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Carrier AT&T Pre-Order and Dispatch Thread
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My text message I got says preparing to ship but online says in progress still with a nov 3 date
Question for all of you smart people...
I preordered my iPhone X on launch night/morning -- with delivery scheduled for Friday.
I purchased it UNLOCKED/full-price via the upgrade path, and I'm currently month-to-month with AT&T and under no contract.
Question: I may sell this iPhone to a friend. Is the iPhone already "hot" and tied to my account? Or, does it have to be activated in some way once it's opened? What is that process? Does the person have to call AT&T and verify some kind of information? Or does the phone ask for some kind of personal information once turned on?
It seems strange to me that someone could turn it on, and out of the box, it would be tied to my account -- ie. what if someone stole the package off my doorstep before I could turn it on, etc.?
I guess I'm worried about selling it to someone if the SIM that's in it already is live and tied to my account.
Could any other recent "upgraders" who paid full price for an unlocked Apple phone shed some light on activation and/or how it comes once unwrapped and powered on?
Thanks!
I preordered my iPhone X on launch night/morning -- with delivery scheduled for Friday.
I purchased it UNLOCKED/full-price via the upgrade path, and I'm currently month-to-month with AT&T and under no contract.
Question: I may sell this iPhone to a friend. Is the iPhone already "hot" and tied to my account? Or, does it have to be activated in some way once it's opened? What is that process? Does the person have to call AT&T and verify some kind of information? Or does the phone ask for some kind of personal information once turned on?
It seems strange to me that someone could turn it on, and out of the box, it would be tied to my account -- ie. what if someone stole the package off my doorstep before I could turn it on, etc.?
I guess I'm worried about selling it to someone if the SIM that's in it already is live and tied to my account.
Could any other recent "upgraders" who paid full price for an unlocked Apple phone shed some light on activation and/or how it comes once unwrapped and powered on?
Thanks!
I think the only thing confirmed is AT&T is running their fulfillment systems on Altair 8800 computers.
I am in this exact same situation. And the order numbers are different depending on where you look. One of the chat people told me the original date should be the one that goes. But from looking in these threads year to year, you just get the feeling that the chat people are just there to keep people from storming the stores with torches and pitchforks.
My credit card still has the charge pending on it. That's kind of the only thing that makes me think the original 11/3 date is legit.
From FedEx's website:
To request to have us hold your shipment for pickup at a FedEx location before the first delivery attempt or after you receive a door tag, go to fedex.com and enter the tracking number in the Track box. Select Hold at FedEx Location and choose an eligible location in your area.
Ordered at 2:57 and 3:09 - EST - One Silver and One SG, both are showing "preparing to ship" now.
I’m not sure if the same applies with the iPhone X but I ordered the Apple Watch series 3 from AT&T. We were going out of town so I called to have the package held but according to Fedex and AT&T a delivery attempt has to be made and then I could schedule it for pickup. The only way to get around it was that I wrote a short note for the Fedex driver requesting the watch be held for pickup at my local warehouse.
FedEx won't let you hold for pickup until they at least attempt to deliver it once. This is Apple's decision, not FedEx. Source: my personal experience the past 6 year's of preordering iPhones.
Oh really? Could this be different since it is technically coming through AT&T? Thanks for the info...
Does AT&T only ship FedEx? I have a tracking # in my UPS app coming from China. Curious if it’s the AT&T order or Apple.
When I've ordered from AT&T, that's been my experience whenever they send the phone FedEx. AT&T does also use UPS to ship but I would expect both carriers to have been given the same rules by Apple.
It’s your Apple order. Att devices are already stateside and they use fedex.
I ordered the same model through Premier at exactly the same time. The "check my order" link in the confirmation email takes me to the same exact order status page that can be accessed from the main att.com site. No matter which way I access the order status page, it has my correct order time (3:31am ET) and says "Preparing to ship" (no option to cancel).
256 gb/ silver. Got a txt message 2 days ago stating my order was preparing to be shipped. Status of order has remained “in process” since ordered.
It would be the Apple order. Apple uses UPS for 90% of all orders of iPhones. AT&T uses FedEx for 90% of all cell phone orders. There are exceptions for both choices.
Dave
Wait, so you cannot request a package to be held at the main facility? That sucks.
Just like for Apple, that status means all actions by you are complete and all pre-shipmet actions by AT&T are complete. No further changes can be made before shipment and at this step you are unable to cancel the order.
Dave
Sounds like what a lot of big brand guitar stores do when they send fedex, I have to wait for an initial delivery attempt before I can route it to a ship center for pick-up. Who knows??
If pick up is missed on Friday we should be able to ahve held for next day and pick it up at local office?
That’s one of the reasons I prefer packages get shipped to me by UPS, I can have it held before it’s attempted, and pick it up as soon as the customer center opens.
I guess thats more of a recent policy, but i was able to have them hold my 3GS....although it might have been UPS if i remember correctly.