iPhone 5 Reservation at Apple Store

[jasonapr78]

I tried 32GB later on just to see if there was anything showing up anywhere. That's when I saw a white in San Antonio and I think a black in Austin somewhere.

However, I had no intention of getting a 32GB.

I had a black 64GB ATT model in my cart since 9:45 and started hitting LOCATE a minute or two before 10PM and got no love from Apple.

I have had both a 32GB and 64GB Black AT&T in my cart for the past four nights ready to go. I have seen ZERO of those models at either San Antonio apple store or Austin stores. I'm in Philly this weekend for a wedding and saw ZERO tonight as well at the 5 area stores close to downtown. Unreal. Started searching the East Coast at 15 minutes prior and kept going until 10 minutes after. Did the same thing when the Central Time Zone opened up its order banks.

Congrats to those of you that got your phones tonight!

 

[Dm0506]

what zip code? lol i entered 056

77077 brought up all Houston stores. All had stock except for Woodlands & Memorial City.

 

[mediaprodguy]

77077 brought up all Houston stores. All had stock except for Woodlands & Memorial City.

for att all they have are white ..... trying to score a black one for dad...... it is way past his bedtime. lol

 

[Keyhole]

Got a 32gb Black AT&T reserved at the store in Naperville.

 

[Jdsolid1]

Anyone know how long it takes to get email after you reserve a phone?

 

[apierrec]

Anyone know how long it takes to get email after you reserve a phone?

Tomorrow morning your time 7:28 am*.

You can relax and get some rest now.

* That's the time I received their "We're ready for you." email.

 

[Stevegs1]

Was it AT&T?

Verizon.

 

[pinkoos]

77077 brought up all Houston stores. All had stock except for Woodlands & Memorial City.

You saw stock of which capacities, colors and carriers at the Houston stores??

 

[a.y.n]

Glad to hear. Almost exactly same situation here. Reserved my wife's white verizon online. It was activated in store but wanted device only. When I got home I called Apple and they said I could just return and repurchase. Looks like I'll make a trip tomorrow to return....hopefully I will be picking up a black Verizon 64 as well!

Just spoke with my folks who helped us buy the phone device only. They had some serious issues with Verizon and took about 2 hours to activate/return/repurchase. So just a word of warning when you guys try this. Make sure you have plenty of time.

 

[Dm0506]

You saw stock of which capacities, colors and carriers at the Houston stores??

Only 16GB Sprint black & white. Tried 32GB black but no luck.

 

[a.y.n]

I believe it is both, but reservations this year are different from last year in that you actually have to have payment ready and in the system before you reserve, so the reserve is held for 7 days instead of 1 day. It does mean it will take longer for those reserve phones to be available for walk-ins. Last year, if you didn't get your phone by 6pm, your reserve was forfeited and up for grabs.

Yup last year I walked up to the store around 545pm and waited and was able to score white 64 device only on first try. Took a couple of tries to get a white 16 but was manageable.

This year it's a bit harder, and it's harder to get them device only with this reservation flow.

 

[a.y.n]

Damn! I want to buy 64GB Black AT&T device only in NYC but I can't do a reservation. :-(

Read the last several pages to see how to do device only sale with reservation.

 

[silidd]

Now that I have mine in hand I'm a little sad I don't get to spin the Apple wheel every night.

 

[Coleman2010]

got a black 32gb verizon at 5th ave NYC store. Initially wanted a 16gb black but it looks like there's no hope of getting that anytime soon so I'll take this.

RadioShack all over the city have tons of 16GB Black. I called a bunch of the stores today and many had stock of 16 and 32GB. None had 64GB.

 

[fsolano]

Are you kidding me?!?!?!? 5th night in a row and NOTHING!

 

[ANMA dojo]

Almost scored my 32 GB White!!! Cept my FAFSA money didn't come through yet like expected, and my bank account wouldn't take the charge.

great use of federal school loans.

 

[fins831]

great use of federal school loans.

If the government didn't loan the money to him, it'd end up in some country that hates us anyway as we try to buy their affection....i'd rather it stimulate the economy.

 

[fsolano]

I'm starting to think my local Apple Store isn't participating in this "reservation system." How could they not receive one 32gb Verizon white in five days?

 

[NMF]

How long does it usually take to get the second email? I'm starting to get worried...

great use of federal school loans.

Seriously. Stuff like this is why the U.S. in the mess that it's in.

 

[random person]

After trying night after night I gave up didn't even try tonight to get one in Boston at 10. Then on a whim I tried at 11:57 instead of 10 and VOILA snagged the elusive black 64 gigger!!!! Makes me think they update inventory throughout the night, not just at ten -- or for sure it would have been long gone by the time I clocked in at 11:57. Picking it up tomorrow at the Boylston store!!!

 

[vmdc]

I'm starting to think my local Apple Store isn't participating in this "reservation system." How could they not receive one 32gb Verizon white in five days?

I feel the same way. I've also been looking for the same model as you but here in AZ. There hasn't been anything!

 

[NMF]

After trying night after night I gave up didn't even try tonight to get one in Boston at 10. Then on a whim I tried at 11:57 instead of 10 and VOILA snagged the elusive black 64 gigger!!!! Makes me think they update inventory throughout the night, not just at ten -- or for sure it would have been long gone by the time I clocked in at 11:57. Picking it up tomorrow at the Boylston store!!!

Have you received the email saying your item is ready for pick-up? That's the important one...

 

[vmdc]

Mighty quiet in here...

 

[ehchan]

I think it's actually cheaper to buy the phone with a contract and cancel it the same day... It should work out like this:

32GB no subsidy: $749
with subsidy: $299+350(etf)+35(activation)+(80/30)(one day of service)=$686.67

Today I picked up my VZW iPhone, activated the phone with the VZW SIM, then went straight to the VZW store to cancel the account. No problems at all. It's unlocked (tested with ATT and Rogers SIM), and works great. One thing I noticed, I checked the unlock status on dev.mk before turning it on, and it said "LOCKED". But once I activated with VZW SIM, it changed to UNLOCKED immediately.

I wish you could specify "device only" on this pre-order for in store thing. Is there anyway to pre-order a verizon one and then when i go to pick it up ask em to ring it up "device only"?

 

[dagamer34]

I think if you aren't flexible on colors or sizes, you really should just place an order directly from Apple at this point.