My trick! iphone ready! ipad Air ready! iPad 12.9 Pro ready and just incase the Macbook locked and loaded incase of failure! LOL
then constant refresh and kill Apple store app.
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then constant refresh and kill Apple store app.
I think I created an indent on my screen that year in the area where I was mashing repeatedly.
Last year I ordered my 14PM with in 1-2 minutes and even then, not quick enough. Used Apple Pay as well. I was suppose to get it on launch day, but Apple changed it to a week later. I was pretty pissed about it as there was no excuse. These damn vultures definitely use bots as well as regular people trying to get one. Best of luck because this one will be even harder to get. It’s the same schtick every year with constraints and exceeding Apple’s expectations. It will be the fastest selling phone once again beating last years.
I just remembered now that I had like 3 devices open just in case, lol.
So on pre-order day where exactly are you mashing? This’ll be my first pre-order so I’m confused as to if you click on “order” or whatever and it crashes or doesn’t load do you have to go back and start again? What steps do you normally have to go through and what part are you mashing? Thanks 😎
Can anyone tell me if the Max’s sell out (at least for launch day time frame) faster, or if both sell out, and is it the base model storage phones that go quickly or all models. I read the higher capacity 512gb/1tb stay available for launch day delivery longer?
Wait until nov 5 to buy it. Thats when the 2 month return policy starts. no rush, no stress.
Usually the site comes live a minute or two after 5:00am PDT, so don’t be surprised if there is a short delay. Sometimes the app comes up first, sometimes the website. But last year most models were still available for Day 1 delivery several hours into the pre-sale. Some color/storage combos might sell out sooner or later than others (it’s always fun trying to guess which models will be the most popular). I would expect the base 15 and 15 Plus won’t sell out on the first day of pre-orders.
Also, if you are near an Apple Store, note that even if pre-sales sell out, for the last several years Apple has released in-store stock for pickup orders on the actual launch day. That’s actually how I got my iPhone 14 Pro last year since I changed my mind on which financing option I wanted.
If history is any guide specific color/storage combinations of the Max sell quicker. Whatever the “popular” color is tends to sell quicker, and yes, larger storage capacities tend to be available longer. But as I mentioned in my previous post, if you strike out on Friday and live in a market with multiple Apple Stores, check again next Friday or Saturday for in-store pickups as Apple releases inventory to the stores.
I’m in the UK and I’m not sure if it’s the same elsewhere but I’ve had a few years when glitches in the system in the first few minutes after pre-orders went live needing repeated attempts to successfully get my order accepted held me up long enough for there to not be any units left for delivery on launch day. In every case however I was still able to get a launch-day phone by changing my delivery option from home delivery to an in-store collection.
I do live in London so I have 4 Apple stores that are quite convenient for me to get to and some years I have had to be flexible on what store I selected for pick-up in order to find one that still had stock but a store-pickup always got me a launch-day phone when postal deliveries had already slipped out to arriving a week or so after launch day.
If your local situation is anything like mine you might find that selecting in-store collection not only means you don’t have to wait in all day for UPS but also that you have a better chance of getting a phone on launch day vs a home delivery.
I agree tho I think the new colors tend to sell out quicker. my app keep glitching last year and the dates had slipped so I just opted for in-store pickup. There were tons of spots available and it was a smooth experience. the year before UPS stole my phone smh.
Then do what I do: test order a set of Airpod eartips (before Friday morning) to make sure the payment and shipping address info are correct. A minute later, while the order is processing, cancel it. Saves a lot of worry come preorder time.
Also, I believe there was a link at the top of the page on the app that shows up at 5am PST that will take you right to the order.
One more thing: because of server issues, the store may not open exactly om time. Just keep refreshing until the preorder screen appears.
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This is nothing like Nvidia's 30 or 40 series launches, both of which I managed to get lol.
I've upgraded my iPhone every year since the first and don't remember the last time it quickly sold out. Even then, I was able to get one.
As long as you order when the site goes up, you'll be fine.
Here's last year, for reference. Posted an hour and 43 minutes after launch.
www.macrumors.com
Pretty sure I remember going back to sleep, waking up, and there still being phones available for pickup at stores in NYC.
I've upgraded my iPhone every year since the first and don't remember the last time it quickly sold out. Even then, I was able to get one.
As long as you order when the site goes up, you'll be fine.
Here's last year, for reference. Posted an hour and 43 minutes after launch.
iPhone 14 Pro Delivery Estimates Begin Slipping Into October
Shortly after Apple started accepting pre-orders for all four iPhone 14 models, delivery estimates are beginning to slip into October on its online...
www.macrumors.com
Pretty sure I remember going back to sleep, waking up, and there still being phones available for pickup at stores in NYC.
I was going to say this as well! I had a 3080 FE in my cart on launch morning, and it got snatched away from me. I bought An Asus Strix 3080 OC at Micro Center when the price approached actual retail.
That's what I thought last year, but sales for the 14/14 Pro were much higher than I expected.
Last year T-Mobile's systems went down for hours and by the time they came back up, pre-order dates on Pro models had slipped by over a month.
I've also noticed in the past that there are differences between accessing Apple's on line sales system (the UK site in my case) depending on whether I'm doing it using my PC's web browser or the Apple Store app on my iPad. Last year for instance I was monitoring the UK buyers thread here and at about 1pm the length of the thread grew by about 4 pages in a single minute with a load of "It's live", "I'm in", "Order placed" etc messages whereas I was frantically hitting refresh for another 10 minutes and was still getting the "We'll be back soon" message (or whatever the exact message was). I then went to the other device and got straight in. I can't remember which way round it was, my PC not getting in and when I switched to the iPad I was OK or the other way round, but I definitely missed about the first 10 minutes of the store opening due to some issue on one of my devices.
What I've done this time is save a pre-order via both devices and interestingly in doing that I noticed the two systems don't seem to be fully tied together. On Tuesday I already did a pre-pre-order (the setup for the pre-order I want to make tomorrow) via my PC web browser but when I checked yesterday using the Apple Store app on my iPad it wasn't there so I set up another pre-pre-order via the app. I just logged onto my Apple Store account now via my PC and now I see 2 pre-pre-orders, the one I did on Tuesday via my PC and the one I did last night via the app on my iPad. I intend to leave both active and tomorrow I'll be at my PC with my iPad next to me and I'll complete whichever one I can get through the system first and then cancel the other.
Also in the past I have sometimes had early attempts at getting an order through lock up or even give a failure message so I've tried again, sometimes a few times, and then a few hours later after all the intial craziness is over it's turned out that at least one of the seemingly failed attempts succeeded so I actually have 2 orders in the system. That's no big deal since Apple has great cancellation and/or returns policies but maybe something to be aware of.
In fairness to Apple I have found the systems to be a lot more reliable in recent years vs say 5 or more years ago. In those days there could be lots of freezes and transactions timing out in the first few minutes after pre-orders opened and it could take multiple attempts to actually get all the way through from selecting your phone to getting payment accepted and order confirmed. Apple's ordering infrastructure does now seem far more able than it was to cope with the huge spike in orders immediately after the shop comes on line than it was a few years ago without so many repeated failed transactions but you do still need to be quick if you want to get one of the more popular models for launch day delivery or collection.
One final bit of advice alluded to above but I'll make it explicit. I do always keep a tab open on the "Pre-release, Orders and Dispatch" thread on this forum (in my case the UK one) so that I can see when others see the web store open for business. If it wasn't for that then last year I might have missed out altogether when I couldn't get in via whatever method I first tried and might have just thought it was some delay on Apple's side and kept on trying for another 10 or 20 minutes while everyone else in the UK was snapping up all the launch-day stock.
The sites will be down and you just have to keep doing frantic refreshes 🤣.
I’m quite chilled about it as I’m going for black for my Pro Max. It’s the guys that are ordering natural titanium where there will be a bun fight as that’s the most popular colour by a long way.
I have my iPad and my MacBook side-by-side and refresh both at the same time using two hands