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This is going to be a very common thing at lots and lots of COR locations. I know this by 100% facts.
What exactly is a corporate location? How does it differ from a regular AT&T Store and how do i distinguish a corp store?
Also can you elaborate on your facts about this being a common thing?
I imagine that most retail stores will NOT have inventory.
They can’t even ship enough phones out without a wait time - why would they have walk-ins?
They always have a separate stock for walk ins at carrier and apple stores, even when it sells out fast online.
Do you live in a big city? A town?
There's a lot of variables. For examples, in NYC I would say camp the night before or something like that.
I remember the MASSIVE line at the 5th ave store when the 6 and 6 plus were released. If you're in NY I'd head over now with your lawn chair and snuggie.
austin. i really don't know if the line will be long or not; it's a pretty big city but there are lots of at&t locations within 30 mins of the one i plan on going to, so hopefully that alleviates the issue of long lines. I called ahead to make sure they where selling them from the store and they said they were but they weren't sure how many they'll have on launch day
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I called ahead and they said they'd be selling them in store friday they just aren't sure how many they'll have yet
I’d go to an Apple Store over an AT&T Store. An AT&T may have some, but you never know if it’s going to be three or sixty. An Apple Store is going to have a bunch, especially in a city like Austin.
I used to line up for the first several years of iPhone, and in the early days without reservations, I’d go at 3am or so for an 8am opening. I haven’t lined up since online ordering was possible, though, so my info is several years out of date.
It was actually a really fun experience, people in line were super excited and it was just mostly a party (where everyone kept their place in line!).
Good luck!
I used to line up for the first several years of iPhone, and in the early days without reservations, I’d go at 3am or so for an 8am opening. I haven’t lined up since online ordering was possible, though, so my info is several years out of date.
It was actually a really fun experience, people in line were super excited and it was just mostly a party (where everyone kept their place in line!).
Good luck!
Issue with apple stores is you'd need to get there way earlier these days to get what you want. I was going to do it for the 5S but decided on AT&T instead when I drove by one of my local Apple stores and the line was probably 50 people deep at 6pm the evening before. Can't imagine what this year will be like.
i had a launch day preorder but at&t kept canceling my order so this is pretty much my only option
Good luck to you. This is actually the first time I’ve been able to get a launch phone in years!