I disagree....I did the chaos of an in-store pickup on launch day once and I really hated it (took about an hour to do). Much easier to just have UPS bring it straight to me.
Same for me. Plus, easier to have it shipped to me directly since I work. I could take my lunch to get it, but meh...
Eh, I prefer taking my trade in TO THE STORE and actually having it taken care of right away. Had issues more than once on mailing in a trade in.
I picked 8AM store pickup, it wasn't available when I finalized order and kept getting errors for store pickup. If I get the option to hold at UPS (doubtful), I will do that.
I had a similar issue when I ordered my iPad Pro M4. Turns out Apple Care was the problem. I removed Apple Care and it went thru.
At my local Apple store I am in and out in about 20 minutes usually. I don't have to wait to pick up as I have a reservation. I just switch the eSIM in-store and trade-in my old iPhone on the spot. I restore from an iCloud backup once I get home.
My family thinks I'm nuts for staying up to pre order. I'm like...but but if I wait, I'll have to wait until October maybe! I can't do that...I can't! They just look at me like I'm crazy. Is it my OCD? are we all OCD here? I get to the theater first too, have to have first choice of seats. Sometimes I drive separate because nobody else seems to care, so I'm the designated seat saver. I think we all might be a little off😜
I also do iUP and pickup at the store... you don't need to do the transfer right on the spot, you can bring your old phone back later (even days later). I do this every year.
You’re not going to have better luck. IF you are doing financing you cannot combine account balance and financing. The ONLY way you can do that is if you pay full price then it allows it. I had confirmed this with Apple last week.
I usually go for the color of the year, but wanted something this year that works with any case. My wife always gets white
iPad kept showing "stay on this page and we will let you in" or something. iPhone went thru immediately.
I ended up choosing that! Made me nostalgic for the early iPod and iPhone days
I refreshed feverishly! Got in about 30 seconds after zero hour.
I have mint mobile and just chose t-mobile and it let me through. It doesn’t ask anything about T-Mobile and or make you set up a plan. my confirmation email says “no contract”.
I had to be at work shortly thereafter so I didn't have time to play rapid refresh. I kept an eye on the phone as I was getting ready for work.
