So did I. I'm still waiting for them to screw things up once I get to the store though.
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iPhone 5s Orders Begin in the United States and Canada
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So did I. I'm still waiting for them to screw things up once I get to the store though.
I see AT&T changed my estimated ship date from 7 days to 10/21. Not happy. I may just change carriers.
change shipping speed
Can you change your shipping speed after the fact? I'd love to change to expedited shipping (since I'm going to be out of town on Oct 10/11, and I'm in the shipping in 7-10 days crowd). I'll wait 45 min on customer service if I know I can change it!
Can you change your shipping speed after the fact? I'd love to change to expedited shipping (since I'm going to be out of town on Oct 10/11, and I'm in the shipping in 7-10 days crowd). I'll wait 45 min on customer service if I know I can change it!
It's a brand new color. Gauging demand was going to be tough. We also don't know how difficult it is to produce. Remember how long it took Apple to release the white phone the first time?
Seems like a silly reason to change carriers. Especially since it isn't within their control.
Answered my own question. Called Apple, waited 15 min on hold, and they upgraded my shipping to expedited (and no fee charged). Hooray!
Ordered my 5s last night at 2am with no issues at all. Probably the easiest purchase of an iphone so far.
Anywho, a retailer near me has a bunch in stock. I could go in today and get one instead of waiting. However, my card has been charged from Apple already. I thought they only do that once shipped?
Anywho, a retailer near me has a bunch in stock. I could go in today and get one instead of waiting. However, my card has been charged from Apple already. I thought they only do that once shipped?
No, you don't promise 7 days, then change it to a month.
What kind of customer service is that?
It is in their control if they know their inventory at the time of order.
Yeah, South Carolina. It seemed like everyone posted about receiving theirs at the same time, around 9:10-9:15 AM.
One thing I noticed, I've never done an in-store pick-up on a phone before, but I'm supposed to pick it up in the mobile department and not customer service, does anyone have experience with this and whether they've had any issues?
For those concerned about the T-Mobile phone not being unlocked, there are posts from a guy who just bought one in store in another thread confirming that it works with an AT&T SIM card.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17954578/
and then
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17954951/
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17954578/
and then
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17954951/
I originally ordered without expedited shipping on my 32GB gold 5S, but called Apple to see about upgrading and to my surprise they waved the $10 fee. Very happy at the moment.
You're lucky, and hopefully it doesnt screw up your order. I just called and was advised, he would be happy to add it, but would require modifying the order which would put me in the back of line.
So no fast shipping for me...
6 years and they still can't build enough to cope with launch day demand. I thought Tim Cook was a logistics expert. I can't take time off work to stand in a line at 8am today. Went in at lunchtime and they had already sold out all of their iPhone 5s. Come back sometime in October was the best they could say. WTF Apple.
You mean get here from China in three days? Not impossible, but that's a full week+ from the earliest ship estimates. That's seems exceedingly optimistic.
Not that I'd mind it of course.
Well, there's optimistic and there's FACT! When I ordered my 2010 MacBook Pro, I placed the order on the first day of availability, it shipped the next day, and it ARRIVED the day after that! It shipped from CHINA!
There have been MANY other Apple customers of various Apple devices that have received the items DIRECTLY from China and received them 2-3 days after placing the order.
Maybe Apple won't be that fast with the iPhone 5S, but it HAS happened with previous devices!
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What I clicked on said unlocked. The "processing" email I received said unlocked. But when I log into the store to check on my order, it doesn't say unlocked. Color me concerned.
I think ATT has a lot of fingers down apple's pants... unfortunately. And I think there is something where they can't offer an "unlocked" iPhone within the first 30 days or something.... so they likely had to change the wording, but the description makes quite clear it's unlocked, it just happens to come with a TMO sim loaded