I first have a question, then I'll talk about my experience using the Apple Store app to pre-order an iPhone here in the United States. Is it possible to pre-order an unlocked iPhone 6S or 6S Plus using the Apple Store app? When using the app, I see the option to order a contract free iPhone; then, when I select this option, the app shows step1 us prodselect tmobilelo. And, I'm not quite sure what this means, not sure if this is different from a factory unlocked phone normally available from Apple a few months after the new iPhones go on sale. Although, it kind of looks like some sort of T-Mobile model phone.

As for the rest of my experience with the Apple Store app and pre-ordering, I opted to sleep in and try to see what I could do around eight o'clock yesterday morning. And, I was able to go in and pre-order the Space Gray iPhone 6S Plus 64GB to be delivered September 25th. I had looked at the contract free choice, but didn't at that time realize I had to double tap on that step1 message stated above to get it to work, so thought it was only an in store option. Thus, I pre-ordered the AT&T model, thankfully being able to choose to pay full purchase price this time, as you might recall it took me forever to get that Next plan paid off when I purchased the 6 Plus last year.

When I was purchasing that said carrier model, I was made aware of a $15 upgrade fee, even though I had paid off my Next plan contract several months ago. Of course I had to research that fee further, and found that AT&T had indeed changed their upgrade fees as indicated from:

www.att.com/shop/wireless/upgrade-advantage.html

Then, I checked further and saw this iPhone 6S and 6S Plus buying guide indicating that one could get an unlocked phone from Apple right away:

m.imore.com/how-buy-iphone-6s-and-iphone-6s-plus-united-states

When I read that article, I went back to the Apple Store app and looked again, and that is when I paid more attention and saw how to make the contract free option show up such that I could pay outright for that selection. I then canceled my AT&T order, something that was quite easily done on the Apple web site with just a few keystrokes, but haven't yet submitted another order. By the way, the AT&T and contract free Space Gray iPhone 6S 64GB were still showing a September 25th delivery date as of an hour ago, meaning around 11:30 AM EDT on Sunday morning, while both the contract free and AT&T models for the Space Gray 64GB 6S Plus were showing a 3 to 4 week delivery time.

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