If you pre ordered early you should be in the clear. I've called sprint a few times and have heard various things. The one that's sticking out is they will ship the phones possibly a day early. You will receive your tracking number the day of the iphone 6 release. I know everyone is wondering if they will get the plus on the 19th. One of sprints higher ups said if you pre ordered it within the first day you are in the clear. As for orders a day later sorry but that 4-6 weeks message would be referring to you. But don't freak out you did pre order it after all, maybe a week tops.
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iPhone 6 & 6 Plus Sprint Pre-Order Thread!
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Ive noticed a lot of people have been cancelling the plus orders and going with the regular 6 in the hopes of getting it sooner. Its all speculation but maybe since a lot of people have been doing that, it will shift those of us that wait to an earlier date? Personally, I ordered the model I wanted and am going to wait until I receive that model.
If you cancelled your order to reorder. Your order is now pushed back past the millions that have already pre ordered sadly.
Well what I'm wondering is that my order says that it'll be 3 to 5 days, will it be after the 19th or before ? It also says that they will try to get the phone here the 19th
Thanks! They seem to be more knowledgable over the phones. I've tried getting info over chat a couple of times and they don't really seem to know what's going on.
from the reddit thread where the OP does shipping for Sprint:
All current iPhone owners can receive their phones on the 17th. It's Apple's way of saying thanks for being loyal. Those who are not currently iPhone owners are supposed to start receiving phones on the 19th but some will get them before then.
All current iPhone owners can receive their phones on the 17th. It's Apple's way of saying thanks for being loyal. Those who are not currently iPhone owners are supposed to start receiving phones on the 19th but some will get them before then.
My order status just got updated with the addition of this line:
"For orders placed through 12:00 pm CT on 9/16, we'll do our best to get it to you by 9/19. For any orders placed after 12:00 pm CT, we'll do our best to get it to you in 2 to 5 business days."
I ordered the iPhone 6 64GB gray, earlier this morning, looks like i'm going to get lucky
"For orders placed through 12:00 pm CT on 9/16, we'll do our best to get it to you by 9/19. For any orders placed after 12:00 pm CT, we'll do our best to get it to you in 2 to 5 business days."
I ordered the iPhone 6 64GB gray, earlier this morning, looks like i'm going to get lucky
My order status just got updated with the addition of this line:
"For orders placed through 12:00 pm CT on 9/16, we'll do our best to get it to you by 9/19. For any orders placed after 12:00 pm CT, we'll do our best to get it to you in 2 to 5 business days."
I ordered the iPhone 6 64GB gray, earlier this morning, looks like i'm going to get lucky
Mine updated too, says the same thing. I ordered the iPhone 6 Silver 64gb.
If you have the "try" message, I would personally say it should be on the 19th. If not no later than that week.
Hmmmmmm...
So I called my Local sprint store and they told me they would have ALL models in stock (not just for pre-order customers) on friday. Also told me that if I come in and wait in line I could get my 6+ from them and cancel my online order. SO naturally I called sprint.com and they told me the same. Basically that if I didn't have a tracking number by tomorrow night that the only way I would get one on release day is at the store and that they would cancel my order if I wanted to get one at the store friday. So just a bit of heads up to people that this IS an option....
I Pre-Order'd a Gold 64gig 6+ 7:15am pacific friday morning and I too get the 3 week generic message on my order status.... So I may be waiting in line....
So I called my Local sprint store and they told me they would have ALL models in stock (not just for pre-order customers) on friday. Also told me that if I come in and wait in line I could get my 6+ from them and cancel my online order. SO naturally I called sprint.com and they told me the same. Basically that if I didn't have a tracking number by tomorrow night that the only way I would get one on release day is at the store and that they would cancel my order if I wanted to get one at the store friday. So just a bit of heads up to people that this IS an option....
I Pre-Order'd a Gold 64gig 6+ 7:15am pacific friday morning and I too get the 3 week generic message on my order status.... So I may be waiting in line....
Why doesn't this thread have a 5 star rating like the Verizon and Apple.com thread?
Rate it 5 stars, show support for Sprint! Lol
Rate it 5 stars, show support for Sprint! Lol
If it wasn't for the terrible customer service and knowledge every single Sprint employee has I would.
It's just math, Sprint knows how many of each model it has. How hard would it be to tell us "your in the first batch"?
And how hard is it to just be patient?
It's just math, Sprint knows how many of each model it has. How hard would it be to tell us "your in the first batch"?
If you ordered by 11 u are in first batch, they did tell us. We just don't when first batch will ship
I think I will be doing this. it always varies by how much a sprint store is willing to help. some employees act as if they have no control over anything. so here's to hoping someone will actually comply with a request like you mentioned without being bitchy and lazy to do their job. I too went in and wondered if I could do this and of course, was told a million different things. some said it can't be done, others said I'm basically on my own with canceling it.
I don't think this is true for the + models. I think even early pre-orders (at least the majority of them) are auto 4-6 week delay. I don't think Apple had the stock for Sprint for release (for the + models).
WTF, I talked to Sprint on the phone, and they told me none of the stores would have the + models in. Hah. And they also told me I couldn't cancel my order and just get filled in store. WTF.