What an absolute DISASTER!

davefromca said:

Yes I agree, it does suck dont get me wrong but their launches are massive, the biggest launches in the history of the planet. Once again though the verizon site came through with no problems right at 12:01 pst. I think that is one of those "you get what you pay for" kind of thing. Verizon is pricey but they have the cash to set up great servers and absorb the loads these preorders place on them.

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yourtoys7 said:

The Worst keynote connection/ streaming.
The Worst preorder experience ever

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MH01 said:

And you have any proof of this??? Cause that is an apple holding page, not an error page.

Cause I was following it on MR and the consensus was that the store did not comeback online at the advertised time .

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sammich said:

This unhelpful post was made possible by Apple not accepting my personal Apple ID login for reservation for the first half hour (those CAPTCHAs are so annoying), I must've typed in my password at least 50 times (if anyone wanted to know what my password was, you should've been shoulder surfing at that moment). Which led me to use my dev account, worked instantly, but I didn't get the phone I wanted, or at the store I wanted.



Eventually, though, I did get my ideal phone reserved as well. About 30 minutes after pre-ordering started.



Now, which one: 128 Slate, or 64 Silver +?



I hope you found this post unhelpful.

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BlockEight88 said:

I understand that. But why on earth does Apple release a phone (they know will be huge) when they can't keep up with the demand?

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leenak said:

Honestly, getting a phone a couple weeks beyond release is hardly a disaster. Its an inconvenience at most.

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BlockEight88 said:

I am just curious if anyone else is as fed up as I am? Had to stay up until 5am CST to get my order in for a T-Mobile iPhone Plus 64GB Space Gray at Apple.com. I was trying to follow everyone on here, but the MacRumors forums were so busy, half the time the page would not load.

My beef is that after all these years Apple.com was the worst place to get the phone from. Why is that? I tried to use the app on my 5S and iPad but the Apple store app DID NOT have the T-Mobile model off contract. I can't believe Apple would do that? Why? T-Mobile's own website was not even taking pre-orders at all, despite it before past 3am.

Finally got my order in, but the shipping time shows Oct 1-6. I tried like the second Apple.com became available and that's the best I could get? Wow. I understand its a phone, and I'll wait, but I can't believe a company the size of Apple can't even get their 8th generation iPhone orders straight. I remember the same EXACT thing happening with the 4S, and 5, though not as bad.

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