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Tip for those picking up the online pre-order. Go to the usual in-store pick up area, not the mobile phone area of the store. After you get your phone you can go over to Mobile and have them set it up if you don't want to.
Damn phone only came with 7% battery left!
Damn phone only came with 7% battery left!
I wonder if your Credit Card that offers price difference protection will cover this...Hmmm!
Mine was in a mini-cage by the mobile area, not the main pick up area.
In-store claimed they were completely unable to price match and had to do it over the phone. Im sceptical but didnt want to argue and will just go through my credit company if they refuse over the phone.
Submitted that request to Citi this morning. Wanted to ensure I was actually getting it first.
Will let you know.
My situation is like this -
I got the email about 6:43am but it was for the #17 pre-order.
I arrived at Best Buy by 10:35am. They asked for ID. But I had to cancel it. So I have to wait until another email shows up for that #34 (technically #33 because I'm also #17) which deals with installments.
As long as you get the email, bring an ID and pick it anytime. I may not get it today but I'm not trippin'. Going to eat some $2 Costco pizzas and 59 cent drink. Watch a movie later. Beautiful day in SoCal.
The Best Buy employee woman asked me if I'm excited and I'm like, not really. I told her I have like 7 phones so I don't really care. I'm just doing all this as a tribute to iPhone's 10 years and the hoopla.
I guess 1 for 2 for iPhone launches.
But I'll probably still get it this weekend. They told me they get shipments almost daily. I just kinda need it sooner because my Verizon account is not attached to a phone right now.
I got the email about 6:43am but it was for the #17 pre-order.
I arrived at Best Buy by 10:35am. They asked for ID. But I had to cancel it. So I have to wait until another email shows up for that #34 (technically #33 because I'm also #17) which deals with installments.
As long as you get the email, bring an ID and pick it anytime. I may not get it today but I'm not trippin'. Going to eat some $2 Costco pizzas and 59 cent drink. Watch a movie later. Beautiful day in SoCal.
The Best Buy employee woman asked me if I'm excited and I'm like, not really. I told her I have like 7 phones so I don't really care. I'm just doing all this as a tribute to iPhone's 10 years and the hoopla.
I guess 1 for 2 for iPhone launches.
But I'll probably still get it this weekend. They told me they get shipments almost daily. I just kinda need it sooner because my Verizon account is not attached to a phone right now.It’s not unlocked AT ALL. It locks to the first sim, even tho it’s the same model number as the unlocked one, believe me
Walked into my walmart 2 miles away which actually has 6 available. Not one other person in the 30 min i was there asked about the x. I walked out with the one I wanted and then best buy charged my card for the one I ordered from them lol so I'm sure that will be shipping and be here Monday/Tuesday. So now I need to decide if I want to keep the other one for one of my kids or send it back. It's a damn expensive phone to give to the kids though. I may just walk it back into best buy next week and get it off my att plan.
Where you getting this info? Everywhere I’ve read it’s the unlocked version. They even advertise it as unlocked.
It’s a fact. Best Buy phones are
Universal but they lock to the first sim. NOT UNLOCKED
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Did Walmart have 256?
Not sure I understand this—I bought mine at Best Buy and paid in full. Are you saying if I put in my T-mobile SIM it will be locked to T-mobile? Since I own the phone outright, don't they have to then unlock it whenever I want? Thanks!
What? Everything I’ve read says if you put a Verizon SIM in first it fully unlocks the full price iPhone X. Is this not true?
So let me put this to rest.
It seems like BB must sell the a1865 model for everyone so that they don’t have to carry dozens of different phones.
It does not lock to the first carrier you put the SIM card in for. It does, however, assign the phone to the locking policy of the carrier when you activate it the first time.
So if yo just turn it on fresh out of the box you can swap SIMs all you want. It will work fine. But as soon as you select your language and do the activation on the device the first time your phone is assigned that carriers locking policy.
Which means if you put a VZW sim in there the first time and do the activation you’re good because Verizon is not allowed to lock their devices.
But if you put an AT&T SIM in, then a TMo SIM and do the activation, then turn it off and put the AT&T SIM back in you will find that the phone is locked to TMo.
I also had to return my iPhone X because it won’t work on AT&T now.
Knowing now that BB will always sell the most compatible model I’ll probably just buy from them from now on. Need to keep a VZW sim handy for that stuff though.
It seems like BB must sell the a1865 model for everyone so that they don’t have to carry dozens of different phones.
It does not lock to the first carrier you put the SIM card in for. It does, however, assign the phone to the locking policy of the carrier when you activate it the first time.
So if yo just turn it on fresh out of the box you can swap SIMs all you want. It will work fine. But as soon as you select your language and do the activation on the device the first time your phone is assigned that carriers locking policy.
Which means if you put a VZW sim in there the first time and do the activation you’re good because Verizon is not allowed to lock their devices.
But if you put an AT&T SIM in, then a TMo SIM and do the activation, then turn it off and put the AT&T SIM back in you will find that the phone is locked to TMo.
I also had to return my iPhone X because it won’t work on AT&T now.
Knowing now that BB will always sell the most compatible model I’ll probably just buy from them from now on. Need to keep a VZW sim handy for that stuff though.
So bottom line is put the VZW SIM in there, turn on and activate iPhone, and then it’s fully unlocked forever, no matter what?
Yes you need to go a few steps in to the process, past picking the wifi network and get to “activate your iPhone” it seems to apply the SIM policy at that step.
If it applied a different SIM policy every time you wiped it and did that step I would have been able to unlock it and wouldn’t have had to return it. It seems like it’s a one-time application. And it doesn’t do it as soon as you turn the phone on it seems. You have to get to that activation step. Because otherwise it would have locked to the AT&T SIM I had in there first.
Unless someone more in the know can say otherwise.
Might be dumb to ask but you'd need an active Verizon Sim card right? Buy a prepaid and take the loss in money spent on the prepaid sim?
Doesn’t need to be active I’m pretty sure. Just has to do the activation when connected to WiFi
Let us know because I have pre-ordered through them but pick-up scheduled on Nov 10, and I actually got one from walking-in to a local Apple store today. If it works out I'm going to return this, at least those reward points worth something
Do we have to find a Verizon simcard by ourselves? Anybody knows how much does it cost without getting the plan itself?
Just got text and email that my iPhone X (Silver 256) is ready for pickup. Ordered 530AM Central on launch day.
Wasn’t supposed to be ready for pickup until Nov. 10th, so BB is a week early.
My Caudabe Lucid Clear arrived today also.
Wasn’t supposed to be ready for pickup until Nov. 10th, so BB is a week early.
My Caudabe Lucid Clear arrived today also.