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Found this little tidbit on Apple.com

Apple.com said:
Why am I unable to complete my order right now?

We are currently unable to reach AT&T to process the information that you have provided. We will hold the information you have entered and contact you once we are able to confirm phone pricing and eligibility for your account.
 
It worked!

I gave up on apple site and pre-ordered through AT&T, was very smooth, no waiting or loading. Got confirmation email for my 64GB White iPhone 4S immediately. I would suggest anyone having issues try att.com
 
Funny, I recognise some names here complaining they can't get through to order - the same guys who said they get an Android instead .. I love ze intaweb :p

lol..yeah yeah...we all went thru that phase...forget S2..i want 4S! :p
 
I am with AT&T now, but switching to Verizon. Apple store was late starting, so I just ordered on Verizon at about 2:10 AM CT. I just got my order confirmation from Verizon saying my order would arrive on 10/14/11.

Good Enough!
 
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Wow alot of you need to open your eyes-- for the att unlimited plan look BELOW and you will see that you can select "4s unlimited plan"

About att white iPhones-- when you are about to add to cart there's a drop down on the right side to select color
 
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Wow...I can't preorder through Apple if I'm a new Sprint customer....wtf?

So put in the order through sprint site.
 
A few people have said they were able to order on AT&T...how?? I click the "Preorder now" button and put in all my info on the "AT&T Upgrader", it tells me I am eligible for upgrade, and then brings me to the "Choose your iPhone" page. This page only lists the iPhone 3gs and iPhone 4...no iPhone 4s anywhere. Anyone else having this problem?!

Also, a few people have said they called AT&T or Apple to place their orders on the phone. I have tried both but I thought all their phone service centers were closed at this time of night.

Happened to me too, but then in the search box I put "iPhone 4S" and it came up with some cases, but below the pictures of the cases the first link was for the actual iPhone 4S and I was able to order very easily, 64GB White! :D so try that maybe?
 
Anyone Preorder from a carrier site and still able to get the Applecare+?? under the TOC for Applecare+ you have to purchase at time of purchase of device. of course Verizon doesn't give me the option to buy applecare.
 
Iphone has been reserved

I finally got the message saying that an Iphone has been reserved for me. Just waiting for an email to complete my order. Wonder how long that will take?
 
Looks like Apple took out the eligibility check and ordering and went straight to a reservation to send people later to spread out the load.

Was just going to post this. It sounds like they simply allowed us to reserve so we know a unit now has our name on it and they'll be sending us a link to go back and complete the provider details around plan, etc. later on. That's an acceptable trade-off. I just started trying at 4:45 Eastern, so about 12 minutes worth of effort was worthwhile for me!
 
woot woot it was reserved
 

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Surprise!

Was able to order mine through Verizon's site and was pleasantly surprised with a 10% "loyalty" discount...

Black 32gb iPhone 4S for $269 - I'll take it!

Just took a couple minutes to receive my order confirmation email.

Goodnight.
 
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What does this mean WS.workflowsessionValidationFailed.webUIheader mean? That's the message I'm getting
 
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What does this mean WS.workflowsessionValidationFailed.webUIheader mean? That's the message I'm getting

Me too.
 
Apple FTW. I thought this phone was a "disappointment."

I tried to tell people, I know a lot of people that want this phone, it was only a disappointment to people that don't want an iPhone...
 
Finally!!!

After almost 2 hours I finally got through... Reservation confirmed for an iPhone 4S 16GB Black!!! Good night folks and good luck getting through!
 
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