Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Carrier iPhone 7/7+ T-Mobile Pre-Order Thread

Is there any way to check what a T-Mobile store has available apart from calling them? Someone on the Reddit thread was able to walk out with a 256 MB 7+ and I'm very tempted to try my luck at grabbing one tomorrow morning.
 
  • Like
Reactions: jgelin and LinkinJunior
TonkotsuRamen said:
I like how the T-mobile thread has almost 300 more pages compared to the AT&T thread and about 3 times as big as the Sprint and Verizon threads. Goes to show that T-Mobile customers just aren't getting their phones as fast as the other carriers are...


or we just bitch way more.
Click to expand...

I think it's the latter lol
 
Does anyone who has had better luck getting a phone in store as opposed to waiting on their order know if you're able to purchase one if you've already inititiated the Jump upgrade? I'm running out of patience and want to try my hand at picking one up at my store but don't know if I'd be able to if they do have what I'm wanting.
 
PapiMangu said:
I ordered a RG 7 32gb for my mom on 9/17, it came in yesterday.
Click to expand...
Whatttt??? Wow I give up! Was it the plus or regular 7?
[doublepost=1475232251][/doublepost]
jksonza said:
I'm literally crying right now. Best. Birthday. EVER.
Click to expand...
Happy birthday!
[doublepost=1475232338][/doublepost]
brandon sanchez said:
128gb MB7+
Ordered:9/10
Est delivery:10/11-10/24
Charged:9/28
Shipped:9/28
Delivered:9/29
Click to expand...
Same dates,and I got nothing ...suxxxx
 
sjtripp494 said:
Does anyone who has had better luck getting a phone in store as opposed to waiting on their order know if you're able to purchase one if you've already inititiated the Jump upgrade? I'm running out of patience and want to try my hand at picking one up at my store but don't know if I'd be able to if they do have what I'm wanting.
Click to expand...

You can purchase one at the Apple Store, but you'll still have to continue paying off the phone you have on JUMP or make one payment.
 
StaceyMJ86 said:
You can purchase one at the Apple Store, but you'll still have to continue paying off the phone you have on JUMP or make one payment.
Click to expand...
The closest Apple Store is about two hours away from me, and I also have no way of purchasing one outright. I meant trying to pick one up at a T-Mobile store.
 
sjtripp494 said:
The closest Apple Store is about two hours away from me, and I also have no way of purchasing one outright. I meant trying to pick one up at a T-Mobile store.
Click to expand...

They'll treat it as you preordered I'm guessing meaning they'll zero out the previous device and update it with the new one and update your EIP as well.
 
I ordered a JB Plus 128 on 9/9 at 12:40am pst and my order's still processing. My est is 9/27-10/24.

Anybody with a November date is not seeing their phone anytime soon. The ones that have received theirs earlier had special circumstances around their order.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Lum0s and jgelin
Well, I finally got an origin scan even though I was in the 9/27 charge batch, not arriving until today. Excited to have it, still pretty irked that b/c TMO systems suck I have to wait 15 days after launch for a pre-order that I woke up at 2:30 AM for.
 
1080p said:
This is true.... but...

If you follow this thread, other threads and iStockNow... you will see that the Apple store gets regular shipments of iPhones for the other carriers and not so many for T-Mobile. Also... if you have JOD, you have to buy through T-Mobile... so your options are limited. The Apple Online Store doesn't allow you to buy T-Mobile iPhones on any sort of payment plans. Basically.... T-Mobile simply doesn't have the relationship with Apple like AT&T and Verizon do. To make matters worse... if you order from T-Mobile, you get weeks of silence with no updates about the status of the order. I literally didn't here from T-Mobile about my tracking until AFTER I received my device.
Click to expand...

T-Mobile is just never going to win in this instance. I would never imagine that T-Mobile would have the same relationship with Apple that At&T and Verizon do. They are the titans of the industry, there's no getting around that. Yes, it sucks, but this is business. Apple is going to cater to them over everyone else.

T-Mobile's computer system sucks. No ifs ands or buts about it. But, as a software developer, i come across companies larger than T-Mobile whose systems are even worse (i.e., some large banks). T-Mobile's notification system could be much better, and compared to its last 2 iPhone launches, it has improved. But, in this particular situation, there is only so much that they can do. For me, once UPS showed an origin scan for my phone was when I started getting the texts/emails from T-Mobile regarding the tracking, payment and returning my device. So, I'm not sure why you didn't hear anything until you received your phone.

Regarding T-Mobile and the "update silence," would you like T-Mobile to consistently send texts basically saying "we don't have any phones and don't know when we'll get any. your shipping date range is still the same"? Because, essentially they've done that with the 11/01 - 11/30 group, and some of those people have come here complaining about those texts.

Simply put, T-Mobile just can't win.
 
  • Like
Reactions: MVPinFLA
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back