Yes Iām on the east coast US. I got in through my email link to my saved pre order. I did everything on my 12 Pro Max on home Wi-Fi.
What Iād had to do several times in a row until I got in to actually complete the order was click on the email link to āView your iPhoneā. That would cause the app to open and sometimes I got the notices either āWe Canāt Wait eitherā page or eventually, the one indicating theyāre about to open.
Iād swipe the app shut then click on the email link again. App Store would open to whatever status page. Iād swipe the app closed again. Click on the link until it finally took me to my preorder and I completed it with one click after making sure it was set to ship to me.
I donāt know how many times I repeated these steps but it was a super fast series of steps to repeat. I didnāt remember having to authenticate into the app with Face ID.
I never manually opened the app itself. I just kept clicking on the link in my email to take me directly to my preorder.