I don't normally preorder at midnight, so I'm curious... has their site ever been able to handle the first wave of people ordering the newest phone a minute after it starts? Based on the how bad the unveiling live feed went, is it safe to assume the site will be overloaded?
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Is there any chance the Apple Store site doesn't go down tonight?
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If you don't want to hit the wave, make sure you get on first and keep refreshing and finish as soon as possible. Have a plan and execute. If you get caught in with the wave, you are stuck and just need to keep trying.
I'm not sure the live feed fiasco is telling at all, but I don't know the actual details.
From what I've heard and experienced, the Apple Store iOS app seems to handle the first wave of people pretty well.
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I had the same experience. It was awesome. Maybe we should stop telling people so it doesn't get overloaded this time
The iPhone 4 pre-order was a disaster. I was able to order the 5 in less than 10 minutes. I'm hoping for similar luck tonight. I'll have the Apple Store app open on my phone and iPad just in case.
app hasnt even been working for me since yesterday. I prefer to use that app over the site. Curious to see if it starts working soon
It might. I have a feeling that the US Apple Store Site would change to Chinese similar to Live Stream.... Sorry I have to squeeze that in. I love you Apple.
FWIW - the F5 key refreshes the browser (beats clicking the mouse).
Don't you mean command-R
PS Best Buy preorder instore tomorrow, for those of you who signed up for the free $50 gift card earlier this year.
I sure they will have third party specialist manning their site. Apple learn a lesson from the streaming conference which ignored the steaming vendors advice. No more Apple amateurs manning any sites until they are trailed.
From what I understand Apple will be renting server time from Amazon during the crush of orders. I think they did it the last several times. The proble is if your carrier can't feed the info to Apple, your order will not go through!
No. I don't. They keynote broadcast was a cluster and I'm fully expecting the same (or worse) tonight.
I'm keeping my expectations extremely low, if it's easier then I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Yep, i've said it to so many people, the Apple Store app is probably the fastest and more reliable way to pre-order the phone. Obviously everyone needs to be ready and have the site loaded and app loaded aswell before launch. At least thats what i'm doing!
It's 2:13am here in the UK and the launch is at 8AM and i still need to sleep. I'm gonna set an alarm on my PC at full volume and about 10 on my phone.