Pre-order iPhone X

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Juanfcomorales wrote:

Thanks, but my answer is if I can pay in cash the 3rd of November in the Apple Store, doing the preorder this Friday. Thanks!!

You cannot pre-order if paying cash. You have to use a credit card.

When confirming the pre-order, a hold for the value of the iPhone will be placed on your card. Once the iPhone is ready to be shipped, either to store or other address, then it will get charged.

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When Apple charges your account

When you place an order, Apple will contact your credit or debit card's issuing bank to confirm it is a valid account. Apple requests an authorization, which holds the funds for the full or partial purchase amount. As Apple prepares your items, authorized funds will be unavailable and may display as "pending" on your credit or debit card's online statement.

By the time you get to the store, the iPhone will have been charged to your card.

Juanfcomorales wrote:

Thanks, but my answer is if I can pay in cash the 3rd of November in the Apple Store, doing the preorder this Friday. Thanks!!

The answer is NO.

As said, if your pre-order on the 27th a hold for the value of the iPhone will be placed on your card. When you arrive at the store to pick it up on 3rd November, your card will already have been charged for it. It is charged when it is shipped to the store.

And? You can go stand in line at the store on release day, and hope you get a chance to buy an iPhone, at that point you can submit your current iPhone for the trade in value, and pay the rest in cash.

What you cannot do is "reserve" an iPhone online and then pay in cash at the store and get the trade in value of your old phone at the same time.

The online Pre-order on friday requires a credit card which will get charged before the iPhone is shipped to the store.

If you need to to trade in your old phone and pay in cash, you'll need to get in line at the store early on release day, and hope there's enough stock for you to get an iPhone by the time you get into the store.

Apple will charge you when it is ready to ship the product to you.

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