I don't think the problem is with the Apple Store app since I have tried to preorder wit the AT&T site and the MY AT&T app and had issues with both. In the case of the AT&T site, I got a "waiting room" image when I tried to preorder during the first hour yesterday morning, happened to be up at that time. And in the case of the My AT&T app, that was a case of it not being accessible, so probably not related to the mass of humanity ordering hones this weekend. In any case, I got a notification earlier that my order has been processed and that I will get another notification when it has been shipped, so perhaps AT&T are moving quicker through the preorders than the initial 3-6 week estimates. I was surprised to get the notification so soon though, especially since I did the preorder this afternoon.
Still excited, Wayne On 9/13/14, Vicky Collins <v-coll...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > When I checked the AT&T web site earlier today, they were indeed > giving November dates for the shipping. But, when I checked the > Apple Store app, they're giving three to four weeks for the same > iPhone 6 Plus to ship. So, who knows. I'm not altogether sure > I'll like the bigger size; but, with the better battery life and > camera, I thought I would give it a try. Wonder if there is a > problem with the Apple Store app for we VoiceOver users, or if > they were just really busy? I mean, even if they were busy, > shouldn't there have at least been a way for us to select whether > we wanted the contract or the next option? Kind of reminds me of > the Schwan's frozen food app where the screen reads things like > Contact Us and Settings, but there is no way to activate those > buttons. I'd like to try the site again, but guess I can't now, > as the records should show I've already made a purchase on my > account. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 16:40:30 -0500 > Subject: Re: the Apple Store app > > Vicky, > I came across the same issue when trying to preorder with the > Apple > Store app. This happened each of the 3 or 4 times I tried, > closing the > app each time from the app switcher and several times throughout > the > last 30 hours or so. I have a working theory: it either means > that the > Apple Store app and the Apple servers totally crashed, or the > AT&T > servers totally crashed, or there's always the possibility that > something else happened. Anyway, many many people are > preordering this > weekend. I finally just went to an AT&T store in my area and had > no > issues preordering on the spot. I chose the smaller iPhone 6, > mainly > because I don't want to carry around an iPad hat's also a phone. > Also, > I don't take a lot of pictures with my phone and don't really > need the > extra space. The representative told me that those ordreing the > 6 Plus > wouldn't get their new phones until early November. Since I > chose the > 6, mine will come in the first week of October. Fine, I can > still use > my 5 until then. Another advantage of going to the store was > that I > got a $200 trae-in estimate for my iPhone 5. That will certainly > help > with the phone's case, and then there's always gas and groceries, > grin. > > Very excited! > Wayne > > On 9/13/14, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > Hello Vicky, > > Thank you so much for taking the time to comprehensively > describe your > PreOrder experience with A T & T Wireless and Apple. > > As for me, I have not yet determined if I will upgrade to the 6 > series even > though I am eligible for an upgrade. > > One reason why I don't pre-order, via A T & T Wireless, online, > anyway, is > because the last time I tried doing so, they required that I > agree to give > up my Unlimited data plan. Actually, the agreement was buried > deep in the > text but, nevertheless, it was there. Fortunately for me, I > recognized > this > requirement and stopped the pre-order. > > Several of my friends, however, did not recognize this > requirement and > completed the order and lost their Unlimited data plan. > > As it turned out, many, many people lost their Unlimited data > plans that > time and A T & T Wireless received kind of a black eye as a > result. > Regardless, they did not re-instate those who lost their > grandfathered > plans. > > Since then, I stay away from pre-ordering anything that has to > do with my > iPHones. > > Should I decide to upgrade to the 6 series, I'll simply go into > either an > Apple Store or an A T & T Wireless corporate store and pick one > up, making > sure that nothing on my phone plan is changed. > > I strongly suspect that at some point, A T & T Wireless will > simply > withdraw > the Unlimited data plan altogether but until then, I'm hanging > on to it for > dear life (smile). > > Again, thank you for sharing your experience. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > On Behalf > Of Vicky Collins > Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 4:41 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: the Apple Store app > > As some of you all may recall from reading my message of last > night, I was > unable to select a pricing plan after confirming my eligibility > to upgrade > to the iPhone 6 Plus through AT&T using the Apple Store app. > VoiceOver > read > me my choices of the AT&T Next installment plan or the two year > contract, > but I was unable to choose either one, as I just couldn't find a > button to > make the choice. You might also recall from my message of last > night, > while > playing around and looking at my options and the Apple Store app > not being > able to reach AT&T to check my upgrade status, I was given a > reservation > number for an iPhone 6 Plus 16GB to be reserved. Thus, my > question, would > the Apple Store app have remembered this reservation and so not > let me move > forward with anything else, or is there a problem with the app > in letting > we > VoiceOver users choose one of the options from AT&T, or was I > doing > something wrong in the app to cause the problem? > > Oh, as a side note, I did appreciate the tip about calling apple > to order; > but, well, I kind of enjoyed the experience of getting up and > trying the > pre-order as soon as it was available, kind of liked the > challenge, even if > it didn't work quite as I would have preferred in my case. 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