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Didn't Pre-Order a New iPhone Yet? Here's How Long the Wait is Now
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Yeah I was able to get my 256GB iPhone 17 Pro in Cosmic Orange ordered within two minutes and it already gave me 9/25. I do iPhone Upgrade Program every year and I’ve always received on launch day. Is it because 256GB is the base now? I would typically buy one level up from base, but have no need for it this time.
Nope. I ordered pro max deep blue 1TB within 3 minutes and also got 9/25.
The reason why in-store pick-up works is as people get tempted or persuaded to touch and feel accessories and that is additional revenue with mark-ups plus possible looking at other devices to potentially upsell. This rarely translates to sales when shopping online as in-store is more impulse driven.
No that is NOT the reason. It seems a LOT of us on the Upgrade Program had this same issue. May order for the 512GB PM Blue model was placed 1 minute after the hour and did the same. I could find (and can still at the local store) for hours the same phone available on 9/19. I sure hope Apple fixes this but... no way to know if they will.
recent rumors have pointed out that apple's foldable will have a seamless hinge system so that the fold is nearly imperceptible...
What is amazing is that even at 8:01 the 2TB PM was 9/25! (Silver and blue, I didn't check orange)
...and here I am when I thought the same thing before I spent $1K on the iPhone X and then around $1300 today for the iPhone 17 PM.
If Apple releases a compelling enough product, I think we are perceptible to justifying the costs that Apple demands...
If you're willing to spend $2000 for the fold, that's fine, but that's completely off the table for me. Not even a consideration. And in fact, if the cameras are worse, it would be a dealkiller even at say $1799.
I will have no problem spending close to that kind of money for a 6K monitor this year though, from LG for example.
I looked it's serial number up on the apple support site, and it's still under AppleCare warranty! And it looks and works like brand new. And the battery holds up for over 2 days.
I personally think it's positioned wrongly. The pitch seems to be this is a Pro phone in a slim body, but apart from the chip the regular iPhone beats it in every aspect.
They should drop the Pro chip and price it closer to the regular phone IMO if it's to be a success
Yeah, they screwed that up - put the A19 in it and maybe it would've sold better because price would've been at least $100 less? Or maybe Apple did the math already and decided the only way to justify the price for this phone with this kind of design would be to include the A19 Pro chip (binned version) so that they could keep their margins on this product? Maybe??!?!
There isn't anything on the iOS 26 feature list I care about, and the mess Apple has made of the UI for no good reason makes it something to stay away from for another year. I'll put the OTA blocker on the 16Pro and keep it on iOS 18 until there's some zero-day Apple doesn't patch.
Same for Pro delivered to California. At the same time, they were available for pickup on all stores around me on 9/19.
Maybe Apple have decided to prioritize self-pickup:
- Cheaper for Apple
- Less limited return options
- More cross-sell opportunities when people come to store and end up buying accessories as well
No.
Amazon is a reseller. They don't refurbish anything. Instead they make available gods know what from gods know who.
Apple is the OEM. Have access to parts. A refurbished phone has a new battery, has a new screen if it needs one, etc, etc.
This is the first year I was not able to get iPhone on delivery day because Apple couldn’t authorized my ApplePay. Did all the right preorder selection including ApplePay info. Had preordered iPhone 17 Pro Max, Orange, 512. As I kept trying with ApplePay…delivery dates kept sliding to October. Switched to silver finally approved but delivery at end of Sept. Today was an extremely bad experience
I wasn't going to, still love my 16 Pro. But then they went and made an orange one...
Well, at $1500.- and $1600.- for the Air and Pro, respectively, im surprised if anyone buys them in Sweden.
one would think the tariffs were the other direction.
I had no delays or issues. was in at 4 minutes after the top of the hour (said this way for time zone purposes) and STILL didn't get delivery of EITHER pre-order until 9/25. Apple really really really just loves to make loving them hard.