Staying with T-Mobile for 30 months AND not upgrading yearly makes ordering with T-Mobile an easy choice. But I get that for folks who upgrade yearly ordering directly with Apple is the way to go.
The nice thing is we have a choice for what is best for us individually .
Now if I could just get my tracking info from T-Mobile! My initial order just before pre-order open has been pending charges with my card almost all week. It gets shipped under my wife's name and she doesn't recall her UPS MyChoice info and hasn't gone back into to look for it, hah. And my wife's pre-order from later in the day on the 16th has not been charged yet and is still showing 11/3-11/10 which is what we figured would happen with a 128gb Pacific Blue.