Have the same message and been trying for days now. The out of hours one gave the times you could reserve, this is a totally new one, and not nice at all
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iPhone 5 Reservation at Apple Store
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Have the same message and been trying for days now. The out of hours one gave the times you could reserve, this is a totally new one, and not nice at all
Good point. I thought about that too but it's far too much work to get my folks to go to 2 stores to do that. Also I might have to be there to cancel so it might not work.
Re: unlock status before and after vzw activation. You have me worried. I guess theoretically those of us who got them device only had the phone activated at one point before it was returned and repurchase. So it should be unlocked. But can anyone confirm? I won't get the phone til next month when my parents come to Asia.
I got the same message. All week I have not been able to reserve because it between 9-5 and work computer browsers are out of date. I wake up this morning and the same message appears! What's gives?
So what did the process entail exactly? Did you have to sign up for a verizon 2 year plan and if so how were u able to get them to let u out of it when u returned the phone to repurchase as device only?
I'm beginning to wonder whether their QC issues are worse than first thought. Maybe had to totally withdraw a batch from stock due to the damaged phones appearing in boxes.
If things are bad, then Apple may have decided to withdraw the whole batch rather than risk more damaged phones affecting their reputation. If the stock they do have us being used to fulfil existing orders, then that doesn't leave many for casual purchase.
Good points, better to save face now, than risk even more damaged stock getting into our hands.
Just a little bit frustrating when the local Apple store hasn't a clue and thinks the reservation page is still active
Spoke to mine this morning and they were surprised that it wasn't working and said to try later.
Sounds like you have the wrong time.
According to the Apple website: Buy online between 10:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m.
Not in the UK. UK its 9AM to 5PM, and you are supposed to get an email the same day before 9PM whether you have been successful or not.
Hmm I hadn't reconsidered this after the news came out that verizon version is unlocked...Don't they make you pay for the whole month? I feel like there has to repercussions toward your credit for doing it this way or else why wouldn't everyone do that.
Tried to reserve a white iPhone 5 32GB in the metro centre or eldon square and I have had nothing for ages
Makes me feel a bit better that its not personal! Also that its not just the black model!
Tried to reserve a white iPhone 5 32GB in the metro centre or eldon square and I have had nothing for ages
I've been trying to reserve a black 16/32GB unlocked from both stores for a week now. I don't see the point in having a reservation facility if you're not going to provide phones. I've only seen 3/4 reports of successful reservations on this forum, and only 1 of them from Newcastle.
I suspect that could be a contributory factor to suspending reservations. Presumably stocks in the UK are running very low. Hopefully they'll have another large shipment soon.
Yeah it says "limited availability"
In my opinion the way Apple are handling these reservations is stupid. Rather than make it seem like all stores could have stock, it'd have been much better for them to have listed stores that have reservation stock available. They could have just greyed out the stores on the drop down list that couldn't take reservations. That way at least people would know whether they stood a chance of getting a phone rather than just allow people to blindly apply and then get frustrated when they don't get a phone.
However them suspending the reservations does give me the faintest modicum hope that they're taking a biggest shipment to the UK and want to give all the stores enough time to update their inventory so the system can reflect that.
I guess listing stores that had stock would just mean everyone racing there and trying to get walk-in purchases. O2 did do that for the iPhone 4 (bought mine in Washington) but seem not to be doing it this year. I want to leave my options open in any case. It's my birthday next Saturday so was hoping to get myself an early present.
The low stock could possibly mean 2 things:
1 - iPhone 5 launched in 22 more countries yesterday and that could be a possible reason on the availability and stock constraints.
Or
2 - As others have suggested Apple does not want to issue more damaged iPhones. So they have stopped supplying stores, while they resolve the manufacturing problems. Think about if all the new customers buying in 22 countries experienced major scuffing / dents out of the box, then I am sure they would googled it by now and we would have seen a huge surge in posts on the scuffed iPhone thread (just a theory)
1 - iPhone 5 launched in 22 more countries yesterday and that could be a possible reason on the availability and stock constraints.
Or
2 - As others have suggested Apple does not want to issue more damaged iPhones. So they have stopped supplying stores, while they resolve the manufacturing problems. Think about if all the new customers buying in 22 countries experienced major scuffing / dents out of the box, then I am sure they would googled it by now and we would have seen a huge surge in posts on the scuffed iPhone thread (just a theory)
Probably a combination of those reasons. Hopefully the UK will get a new shipment this week.
Yeah that's understandable. Just feels like I'm trying to hit a dartboard in the dark at the minute. Hit & miss, except no hits and 20+ misses at reservations.
I too was hoping to get it resolved by the end of this week because I'm off to Uni on Saturday and my mum wanted to buy the phone on her card to get reward points, rather than me buying it with my debit card. So I don't feel like having to get a train journey home just to pick up a phone. If I can't get it sorted I might just take the hit & wait for a 5S as hopefully by that time the UK will have more 4G available and my iPhone 4 is still holding up well.
My main gripe is with Tesco refusing to release their tariffs until after preorders had slipped to 3-4 weeks. If I'd known they were going to be so poor I'd have just preordered sim free the day preorders went available.
I'm starting to think along similar lines as iOS 6 didn't brick the 4 like iOS 4 did the 3G.
I so hope this is true. I decided to go with the white one due to the bezel issues on the black, but theres nothing worse than a damaged item out of the box.
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I was just about to post the same thing.
I've tried 4 days in a row now without success.
Probably more that the apple shops don't get re stocking deliveries on a Saturday and Sunday.
Last time I was at the apple store, around Tuesday they said they get daily deliveries. But they are keeping some of them back for contract only purchases, making it more difficult for you to purchase sim-free. When I went they had them in stock, just not sim-free.
Ordered a white 32gb whitet at 10:00 in Southlake, TX got the processed email right away and the "We're ready for you" email at 6:42 am today.
Don't understand why they would do that unless they get a kick back from the networks !
I visited my Local 02 shop who have the white 64 gb in but for contracts and upgrades only.
My local CPW have the 16gb black, 32 gb white and both colours in 64gb but all for contracts only. I prefer not to be locked into long contracts and to be honest I'd rather buy direct from apple. If you run into trouble with your handset the network high street shops run for cover citing "we'll have to send it off". At least the Apple store will open a minimum of two units to resolve most issues !
So last night while i was out i decided to check if any where available in nyc. At 10:30 there were 3 stores that had 32gb iPhone 5's. So i placed my order at the 5th ave store and within two hours had my confirmations and brand new iPhone. Coming from a 4 its the best thing ever.
I suspected that might be the case but clearly in the UK now, they're not even doing that since you can't reserve contract or sim-free.