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First iPhone 7 Orders Now 'Preparing for Shipment' With September 16 Launch Day Delivery

Blarg. AT&T screwed me. They asked which phones I wanted to upgrade so I checked my wife's and mine off. But it only asked for my wife's phone and completed the order. Then I had to go back and redo it for mine. They shouldn't have you check multiple phones if you can only do one. So I had to go back redo it for mine. Hers delivers on release. Mine says not until end of September. Oh well. At least its not November.
 
AllergyDoc said:
They can cancel your first order? And how do you check availability at midnight at a store?
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Also, check throughout the day because sometimes people reserve and miss their appointments (they hold it for two hours past your appointment time), and that phone gets put back into inventory.
 
I woke up at 3AM EST. The iPad app did not allow me to order until almost 3:10.

I debated between a 128GB or a 256GB (using Apple's upgrade program had the price difference at $4/month) and bet wrong.

My ship date is October 4-10. Still processing at the moment.
 
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Well, I am a little shocked but its concluded now…. The Apple Upgrade Program is WORTHLESS! I have to take the phone in and they don't even have the phone I want? Why did I sign up for this again? Is this circa 2014 where they claim the device is available (Plus model) on release date but its really not………Super disappointed!!
 
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Every single year I wake up at 2:55 AM EST and furiously reload the store from no less than 3 machines until inevitably find myself blocked by virtue of not having a "personal carrier plan." My Verizon BUSINESS ACCOUNT essentially cockblocks Apple from my nine hundred dollar purchase and every year I continue to do this charade only to end up at work on another Friday morning with no sleep no phone reservation and paying some scumbag a $200+ premium on ebay for an activated Verizon Phone.

Can someone explain why Apple without fail continues to block prospective full price purchases of their new flagship phone every year?

Why do I have to wait 3+ months to finally be granted the ability to buy an unlocked carrier free issued Plus Model?

I'm curious.

Let's say a prospective customer saw the keynote on wednesday after waking from a 9yr coma.

He wakes up and on his hi-definition hospital television he's watching the apple Keynote (I don't know why but every room is full equipped with apple tv's and a sling TV skinny bundle or some ****...)
HUMOR ME!!)

This poor bastard's head is exploding for 2 hours and when it's all done Schiller announces pre-orders beginning on Friday 12:01 AM PST.

After taking back power of attorney his first order of business is to allocate one thousand bucks from the settlement money he got from the class action suit and prepares to buy this miracle machine supercomputer dude is on full tilt for pre-order...

Finally it's Friday morning 3 AM his time and after 7 mins of nervous reloading on his hospital issue macbook1 he finally gets the store to load and not 3 steps in to the pre-order process he realizes that he is literally BARRED FROM PURCHASE as he's no prior carrier relationship?

This dude spent the last 9yrs in a coma awakes to find himself in a fantasy world where he can carry around the entire internet in his pocket and sorry buddy Apple won't take his money or his business.

I'd like someone to explain to this man in his Apple Hospital why he's not allowed to pre-order a ****ing iPhone from the manufacturers ****ing retail website.

Hey Angie, did Burberry hate money too?

Did you have to buy a license to rock one of those badass burberry rain coats?
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#FireAngelaAhrendts
#TakeMyMoneyTim
#CarrierCockBlock
#iPhone7
 
I got my order in at 10-mins after midnight, right when the store came online for me. I got a mid October 4-10 delivery.
128gb 7 Plus Jet Black.
 
Must be nice. I ordered at 12:05, got the "we will reserve a phone and complete later" message. Now when I go to complete the order, it brings me most of the way through, and when I agree to the payment terms, the next page is "Page Not Found" and then using the Back button on Safari, leads to "Session Expired". Then if you try to go back to do it again, you don't get a new code sent to you. Tried on the iPhone, and later on my MBP. Both times, it sent the "one-time code" once, even though it didn't complete, and then you can't get it again on that device, because "one-time".

I'm on hold with apple. Doubt I'll ever get through by noon tomorrow at this point (my deadline). So my order will be canceled... :(

PS - the hold music is horribly annoying. and very loud.

45 minutes on hold so far. songs are repeating now...
 
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Still processing for me... order completed by 12:12 (time of email confirmation)

iPhone 7 128GB Black (GSM) AT&T
Processing Items Delivers Sep 16 by Standard Shipping

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Update:
Preparing for Shipment Delivers Sep 16 by Standard Shipping
~1pm Pacific
 
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Only need to wait for it to arrive at the store to pick it up.
 

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The Jet Black iPhone7 is a glossy plastic phone without the common sense of actually being glossy plastic.
 
Store was down for me until 3:11am on the iPhone app and website. It finally came up and I went through the ordering process for a verizon jet black 7+ 128

hit continue button after I entered credit card info and my power blinked (which also meant modem blinked off), which caused an error on the processing.

power went out completely, causing my battery backup to my iMac to start beeping incessantly. Had to take care of that first to shut it up before waking everyone up, which meant shutting down computer that had a million things running. Got back on my phone to order, in the dark, and finally went through at about 3:35am

Estimated ship date: November.... friend ordered the same phone this morning, also November. I got up at 3am for nothing!
 
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mc162 said:
Hey Angie, did Burberry hate money too?

Did you have to buy a license to rock one of those badass burberry rain coats?
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#FireAngelaAhrendts
#TakeMyMoneyTim
#CarrierCockBlock
#iPhone7
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My wallet doesn't seem to like Burberry, which is why I don't have those glorious trenches.
 
sidewinder3000 said:
As per usual, the Verizon website was not ready for prime time at the stroke of 12:01 Pacific. By the time it actually refreshed with the option to upgrade to an iPhone 7+, the earliest date was already pushed to 9/23. Mine is an Apple Black 256 GB.

Wish I could have used Apple's site but I'm using Verizon's upgrade program, so I had to go through their molasses field.

Bummed I won't be joining in the fun on day 1, but I'm still geeked to start snapping photos with this beauty on the 23rd.
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Same here. Ordered a "regular" black 7 Plus 128 GB and a gold 7 128 GB from the Verizon site--by the time I got it completed I was pushed out to 9/23. I have had Verizon under promise and over deliver before though, so I'm thinking there's still a chance that I get them next week.
 
Dave245 said:
It seems like UK stock is lower than the US, I ordered when the App went live even using Apple Pay and I was quoted 2-3 weeks, my confirmation email says 4-10th October! I ordered a 7 Plus 128GB, Jet Black.
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Mate. Exactly the same story for me. Everything the same, 2-3 week, shipping date, model of phone... be interesting to see what happens over this side of the pond.
 
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It's very strange. I ordered three iPhone 7 128GB this morning for myself and my sisters. Two of them have moved to "Preparing for Shipment" while the other (mine, of course) remains in "Processing Items".
 
sidewinder3000 said:
As per usual, the Verizon website was not ready for prime time at the stroke of 12:01 Pacific. By the time it actually refreshed with the option to upgrade to an iPhone 7+, the earliest date was already pushed to 9/23. Mine is an Apple Black 256 GB.

Wish I could have used Apple's site but I'm using Verizon's upgrade program, so I had to go through their molasses field.

Bummed I won't be joining in the fun on day 1, but I'm still geeked to start snapping photos with this beauty on the 23rd.
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i am on the same boat... last year same issue even though about 3-4 days before release my date was changed from a October date to release day delivery.... keeping my fingers crossed
 
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What's up with needing carriers to purchase in the United States?
Canada has unlocked iPhones available from day one and our big 3 carriers are some of the worst in the world.

Also, side note: Did ANYONE get a 7+ 128 Jet Black iPhone any earlier than Sept. 26 - Oct. 3 delivery? I logged in at 3:02 EST and that was the first available date I saw.
 
Just ordered my 6s (AT&T has 64GB models at $600!).

This is my fifth iPhone, and the first time I didn't order the newest model. Hey Apple, I like listening and charging at the same time!
 
decimortis said:
What's up with needing carriers to purchase in the United States?
Canada has unlocked iPhones available from day one and our big 3 carriers are some of the worst in the world.

Also, side note: Did ANYONE get a 7+ 128 Jet Black iPhone any earlier than Sept. 26 - Oct. 3 delivery? I logged in at 3:02 EST and that was the first available date I saw.
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Completed my purchase at 3:15EST and my delivery is 10/14-10/28
 
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