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iPhone SE Order thread
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I called T-Mobile yesterday and got it today! This was good turnaround time. I have 14 days to see if I want to keep the SE or just go back to my 6S. I'm leaning more toward the SE because I am just loving the size
Was the order status accurate for you? Mine is "still processing". They said 7-14 dyas, though.
Sad to say but this iPhone is going back to T-Mobile. It is just too small for my fat fingers. I wish I could like it more, and don't get me wrong, I love the design, but I can't type comfortably on a 4" phone anymore.
I'm learning this awesome lesson. Buy from a carrier and you get it. Buy it from Apple and you're going to wait and wait.
But it's also possible that carriers have older stock in other words first off the assembly line production. If Apple makes any changes to the phone on the fly to any components and you order from Apple and it's a 2-4 weeks wait, it's possible you would get a newer production or the latest production model just being made in the past few weeks vs a carrier that may have had it for months.
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In prior years it was the other way around for me.
This time though ATT without pre-order on release date was in the cards for me.
I doubt it. The wait time for TMo, for example, was longer than the one on the Apple site when people ordered. Then it shipped to them quicker.
I had ordered from Apple hoping it would continue to be the quicker shipped.
Whelp, after a huge kerfuffle a few days ago with the 5th Ave NYC store not wanting to give me the iPhone SE I ordered for pickup (long story; AT&T ID policy Apple is enforcing meant they couldn't release the phone to me?!)… I placed an order for a SIM-free one from the online Store. Let's see how long this takes……… -_-
I am on TMobile prepaid ($30 plan). I went to TMobile store and asked to buy an iPhone SE. They did not have any in stock and offered to order it for me. They said it would be delivered in a week. When I told them I was on a pre-paid plan, they said I could not order a phone through TMobile and had to go through Apple!
How long before the continuing unavailability of the SE is viewed as a bait-and-switch "Oh, we are out of the really cheap model you saw advertised, but since you're already in-store, can I interested you in a more expensive 6s?" I'm calling it...there will be a lawsuit.
Wow, glad I got mine on launch day. Didn't know there would be such a demand. Great phone. You all still waiting won't be disappointed. 
I've had a 64gb space grey SE for nearly a month now (managed to get $100 discount) and I gotta say it's an awesome phone. Happy I went from a 6 to this! Only took a few days to adjust from a 4.7" to 4" screen.
I've sold my 6S spacegray 64GB for 620€, bought SE spacegray 64gb for 440€, just one week old (croatia, njuskalo.hr, similar to ebay).
And I simply love my decision. Even tough I want bigger phone, 6S is simply too slippery to use. At least to me.
And battery on SE simply destroys 6s. At least in my use case scenario. And since I've got id real cheap, I think this was a deal I simply couldn't pass on.
Love this small phone. I always use two phones, gonna get bigger one now, probably HTC 10. But this small phone will be my primary phone. When jogging, cycling, etc. -> I don't even notice that it's in my pocket
And I simply love my decision. Even tough I want bigger phone, 6S is simply too slippery to use. At least to me.
And battery on SE simply destroys 6s. At least in my use case scenario. And since I've got id real cheap, I think this was a deal I simply couldn't pass on.
Love this small phone. I always use two phones, gonna get bigger one now, probably HTC 10. But this small phone will be my primary phone. When jogging, cycling, etc. -> I don't even notice that it's in my pocket
I am running with an iPhone SE and a HTC 10 at the moment. Love them both.I've sold my 6S spacegray 64GB for 620€, bought SE spacegray 64gb for 440€, just one week old (croatia, njuskalo.hr, similar to ebay).
And I simply love my decision. Even tough I want bigger phone, 6S is simply too slippery to use. At least to me.
And battery on SE simply destroys 6s. At least in my use case scenario. And since I've got id real cheap, I think this was a deal I simply couldn't pass on.
Love this small phone. I always use two phones, gonna get bigger one now, probably HTC 10. But this small phone will be my primary phone. When jogging, cycling, etc. -> I don't even notice that it's in my pocket