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iPhone 5 Reservation at Apple Store

yoshi213 said:
So I reserved a 16gb white ATT phone at a Chicago area apple store a couple days ago. I didn't see anything in the pick up email on how long they would hold it. When I called the store they told me I only had a day but then when I checked my order online it gave me about 2 weeks to pick it up.

Anyway I went to get it today and asked if they would cancel the order and let me pay the full price for it so I wouldn't have to renew my contract with ATT. They said if I canceled the order I would have to wait around in the store for a couple hours while they wait for the notice that I canceled the order and I may or may not be able to then get the phone.

They then decided that I could buy the phone, return it, and then they let me buy the phone with the no commitment price device only. When I got home I was able to plug the phone into iTunes and it gave me the congratulations your iPhone is unlocked. The only downside was since they processed the first order it killed the sim in my old phone and I had to call ATT to move over to the new sim.
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that is what i am trying to do here.. did att confirm with you that your contract did not renew??
 
iosuser said:
Yeah same here, I want device only, which can only be done for walkins if the store happens to have stock not reserved. I'm in no rush. If I happen to be by the Apple store and they happen to have it, then I'll buy one.
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I'm in a rush. I'd like to get one tomorrow.
 
dsciel said:
that is what i am trying to do here.. did att confirm with you that your contract did not renew??
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The apple store people said it may take a few days for it to reflect since I had to buy it and return it. I'll check in a day or two and find out.
 
Snagged a white 32 today (ordered last night) after returning my black 32 which was messed up. Planned on getting another black 32 but white 32 was all that was available so I decided to give it a try... and I love it!
 
No luck for me here in Arizona. I've been trying for a 32 or 64 GB white for the past 3 days.
 
10 PM EST, located on east coast.


if no models show up for all stores, that's the likely case. I tried a few zips out of curiosity two nights ago when I first starting looking.

They are far and few between. I think my store only got like 3 or 4 white 32's last night.
 
Yes.

I went on right at 10PM (EST). However, for the first 5 minutes or so all the stores were showing out of stock for any model I tried. I kept refreshing and after about 5 minutes, the stock finally updated and almost every store had phones available.

So go on right at 10 and keep trying because even though it will go live then, sometimes the availability doesn't update right away.
 
rorschach said:
Yes.

I went on right at 10PM (EST). However, for the first 5 minutes or so all the stores were showing out of stock for any model I tried. I kept refreshing and after about 5 minutes, the stock finally updated and almost every store had phones available.

So go on right at 10 and keep trying because even though it will go live then, sometimes the availability doesn't update right away.
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Just to make it clear, did you refresh your cart page or did you close the window that tells you to put in your zip code and re-open it?
 
rorschach said:
Yes.

I went on right at 10PM (EST). However, for the first 5 minutes or so all the stores were showing out of stock for any model I tried. I kept refreshing and after about 5 minutes, the stock finally updated and almost every store had phones available.

So go on right at 10 and keep trying because even though it will go live then, sometimes the availability doesn't update right away.
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I found this too. After a few minutes stock showed up a few locations and I was able to snag the phone I wanted at a (relatively) close store. Luckily here in DC we have several stores in the area which made it easy.
 
When I check on the app it says stock isn't going to be available until Nov 2. Does this mean anything for reservations or just disregard it.
 
fsolano said:
Just to make it clear, did you refresh your cart page or did you close the window that tells you to put in your zip code and re-open it?
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I wondered the same thing, although I do think it works if you have the window open and just keep pressing the locate button. I'm in Philly and we didn't have any availability the last couple nights so I couldn't tell for sure.
 
im gonna try my luck tonight

tried at midnight last night and none were available but the store had alot this morning i missed getting a phone by like 10 mins

dam traffic
 
No luck here in Salt Lake City either for the past 3 day's:(, but did score a white 16G for my wife on monday night:D. But no luck for my 64G:(
 
apierrec said:
I don't know if there's a pattern, Orlando got some, and Tampa & Miami nothing on first night. Then Miami got some last night and Orlando & Tampa got nothing. Tonight is probably the night for Tampa (or ton of other Apple Stores between these cities that did not get shipment first 2 nights). That will work nicely for the closest Apple Store near my place. :p

Or maybe I'll just try that formula of keep trying from after 10 pm est - 11 pm est. Did that for an hour after 1 am est thru almost 2 am est (the web site was agonizingly crawling on this time) but I saw nothing across the states of FL and GA. ;)
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I ordered a black 16gb att day before yesterday (Tues night) at the Tampa store and it picked yesterday afternoon (Wed)...they only had black though no white...
 
apierrec said:
Thanks.

That debunked my theory, lol.
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lol sorry! Good luck tonight! I want to get a white one for me, I ordered the black but I really wanted the white. My husband wants to keep the black so if they have the white, we'll just switch. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope we get lucky tonight!
 
dsciel said:
that is what i am trying to do here.. did att confirm with you that your contract did not renew??
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So I just checked the ATT website, looks like I'm good my contract still expires in the same time period as before i got the iPhone 5.
 
apierrec said:
Me too, am ready for the late party but unlike last night am willing to drive all the way to Miami (200+ miles) or even planet Pluto :p this weekend so I could finally have 1.

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Saw some stocks in Miami last night, too far for me, but tonight am gonna take if that's the closest one I'll see for the exact model I need.
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What time did you see availability in Miami? I was more north, but it never showed available last night.
 
JRML970 said:
I'm hoping so. I finally got a White 32GB AT&T reserved. I'm going to the store in the morning, looking to cancel the contract, and just purchase it at the unsubsidized price without any contract.
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Hey how'd it go about getting the iPhone unsubsidized without a contract? I'm actually looking to do the same thing so I wanted to see how it went. :D
 
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