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What if you do not buy it online, but see it is available at a specific store for pickup and go direct...will they sell it if they still have them? I heard somewhere some stores are forcing u to buy online and wont give you any if you just show up....
Also how fast do you get your confirmation email if you do buy online and choose store pickup? can i buy online select store pick up and go right away?

Personally, I wouldn't risk just seeing it online and then heading to the store in the hope of getting it, 'cause odds are it'll be gone before you even have a chance to grab your car keys. :( And for what it's worth, it took 14 minutes from the time my order went through to the time I got the "we're ready for you" email yesterday afternoon. They're pretty quick.
 
Can I order "device only" full price online and pick up in store for ATT or Verizon?
 
No. Contract only.

T mobile iPhones are non existent :(

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After 10 am its online only. They won't sell it to you

You don't even know my plight lol. I'm trying to get the 24-month financing deal and have only 18 days to get my hands on one. Literally checking the entire tri-state area from NYC to reserve one.
 
LOL, this is what I did. Literally got to the payment page in seconds, and it wouldn't let me process. :D

same here. How fast should we click..? I set up the express checkout but by the time I click the last button, it's always gone. I missed 3 times so far. Is there any other way to checkout faster? or other people in my region are too fast? It's literally gone in 5 seconds I think,,,
 
Someone around Cherry Hill, NJ, who wants a gold 64gb for Verizon may be very happy on Saturday. I found a model yesterday available there and bought it around 2:50pm but I'm not dead set on it yet. I'm about 2 hours away from the store so I have to wait until I'm off Saturday but may cancel on Saturday morning if I still have doubts.
 
Between 8-10 am they hand out tickets to buy the phone

The woman at the store I talked to made it seem like they would actually start physically selling the phones at 8 when the store opened for appointments/one-to-one sessions...no mention of waiting until the store officially opened. Can anyone clarify?
 
anyone looking for silver 64gb t-mobile/unlocked , available in Columbus OH , Easton town center.
hurry :)

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32g Gray t-mobile available in Nashville TN
and
64g Gray t-mobile available in Indianapolis, IN
:)
 
same here. How fast should we click..? I set up the express checkout but by the time I click the last button, it's always gone. I missed 3 times so far. Is there any other way to checkout faster? or other people in my region are too fast? It's literally gone in 5 seconds I think,,,

Do you have it in your cart? That's how I got mine, just a few clicks and you're done. It doesn't have to recheck upgrade eligibility and all that!
 
Someone around Cherry Hill, NJ, who wants a gold 64gb for Verizon may be very happy on Saturday. I found a model yesterday available there and bought it around 2:50pm but I'm not dead set on it yet. I'm about 2 hours away from the store so I have to wait until I'm off Saturday but may cancel on Saturday morning if I still have doubts.

Nice. Want to sell it? :rolleyes: I saw one or two gold show up in the online search yesterday in our area. Glad you got one, that's really cool. :)
 
Anybody has an idea how they handle this at 5th Avenue apple store (walk-in buyers)?


Picked up my 32gb silver for Verizon there on Wednesday. We'll Tuesday midnight. Ordered online. Just walked in had id and order number. And took no less then 15 min only took that long Cuz of a little line. Also when I ordered less the. 30 min later it was ready for pick up.
 
Day 4. Same thing again with the NYC T-Mobile phone. Up for a few seconds, gone by the time I could check out. Perhaps if I had a fiber connection...

Saw a t-mobile silver phone in a t-mobile store 2 days ago. It was the first phone they had gotten. I almost bought it to flip it :eek:
 
Can I order "device only" full price online and pick up in store for ATT or Verizon?

Only if you already have an account with one of them.

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Saw a t-mobile silver phone in a t-mobile store 2 days ago. It was the first phone they had gotten. I almost bought it to flip it :eek:

If you buy it in a TMobile store it's locked to their network. Buy it from Apple.
 
Do people know typically when stores put their stock online for pick up?
 
Between 8-10 am they hand out tickets to buy the phone

And if the store doesn't have any in until later? How does that work?

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No. Contract only.

T mobile iPhones are non existent :(

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After 10 am its online only. They won't sell it to you
I don't think the purchase only online rule is in affect anymore. Talked to my apple store a day after they started it and said it was no longer the only waney you could get the phone. Also I was at apple last night exchanging my case, and they were selling them to customers walking in.
 
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