It looks to me like the T-Mobile one will be available on the Apple store website, but not the Apple store app. The T-Mobile phone doesn't appear on the app right now if you go in and look, only the 3 other carriers. But it does appear as a box you can click on the main website. I don't know if it's worth it to try and get it on the other vendors websites though, such as T-Mobile.com and Best Buy. There is very little info on how they will handle theirs.
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iPhone 6 Pre-Orders to Kick off Tonight at 12:01 AM Pacific
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It doesn't seem to be available through the Apple Store app, but it is on the website.
Pre-Order question
Can you order one without a contract via pre-order? If so what's the best way to do this? It needs to work on ATT and I'd like to just put my existing simcard in. Would that just work or would the IMEI of the phone have to be programmed in?
Can you order one without a contract via pre-order? If so what's the best way to do this? It needs to work on ATT and I'd like to just put my existing simcard in. Would that just work or would the IMEI of the phone have to be programmed in?
From past experience, the T-Mobile version sold on Apple's website or any non-Sprint phone sold at full price in the store will be unlocked, despite what the website or Apple reps may tell you. The T-Mobile phone purchased from T-Mobile directly is locked, and they won't unlock it unless you've had their service for 40 days.
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The best bet is to order the T-Mobile contract-free version from the web site. However, that was the first to sell out last year when online sales began. I wound up buying a Verizon model for full price in the store. Unfortunately, you can't get contract-free AT&T or Verizon versions online.
I've found that while on the John . . . . . . . . you know.
I go to pull up my pants and the Note tends to slip out due to the weight.
I wear loose pant though, and it often falls out if i don't take it out first. Only once has it ever almost came close to falling in.
That's what I noticed, as well. Also, if you attempt to order from the Apple Store app on an existing iPhone, it defaults to your carrier.
I camped out in front of my Mac at home for 3 days to beat the rest of my family. Now I'll be the first to pre-order, while the relatives lined up in back of me will just have to wait!
Yes, the Verizon model is unlocked. All of their LTE phones are unlocked per an agreement with the FCC, even the on-contract versions. You may not be able to prepurchase a phone without a US credit card, though. And they'll mail it to a US address, not to a store for pickup. However, you may get lucky and find one in the store on Friday or Saturday. Just avoid 5th Avenue or the Upper West Side. Grand Central is a good bet since it is never as crowded as the other locations.
If you do find it in an Apple Store, as long as you pay full price you can buy the AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile versions and it will be unlocked (I've done that 3 years in a row). They don't sell the official SIM-free version until a few weeks after launch. That gives the carriers a chance to meet their sales quotas.
Setting several alarms. I hope that I don't sleep through them. I may have to stay up to 2:00 am CST. The strategizing makes my head hurt.
128GB SPACE GRAY iPHONE 6 PLUS FOR ME PLEASE. THANKS.
Great choice...since next year's 6S will probably have very marginal improvements -besides bigger screen and NFC I don't know what else will be a most have feature.
I pre-ordered for the iPhone 5. FedEx pretty much threw it at the door and ran
And we all remember this, right?
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The iPhone 5S was available for pre-order at midnight UK time. (= 1 am in Germany). Sure that it is different this time?