I’ve never been to an apple store on launch day. I didn’t preorder because I wanted to hold the pro and pro max in my hand to see what feels the best before making the upgrade. Is there any shot at showing up early on launch day and the store having stock? Or is that the old days and everything is pre order now?
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iPhone 17 Pro In store launch day stock?
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Yes. They have separate stock for walk-ins.
The day the 14 series was launched, they were already 2-3 weeks backorder online but my aunt was still able to buy a 1TB Pro Max from a brick and mortar Apple Store in the afternoon. The lower storage options were all gone though.
The pick-up stock is actually still separate from the walk-ins stock.
That’s good to know. I’ll try swinging by early on Friday to see what happens. I’m not looking to camp out or anything, haha. I’m not that desperate. Would be nice to have a new phone with nicer camera before going on vacation in a month or so.
Do you know what time the store updates regarding iPhone stock? I reserved an iPhone in the Paris area to pick up at the Apple Store on Monday the 22nd, but I am currently in Dubai and the iPhone is cheaper there. Since it is the eSIM version, the battery is better according to Apple.