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Took 10 min to get past the holding screen. But order placed and delivered on release day. Except I won’t be home heh.
 
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picking up mine on sept 20 at apple union square san francisco
 

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For those that were getting conflicting information about the trade in process with ISPU, the checkout process will let you pick to trade in during ISPU or to still receive the mailing kit.
 
PM Natural Titanium 1TB to be delivered. I usually pick up in store but realized I’ll have to be at home for the spouse’s delivery.

Now to chose a case.
 
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I did the App drop and load on the iPhone. Kept it steady on the iPad and had the Store open on Mac Safari.

Mac Safari was available and I had checked out, before the iPhone Apple Store would load. For my wife the iPad was first ...

This was different from the past, where the iPhone was typically first ...

Same for me this year, couldn't get in with my Mac or iPhone but my iPad got right in.
 
Done. iPhone 16PM in White is ordered, but delivery is between Oct 2nd -7th. I always thought if you pre-order on "pre-order day" you get it when it launches. This kinda sucks.
 
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8:04 confirmation email. I was with the store open in the iPad, MBP and iPhone. iPhone let me in first (not sure if it’s bc it was the first one that I opened the store app). Anyway, happy that it worked without problems. Let the anxiety with UPS begin 😂
 
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Smooth sailing! Got in at 5:02. Got held up because my CC needed updating. I feel like this happens every year. I think it’s stored correctly for preorder- then bam, they need it again. Oh well. Made it through.

Order:
16 Pro Max (256), white
Delivery: Launch Day
Southern California
Same for me having to re-enter my cc details again even tho I made sure to freshly enter it yesterday. I would’ve gotten in @ 700 exactly if I didnt keep reopening the app on iPad & iPhone without reading the new “waiting room” screen. Alas I received my confirmation email @ 705 for launch day Desert PM 256 real good!!
 
White, Black, Dessert all sizes have slipped ...

Only Natural available for launch day ...
 
Done. iPhone 16PM in White is ordered, but delivery is between Oct 2nd -7th. I always thought if you pre-order on "pre-order day" you get it when it launches. This kinda sucks.
Nope. You gotta be quicker than that. You only have a 1-3 minute window to get it on launch day. Usually 2 minutes. Amazing how many people can drop millions of dollars in seconds huh in this “tough” economy. What a joke.
 
Interesting note;
Wife's TMO order on the T Mobile carrier site opened up at 4:57 am - beating out Apple by 7 minutes.

My Apple online order opened up at 5:04 am.

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That was the craziest pre-order ever! The app finally opened about 30 seconds after 8 o’clock my time, and after hitting continue and getting to the actual order page while I was reviewing everything, the button at the top to place the order just went gray! Little circle thing started spinning in the middle of the page and then it says oops something went wrong. Then I try to get back in. It says your order information has been deleted. Please start again. I’m freaking out then when I go to start all over again and say that I wanted to upgrade this phone, it says please check account information unable to do that at this time, when I check my account and my orders, the phone was there! The app ordered the phone for me without me pressing the button! Crazy times…
 

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