iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and AirPods Pro 2 Now Available for Pre-Order

[KoolAid-Drink]

My experience was a mess, but seemed(?) to ultimately work out. Got on the app around 8:09am EST, went through the ordering process, picked a pickup time, then boom, payment failed. Tried again, but no pickups available, had to edit my shipping address and it seemed to work (or not), but failed? Then I tried on my Mac, signing in failed initially but when refreshing, it worked. Entered all the information and then checked out. Have an order number, but no confirmation email and no pending charge(s) on my CC.

Whew. That was fun. Just hoping I won't see multiple pending charges or have unknown pending multiple orders. Damn, that sure woke me right up!

 

[DoubleFlyaway]

Exact same thing for me but I got it to work and got an email.

Also same here. But finally on like the tenth try it went through. Purple PM 256. Store pickup 9/16. Shipping would have been into October.

 

[combi]

Ordered iPhone 14 Pro - Space Black - 512GB directly from Verizon by 7:55am EST!

edit: Delivery is set for launch day September 16

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I agree, I've done this every year, and this one has definitely been the worst... plus the most glitched!

I think they are getting hammered this year more than usual. I was laughing the other day when people said this would be a bad quarter with a drop in profits. It is going to be yet another record quarter.

 

[ironpony]

Looks like each time I placed order and it gave me an error it actually placed the order. Seven (7) on the way woohoo

 

[trashmac]

Worst Apple online buying experience I have had so far.
Only wanted a pair of AirPod Pros. Managed to try and checkout numerous times - Apple Paid failed at various points (the last few attempts it asked me to confirm the delivery address which is the one I have used for years as my default address - it refused to let me confirm it).

I also tried using a different payment method on both the web and my phone and each time failed at various stages of the checkout process.

I guess their systems must be overloaded as usual on Launch day but you would think they would have scaled up enough by now...

 

[Phogro]

Preordered the preorder yesterday and was lucky enough to get into the app at about 8:02am. Easy transaction.

 

[RyanFlynn]

I decided to go with the 1tb version this year. got my order in with a sept 16th pickup in Santa Monica

1tb deep black pro max

 

[goonie4life9]

Apple might have "soft" reserved the phones that were done with pre-order, and then if they're not purchased by a certain time today they will start releasing them to fill other orders.

If they did that, their allocation is off. I got booted from the Store Pickup several times and so I selected Delivery (about 2 min after the store opened for me at 7:05 a.m.). By that point, Delivery had slipped to Sept. 26th-28th.

 

[gomichaelgo]

What a horrible experience this year. From not launching on time, to being timed out several times. My website was just spinning and I was getting errors so I tried on my phone as well. After thinking it didn't go through, I still received a confirmation email. I think I placed an order cause I got an email confirmation with an order, but it's not in my order history on apple.com. The airpods i ordered though i haven't gotten a confirmation email on, but I see in my order history. 2 orders actually, lol.

 

[MacStreamer]

This is why you do in store pick up.

0 14 PM in space black here.

 

[flyboi65]

I am f****ng livid. I set up a pre-order, got the 24 months finance approved and got into the app just after 1pm. Everytime I tried to complete the order the app rejected my primary phone number. no matter what combination of numbers I used it kept saying We're sorry. We're having trouble processing your request please try again later. Dates have slipped well into October now. The worst pre-order experience in 15 years of ordering from Apple

 

[slippery-pete]

I have no idea what you’re talking about. We’re on an Apple forum talking about our experiences with pre-orders. Some folks had a good experience, some folks didn’t.

Its about the delay and that you wont get on 9/16. If it wasn't/isn't why complain? Millions of people trying to access website at same time; errors/issues are going to happen. Look at any big online release...PS5...Xbox, same things happen.

 

[MacCurry]

There seems to be discrepancies between the iOS Apple Store app and the web based application.

 

[MathersMahmood]

I am f****ng livid. I set up a pre-order, got the 24 months finance approved and got into the app just after 1pm. Everytime I tried to complete the order the app rejected my primary phone number. no matter what combination of numbers I used it kept saying We're sorry. We're having trouble processing your request please try again later. Dates have slipped well into October now. The worst pre-order experience in 15 years of ordering from Apple

Same

 

[antnythr]

Worst Apple experience to date

 

[slippery-pete]

why do you care so much?

Same could be said for you. Why do you care so much about my comments?

 

[MacStreamer]

Its about the delay and that you wont get on 9/16. If it wasn't/isn't why complain? Millions of people trying to access website at same time; errors/issues are going to happen. Look at any big online release...PS5...Xbox, same things happen.

we're not discussing the PS5 or Xbox.

 

[vegastime]

Worst on-line experience yet seems like Apple site crashed on non-ApplePay transactions

Trying to use Applepay was no better. Kept asking for my contact info, even though it was listed. After repeated tries, finally had to use credit card.

 

[MacStreamer]

Same could be said for you. Why do you care so much about my comments?

why do you care so much?

 

[goonie4life9]

Its about the delay and that you wont get on 9/16. If it wasn't/isn't why complain? Millions of people trying to access website at same time; errors/issues are going to happen. Look at any big online release...PS5...Xbox, same things happen.

I still have no idea what you’re talking about. This is a thread about pre-orders for the new iPhone. Everyone is talking about their experience, sharing what they ordered and their delivery dates. I shared my experience. I understand you may not like that folks had different experiences but your dislike at has no effect on what each of us experienced. If you don’t like these discussions, there’s no reason you have to read them.

 

[MaximizedAction]

I can in fact say worst ordering experience I ever had with Apple. In fact worse than for the iPhone X, where Europe or Germany's Store unlocked for pre-orders about 15min later than the US or so. But at least didn't have errors back then.

 

[slippery-pete]

we're not discussing the PS5 or Xbox.

You missed the point clearly. There are issues with all/every online release.

 

[Dizzy714]

Setup pre-order was a fail. Upon one click checkout my Apple Card/Pay was not defaulted as I selected yesterday, another card that I no longer have was. Modified the card, hit order, error. Deleted the configuration, reconfigured with a bumped back shipping date, error. Opened up Safari and checked out that way. Availability to pickup the 16th, done. However, I must have typed my email address wrong, which doesn’t make any sense because I checked out with Apple Pay - but the order number cannot be found. Clicking the order number brings me to the app and states that order number isn’t associated with the Apple ID that’s logged in. No email confirmation of it either. While in the app, whadya know, one of the error orders processed and is showing in my order history - different order number than my Safari order. I now have two orders. What a cluster.

 

[HopeWV]

Ok so question. I preordered. In my bag it said Sept 16, during the checkout it said Sept 16. After I completed my order it said September 23rd by postal mail. Has anyone else had this issue? I can’t get ahold of apple to change it yet.