Yes but by then you "could" miss on the first batch of iPhones and wait a few months. Time is priceless, I would give 50m just to get back 1 minute back of my life.
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Apple Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over iPhone Upgrade Program Woes
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Are they really the best customers? Because they're filing a lawsuit. They seem like a burden to the company IMO. Plenty of us get the new phones whether year, but we pay full price up front.
Again. They didn't promise you a new phone day one. They promised you the eligibility to upgrade after 12 months. You are eligible. That has been fulfilled. Just because there are no devices doesn't mean they didn't fulfill their requirement. Devices are always short on launch day.
consumerism is a brutal thing... I cant believe people are crying over a device... This society is a sick one...
Their really are. But there entitled too they're opinion at the end of the day and there able too sue Apple if that's watt they want too do.
What this has to do with Samsung? Can you explain that?
I am sure there will be class action lawsuit for the batttery problem. But why would bring Samsung to the completely unrelated problem?
As an iUP member, the only part of the lawsuit that I agree with is having apple waive the 12-months of payments requirement for this upcoming iPhone. In order for me to upgrade, I need to have made 12 full payments. If I don't get the 2016 phone until November, then I won't be able to upgrade to the 2017 model until November 2017. If I wanted to get the 2017 model at launch, I would have to pay 12 monthly payments in 11 months
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Egg-zactly but folks on this website like to jump to conclusions in a heart beat without knowing nothing about the claim nor the law. The best answer is yours, but so many Apple fan boys here to defend their Godess. Lol
Have you made
have you made 12 payments. The first 12 months won't be up until at least the 23rd or the 26th of September. Did you ready terms of the program? Eligible to upgrade after 12 months....
While I agree that the lawsuit seems silly, they do have a valid point. They just want Apple to "make all of its iPhone inventory available to upgrade members."
They aren't asking for preferential treatment. They just want the same opportunity that everyone else gets. The upgrade members could ONLY buy phones that were in stock at a physical store, while regular customers could pick from that stock AND the online stock.
12 months of payments was on August 25th.
If you don't get the iPhone until November, your 12th payment is October 2017, not November.
Are you serious? I mean I can understand people being frustrated with the snafu that was trying to pre-order one of these things, but this is just ridiculous. Not unprecedented, it seems a lot of people will try to sue over just about anything these days....
I see where they are coming from, although this is a bit quick to be filing the suit. I'm sure Apple was astonished at getting the notice already. They should have gone to Apple first and let them know what they were thinking about doing, and seeing if Apple would do something without involving the courts.
Apple has responded to customer frustration and has been collecting customer information to attempt to get customers their iPhones as soon as possible.
Unbelievable. I'm willing to bet that this law firm went out looking for "victims" with the goal of pocketing millions. The lawyers aren't the true problem. It's the judges that grant class action status and allow the sharks to pocket unseemly amounts for often trivial reasons.
In this instance, Apple is trying to correct the problem. Not every upgrader was harmed (can't believe I just typed that BS) and again, Apple is trying to rectify the situation.
Whining is the new American pastime.
Unbelievable. I'm willing to bet that this law firm went out looking for "victims" with the goal of pocketing millions. The lawyers aren't the true problem. It's the judges that grant class action status and allow the sharks to pocket unseemly amounts for often trivial reasons.
In this instance, Apple is trying to correct the problem. Not every upgrader was harmed (can't believe I just typed that BS) and again, Apple is trying to rectify the situation.
Whining is the new American pastime.
Correct but they weren't even given the same chance as a non member.
I think you're missing the point. Stating I'm eligible and allowing me to order are two different things. At 12:10am Friday morning, if I was online just like someone else not in the Upgrade Program trying to reserve a phone, shouldn't I have just as much of a chance to reserve a phone. Any phone, any color. If what i wanted was sold out, shouldn't I have had an option to reserve a phone for 2 months, 3 months from now. Whenever. That was not the case.
Oh well, I guess these lawyers were p*****d they couldn't get the iphones they wanted either? It's the only explanation I can think of for such a stupid law suite.
Did you pay for this service? I doubt it...
We can't bring water to children in third world country's but BY GOD I'll pre order the iPhone I want, or sue Apple!!!!!
Did you pay for this service? I doubt it...
We can't bring water to children in third world country's but BY GOD I'll pre order the iPhone I want, or sue Apple!!!!!
No, but they also didn't tell you that it would become MORE complicated to get a new phone on launch day and that you couldn't order with the rest of the world. You're essentially pushed to the BACK of the line for a new phone but that's not the way the program was sold to us. Not that I think a law suit is necessary, Apple obviously sees the flaw here and is trying to fix it.
Correct. I think these folks are just kids that don't read to understand, they read to insult.