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Carrier iPhone 7/7+ AT&T Pre-Order Thread
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Unfortunately, I think you are right. I just don't understand what the heck is going on!
I haven't and am not thinking about canceling but I do understand why some are so upset. Mainly bc they stayed up half the night to preorder the phone and got the orders in within minutes ... and somehow ppl who ordered hours later are getting their phones first even when having the same model/gb and color. Makes no sense.
But you didn't pre-order your phone like the rest of us on 9/9 hence the name of this thread.
So can anyone confirm that a Apple Store will allow you to pay outright for the phone when reserving it on the site through the upgrade program? I was able to reserve a 7+ Silver 128 at the Apple Store here in Charlotte NC.
Then you shouldn't be getting an iPhone. The phone launched on Friday, give me a break.
Who wants a 7+ 256GB JB!!?? =)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-iPhon...338901?hash=item1c706df615:g:cBYAAOSwmLlX4g4P
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-iPhon...338901?hash=item1c706df615:g:cBYAAOSwmLlX4g4P
Ok, I'm sure this is my frustration talking, but why are people asking about their orders when they ordered AFTER launch day??
Finally saw some movement last night...
128GB MB Plus
Ordered 9/9 4:30am EDT
Finally went to back ordered around 5pm last night 9/20
Text notification it shipped around 11:30pm 9/20
Should arrive tomorrow 9/22
Seems if they would have stuck to the normal 2 week window a lot more people who have received their phones on launch day.
I got the Spigen Thin Fit case and put it on a friends 6S Plus. I don't like it at all. Looks like my locals stores have the leather Apple cases in stock now so I guess I will make a trek to the store to pick one up. I ordered one online but it may not ship until the 28th.
128GB MB Plus
Ordered 9/9 4:30am EDT
Finally went to back ordered around 5pm last night 9/20
Text notification it shipped around 11:30pm 9/20
Should arrive tomorrow 9/22
Seems if they would have stuck to the normal 2 week window a lot more people who have received their phones on launch day.
I got the Spigen Thin Fit case and put it on a friends 6S Plus. I don't like it at all. Looks like my locals stores have the leather Apple cases in stock now so I guess I will make a trek to the store to pick one up. I ordered one online but it may not ship until the 28th.
We don't expect to get our phones before the ones that preordered. But it's nice to know where the que is and I haven't heard anyone talking about shipping on the rose gold phones.
To clarify this, as I know someone who is very well "in the know" at ATT and not just some store employee, the meanings are as such:
"Preparing to ship" or "in progress" (FOR A NORMAL ORDER) means that you have placed the order and it is process of being pulled from inventory and shipped out.
"Preparing to ship" or "in progress" (FOR A PREORDER EVENT) means you have submitted your order, it's been authorized/pre-authorized and now is sitting in a queue.
"Back ordered" (FOR A NORMAL ORDER) means the item is out of stock but you have been assigned the item from an incoming supply of the item.
"Back ordered" (FOR A PREORDER EVENT) means very much the same thing as above and YES it means your item will ship soon. You have now moved from that limbo status after initially placing your order, to now being assigned to an actual delivery/supply of devices. For pre-orders, that typically means when a fresh supply of devices lands in distribution center and now they have some "backorder inventory". So your order is assigned to be picked from that inventory. It then rapidly ships out. The reason this is different than a normal "back order" status which is assigned right away is that pre-order events are always variable and inventory/supply levels will not be known at time of order. They are driven after the preorder starts. So this is how the "back order" works for preorder events.
It makes perfect sense.
That's my emotion as well. People are expecting these systems to work to the minute when millions of people are ordering at the same time. They also expect perfect first in, first out supply chain movement. It simply doesn't work like that. We're not talking about weeks difference in shipping times either, maybe a day or two.
It all comes down to people being impatient. I order on 9/14 so I fully expect it to take a while but at the same time I probably will see the phone before 10/19. I'm not in a rush because I have a perfectly functional phone right now.
i don't want to burst your bubble but there is no que. the good news past expereicne says you will most likely receive your phone before many of the pre-orders. Enjoy!
What in the world. I have been living on the Apple Store app and haven't seen any +s in either NorthLake or SouthPark. Congrats tho.
Yes you can pay outright.
still no updates for me since 9/9... not even spam... not on "backorder"
Same as a lot of other Georgians I've seen on here... just waiting / in progress/ processing/ preparing to ship
iphone 7+ 256gb in Rose Gold... 9/23-9/30 shipment window
My boyfriends mb 256 plus he ordered from apple on 9/16 will be here tomorrow...
Same as a lot of other Georgians I've seen on here... just waiting / in progress/ processing/ preparing to ship
iphone 7+ 256gb in Rose Gold... 9/23-9/30 shipment window
My boyfriends mb 256 plus he ordered from apple on 9/16 will be here tomorrow...
In Atlanta, there are plenty of Rose Gold 7+ available. Most are 128mb (which is like 3 more a month than the 32GB) but there are some 32GB. You may want to check here and see what is available.
https://reserve.cdn-apple.com/US/en...1&sourceID=email&rv=0&path=&iPP=U&appleCare=Y
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Finally!!! 7+ 128 gb matte black will be in Alabama to be delivered tomorrow. Got shipping info last night.
Hey guys, I've been following this forum since day one, and it has been so helpful. I ordered BM 7+ 128 on 9/9 at 340 Eastern (had issues with my CC blocking for fraud). Sometime overnight my status changed to backordered through *6737# (noticed it at 530) still says preparing to ship though I know backordered is a good thing thanks to this site, or I would have freaked out probably. But how long does it normally take. I've seen people saying within an hour. Should I be worried. In GA by the way.