You were in the lucky 1%...seemed like everyone wasnt able to get in til around 4 am EST
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Carrier iPhone 7/7+ Sprint Pre-Order Thread
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Whoo hoo, I ordered mine later in the day on 9/9, 8pm (website was giving me huge issues, did it by telesales) but I'm SWITCHING to Sprint so hopefully my order is a little higher priority to them, lol.
Sprint also covers lost iPhones. AppleCare doesn't cover that. One of the reasons for the higher deductible.
I was able to get on sprints site right at 2:01 central time / 3:01 Eastern time but for the next hour plus, the site would not let me choose my phone to upgrade. I finally was able to place my order for an upgrade at 3:20am central time / 4:20am Eastern time. It was all over Twitter that people looking to upgrade via sprints website, could not do it during that hour plus. If you were able to get on and upgrade during that time, consider yourself one of the lucky ones.
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I ordered mine in the store and they told me they most likely won't have it till November. I ordered the 7 Plus 128 in Rose Gold
I was about to post about Twitter that morning. Yea, a lot of folks not able to get to the order page.
I ordered the 7 Plus Jet Black 128GB and it says it will ship by 11/11. I ordered it Saturday. I seriously hope I don't have to wait til almost Thanksgiving for it. I was hoping to take it to Mexico Mid October for the camera. What does the " Order has been received" mean? Not familiar with Sprint's order status system.
Product ID Description Qty. Order Date Tracking #
190198047946 IPHONE 7P JET 128GB KIT 1 2016-09-10
Status: Your order for the iPhone 7 Plus has been received and will ship by 10/7 if ordered before 8AM CT on 9/9. Your order will ship by 10/21 if ordered between 8AM CT and 11AM CT on 9/9. Your order will ship by 11/11 if ordered after 11AM CT on 9/9. You may track the progress of your order at www.sprint.com/myorder. Additionally, keep an eye out for a shipping email with your tracking information. Thank you for your patience.
RMAKIT GIVEBACK RETURN KIT 1 2016-09-10
Status: Your order or a portion of your order is in backorder status. If you would like to wait no action is needed. If you would like to select an alternate product or cancel your backordered item - please use the Live Chat link on this page 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or call 866-789-8292 between 9:00 a.m. EST and 9:00 p.m. EST 7 days a week. Please note that cancellation requests may not always process successfully due to the speed of warehouse processing. If you cancelled your backordered item but still received a shipment, please refuse the shipment or call us to process a return within 14 days of receipt.
Product ID Description Qty. Order Date Tracking #
190198047946 IPHONE 7P JET 128GB KIT 1 2016-09-10
Status: Your order for the iPhone 7 Plus has been received and will ship by 10/7 if ordered before 8AM CT on 9/9. Your order will ship by 10/21 if ordered between 8AM CT and 11AM CT on 9/9. Your order will ship by 11/11 if ordered after 11AM CT on 9/9. You may track the progress of your order at www.sprint.com/myorder. Additionally, keep an eye out for a shipping email with your tracking information. Thank you for your patience.
RMAKIT GIVEBACK RETURN KIT 1 2016-09-10
Status: Your order or a portion of your order is in backorder status. If you would like to wait no action is needed. If you would like to select an alternate product or cancel your backordered item - please use the Live Chat link on this page 24 hours a day, 7 days a week or call 866-789-8292 between 9:00 a.m. EST and 9:00 p.m. EST 7 days a week. Please note that cancellation requests may not always process successfully due to the speed of warehouse processing. If you cancelled your backordered item but still received a shipment, please refuse the shipment or call us to process a return within 14 days of receipt.
Try typing your order number in manually. I kept getting the same error when I would copy and paste it for some reason. Spent all day trying, finally decided to type it in manually even though it was the exact same thing, and it worked.
Last 2 years I didn't get a tracking number until the night before release. Got the phones on release day.
Wasn't sure how it works. I've never preordered before from Apple or sprint. From what I can tell, sprint orders are left in the dark and Apple orders are updated more.
So I found this a little strange. Anyone else have this happen with them? I upgraded to the 6S back in May 1st. Resigned the 17 month iPhone lease so I'm nowhere near my 12 month upgrade offer. But it said I was elligable for an upgrade, let me choose the iPhone 7 I wanted, Offered me the option to return it as a trade in or buy it for the remaining purchase price. I chose trade in and placed the order. I got the confirmation and they received my order, which also includes the RMAKIT. How is this possible without having to pay off the remaining 12 month upgrade lease term first? Last year when I upgraded to by 6S, I had 3 months left on my iPhone lease and in order to upgrade from the 6 Plus to the 6S, I had to pay off the remaining 3 month lease payments.
This happened to me also for one of my lines. I did a chat and was told I would have to pay the full remaining balance on the lease. Then I called and was told I wouldn't have to pay anything because the preorder also had a return kit. I later went into a sprint store and asked about the early upgrade fee and was told I didn't have to pay anything because the return kit was included with the order. Also said I would've had to pay the fee at checkout during preordering.
After getting mult error messages and not being able to choose a phone to upgrade on sprints site I wasn't able to place an order until 5am EST. My 256 Black 7P is supposed to arrive on 9/23
I got in the Sprint around 3:45am EST on Friday and upgraded to a 256 Black 7P and got a shipping date of 9/23
So according to a live chat agent my order has completely processed and they're assigning a phone to my order. So lets hope for Friday! I ordered a iPhone 7Plus 32 GB on Saturday morning with a estimated ship date of 09/30.