The Diff Between Pre-Order and Reserved

End of story. Please stop asking.

Who's asking? It's self evident and obvious to all.

The end was not necessary, i'm positive this is a family site.

What was not "family site" necessary?

I thought the "End story: Stop asking" wasn't, but it's just my opinion. Just love these forums better, because the community is more mature.

No need to be all offensive my friend.

Sorry, that doesn't make any sense. I mean, I get that a lot of people don't know there's even a difference between "pre-order" and "reserve", but why would "reserve" people have to wait until after all the "pre-order" people get their phones? The Apple store employees know not to give away the pre-order phones, I'm assuming they're pulling from a different "pile".

And there have been a few people on here who have said that Apple employees assure them there is an actual phone with their name on it. Difference is, their phone isn't programmed to their account yet and the reservation expires at the end of the day (as opposed to pre-ordered phones which expire after 7 days.) Not that the Apple store employees know all, they sure didn't today, but if it's a consistent answer like this, I'm inclined to believe them. Also, then, what's the point in telling the reservation people to come at 7AM if they're not even going to start giving them out then?

You beat me to the point.. But anyway, someone who PREORDERED, what did your confirmed email look like or contain?

tali_approved has it right; I've heard/read the same from several sources.

See, this is a situation in which Apple would benefit from reading some of these questions and releasing a statement that answers some of the most frequently asked questions, clarifying everything. Do they think if we know that our reservations only mean we'll be ahead of the people who didn't make reservations it will keep us from buying an iPhone? What will keep anyone from buying an iPhone is stuff like this, poor customer service, poor service in general.

The difference is extremely simple:

With pre-orders you are paying for the phone at the time it's shipped, and it's yours. If it's shipped to a store, it's saved for you and can't be sold to anyone else. It's already yours. The store may have an "express" line for pre-order customers.

Reserved phone are not payed for in advance and not specifically assigned to anyone. The stores get an allotment for the reserve customers. They usually allow you in early, but if you show up late, any leftover reserved phones are released to walk-in customers, first come, first served.

THANK YOU. thats the answer that clarifies evrything. Once again i appreciate it