trparky
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I was thinking about pre-ordering but I can't, I want to pick it up in a retail store and they're not letting people choose the retail pickup option yet.
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I chose the in-store pickup.I was thinking about pre-ordering but I can't, I want to pick it up in a retail store and they're not letting people choose the retail pickup option yet.
Yeah same here. At least with my laptop I had issues but was able to get in with no problems on my iPad. Go figure. Lol
I honestly don't know why they still lock the site down before release. iPhones haven't sold out on release day in years.
Sorry, I'm talking about on release day for pre-orders online. They haven't sold out within the first hours on AT&T website in years which is why I mentioned that the ridiculous waiting page is not even necessary anymore. And from the looks of it all models are still available to be delivered by the 20th on AT&T site.Pretty sure everything available for release day sold out in a few minutes.
I was thinking about pre-ordering but I can't, I want to pick it up in a retail store and they're not letting people choose the retail pickup option yet.
Sorry, I'm talking about on release day for pre-orders online. They haven't sold out on AT&T website in years which is why I mentioned that the ridiculous waiting page is not even necessary anymore. And from the looks of it all models are still available to be delivered by the 20th on AT&T site.
AT&T is pretty accurate with their delivery dates and will push it back when they reach a certain amount of orders like the Apple store site. From my experience carriers typically carry more than Apple. Since they're far more carriers they need to cater to.Apparently someone in this thread ordered less than 15 minutes after the apple store online opened at 5am PST this morning and was quoted a delivery date of sept 27-oct 1. The same thing happened to me when I ordered my iPhoneX about two years ago - something was off with my card’s expiration date and it took me about 15-20 mins to actually place my order and I couldn’t receive the phone until 2 weeks after release day.
I used to order through Verizon, and they may say delivery by whatever date, but I wouldn’t always actually get it on that date, Apple at least tells you and exact date. Not sure if AT&T is more reliable or if just far fewer people order directly through their phone carrier nowadays.
I found it also interesting that the AT&T Next program changed this year. Gone from me selecting it was the 24 month option. It only allowed me a 30 month. And now if you want to upgrade every year, you need to enroll in the $5 a month upgrade feature which doesn't go towards the price of the phone. That is totally different from the last time I used next for my phone. I never have traded one in after a year as I just finish paying it off outright, but that is totally a crappy deal.
The difference between the 24 month payment and 30 month payment is usually more than $5. This sounds like a better deal if it’s the 30 month plan + 5 a month to up grade in 12 months.
It you still need to have 50% of the phone lid off. So basically they are charging an extra $60 to upgrade
WOW! We're not even close to the actual release day and yet you're telling me that stores are already sold out? I can't wrap my mind around that concept.They were, but if you were not seeing it as an option that means the configuration you chose (model, color, storage, etc.) was already sold out for your store.