Why the problems this year though? Never had problems in previous years. Can't imagine that many more people were ordering.
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iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, and AirPods Pro 2 Now Available for Pre-Order
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Timing out, redirecting, opened late. I agree the experience is garbage.
T-Mobile is down so unable to process an order using their financing. Ugh.
Same… for a fee. Oct for free. I ended up going with ship to store for 9/16. Kind of a pain but… Also - riddled with errors. Never got a successful transaction. All errors out but order was placed so I guess I’m good there.
No confirmation emails for two orders that appeared to go through, 45 minutes later the site is still timing out or unavailable. Was able to get back to the cart and an Item from 6 months ago was showing up.
I’m still seeing tons of 6.1“ iPhone Pro‘s in 256GB for 9/16 delivery. All colors, all carriers in the U.S. It looks like everything else has slipped to late September/October, but I’m pretty surprised there. It’s currently 48minutes passed opening too.
I didn’t see the option for monthly installments at checkout but otherwise it went somewhat smoothly for me. I finally got the store to load at about 5 after.
Edit: I didn’t add it to the bag the first time. All good now. 52 minutes in and AirPods are still available for 9/23 delivery.
Edit: I didn’t add it to the bag the first time. All good now. 52 minutes in and AirPods are still available for 9/23 delivery.
Same here. Checkout showed the 16th and then my confirmation email and order status through Apple showed the 23rd through the postal service. I've NEVER had it delivered through the postal service. My app on my iPhone, iPad, and the website wouldn't load until about 9 minutes after, but I wasn't too worried when I saw the 16th on the checkout. Very disappointed and frustrated!! This has been the worst ordering experience I've had in over 8-9 years!!!
Don’t worry, we’ll hear in a few days how this was the “most incredible” iPhone launch ever and how “excited” Apple is to get a “record number” of iPhones into customers’ hands! Bask in the light of the white-hot PR glow!
I've seen this before. Unfortunately it is unlikely you will get the 16th now but you could get it before the 23rd since they are very liberal with the ETA.
Exactly what happened to me. Also took 4 minutes from when they sent copy of Verizon financing agreement to me to when I got order confirmation email. I can only sometimes pull up order status.
Order history can be buggy for a while after a pre-order. If you got the email you should be good. Check it again in a few hours and everything should be there.
That statement wouldn't be false though even with the site issues going on.
Not an option for some of us. My order for example is on hold for an hour which is why i need to complete it in the next 30 mins or so 
Could the fast slip be because this year we are well into chip shortages? like the Covid quarantines that affected Chinese factories? these are things that Apple or the Suppliers won't disclose to anyone, but if they affected them then they will have much less available for release date...
I mean, how is it that I was able to start my order at 7 min. past and it was already pushed to Sep 23! I've never seen this happened before, so early into pre-orders...
I mean, how is it that I was able to start my order at 7 min. past and it was already pushed to Sep 23! I've never seen this happened before, so early into pre-orders...
I know we all want our phones next Friday but it’s hysterical to watch everyone act like brats because of a 2 week delay, then make statements like “forget it I’m not buying it” oook 🤣🤣
You have a handful of data points in this forum thread. It's completely anecdotal.
Only Apple knows how "good" or "bad" this year is compared to the last big launch they did.
Companies will try lots of sophisticated techniques to try to spread out the load and make the process more seamless for their users. Apple does more high demand launches than any other company and has the most data on what works and doesn't work.