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The regular apple store site allows this pre set up save, however if you're a veteran and go on Apple's Veteran discount site there is no option to save your pre- order selection. I guess I will just have to hope Apples Veteran Link site is not too busy starting at 5am tomorrow.?
 
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I did the whole "get ready" process yesterday.
I just went into the Apple Store app and it's asking me to do it like I haven't already done it. WTH
I just tried to do the process and it looks like Apple's networks are ******** the bed or something. It gave me an error and now it's not letting me go through with the process it just says "Your iPhone preorder was no longer available. Please contact customer support" and that's it lol. I tried contacting customer support but they don't know what's going on...Oh well. This is the first time I've had this issue
 
Dynamic Island is the dumbest name Apple has ever had for what I consider to be one of the coolest software features to come to the iPhone. I just wish the pill were about 25% smaller. It seemed bigger than the leaks suggested. Definitely way better than the notch, and more functional.

I’ve pre-pre-ordered the iPhone 14 Pro in Space Black, 256GB. Time to go to bed and order it in the morning alongside my AirPods Pro 2.
 
Two hours to go, 8pm Friday Australian time and the Apple site has been down for about 3 hours. Obviously doing their housekeeping for the preorders. Just feel a little anxious though I think that this is usual practice for preorder. Have already saved a configuration but cannot access it at this time. Fingers crossed!
 
Ordered, done ✅ iPhone 14 Pro 512GB Black! 😁 🇬🇧
Pre-ordered, used link from the pre-order email. Worked fine. In-store pickup at 08:00 🥂
 
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The worst Apple Store purchase experience ever. T-Mobile doesn’t recognize my number as active. CS has no clue what’s going on.
 
Did 2 orders for two lines with trade-ins to VZW and carrier financing. Only one order currently showing in the "recent orders" page. WTF?
 
Trying to order on the upgrade plan.

Hitting "check your eligibility now" I was getting 404 errors in Safari. Finally got past it and now getting "

Please wait while we access your​

iPhone Upgrade Program information​


seems to be hung there.

Finally got in but in the wrong section, outright purchase. Will keep trying.

Got the order in, finally, but it is on hold due to the extended fraud alert which I placed on my credit bureaus due to fraudulent charges on a previous credit card which was cancelled. The instructions said to wait for them to call me. Impatient I called Citizens. I was told that there was no way to contact that department, I have to wait for their call.

Loan wasn't approved initially as I hadn't replaced the card on my account and I missed a payment. Called them and gave them the new number so they could clear the account. They had sent me an email, but with thousands of emails didn't see it.

Becoming quite the adventure.
 
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I would like to do this, but I have concerns with the trade in program. I traded in a perfectly good conditioned iPad several months ago when I bought a new iPad through the Apple app. Several weeks later, apples “partner” came back and said that instead of giving me 300 or so dollars for my tablet (what was quoted when I made the purchase/trade in online) they were giving me 40. The rationale was complete bogus. The only recourse I had was to accept it at the reduced amount - and the remainder would be charged to my installment plan or they’d send me back the iPad and the full balance (including the 40$) would be billed to my monthly installment for the new iPad which I had bought / traded it in for. Bait and switch much? Is there a way to preorder, w a trade in, and avoid this? Ie bring the phone to be traded to the store and still have an order placed online? I can’t get to apples store at 9am on a Friday. I work.

Can confirm mail-in trade-in is a scam. Will never go through that hell again, but while trying to sort it out an Apple Store Management rep told me straight up, just take it in to the store. They will glance at it, officially accept the trade in value, and you’re done. Mail-in is supposedly being moved back to being Apple first party after years of scam issues with their “partners.” But I still wouldn’t trust it.

I believe you have two weeks after your trade-in deal is made to either mail it in OR bring it to an Apple Store.
 
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