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AT&T: iPhone 6S/6S Plus Pre-Order Thread!

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NewdestinyX said:
BeWARE!! People bailing to Best Buy ... After you make your reservation.. Take a look at their disclaimer about launch day arrival.. ".... available on or AFTER release day.."

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My credit card was charged by Best Buy. When I purchased. So I hope it's available for pickup on Friday.
 
There have been Best Buy employees here who have already said this... and I have friends who work for Best Buy as well (one is a Shift Supervisor for Mobile).

They cannot fulfill every preorder. The "get it a launch" doesn't change... It just shows the date the phone will be available. They have no idea how many phones they will have neither.
If last year is worth any comparison, they had 2 iPhone 6 pluses for AT&T and Verizon each, and thats it. So some might get lucky, but I feel that if you're betting on a store thats not Apple or a Carrier to get your 6S+ be prepared for a major let down.

More iPhones for us though!
 
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CjonesHouston said:
My credit card was charged by Best Buy. When I purchased. So I hope it's available for pickup on Friday.
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Was it a 6S or a 6S plus that you purchased? And was what was charged on your card just the tax for the NEXT plan?

Also I was very interested to see at Best Buy online that they were offering AT&T 2yr contract subsidized pricing as something that could be purchased there too. I thought they were only available through AT&T app/web. Maybe Best Buy was the best kept secret this year.
 
If you can afford to preorder at Best Buy and keep your AT&T preorder. Then cancel the order that doesn't ship or is not available for pick up first.

If you are a Next customer. You can finance the iPhone through Best Buy. It's deferred interest for 12 months. Equivalent to a next payment plan with AT&T. Then next year you can buy straight from Apple and sell your older iPhone.

At least that is my master plan. Lol
 
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NewdestinyX said:
Was it a 6S or a 6S plus that you purchased? And was what was charged on your card just the tax for the NEXT plan?

Also I was very interested to see at Best Buy online that they were offering AT&T 2yr contract subsidized pricing as something that could be purchased there too. I thought they were only available through AT&T app/web. Maybe Best Buy was the best kept secret this year.
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6S +
 
Epyon790 said:
There have been Best Buy employees here who have already said this... and I have friends who work for Best Buy as well (one is a Shift Supervisor for Mobile).

They cannot fulfill every preorder. The "get it a launch" doesn't change... It just shows the date the phone will be available. They have no idea how many phones they will have neither.
If last year is worth any comparison, they had 2 iPhone 6 pluses for AT&T and Verizon each, and thats it. So some might get lucky, but I feel that if you're betting on a store thats not Apple or a Carrier to get your 6S+ be prepared for a major let down.

More iPhones for us though!
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The reason why I thought it was a surer bet was that right in the window where you choose the phone - several of them ( Rose gold 6S pluses ) left blank the availability line. But when they were available the line read "available for pick up 9/25". That's false advertising if they don't have my phone on Friday.
 
CjonesHouston said:
Best Buy only offers Next , cash, debit or credit.
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Not even sure what you mean there. Next is a type of plan… Cash debit or credit are payment methods. They have nothing to do with each other.

Best Buy was also offering 2 year contract for AT&T. You can go there and see for yourself.
 
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The reason why I thought it was a surer bet was that right in the window where you choose the phone - several of them ( Rose gold 6S pluses ) left blank the availability line. But when they were available the line read "available for pick up 9/25". That's false advertising if they don't have my phone on Friday.
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I have always been let down by Best Buy for preorders. The one good thing about needing to purchase from AT&T is that in no way will I be tempted to deal with Best Buy again.
 
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CjonesHouston said:
If you can afford to preorder at Best Buy and keep your AT&T preorder. Then cancel the order that doesn't ship or is not available for pick up first.

If you are a Next customer. You can finance the iPhone through Best Buy. It's deferred interest for 12 months. Equivalent to a next payment plan with AT&T. Then next year you can buy straight from Apple and sell your older iPhone.

At least that is my master plan. Lol
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Wait! So isn't that the same way with Apple and NEXT?
 
NewdestinyX said:
The reason why I thought it was a surer bet was that right in the window where you choose the phone - several of them ( Rose gold 6S pluses ) left blank the availability line. But when they were available the line read "available for pick up 9/25". That's false advertising if they don't have my phone on Friday.
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Yeah I would be pist. But there's just no way of knowing. I'll hope for the best for all of you.
 
Also I was very interested to see at Best Buy online that they were offering AT&T 2yr contract subsidized pricing as something that could be purchased there too. I thought they were only available through AT&T app/web. Maybe Best Buy was the best kept secret this year.[/QUOTE said:
Best Buy does not offer a 2yr contract purchase option for AT&T; only for Sprint and Verizon.
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albi9790 said:
last year it did come from the US vis ups, i dont know if they have to register the phone to the system so when you turn it on out of the box it will automatically update.

last year i lived in chicago, now currently i am living in San Diego, i would presume the carrier would be ups. i think verizon has a contract with FEDEX. and ATT uses UPS
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I've just been lurking and following the hilarity in this thread but just wanted to chime in on this. I got my 6 last year from ATT via Fedex.
 
… Thanks for the clarification. You could be right. I saw the subsidized pricing but I wasn't necessarily looking to see the AT&T in the parentheses next to the phone. I'm sure you're right.
 
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So do y'all think we will start seeing tracking information go out tomorrow or are they going to wait until Thursday to give them to us?
 
NewdestinyX said:
Not even sure what you mean there. Next is a type of plan… Cash debit or credit are payment methods. They have nothing to do with each other.

Best Buy was also offering 2 year contract for AT&T. You can go there and see for yourself.
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You have a choice of using your next upgrade. You also have a choice of paying the full price.
 
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