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iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus Now Available for Pre-Order
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That resale value is likely to go down another $100 once the new phone launches. If you are able to go without a phone for a couple weeks, or are willing to deal with the hassle of a replacement phone for that time, it's a no-brainer. I have bought/sold/resold phones for ages. The reality is, while I was in school. this made a lot of sense (the phones held more value back then too, especially since you could unlock and ship them to countries that didn't have official iPhone launches). Now, you are lucky to make back $100 if you resell your phone. Really depends on where you are in life and how much it's worth it to you to try and sell a phone. For many, it's just not worth the extra effort.
I had the same thing show for me but at least for Verizon there should be no fee. Also when I review the order in the app I don't see an upgrade fee listed. Either way if I do get hit with one I'll be sure to have Verizon reverse it.
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This worked for me. Clicking refresh on the Web store was driving me nuts. STILL hasn't loaded here.
I assume you didn't log in at all beforehand? Hopping on TMO website has a giant banner saying the preorders must be called in. All in all, it wasn't a bad experience. I was done in under half an hour and have an estimated deliver of the 23 (two days before official launch). I can't complain.
I hope this iPhone Upgrade Plan is worth it. I did the math and it seems better than trying to do the same thing on Verizon and I get a new iPhone every year with AppleCare+ without having to find the best trade-in values for a scratched up phone, etc, as Apple's plan doesn't care about scratches. It will also get me off a contract in a year and I can start exploring my options with this new extended LTE stuff that T-Mobile supports on the 6S. I'm very interested in trying that out.
My 5C is currently a 16GB and it's actually fine for my needs. I did consider a 64GB since I do take a lot of pictures for my Art classes. But hopefully if I change my mind they may have one 64GB left on the 25th. (I doubt it but you never know.)
You can thank the jerks who hacked Jennifer Lawrence's iCloud account for that. Everything Apple requires dual authentication now. Fortunately for me the text came through quickly.
Ordered via the website which took a few minutes extra to open its doors (08:06 UK time) which is no biggie as I'm sure the site takes a few minutes to become available.
The app was however open and available first, but there was no PayPal option (that I could see) when choosing 'other payment options' so I ended up ordering via the Apple website on iPad.
Note - PayPal Credit offers 4 months interest free for purchases over £150.
The overall experience was smooth, easy and simple when you consider the demand and high volume. I went for a 64GB which I'm sure would be in less demand over the 16GB and might have contributed to my painless pre-order.
The app was however open and available first, but there was no PayPal option (that I could see) when choosing 'other payment options' so I ended up ordering via the Apple website on iPad.
Note - PayPal Credit offers 4 months interest free for purchases over £150.
The overall experience was smooth, easy and simple when you consider the demand and high volume. I went for a 64GB which I'm sure would be in less demand over the 16GB and might have contributed to my painless pre-order.
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One-Time Upgrade Fee $40 is noted on my email confirm but not part of the total from Apple. Ordered through Apple Store App for Verizon. Paid full price to keep my unlimited data and at least the confirm email says "unlimited data."
But I don't think I should have to pay upgrade fee if paying full price. Hope the $40 doesn't show up on my next bill from Verizon.
But I don't think I should have to pay upgrade fee if paying full price. Hope the $40 doesn't show up on my next bill from Verizon.
I'm having the same BS issue. i want to pay full price and Verizon is forcing me to agree to a $40 upgrade fee. wtf? this is happening on both Apple store and Verizon store. so now i am trying to make a reservation to pick it up in store to avoid this and the reservation site keeps telling me to "update my apple id"! this is getting frustrating.
Thanks for the math - I had a NEXT balance of $ 1060 for all 3 phones - it felt easier to just pay sales tax now than front all that money at once - but I will definitely be ready for next year's iPhone7
Anyone order a 128gb through AT&T? I ordered 2 phones through them tonight. A 64gb for my husband and a 128gb for me. I have confirmation orders for both but only the 64gb is showing up as preparing to ship. The 128gb is still in progress and that's the order I placed first! Grrr.
Well pre-ordered the iPhone 6s 128gb rose gold. Delivery date by 9/25.
Wonder how much I can sell this on ebay for
Wonder how much I can sell this on ebay for
What Kind of delivery date did you get? For the 6S Plus 128 I just ordered, I was excited to see 9/25 but after the order went through it was ships by 9/25 and delivers by 9/30.
Same here. Nothing about a code texted to me, emailed to me, or conveyed on the confirmation page. I preordered two phones in full for good measure. I still plan on going to the store at the time I selected to do the upgrade program for the two aforementioned phones; of the reservation and upgrade program are successful, I'll return the preordered phones later that day.
