As I said before this is primarily all on . Last Wednesday .. I had went to 2 AT&T stores as well as chatted with 2 AT&T reps online and each one had conflicted reports. But one AT&T store I had left my number to contact me when they had one available. I left out of town late Thursday and Friday morning.. I gotta call that they had it available, but only ONE was shipped to them. Since I was already gone... I missed my chance.
But when I arrived to my destination... I checked quite a few times for the nearby Store stock, and around 11am... Availability appeared. I immediately reserved one... About an hr later my friend told me to check if they had more, but the model was already out of stock.
I think relying on AT&T won't get you far, but I do understand if you want to do the financing & not want to pay upfront cost. But if anything try to see if you can leave your contact info at all those 3 stores in hopes they will contact you when shipment comes. It seems is only shipping very few models.
I'm in Los Angeles, and several (Silver and Gold) AT&T stores had stock. Tried to order online to pick up in store, but wouldn't let me due to my pending order.