Well it was true for me
I didn’t just imagine doing it lol but glad you got your preorder
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Other 📱📱U.S.A. - Apple.com - New iPhone 16/Plus/Pro/Pro Max US Pre-Orders, Orders, and Delivery Status Thread (2024)
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I didn’t just imagine doing it lol but glad you got your preorder
Easiest/fastest in past 5 years I’d say.
Back to sleep…zzz.
Back to sleep…zzz.
Took a while but app worked. Will be a good upgrade from my 12 Pro. Snagged 512GB Pro in Black. Switching my camera recordings to 4K (60) FPS from 1080p for family videos. Website on Mac still not up yet.
Done. 8:02, Clearly my fastest time ever, I was fully ready, email received 8:03 delivers on Sept. 20 iPhone 16 Pro Black, went CRAZY 512GB, last iPhone was 256 almost full and I want to keep a ton of images local, not iCloud, maybe I'm stupid.
Not for me, 4 minutes late. Still got Sept 20 delivery though. Always nerve-racking 😵💫
Smoothest apple preorder ever. 16 pro max dessert titanium. got in and placed order at 5:02am and email confirmation sent at 5:03am.
Got mine! Got through to the Vets/Military store around 7:07 central. 16/128gb/Ultramarine and 16/128gb/Teal ordered for 9/20 delivery! Very smooth once I was in the store!
That's because the cases are already available. Mine are out for delivery today.
Dave
And now the long week begins…may Steve have mercy on us.
Ok thanks. I chose delivery, someone will probably be home. I’ll make sure of it. But I love opening the box and taking everything out and setting it up myself, I don’t want people from Apple touching it lol.
That’s not always true. Last year the desktop site loaded a good 15 minutes before the app.
Same here, except they also needed my address updated. I had just placed an order a few days ago, so I know they had my correct information.
WARNING!! Make sure that your AT&T billing address is the same as the address you want to ship your phone to, because Apple cannot ship to a different address!
I lost my pre-order because even after I changed my address at AT&T, I couldn't change it at Apple without CANCELLING my pre-order and going through the entire process again. Even though I had my pre-order ready since last night, I lost my place in line and had to "wait" again at Apple.com/store until they let me in to pre-order again. Even after sprinting through that process, I was left with a phone being delivered Oct 2 instead of Sep 20.
APPLE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THE AT&T-FORCED SHIPPING ADDRESS AS PART OF THE "PREPARE FOR PRE-ORDER" PROCESS. Then I could have corrected it at AT&T and restarted the process at Apple prior to the 5am pre-sale gun.
I am extremely irritated at this -- I was trying to get my phone shipped to a vacation house we're renting, but now I'm not getting it during vacation and can't even get it the next week -- I'm going to be on a business trip. So instead of getting my phone on 9/20, I won't get my hands on it for nearly a MONTH because this pre-order process was so difficult. Every year, something goes wrong. I've never received a phone on opening day.
I really have no reason to stay with AT&T, as a financing option or as a carrier. Next year I'm dumping them.
Additionally... earlier last night when I was "Preparing for pre-order" I couldn't complete the process because after verifying my phone number and Last 4 SSN for my AT&T account, the Apple website would "error" with a page that I couldn't do anything on. Through several troubleshooting efforts, I figured out that the balance on my installment account @ AT&T was the problem. I paid off my phone at AT&T and then restarted the pre-order process on Apple and it worked normally. Apple should be capturing the error from AT&T and offering the user a chance to pay off the device right there -- or at least telling them they need to pay it off at AT&T.
Offered in the spirit of Apple and AT&T fixing these problems that really alienated a large and loyal customer.
I lost my pre-order because even after I changed my address at AT&T, I couldn't change it at Apple without CANCELLING my pre-order and going through the entire process again. Even though I had my pre-order ready since last night, I lost my place in line and had to "wait" again at Apple.com/store until they let me in to pre-order again. Even after sprinting through that process, I was left with a phone being delivered Oct 2 instead of Sep 20.
APPLE SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THE AT&T-FORCED SHIPPING ADDRESS AS PART OF THE "PREPARE FOR PRE-ORDER" PROCESS. Then I could have corrected it at AT&T and restarted the process at Apple prior to the 5am pre-sale gun.
I am extremely irritated at this -- I was trying to get my phone shipped to a vacation house we're renting, but now I'm not getting it during vacation and can't even get it the next week -- I'm going to be on a business trip. So instead of getting my phone on 9/20, I won't get my hands on it for nearly a MONTH because this pre-order process was so difficult. Every year, something goes wrong. I've never received a phone on opening day.
I really have no reason to stay with AT&T, as a financing option or as a carrier. Next year I'm dumping them.
Additionally... earlier last night when I was "Preparing for pre-order" I couldn't complete the process because after verifying my phone number and Last 4 SSN for my AT&T account, the Apple website would "error" with a page that I couldn't do anything on. Through several troubleshooting efforts, I figured out that the balance on my installment account @ AT&T was the problem. I paid off my phone at AT&T and then restarted the pre-order process on Apple and it worked normally. Apple should be capturing the error from AT&T and offering the user a chance to pay off the device right there -- or at least telling them they need to pay it off at AT&T.
Offered in the spirit of Apple and AT&T fixing these problems that really alienated a large and loyal customer.
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Got the Spigen Case for my son's phone yesterday off Amazon
