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AT&T: iPhone 6S/6S Plus Pre-Order Thread!
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Yes.. It will already have a Sim card inside. When you go through the activation process it will ask you if you want to activate it to the number on your account you used to upgrade. Very easy process. And even if the activation process on the screen fails for some reason all you need to do is take your Sim card out of your current phone and put it in that one - that is, if the current phone you have also has a nano Sim and is from AT&T.
If however you upgraded using a different line on your account for the upgrade. You want to make sure that you don't activate using that phone number. Or your other family member's phone will stop working immediately. in that case you'll want to do the Sim card swap thing I just mentioned.
yes, have 6 plus now att
haven't done one on my own since my Google Nexus One
what read sounds pretty straight forward
thanks
Thank you for this info--confirms what I thought I needed to do. I've never attempted a SIM card swap on my own.
It's easy enough I take it?
IPHONE 6S+ No changes on the status since I placed the order...
Order date: 09/12/2015 at 3:07:38 AM EDT
Order status:
In progress
We're preparing your order, and we'll let you know once it's ready.
Your order is being prepared for shipping. If you placed order within the past 24 hours, some information may not be available yet.
Estimated ship dates:
October 16, 2015 - October 23, 2015
Order date: 09/12/2015 at 3:07:38 AM EDT
Order status:
In progress
We're preparing your order, and we'll let you know once it's ready.
Your order is being prepared for shipping. If you placed order within the past 24 hours, some information may not be available yet.
Estimated ship dates:
October 16, 2015 - October 23, 2015
6s plus silver 64gb
Order date: 09/12/2015 at 3:01:45 AM EDT
Order status: In progress
We're preparing your order, and we'll let you know once it's ready.
Your order is being prepared for shipping. If you placed order within the past 24 hours, some information may not be available yet.
Estimated ship dates:
October 16, 2015 - October 23, 2015
Order date: 09/12/2015 at 3:01:45 AM EDT
Order status: In progress
We're preparing your order, and we'll let you know once it's ready.
Your order is being prepared for shipping. If you placed order within the past 24 hours, some information may not be available yet.
Estimated ship dates:
October 16, 2015 - October 23, 2015
It will. They haven't changed SIM technology in quite a while. It'll work. If you have a link to a specific statement from Apple saying otherwise.. please post here.
Very easy - you need a safety pin or small tack to pop open the SIM cover.. Once out - easy peazey
I'm thinking it will work as well but going from 5s to 6 we needed a new SIM... the old one worked, but would give some weird error.
This is what mine has said for a few days now.
Order date: 09/12/2015 at 7:00:31 AM EDT
Order status:
Preparing to ship
We're getting your order ready to ship. Expect your items to ship during the dates we gave you.
Thank you for placing your order with us.
Estimated ship dates:
September 24, 2015 - September 24, 2015
When I text to check the status it changes to "in progress". They mean the same according to a rep I spoke with yesterday. I just can't wait to start tracking it when it ships.
Order date: 09/12/2015 at 7:00:31 AM EDT
Order status:
Preparing to ship
We're getting your order ready to ship. Expect your items to ship during the dates we gave you.
Thank you for placing your order with us.
Estimated ship dates:
September 24, 2015 - September 24, 2015
When I text to check the status it changes to "in progress". They mean the same according to a rep I spoke with yesterday. I just can't wait to start tracking it when it ships.
It will work, the statement on the specification page that they were thinking of states that it will not work with existing micro-SIMs. A nano-SIM should swap no problem.
Good News Everyone!
(Regarding Upgrade Dates)
I just chatted with a Rep about upgrade dates:
AT&T : The contract on your number started this month.This was the biggest issue for me. Now that I know I will still be able to upgrade to the 7S on time, I feel much better about the whole thing, even if I don't get this phone until a week or 2 later.I can assure you of that. Would you like me to show you online?
Me : oh yes please! Another chat rep told me that the contract didn't start until it shipped!
AT&T : Thank you for waiting.
AT&T : I can understand what you mean. I am sorry about that.
Please make sure the myAT&T tab is selected on the orange bar at the very top of the page.
Directly beneath it should be a white bar, please hover your mouse over Profile, under the My Profile column, please click on Update my profile.
AT&T : On the Profile page, there should be three tabs saying Account Information, User Information, and Marketing Preferences.
Please click on the User Information tab and ensure that your upgraded number is selected. Then we can scroll down to see the Contract Information
Me : Great, yes 9/12/17, so full upgrade on this line will happen on that date for sure correct?
Me : and that number will not change/adjust once the phone ships?
AT&T : Yes, correct.
I'm glad you checked on this. Thanks for sharing!
Hold onto your apron strings. I was thinking about going to the AT&T Store on launch day. Then if they had my 128 gb space gray 6s Plus I was going to cancel my order then purchase the one in the store.
The first guy couldn't answer my question about doing this so he checked with another rep who actually had the sheet listing the models they were going to have on launch day. She even showed it to me. It showed all of the 6s models but they were not getting any of the 6s Plus models at all! BTW, this was a corporate store.
So, you might want to check with the AT&T store you are planning on going to. They DO have a list of phones they will be getting. Hope they are nice enough to share it with you, too.
In closing I'll be happy to get my iPhone whenever it's available.
I upgraded via the mobile app also. At the beginning of the order process I selected "Upgrade" and did not have to select a data plan. My current unlimited data plan was automatically selected. In the order summary it shows the unlimited data (grandfathered) plan.
I'm so upset with AT&T. On a chat on their website they told me the release date for them on the plus is October. The regular 6s is 9/25
Yes.. This is exactly like last year! Most of the ATT stores had no Gold 6 Plusses and very few 6 Plusses in other sizes and colors at all. The places people were lucking out were Best Buy, Radio Shack and Target Stores.Hold onto your apron strings. I was thinking about going to the AT&T Store on launch day. Then if they had my 128 gb space gray 6s Plus I was going to cancel my order then purchase the one in the store.
The first guy couldn't answer my question about doing this so he checked with another rep who actually had the sheet listing the models they were going to have on launch day. She even showed it to me. It showed all of the 6s models but they were not getting any of the 6s Plus models at all! BTW, this was a corporate store.
So, you might want to check with the AT&T store you are planning on going to. They DO have a list of phones they will be getting. Hope they are nice enough to share it with you, too.
In closing I'll be happy to get my iPhone whenever it's available.
How long do you wait if you preorder one on line and reserve appt/pick up in store on 25th. I thought you could pick a time, although all those are probably filled. I have my order in with ATT, so would have to test with another family phone.
NVM--128gb available at my locations
NVM--128gb available at my locations
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