I normally select in-home delivery. At my 28-minute-later-than-normal-ordering panic, I thought it would be nice to have my device earlier in the day on 9/22 (1:30 to be specific) as UPS delivers 7-8 on iPhone Day. So I selected in-store. Only after when I was in this thread was I reminded that in-store trade-ins happen on the spot. I reeeeeally like having both devices for a few days to compare/contrast. Plus, it takes my new devices a few days (once as long as a couple of weeks) before everything gets downloaded and set from my iCloud backup. I’d not like starting that process in-store then walking away with that process only started (where my connection would go from store Wi-Fi to cellular and 100% drop at one point then back to cellular at some point and then eventually home Wi-Fi). Those breaks in connection, in my experience, can lead to weird data funkiness. Additionally, I’m an idiot and I will not be home next Fri. Which, yes I would have 7 days to pickup my in-store, which is nice. But it’s all about swapping phones on the spot that I don’t like. That’s the deal. 😉
By the time this is all said and done, I’ll probably find myself in a store picking up a device anyway. A LOT can happen in a week. 🤪