started seeing lots of pre-order offers for the iPhone 5c but absolutely none for the iPhone 5s. Yesterday we then spotted that O2 would not have any in store today.

EE have stated that the 5s won’t be in all stores (most major ones will), and now the BBC has picked up on our story, stating that Apple could be trying to drive sales of the iPhone 5c, which doesn’t appear to have captured the imagination in quite the way Apple would have hoped. A “network spokesman”, who didn’t want to be named, has stated that there’s “crates and crates” of the 5c but that the 5s was being “drip fed” onto the market. It’s perhaps an effort to create panic amongst customers and the usual large queues outside Apple stores.

We went onto the Apple website this morning because, quite frankly, it’s too cold to queue. Surprisingly, if you order online, you’ll not get your iPhone 5s until October as the device isn’t going to be dispatched for 7-10 business days.

Whatever happens, networks will probably end up shouldering the blame for not having enough iPhone 5s handsets in their stores whilst Apple, who don’t appear to have supplied enough stock, will continue to be seen as a customer-friendly brand.