Would pre-order, but...

I use my current phones as trade-ins. Can't do that with a pre-order. Not willing to sell my phone ahead of time and don't relish the thought of going through the process of manually selling my existing phone after I've picked up the new one.

So, every year, I do the line thing, trade in my 1 year old phone (top condition) for a fat discount on the new one.

Good luck to all those pre-ordering!

 

Eh, I do it every year and have fun with it.

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Still have to pay for it full up front when I reserve, which means I go the store and get a large gift card ... that I can't use on the phone I've already paid for.