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Apple now slipped to 4-6 weeks. wowww!
still displaying 2 weeks for me.
Apple's iPhone 5 Pre-order Shipping Estimates Slip to Two Weeks
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still displaying 2 weeks for me.
kavabuggy
macrumors member
Glad I decided to stay up and order right away.
Haha, I must be an old fart. I came home from work at about 530pm CST, cleaned a bit, had dinner, facetimed my mother and nephew in Houston, set my alarm for 155am CST, then went to bed at about 930pm CST. Got up before alarm, then pulled up sites on my laptop. AT&T process started before reported time, while Apple website still had the notice that they'd be back shortly. I got a confirmation email at 159am CST. Went back and logged into my mom's account to pre-order her phone for her, since there was no way she was going to do it herself, and her confirmation email came in at 203am CST. Kinda feel lucky. Just hoping my order isn't canceled just because it went in a minute before midnight in the pacific time zone.
Chupa Chupa
macrumors G5
Went from "we've received your order" to "processing" then back to "we've received your order."
Is that bad
No. Common for Apple servers on busy days.
txr0ckabilly
macrumors 6502
Has anyone tried to order from the premier website? It doesn't even list iPhones or I'm just not seeing it.
Got a reservation email at 12:06 AM PST. Promised delivery of September 21st. Went back to complete my order at 2:42 AM PST, and got 2 weeks delivery. So lame, Apple. So lame.
The best part: there was no way to cancel the reservation and order a new phone before shipping time slipped.
Luckily I'm a patient person and can wait after launch day to receive it, but it sucks that I completed an order for my girlfriend's mom right after my reservation and she's getting her iPhone 5 on launch day.
Does Apple know what a reservation is?
The best part: there was no way to cancel the reservation and order a new phone before shipping time slipped.
Luckily I'm a patient person and can wait after launch day to receive it, but it sucks that I completed an order for my girlfriend's mom right after my reservation and she's getting her iPhone 5 on launch day.
Does Apple know what a reservation is?
tomegun
macrumors 6502
Can someone tell me why Apple cannot put the infrastructure in to handle such a load. I know the extra capacity will only be tested twice a year - iPhone and iPad launch - but I would think it is worth it for a company with that much money in the bank.
From a server standpoint, it seems easy enough to double the processing power. Is there something dealing with bandwidth or the network that makes this cost prohibitive...if there is such a thing for Apple?
Oh, and if this can be done, they need to call EA and tell them how to do it for Madden. I don't understand that one either.
From a server standpoint, it seems easy enough to double the processing power. Is there something dealing with bandwidth or the network that makes this cost prohibitive...if there is such a thing for Apple?
Oh, and if this can be done, they need to call EA and tell them how to do it for Madden. I don't understand that one either.
ECUpirate44
macrumors 603
Apple handled it pretty well this year actually... its the other carriers actually... the ones that Apple has to communicate with about upgrade eligibility that cannot handle the load properly -- and when that goes bad then it messes up the order process. I had no trouble with Apple payment processing or anything which is basically all they handle.
Yeah. I just went through the process again and the iPhone 5 was in the list this time. Process was smooth...finally. I doubt I'll get it on launch day. Oh well.
Sounds like you used an Andriod phone to set the alarm. They are known to do that when iphone preorders are at stake .
Realistically, I wouldn't get too excited about this. Yes, the iPhone 5 is going to be massive (already pre-ordered my two from Apple.com this morning); however, there could be numerous reasons the shipping times slipped so fast (smaller inventory due to Sharp's delays, giving more stock to carriers, etc.).
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Apple is not going to spend millions to upgrade the infrastructure for 2-3 days a year when they need it. Not when they are going to sell out anyway within an hour. It doesn't make financial sense.
GoCubsGo
macrumors Nehalem
Good luck with that. Live tiles probably won't happen anytime soon if at all. You could buy a windows phone though.
ScottishDuck
macrumors 6502a
Good thing I ordered immediately I guess.
travistaylor
macrumors regular
I finally got through on the AT&T Website and just got my order confirmation stating that my phone should arrive as soon as September 21, 2012.... As soon as, huh?
Ugh....
Ugh....
I was able to preorder from the app store on my phone and received the confirmation e-mail before the store was even up on my desktop.
By 3:12 the store was up and I preordered for my daughter. Received the second confirmation 5 minutes later. I have to say ordering from the app on my phone was a much simpler and quicker process.I just ordered mine on ATT's site and received an email right away that said "on or before Sept. 21st."
Although I was charged an upgrade fee of 36 bucks. I don't ever remember having that when i ordered through apple before. Anyone else have this?
just got that too.
And it just switched from "Status: Pending" to "Status: Preorder Processing". Does anyone know if Premier AT&T members get some sort of perks like priority with preorders? I've been up since 3am trying to order a phone but because I have a business line I have not been able to get through because of their servers. They should at least take that into consideration...
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My e-mail says "as soon as Sept. 21st"
Hope for the Best
This might be wishful thinking...
But there might be a slim chance that Apple is overestimating the delivery time to be conservative and will end up revising alot of us in the "ships in two weeks" window so we get it sooner. That would be a pleasant surprise instead of getting delayed
This might be wishful thinking...
But there might be a slim chance that Apple is overestimating the delivery time to be conservative and will end up revising alot of us in the "ships in two weeks" window so we get it sooner. That would be a pleasant surprise
instead of getting delayed And it just switched from "Status: Pending" to "Status: Preorder Processing". Does anyone know if Premier AT&T members get some sort of perks like priority with preorders? I've been up since 3am trying to order a phone but because I have a business line I have not been able to get through because of their servers. They should at least take that into consideration...
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My e-mail says "as soon as Sept. 21st"
@#$%^&* yea i just checked mine. it's early and i need to go back to bed but you are right, mine says "as early as"....well, i guess that could mean anything.
