No I mean the actual apple stores. They have phone in stock but are only allowed to sell them on contract. They arent allowed to sell Sim free yet.
Regarding Apple stores, this is completely, 100% wrong. If they have stock, they will sell them to whoever wants them, with a contract or SIM free and unlocked. If they're not selling them, it's simply because they have no stock.
Please stop spreading misinformation.
Ordered mine on the 14th. Estimated delivery is 24th-31st. Still processing.. sigh
And for those posters who are following timelines, I ordered a white 32GB on the 11th; it changed from "processing items" to "preparing for shipment" yesterday afternoon, the 21st, and it has just shipped this morning with an estimated delivery via UPS of the 25th.
Were sorry, but there are no pickup dates available at this store. Please check back later, try another Apple Retail Store location, or shop the Apple Online Store.
Why?
For those who are trying to use the 9pm reservation system, here is some advice that I found when buying the iPad 2 earlier this year. I may have been lucky, but after a couple of nights of frustration, I succeeded on the first night that I tried this.
When there is stock available, you need to move quickly through the stages of the process. This involves knowing which model you want before the page loads so that you can select it immediately and having your Apple ID and password pre-typed in a text window or a clipboard manager so that they can be copy-pasted smartly when required.
Someone suggested that the reason that this works is that there is a short "window of opportunity" built into the website where the link to the next stage of the process is reserved for a while. This window only lasts a few seconds for each stage and, once it lapses, your request goes into the queueing system with everyone else and you'll likely be disappointed. But, if you're decisive and quick enough, this fast-track seems to let you straight through.
