Well, first, Sieghard was mostly right about AT&T wanting folks
to sign a contract. For, when I finally got as far as getting my
upgrade status checked by Apple, I was offered either a two year
contract, or to sign up for their next plan where you pay off the
iPhone in monthly installments added to your bill. True, you may
pay off your installments early in one lump sum, but you still
must choose either their Next plan or the two year contract when
making your purchase
I tried and tried to order the 64GB iPhone Plus, was up at three
o'clock this morning as I had planned. But, it first took the
Apple Store app till almost twenty after three to get updated and
let me in; then, right away the 64GB wasn't available. So, I
played around a bit and the 16GB was available, the app never
seemed to get through to checking with my carrier for the
upgrade, and they finally generated me a reservation number to
use for when they were able to check with AT&T.
But, I kept playing with the Apple Store app, anyway, and finally
got the 64GB iPhone 6 Plus to be available to ship within seven
to ten business days. Then, wouldn't you know it, after then
amazingly getting through the AT&T verification this time, the
Apple Store app showed me my two options of the Next installment
plan or the two year contract; but, for some reason, although
VoiceOver read the options to me, the app just would not let me
select either, as there were just no buttons on which to double
tap.
Needless to say, as it was then just about time for me to get
ready for work, I gave up on the process at that time. And, when
I checked the status of the 64GB iPhone 6 Plus an hour or so
later, It was showing a three to four week time frame to ship.
When I got home from work, I had an email from Apple saying that
my reserved 16GB 6 Plus was now available for me to order, and I
had until nine AM PST tomorrow to keep the priority of this
order, which sounded about right since they told me I would have
twenty-four hours before losing my reservation. Thus I, this
time knowing what likely lay ahead of me with the Apple Store
app, I went to my PC and to the link I was given and entered my
reservation number and other verification information. I then
selected the Next installment plan and Apple Care and a leather
case and added them to my cart. I then chose the option to save
my cart for later so I could think about things a bit further.
For, I had originally wanted the 64GB iPhone; but, on the other
hand, I don't put much on my 16GB now, still have 10.8GB
available.
A couple of other things that I was wondering about but didn't
know. First, when I was given the shipping times for my iPhone 6
Plus and my Apple leather case, they were indeed different time
frames, leading me to then believe that they would not be shipped
together. And, second, when I saved my cart, I was indeed able
to sign back into the Apple Store on my PC and retrieve it;
however, unlike the Schwan's frozen food app, my cart did not
transfer over and show up in the Apple Store app on my iPhone.
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