So let’s say i’m able to preorder the newest iPhone after the keynote and decide to have to pick it up at my nearest Apple Store, Will I be gurenteed an IPhone on Release day (Day One)?
Example:
iPhone 8 keynote is September 12th
Preorder Day is supposedly September 15th
Release day is supposedly September 22nd.
If I successfully preorder on the 15th, am I gurenteed an IPhone the 22nd If i walk into the store?
For the past several years, early preorders required shipping to an address. In-Store pickup preorders were not available until later weeks - at least in the U.S.
You are not "guaranteed" anything.
Apple has not announced any dates, other than the fact they will have an event on Sept. 12.
Listen for Apple announcements - like the rest of us. And announcements about release dates or other dates do not "guarantee" you anything at all. The announcements only announce "first available" dates.
If you preorder, it's only going to "help" make sure you get one first. It doesn't mean that you are going to get the first batch. When the preorders start, that's more the "line" that helps maintain that the people that preorder get a phone before someone that doesn't preorder. However, it doesn't fully guarantee that you are going to be able to walk in and get a phone on the day of release. There is nothing to guarantee that you are going to for sure get a phone on the day of release.
Yes, I did that when the iPhone 3G was released in 2008. I arrived at the Apple Store about 90 minutes before opening. The atmosphere was festive. I finally got served about two hours after opening.
Yes, that would be my prediction. Get up early and hang out on line in front of the Store - or preorder and have it delivered.
Pre-Order or not, if you have it where your going to pick it up in a store, you are going to have to wait in line....This is how life works, you don't get to get past lines simply because you preorder something, others will have preordered it as well and they will be in line as well. You can have it delivered to you and then you'll not have to wait in line because it's going to get sent to you.
In the past, you have been able to pre-order an iPhone on the date Apple starts accepting pre-orders. You may pay for the iPhone online and have it shipped to some address you specify. You would not have to wait on a line.
There were two hours' worth of folks in front of me. The line went through most of a fairly large shopping mall.
I've had eight iPhones since then, and pre-ordered them all.
But I suppose waiting on line at the Store should be experienced once-in-a-lifetime.
So if I preorder a phone i’ll Still have to wait in line to pick it up? Whenever it comes out?
Understandable but will they set a phone aside because I preordered?
Ahh I see. So no point in preordering online if I want to pick it up at the store day one?
Have you experienced waiting in line for a new iPhone?
I think I’ll end up waiting in line. I’ve always wanted to wait in line for an IPhone. I’ve always wondered what it would be like. Were there a lot of people in front of you?
I live in a pretty small suburb. The mall is medium I would say. So 2 hours should be ample time. What did you do to pass the time?
I think all your questions have been answered. The rest is up to you.
Good luck.
Getting hands on a Day one (Release Date) iPhone
