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I ordered 2 phones this morning, a 7+ 256 black, and a 7+ 128, rose gold, from 2 different Apple Stores. When I went to the 2nd store, I decided I wanted the 256 instead of 128. I asked the Apple employee to check if they have a 2nd 256 (1st was DH's). As he was checking, I checked on my phone. By the time he said no, I already said it showed that store had a 256 Verizon. He had me place a reservation on my phone and I was able to walk out with it within minutes.
 
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Thanks to this thread I was able to reserve and get the iphone 7 plus black today even though I messed up the reservation.

I had to drive 1.5 hours one way to get it but is worth it! I accidnetly selected tmobile phone in the reservation and I have at&t. Of course by the time I got there and waited over 30 minutes in line they didn't have any more att phones. I was not leaving that place without the phone! Only way to get it was to buy it outright which was not my plan.. I wanted to use iphone upgrade program but they would only let me buy it outright with unlocked version. So she tells me I can check stock and make another reservation and then return the phone and get the at&t version and sign up for the upgrade program then. I'm hoping that is true because I didn't plan to spend $1,000+ on the phone today and rather use the upgrade program.
 
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Just wanted to say thanks to all those who helped provide links and information. Best Buy really made this launch a nightmare so I am super happy to finally get my AT&T Matte Black 256 iPhone 7 Plus. Reserved this morning @ 8:48AM. Got to store 15 minutes after my reservation but only waited about 5 minutes. The store employee went over all the options to purchase (IUP, Next or Outright) so obviously gave me no troubles for choosing Next. I was out of there in maybe 20 minutes total.
Would also like to note I couldn't be more pleased I didn't fall in love with the Jet Black. Seeing it in person - or what remained of it underneath the layers of fingerprints - was underwhelming. Matte Black is the ****.
 
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thanks gang. Saw a ATT Matte Black 128GB 7+ available at Grand Central this afternoon and snagged it at 6:30 :)

shoutout @iStockNow

Unfortunately because I didn't expect to get the 7+ in my hands this soon, my screen protector and case are still in the mail.
 
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Still no JB 7+ anywhere on the east coast. Assuming they only do one stock refresh per day? Yesterday it was 8am but it looks like this is it for Monday's stock.
 
Still no JB 7+ anywhere on the east coast. Assuming they only do one stock refresh per day? Yesterday it was 8am but it looks like this is it for Monday's stock.

I guess only one fresh per day, but it seems store always has more than what the website states.
 
Question for you guys, I ordered through verizon and they didn't come through, so I reserved a phone at Apple for pickup tomorrow. The problem is, I still owe verizon my 50% payoff for my current device. Is this something I can do at apple?
 
Question for you guys, I ordered through verizon and they didn't come through, so I reserved a phone at Apple for pickup tomorrow. The problem is, I still owe verizon my 50% payoff for my current device. Is this something I can do at apple?
50% to be able to trade in?
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They couldn't solve that problem for my att account today so i just bought the phone outright
i would run by verizon and pay it off before going in
I was going to say the same thing. I still owed ATT $250 on my next program to be eligible for an upgrade so I called ATT on the way to apple and paid it off over the phone. By the time I got to apple it already took effect and I was upgrading eligible.
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Has anyone been able to purchase through the iPhone upgrade link but purchase in store through the ATT next plan?
I did today.
 
Question for you guys, I ordered through verizon and they didn't come through, so I reserved a phone at Apple for pickup tomorrow. The problem is, I still owe verizon my 50% payoff for my current device. Is this something I can do at apple?
They couldn't solve that problem for my att account today so i just bought the phone outright
i would run by verizon and pay it off before going in
 
Question for you guys, I ordered through verizon and they didn't come through, so I reserved a phone at Apple for pickup tomorrow. The problem is, I still owe verizon my 50% payoff for my current device. Is this something I can do at apple?

Same scenario for me today. When they ran the Verizon check it said I owed an additional 71 bucks to pay off 50% of the 6s, which was required. They took the payment right then and there and then we proceeded with activating the new phone and setting up the new agreement.
 
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Has anyone been able to purchase through the iPhone upgrade link but purchase in store through the ATT next plan?
I was talking to a guy in the reservation line outside the Apple Store and he placed a reservation using IUP link and purchased it using an AT&T Next Plan perfectly fine. You can pretty much purchase any way you wish when you're in there.
 
Boom! And just like that, I got my 256GB Black 7+ for ATT on IUP. Guess this means Ill be cancelling my T MOBILE ORDER THAT NEVER PROCESSED!!!
 
Looks like no +'s in the uk today. Plenty of 7s in all colours and sizes apart from jet black
 
Thanks to this thread I was able to reserve and get the iphone 7 plus black today even though I messed up the reservation.

I had to drive 1.5 hours one way to get it but is worth it! I accidnetly selected tmobile phone in the reservation and I have at&t. Of course by the time I got there and waited over 30 minutes in line they didn't have any more att phones. I was not leaving that place without the phone! Only way to get it was to buy it outright which was not my plan.. I wanted to use iphone upgrade program but they would only let me buy it outright with unlocked version. So she tells me I can check stock and make another reservation and then return the phone and get the at&t version and sign up for the upgrade program then. I'm hoping that is true because I didn't plan to spend $1,000+ on the phone today and rather use the upgrade program.
Well i did the same thing of driving to the neareseeeeet apple store which is more than 1.5hrs and got my reserved Verizon iP7+ matte black 128GB.
 
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