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They could not sell me a Verizon phone on an AT&T plan at all. It was trying to look up a Verizon account. They tried to trick it into thinking it was an AT&T phone to no avail. They couldn't even sell it to me on the Apple Every Year plan. I could only buy it outright.

For anyone who was able to buy a Verizon phone on AT&T Next, what was the secret?
There is no secret you have to buy it ourright. The guy was just misleading people. He even got one person to cancel their preorder and now she will not have a phone.. who knows when
 
did Anyone preorder the iPhone 7 plus 128gb matte black right when it went live receive any movement or shipping information? If you did please add proof of shipping please. I just can't understand how at&t still didn't ship out the 7+ mb 128 when 5 of my friends from Verizon got their 7+ mb 128gb on launch day ...........
 
According to Macrumors, Jet Black iPhone 7 Plus Pre-orders are shipping sooner than expected, well that's great for those who ordered from Apple, but since ordering from AT&T makes you the red headed stepchild of Apple ours probably wont come earlier than listed.
 
There is no secret you have to buy it ourright. The guy was just misleading people. He even got one person to cancel their preorder and now she will not have a phone.. who knows when

Yeah, I canceled my preorder and then spent 2.5 hours in the Apple Store trying to buy it on an AT&T plan. Failing that we tried the Apple plan, but that requires service activation, so I had to walk away with broken dreams or plunk down a cool grand.. It still smarts..
 
did Anyone preorder the iPhone 7 plus 128gb matte black right when it went live receive any movement or shipping information? If you did please add proof of shipping please. I just can't understand how at&t still didn't ship out the 7+ mb 128 when 5 of my friends from Verizon got their 7+ mb 128gb on launch day ...........

I place my order at at 3:25:32 a.m. ET, I received the shipping email yesterday with a scheduled delivery of tomorrow.
 
I ordered 128 matte plus at 7am 9/9 and haven't gotten any movement. I have checked 2 times to make sure t&c are good and I am pretty much being told all is fine with order just wait until 23-30th
 
10/1-10/31 here , I preordered when it went live but canceled it this weekend and re ordered the 256, hopefully it comes sooner .
 
I just got off the phone with AT&T CS. Everything is fine with my order. They're just waiting for the warehouses to be replenished. I'm patiently waiting for the 256 JB 7+. My estimated shipping dates are 9/30-10/7. I preordered 9/9 @ 3:20 EST..
 
I currently have a pre-order with ATT and my ship date isnt until 10/7-10/14. I was going to get it on the next program with the $650 trade-in of my 6+. My question is, if I can find one at a local Apple Store can I get it at the Apple Store on Next and still do my $650 trade-in with ATT? Or do I have to get my new iphone from ATT to do the ATT $650 trade-in?
 
Here's my update/happy ending story.

I pre-ordered my iPhone (plus black 128) through AT&T at 4:45 AM on the 9th and got one confirmation email and never heard anything from them since. I called AT&T multiple times and they were rude and unwilling to help me.

So yesterday I was checking Apple stores in my area to see if they had the phone that I wanted and the closest one yesterday was two hours away so I didn't want to make that kind of a drive. I checked again right after midnight this morning and I found one less than an hour from me and I reserved it for pick up today. Their inventory changes daily and phones that were reserved and not picked up day before become available.

I got there early but they checked me in right away. I cancelled my att preorder AFTER being checked in. After about 5 mins while I was waiting I got a text and email confirming my cancellation. After another minute or so someone came to help me! He was really nice and helped me upgrade through att next with zero issues! Then they even apologized for me having to wait even when I came early!

They were super nice and helpful and the whole experiance was super easy and nice! Definitely recommend over waiting for att to get their **** together.
 
Well- after failing to receive my 7+ 128 Black iPhone that I ordered at 2:52 AM on 9/9, I cancelled the order. Fortunately, the reserve from Apple worked great, even though it was marked as an iPhone Upgrade Program phone I was able to go to the local Apple store and just buy it outright (Next was an option as well.) After you check in with the front person at the store just wait til you are talking to the actual sales rep and tell them you changed your mind and want to go forward with whatever plan. Walked away with the same phone I wanted from AT&T with no more waiting.
 
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I just got off the phone with AT&T CS. Everything is fine with my order. They're just waiting for the warehouses to be replenished. I'm patiently waiting for the 256 JB 7+. My estimated shipping dates are 9/30-10/7. I preordered 9/9 @ 3:20 EST..
Where do you live? In the southeast? I'm asking because the southeast has seen little to no iPhone 7+ shipments and if they're just waiting for stock, that means we could be next on the list
 
I also gave up on our 7 and 7+ JB AT&T orders last weekend (Oct 14-21 ship dates) and placed new orders with Apple. My wife and I decided we didn't really want the Jet Black after all (we are putting them in cases anyway). We checked Apple's current shipping estimates and found that we could do better than AT&T by placing new orders for other colors. I went with matte black and she went with rose gold. Will be getting them in the next 2-3 weeks (or sooner, if my checks of local store stocks indicate they have some available for reservation).
 
I currently have a pre-order with ATT and my ship date isnt until 10/7-10/14. I was going to get it on the next program with the $650 trade-in of my 6+. My question is, if I can find one at a local Apple Store can I get it at the Apple Store on Next and still do my $650 trade-in with ATT? Or do I have to get my new iphone from ATT to do the ATT $650 trade-in?

Yes.

You can order through apple as long as the new phone is on Next. I did the same and traded in my old 6 at the att store already for the promo.
 
iPhone 7+ 32GB - Matte Black ordered on 9/9 at 5:56AM EST - just got shipping notice (9/19 at 2:49PM EST) delivery for tomorrow 9/20 by 3PM. Original delivery was from 9/30-10/7
Coming from FedEx (picked up at Fort Worth Texas) to Northeast Ohio
 
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