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Carrier iPhone 7/7+ AT&T Pre-Order Thread

I would be ok waiting and not irate if people who ordered the exact same model/color/capacity hours after I did wasn't getting theirs shipped. I don't understand how the preorders could sell out in 3:50 except jet black since it is a new color.
 
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I just had a moment where I felt like I should apologize to my Rose Gold 6S for only using it at this point to obsess over and research the status of the Matte Black 7+ that's destined to replace it.. Anyone else experienced that? No? Just me? Okay cool.
 
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phil-ga said:
The chat attendants leave much to be desired.

When I began a chat session yesterday, after asking about any additional info regarding my own status, they came back with:

"Are you trying to activate your iPhone 7?"

As you can imagine, I laughed out loud and typed in:

"You do know that the iPhone 7 isn't even available to the public until Friday?"

I pretty much finished the chat up at that point and made a phone call instead.

Mine:
2 IP7+ MB 256GB, ordered 9/9 8:30am/12:30pm ET, 9/23-9/30
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Lol. That is funny.
 
1dave said:
Remember the first guy to open his iPhone 6 in Australia a couple of years ago? The whole store was surrounded my worldwide media, and a female reporter asked him to show it to everyone and he flipped open the box and the iPhone flipped out of the box in the air right smack onto the concrete! 😀
I just had a thought of everyone ripping their boxes open...😵
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your welcome 😛
 
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mortond19 said:
Some testers have it already so it would make sense that they asked that
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Why would an Apple tester do a chat with AT&T? Seriously, the chat person isn't well informed. I guess if the "Apple tester" was having a carrier problem with ATT service, but how many people do you think would be chatting up about that this week? I too would have chuckled at that chat agent.
 
phil-ga said:
While I once dismissed the thought as fantasy, maybe Apple did decide to divert a certain amount of inventory to help make up for their Apple Upgrade Program issue. Or, this is simply organic preorder taking up the entire supply.

Did Apple fall for the rhetoric of, "nothing major has changed; no need to upgrade?"

Mine:
2 IP7+ MB 256GB, ordered 9/9 8:30am/12:30pm ET, 9/23-9/30
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My theory? Every year Apple sells the phone at least 2 weeks after the pre order announcement. Maybe someone can correct me, but I think this is the shortest they've ever released the phone after announcing it. Couple that with a new number series. Couple that with all the 5s and 6/6 Plus customers who can trade their phones in with most major carriers and get a 32GB 7 for free... You are now a week short for producing more units and you have a higher demand than originally projected and this equals what is happening right now.

I'm sure AT&T/Verizon/Best Buy get a forecasted amount of phones when pre orders go live, then they get their actual amount they receive from Apple later in the weeks.

For my store personally? We broke sales records with how many pre orders we did last Friday. This was the biggest iPhone pre order in my 4 years. So it's no surprise this is happening. Doesn't help the situation any, but definitely not surprising. Why would Apple say they have no inventory for their own stores, but supply 3rd parties like AT&T and Best Buy with more stock then they have?
 
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LCDurbin said:
I have seen that you can pre sign for UPS, however can you do so with Fedex? I already contacted Fedex to try and reroute my phone delivery tomorrow but they told me that AT&T had to notify Fedex of the change of address. I will be at work tomorrow and no one will be able to sign for it. I have looked everywhere on how to pre sign on AT&T and Fedex for my phone but no luck so far. Is anyone else in this same predicament? Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated!
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I preordered the phone last year, had it shipped to my home while I'd be at work so I was worried of the same thing, but it did not require a signature; FedEx delivered.
I've seen many say that for years it doesn't require a signature from FedEx. 🙂
 
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whsbuss said:
Really? No way
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Yeah someone else said they checked fedex's website and it said 10pm. Plus i would assume (in my opinion) that there would be a few great souls who work overtime these next few days.
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ZacKaffeine said:
Mine have been in it since 3:20 pm EST. But I only get that status from the 6737 code. Online checkers are still in Preparing to ship.
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Same for me
 
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Elyphant said:
Do you guys think if I cancel my att order and sign up with apple for IUP they will let me pick up a phone tomorrow or Saturday lol?
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I just tried to do the same thing and when I went to order the phone, it said unavailable for pickup in my area. 🙁
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sahilpatel12 said:
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I dunno why but when I first saw this I was freaking dying laughing. I'm really cynical.
 
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Ronnoco said:
I thought nobody wanted this lame phone...do they know it has no headphone jack?
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I'm really looking forward to the camera, that's the reason I ordered a 7+.
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FidoMcCokfiend said:
On with AT&T chat right now, asked why people that ordered after me are getting tracking numbers and I still show "in progress"

"the reason is because the IPhone 7 + will be available two weeks after the IPhone 7 comes out,"

Jesus.
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I looked at your avatar and then read the AT&T chat answer. lol
 
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guzzy1950 said:
I remember cringing when I first saw this! I opened up my 6 Plus being extra cautious because of this kid!
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this time they put iphone behind the white papers... so no more iphone on top. no wonder why we cant have nice things. because of people like him.. lol

i love the look when i open my box and i see iphone. now ill see blank darn white papers.
 
Welp I assume no go for tomorrow unless something crazy happens. I ordered at 09/09/2016 at 3:36:14 AM EDT and havent heard a peep for my Matte Black Iphone 7+... I am not pissed was just hoping for a lil pick me up. I am in Denver CO. For those whom won the lottery let me know how awsome it is. I advised a friend who was on the fence to go all in and he used Apple and his Stealth Black Iphone 7+ will arrive tomroow morning and hearing him brag is turning the knife some... I had to palce numerous orders since I wasnt getting order conf emails. Then Sunday after got them all in minutes span. Been a wild bizzareo ride. I live across from bestbuy and saw some poor bastards camping with signs... I guess they dont read the news lol
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pst23 said:
This is honestly ridiculous lol - It's almost laughable that companies don't have better fulfillment systems.
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Im starting to think I should develop one thats not running on MS DOS or Windows XP like ATT uses and sit back and watch the cash flying in lol
 
Statusnone88 said:
I just tried to do the same thing and when I went to order the phone, it said unavailable for pickup in my area. 🙁
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I dunno why but when I first saw this I was freaking dying laughing. I'm really cynical.
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I called them lol they said that i could but id be pushed back to the current ship dates of november. LOL ill keep my sept 30th
 
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sahilpatel12 said:
this time they put iphone behind the white papers... so no more iphone on top. no wonder why we cant have nice things. because of people like him.. lol

i love the look when i open my box and i see iphone. now ill see blank darn white papers.
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Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave if he saw the new iPhone packaging. He specifically said the first thing the customer should see when opening the box is the phone. Paraphrasing, obviously, but the boxes and the wrap on the outside are definitely not as clean as the 6s/6s+ and earlier.
 
For those of us who won't get it on launch day, are the estimated dates valid? Will AT&T get additional units for early next week?
 
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