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Where Will You Buy the New iPhone?
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when you go to order a phone it ask you what carrier...you most likely would just have to do two separate orders
I'll Oder from AT&T. I pre-ordered both my 4 and 4S, and they arrived a day before official launch.
I am going to order online, I have found the people in the Verizon stores are incompetent at best.
buying at the carrier. LAst time I went to buy an iPad 2 at the apple store last year, waited over 3 hours for the sales associate to come out and tell the majority of the people in line that they've run out. I think like.. 10% of the people in line got the product. I love apple products but I really don't care for how they treat customers. They could have at least come out and tell us they don't have enough for all of us so we didn't have to wait in line. I know they don't know how much products they receive until they open it blah blah blah but that in itself is pretty ridiculous imo.
On the other hand, I've never had to wait at the verizon store for my white iphone 4, possibly because I went a little after the phone came out so who knows... maybe it'll be the same.
On the other hand, I've never had to wait at the verizon store for my white iphone 4, possibly because I went a little after the phone came out so who knows... maybe it'll be the same.
yah, I think when you buy makes all the difference in the world. I'm moe curious about people's pre-ordering experiences and how Apple & the wireless carriers stack up in that regard.
They keep taking preorders no matter what. You just have to get yours in early enough so yours is included in the first batch of shipments on launch day. If you wait too long, your order may slip to a later date.
Went to apple shop for ipad2, queued best part of 6 hours.
iPhone4s went to carrier (vodafone) day after release and picked the one I wanted up in about 5 minutes.
I will be going to my carrier this time round. Managed to get 20% of monthly bill because of who I work for. Last time round got a 12 month contract;
12 x ( £50 - 20%) + £130 [upfront] = £619.60
The device itself was/still is £499 so that's £10.05 a month for 1"200 minutes, unlimited texts, 750MB mobile internet and 2GB BT Openzone Wi-Fi"
iPhone4s went to carrier (vodafone) day after release and picked the one I wanted up in about 5 minutes.
I will be going to my carrier this time round. Managed to get 20% of monthly bill because of who I work for. Last time round got a 12 month contract;
12 x ( £50 - 20%) + £130 [upfront] = £619.60
The device itself was/still is £499 so that's £10.05 a month for 1"200 minutes, unlimited texts, 750MB mobile internet and 2GB BT Openzone Wi-Fi"
In the past I've always bought all my phones at the Verizon store. I thought I would do the same in January when I upgrade my iPhone so I don't run into any problems keeping my unlimited data. But now since you lose unlimited data unless you buy an unsubsidized phone, I think I'll just buy it at the Apple store and that way I can add AppleCare+ which is much better than the insurance Verizon offers.
even if you do end up buying it at verizon, you have 30 days to take it into the apple store for inspection so you can add applecare+
Good to know, but probably not worth the extra trip. Anyway, the Apple store is more fun.
Some have said this will be an option and others have said it won't be. Anyone know for sure?
I voted applestore.com. However if that doesn't work fast enough for me, might switch it up to the apple store app. Haven't tried that one yet.
This thread was meant more to answer the question of "From whom?" as opposed to "How?" (With the exception of ordering from Apple.)
