This year and last year have been the smoothest pre-orders for me. Bought two phones, in and out of the app in 2 minutes with Apple Pay. It does sound like their upgrade program process has some kinks to be worked out though.
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This was the worst preorder in Apple's history
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I get we all have a right to whinge about things that we aren't happy about. But to get so upset over getting a phone a few weeks later than you wanted shows a real lack of perspective.
I'd argue that the preorder for the 4 was much, much worse. I was online trying to order for several hours, only to have the process fail at various points along the way, and ended up having to get a reservation and wait in line for 6 hours on launch day.
Combine that with the fact that the widely-touted white version (on which I had my heart set) was unavailable for preorder (or even for several months after launch) and that one takes the prize for worst preorder ever, IMO.
Combine that with the fact that the widely-touted white version (on which I had my heart set) was unavailable for preorder (or even for several months after launch) and that one takes the prize for worst preorder ever, IMO.
So why did the Apple Store App fail, the Sprint store fail, the Verizon site fail? Because a lot amount of orders?
Oh, yes, that one was bad too. I wanted that white SO badly!
calm down people. the phones always have october dates sometimes and then we get them release date. I ordered mine at 3:12. so yea i doubt its only coming october 17.
And the 5s launch was no picnic, either--no preorders available, period. I wanted the gold 64GB until I saw it in person and ended up canceling for silver, only to see the ship date shoot out to the end of October, so I canceled that one once order-for-store-pickup became an option. I remember waking up at like 3 am most nights for a few weeks to check that inventory-crawler site that was launched to help people track down anywhere that various colors/sizes might be in stock. I think I finally got hold of the one I wanted around mid-October and had to drive to south FL to get it.
This is my first year doing the preorder and it went almost good. Still getting my phone on the 23rd..
Typically I would pay someone to sit in line from 12am-6am and I would relieve them... glad I don't have to do that this go around.
Typically I would pay someone to sit in line from 12am-6am and I would relieve them... glad I don't have to do that this go around.
I've preordered 5, 6, 6s, and the original Apple Watch. Got them all on launch day. You're def thinking wrong.
Yes, for the 5S there were no pre-orders (though there were for the 5C). I managed to get one on the Saturday of launch weekend (just as I did with the iPhone 5) by arriving at a store that coincidentally had just gotten a shipment in.
And you've been a forum member here since 2005, so you've surely seen the threads from the iPhone 5, 6, 6s and the original Apple watch launches from people who DIDN'T get them on launch day.
I'm sorry it happened to you this year, but the same thing happens to people every year.
To me the worst, was the apple pencil orders... I got mine the second day, but it was because there was a glitch showing inventory that wasn't actually there. They rushed to fill these glitches, but others that ordered ever before or at the same time waited weeks/months.
With every other preorder in previous years, if you stayed up until 12:01 and ordered within 5-8 minutes, you were guaranteed to get your toy on launch day. This year, it was a total disaster.
Mad beyond belief.
that's because you didn't know what happened for ip6.
i got ready before 11.50 and didn't get to open the page until like 3.30 pacific time. i used 3 phones+2 iPads under both ATT and Tmobile cellular, and 3 computers under gigabit ethernet. so you tell me which is the worst
Let's see where we are now.
(snip)
"It's only the loyal fanboys that bought them."
… next quarter shows sales growth …
"We've reached saturation point."
… continued sales growth …
… repeat for the next X years …
Don't you just love this time of the year?
Except that this time, Apple put out a notice that "we won’t be releasing a first-weekend number any longer. We are reiterating the financial guidance for the September quarter that we provided on July 26."
Their guidance is for predicted revenue of $45.5 to 47.5 billion, with gross margin between 37.5 and 38 percent. Which is lower than for the same quarter last year, which brought in $51.5 billion, with gross margin of 39.9 percent.
In short, even Apple says there is no continued YoY sales growth any more, and in fact it's going down.
This was one of the easiest preorders I have had. Logged into the AT&T website at 7:23am. Ordered a 128GB matte black 7. Will be delivered on 9/16.
Almost same situation here in 2014. Two iPads, two iPhones (AT&T and Verizon), one laptop and one desktop (and had both Chrome and Firefox open on the PCs). Finally, at around 3AM Pacific, I was able to get through but I just received a message telling me I've reserved a place in line and that I'll receive an email with instructions and a link so I can actually place my order.
This one's a breeze in comparison. Fell asleep and woke up around 5ish and was still able to order a iP7 ATT Black 256GB for 9/16 delivery from Apple website (new IUP). Around 7-8ish, saw the Verizon trade-in promo and decided to trade in my other iP6 for another iP7 Black 256GB from VZW website, again scheduled for 9/16 delivery.
I pre-ordered this morning and was able to secure in-store pickup on the 16th at my local Apple store. It took me all but five minutes and I managed to get my preferred color, size, and carrier configuration (i.e. Black iPhone 7 128GB on Verizon).
The only thing that made me feel a little uneasy was that even with paying full retail price I had to input my carrier information, billing password, last four digits of my SSN, etc. If I were to walk into an Apple store and buy an iPhone 7, would I need to do that? When I purchased my iPhone 6 at Best Buy two years ago, I just bought the phone, and swapped the SIM cards. That was it. I don't remember there ever being a one-time carrier upgrade fee that later appeared on my billing cycle but apparently there will be this time.
The only thing that made me feel a little uneasy was that even with paying full retail price I had to input my carrier information, billing password, last four digits of my SSN, etc. If I were to walk into an Apple store and buy an iPhone 7, would I need to do that? When I purchased my iPhone 6 at Best Buy two years ago, I just bought the phone, and swapped the SIM cards. That was it. I don't remember there ever being a one-time carrier upgrade fee that later appeared on my billing cycle but apparently there will be this time.
When I ordered my 6+ two years ago it took me 45 mins but I got it on launch day. Last year was a breeze for the 6s+. This year I was on right at 2 am CDT and I had the app crash twice. By the time I got my order placed I was on the 2-3 week timeline for a 7+ in black. Sadly it was the worst experience I've had so far.
i was just talking about 2014... 2014-iphone6 right? i remember when i was finally get into the page, most models are pushed to november/december.