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Who's going to camp outside for the latest iPhone 6s?
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Those other people will have to go to the counter with their reservations and pay for the phones. As per the police, two per customer.
People get excited over all kinds of ridiculous things. Some camp for a phone, others root for group of grown men ramming into each other for a few million dollars and brain damage. Still others grow faint over 30 year old piece of rolling machinery polluting the air. Yet others can't wait to lay out on a sandy beach soaking up cancerous UV radiation. One person's joy is another person's folly. So who can really say if someone else is in their right mind.
I'll be visiting the AT&T store early on the 11th to place a preorder that I can hopefully pickup from the store on the 18th. I am starting a new job on the 14th so I do not believe that camping out or standing in line early on launch day will be an option.
I did the preorder from AT&T thing with the 3GS and 4S and it went fine in both instances. Since Apple didn't allow preorders for the 5S I had to wait outside the AT&T store for 2 hours on launch day to get one. I arrived there at 6AM and the doors opened at 8AM. It worked out and all, but I really hope they allow 6S preorders.
I did the preorder from AT&T thing with the 3GS and 4S and it went fine in both instances. Since Apple didn't allow preorders for the 5S I had to wait outside the AT&T store for 2 hours on launch day to get one. I arrived there at 6AM and the doors opened at 8AM. It worked out and all, but I really hope they allow 6S preorders.
Not if thieves are following the fed ex trucks and they steal the phones from people's doorstep! I've heard of it happening. So, I suggest you stay awake and wait for it to arrive, then pick it up...
As per usual I'll continue to read up on real user reviews , YouTube reviews / unboxings and then if it ticks my wants and needs boxes I'll reserve one when I can mand stroll into my local 
Store.
Waiting outside a Store for a Mobile Phone has never been my bag.
But it that's yours - dandy.
Store. Waiting outside a Store for a Mobile Phone has never been my bag.
But it that's yours - dandy.
I usually buy iPhones after 2-3 months. By then Apple has rev 1.1 or 1.2 out which fixes minor niggles in hardware. Quietly fixed !!
I also directly hop on to relative stable iOS point 1 firmwares like x.1.x.
Prices are also stable. Rarely lower than at launch but definitely no price gouging.
So I absolutely do not see any merit standing in queue at launch day apart from bragging rights in front of your friends and other people. But anyway, those people must already be laughing behind your back for you being idiot. Well I do that anyway. haha
I also directly hop on to relative stable iOS point 1 firmwares like x.1.x.
Prices are also stable. Rarely lower than at launch but definitely no price gouging.
So I absolutely do not see any merit standing in queue at launch day apart from bragging rights in front of your friends and other people. But anyway, those people must already be laughing behind your back for you being idiot. Well I do that anyway.
hahaI didn't mention the Watch. That said I preordered immediately after they went live using the Apple store app and got mine on launch day. It was actually easier with the Watch as you were able to store your favourite watch and strap combinations on their web site. I just went straight to my favourites and ordered from there.
That's nice to hear. It would be nice if I had the option of ordering through the Apple Store, as I've done in the past. They threw a fly in the ointment because now I can't pre order there and get the AT&T contract with subsidized pricing. So, now my options are to order it online or go into the AT&T Store when it launches. I'm not thrilled with either option right now.
Thanks for sharing your pre order experiences!
I live in the UK and I'm on a SIM only 12 month contract so I buy my iPhone unlocked outright from Apple. I've done that the three or four years. I prefer to buy direct from Apple anyway as to other third party retailers.
The demand from the Apple watch is not the same as the iPhone. Apple iPhone wants to see lines for the iPhone's.
They did but the Apple watch was different as it was in extremely short supply and there were so many varied combinations with watch and strap. I don't Apple had any choice with it but to make preorders and even purchase over the first couple of months exclusively online. It would have been chaos in the stores dealing with all the different combination of watches and straps in store at launch.
Their decision had nothing to do with demand as the demand for the Watch was very high and most models sold out pretty quickly. It had more to do with logistics and actual supply.
I just think personally they might try and roll out the idea of it.
The launch day hype would still be there.
The launch day hype would still be there.
I've never camped out. I did get in line for the iPad 3 at about 6am, only because I was awake, after dropping my daughter off for her field trip. It was not bad, met some interesting people. I'll just pre-order or wait til the stores get them. I have the 6 plus, so I'm good. It works just fine.