Pre-order with delivery, or pre-order and stand in line?

[DreamOutLoud65]

3 friggin AM! wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I don't wanna..

 

[E_Brown]

I've read that some people have said that they received their phones early on different launches. Did you order thru the apple store or your carrier?

On the Verizon release, I ordered mine thru Verizon, and my sister ordered hers thru Apple. Mine came 2 days before launch, and hers came the day before launch. The reason behind this was probably because mine was shipped from PA, or something like that, and hers shipped from China.

 

[anon(4698833)]

I'm pre-ordering with delivery for the first time...because i simply don't have time to stand in line for a day for the phone, and can have it delivered to my precinct headquarters while i sit around doing office work (AKA: playing Portal on my mac at my desk, lmao).

 

[BradM73]

Who has had experience with this? Pros /cons to each? Thanks!

Last year I pre-ordered the iPhone 4 to have it shipped to my home. I am very glad I did. There was a line over over 500 people camping at the local Apple store here, and one of my friends who did the in-store pickup for his pre-order had wait about several hours in line to get his phone. He went to pick it up around 9 or 10am that morning, but was told at the door at the Apple store that he'd still have to wait in line with the people who remained. He left and came back at 4pm and waited in line and didn't leave until after 10pm that night.

In contrast, my iPhone 4 was delivered to my home around 1pm and I had it set up and ready to rock by 2pm. No lines, no waiting, no frustration or intense boredom.

If you like to camp out and get there a day ahead of time to stake your spot in the first 30 people or so, then you'll probably be there a bit over an hour. It takes Apple about 5-10 minutes to process each iPhone transaction and activation, and he said there were about 10-15 people processing new iPhones, so just do the math. I'm sure the iPhone 4S lines will still be just as insane as they were last year. They always are.

For me? I'll be pre-ordering online at 3am Friday morning with home delivery.

 

[DCSholtis]

I'll do the pre-order thing. I hate lines.

 

[verwon]

Preordering, preferably through Sprint....at least if they ever announce anything about it!!


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[bberrynewbie84]

I think if your with verizon,you'll be able to walk in a store on release day and pick one up

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[E_Brown]

I think if your with verizon,you'll be able to walk in a store on release day and pick one up

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Thats how it was with the iphone 4 release. I went to Verizon, and they had stacks of Iphones on release day with no lines, and it was the same thing at the Apple store.

 

[DrewBear]

Thats how it was with the iphone 4 release. I went to Verizon, and they had stacks of Iphones on release day with no lines, and it was the same thing at the Apple store.

The iPhone 4 (CDMA) release on Verizon was unique. The phone was 8 months old by that time. Don't be too surprised if there are lines this time around.

On the plus side, I think Apple is going to have plenty of stock this time, so you should be able to come back the next day and get one. Or just order it online and have it shipped to you.

 

[iPhoneGleek]

I'm going to pre-order mine or at least order it online. I'm not dealing with all those people in the Apple store

 

[zackawee27]

Well, when you get it delivered you can be in you're humble home, but if you want the device that day you might want to go to the store. So basically if you have patience have it delivered. If not, you might want to grab one at Sprint, Verizon or AT&T

 

[ROSES5682]

I'm going to pre order through a ATT store. I don't anticipate a line but if there is one I will switch to online ordering.

 

[Laaguila92]

It all depends if you can deal with waiting or not.

 

[simplylaurakb]

Since pre-ordering plus pickup doesn't seem to be an option, I'm going for delivery.

 

[ivan1.ruiz]

Man I would pre order and wait for delivery any day just because the lines are going to be crazy


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[ROSES5682]

Since pre-ordering plus pickup doesn't seem to be an option, I'm going for delivery.

Some stores told me you could place a pre-order in the store and pick it up next week and other stores told me I couldn't. Does anyone know the official policy?

 

[Waks]

I just hope you can pre order an unlocked one

 

[Exergy]

I think I'm going to pre-order, I don't want to take the chances of not getting it right away. It just sucks that I have to wait to 3am in the EST zone.

 

[chenzo51]

Ship to the house this time, even though I am off work that day. I know this time will not be as bad as last year but with a pre order pick up I still waited 5 hrs in Pittsburgh last year

 

[chiratsu]

Sprint stuff still says "coming soon" on apple.com! So frustrating