Well that's good news! Mine finally finished downloading after 26 minutes, and is now installing. Apparently my new phone will be here before this download gets done.
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iPhone 7/7+ Apple.com Pre-Order Thread
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My wife going in for c section Friday. Too bad I have to wait for my phone. It's our 3rd kid so no biggie. I'll get there when I get there but rather have the new phone to take better pics of the little guy.
This is hilarious!! Ehh, it's the third kid, whatever. LMAO
The departure scan is typically a few minutes behind the plane's departure time since the folks scan the pallets to indicate the "departure scan" and then close up the cargo hold and the plane then taxis to the runway and takes off. Can be anywhere from 10 minutes to 30 minutes (or even longer) before the plane actually takes off.
It's not a shipping constraint. They can wait until Thursday to ship and STILL make it on time for launch day. I've had it happen to me more than once.
Just be happy it shows when you track by reference even though you have a Sept 26th estimated date. That is a very good sign.
Totally understand his attitude. By the 3rd baby it's like, "ok, we know the procedure. Let's get this show in the road so we all can get out of here" lol. I have 3 myself.
What phone? And are you sure it's not for another order? Like a watch or something?
Yes. Almost every year I do the same thing and I get my device on launch day.
Before the store goes down, I've got my order saved as a favorite and carrier information saved in the Apple Store app. With Apple Pay, I verify information is correct in both the app and iOS settings.
I thought about the iPhone Upgrade Program but figured that might complicate things. I want the ordering process to be as simple as possible.
I set an alarm for 5 minutes prior to preorder time to wake up. At preorder time I do the following:
Open Apple Store app, force close app if store still down, repeat.
When I finally make it in, favorites loads up and I spam Yes through everything until I get to payment, then I use Apple Pay. I'm usually back in bed within 10 minutes after preorder time.
NEVER GO THROUGH THE CARRIER! The one time I did with AT&T, my order details were all screwed up and I thought my phone would get delayed. With AT&T, I ordered within 5 minutes after preorder and didn't get confirmation until 8 hours later. Their system was all jacked up.
Always go through Apple if you can. I've also heard that Apple orders get "some" priority over carrier orders.
I know this is all useless now but I plan to do the exact same thing next year when my wife's iPhone is due for an upgrade.
Rocking the Blue iPhone 7 case on my 6s until Friday.
Have a departure scan out of Shanghai, but I guess that I missed UPS81 at 9:31PM local time. Oh well, what's a few hours more...
Oh well, what's a few hours more...
Wow so that's how much larger the camera bump is on the 7?Rocking the Blue iPhone 7 case on my 6s until Friday.
