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AT&T Pre-order status iPhone 6 Plus (only)

Orangechipper said:
Lets say they get 1000 new orders across the 23 countries.

they have to proportion it. so instead of USA getting all 1000 phones. USA gets just 40. And Turkey gets 40 and germany gets 40 etc. on down the line.

So since its split like that, they cant keep up with demand.

But what other choice do they have? Only launch in one country and not in any other? Only launch when 25 million phones are ready? But then thats a huge risk if they dont sell. So they are in a pinch either way.

To me, this is where a "pre-order" should get priority over a phone that happens to be on shelf at an att store somewhere or at an apple store somewhere. that is bs.
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Agreed on all points. With demand so high and supply so constrained, there are several things at fault here. Weeks ago we weren't even sure if Apple was going to release the 5.5 Plus along with the 6, they surprised us all by launching both. In retrospect, I would have much rather waited for the launch of the Plus in order to begin pre-orders on that device, but I hope many lessons have been learned from this flop of a release.

I think alot has to do also with the fact that many carriers were offering $0 down free financing for the device through various programs, in efforts to lock you in, which contributed to the large number of sales as well.

Next time around I'll bite the bullet and order through Apple, regardless if the site goes live as scheduled or delayed by hours like this time around. I can only imagine what the iWatch release will be like, I don't even want to think about that.

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Sidberto said:
Does anyone else think that ordering on 9/19 or later does not constitute as a pre-order. In that case it wouldn't it just be a regular order?

I appreciate the frustrations a lot of people are having with AT&T and/or Apple over the long wait times but you should have been well aware of the supply constraints if you ordered your phone after its official launch. Many people on this thread ordered on 9/12 (including myself) and have yet to receive any news on when our phones would be delivered. I just don't think you "orderers" (vs. pre-orderers) have as much right to complain as those of us who have been waiting since the 12th for some kind of word on our devices. Its just my personal opinion, however unpopular.
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I understand what you're saying and it makes complete sense, unfortunately we all know that many who have ordered after launch have already received their devices. We're talking days even weeks after 09/12. This only adds to the frustration and makes it seem as if AT&T is literally pulling names out of a hat when it comes to these orders.
 
Westfusion said:
If the tracking on the usps site says "shipping info recieved" the USPS does NOT have the phones yet! It has to say: "accepted"
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Thanks for the info.

Is the information accurate though? I Googled, seems the tracking is always out of date.

AT&T called me and I asked about the status, they said the phone has been picked up.
 
qnet said:
A tip for those of you who might not know. If you already have a nano sim from a previous phone, it will work in the new Iphone 6+.

While I was at the Apple store, the At&t rep who I was on the phone with overheard me talking to the Apple rep about trying my sim card in the new Iphone. She said it wouldn't work and the iphone is different. That didn't sound right, because I had used the same sim card in several Android phones and even an Iphone 5S. From my understanding, a sim card is a sim card, you just have to have the right size, and even then you can use adapters.

When I got home and tried it, it worked, no calling or activating. Data, phone calls, everything works.
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I'm not certain, but I read the iPhone 6's will not be VoLTE capable without the new SIM, that could be what the ATT rep was referring to.
 
sunbuffett said:
Thanks for the info.

Is the information accurate though? I Googled, seems the tracking is always out of date.

AT&T called me and I asked about the status, they said the phone has been picked up.
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they told you it's been shipped?
 
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Sidberto said:
Does anyone else think that ordering on 9/19 or later does not constitute as a pre-order. In that case it wouldn't it just be a regular order?

I appreciate the frustrations a lot of people are having with AT&T and/or Apple over the long wait times but you should have been well aware of the supply constraints if you ordered your phone after its official launch. Many people on this thread ordered on 9/12 (including myself) and have yet to receive any news on when our phones would be delivered. I just don't think you "orderers" (vs. pre-orderers) have as much right to complain as those of us who have been waiting since the 12th for some kind of word on our devices. Its just my personal opinion, however unpopular.
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I ordered on 13 th and that's not considered a preorder. :D
 
Ellie143 said:
sorry Bryan mmy excuse is im 82 years old and I don't always type well. U should understand we have been waiting for over 3 weeks now and people are upset. We get trolls who do this as a joke and we didn't know what was happening. Thanks for the information. ;)
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Thanks for understanding. However at this whole little spat I won't posting anymore. Thanks again and God bless
 
Ellie143 said:
I ordered on 13 th and that's not considered a preorder. :D
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I disagree, respectfully of course. Anything ordered from the 12th to the 18th is technically a pre-order since it was ordered before the official launch of the phones on 9/19. Anything on or after the 19th is just a regular order. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that people shouldn't post on this thread based on their order date. I just wanted to make that clarification, and also distract myself a little from being 6+less.
 
Sidberto said:
I disagree, respectfully of course. Anything ordered from the 12th to the 18th is technically a pre-order since it was ordered before the official launch of the phones on 9/19. Anything on or after the 19th is just a regular order. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that people shouldn't post on this thread based on their order date. I just wanted to make that clarification, and also distract myself a little from being 6+less.
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Well that's interesting. I tried not to complain too much because thought preorders were the 11 th and 12th. I guess I can complain all I want thank you. :)
 
bryanhobbs said:
Thanks for understanding. However at this whole little spat I won't posting anymore. Thanks again and God bless
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I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway. I didn't mean to I was just wondering when you found out about the dates :confused: I would just really like my phone.
 
On the plus side

On the plus side*, it doesn't look like the pace of flights from china have really slowed. Still see 6 on their way today at this point. Hopefully, there will be more for AT&T in this group.

http://flightaware.com/live/iphone


*Pun intended...


[edited to include the flightaware link since I know not everybody has been following this thread all along]
 
bryanhobbs said:
Thanks for understanding. However at this whole little spat I won't posting anymore. Thanks again and God bless
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I swore last week I won't post again. I was made fun of a couple days ago very rudely and said to myself never again. Than I see something that I want to respond too and here I am again. Maybe we can all move on with our lives soon. I'm so tired of the back order lady I can scream.

Orderd gold 16 GB on sept 13 at 4 PM. :eek:
 
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Ellie143 said:
I swore last week I won't post again. I was made fun of a couple days ago very rudely and said to myself never again. Than I see something that I want to respond too and here I am again. Maybe we can all move on with our lives soon. I'm so tired of the back order lady I can scream.

Orderd gold 16 GB on sept 13 at 4 PM. :eek:
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I've. Decided I'm not checking 77 or 66 or Att.com anymore. If and when phone ships I'll get an email. Ridiculous situation:mad:
 
pssjack said:
My ship date is 10/2-10/13. I'm still showing back ordered.
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Please post back here when your order ships. I doubt they'll push you back but you never know with AT&T lately. If these 10/2 - 10/13 orders start getting pushed back, all hell's gonna break loose.
 
So I just called CS because I was bored and frustrated gave her my info and all that was told I would be put on hold for a quick second and the bam I was hung up on. Maybe it was by accident but Stlll just
 
I'm still here, still backordered, still pending shipment, still preparing to ship, still 10/2 - 10/13 dates. 2.47AM CDT confirmation on 9/12, iPhone 6+ 128 GB SG in California.
 
Called 877 just to see if they had any other info than "Preparing to ship" I.e. Back ordered with projected 10/02 to 10/13 ship date. Advised her of 9/12 3:40 am order time.

So the ATT girl checks and begins to tell me 3 to 4 weeks. Think she heard me gurgling, choking and says, let me check another way and comes back and says projected ship date 10/02 to 10/13. Then she starts to sell me an iPad cuz I have a $200 discount due to ordering the phone. Shaking my head, I tell her, let's just work on getting this current order delivered.

Honestly, I don't think they even have a clue. We know as much or more from blogging with each other.
 
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