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Re: [Poll] iPhone 5: Who's pre-ordering tomorrow?

I seem to be unable to check my pre-order status at Verizon. I was able to once see the status as "Pre-order received" but usually it says "Please check the information you have entered. Data may be missing or may have entered an invalid Pre-Order Number or Last Name."

I wouldn't be checking routinely except that I got the confirmation email and I just wanted to be sure it actually went through (I do see the $1 holder on my AMEX from VZW) since I am supposed to ship my old iPhones off to Gazelle as soon as I get the new ones.

WK2
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said by DoLeMiTe:

I have an iPhone 4 and I would like to upgrade to the iPhone 5 but I am poor at the moment. Maybe sometime down the road a little bit I will get one.

You could always get the 4S 16GB for $99

Majestik
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said by easonin:

I'm waiting to buy mine in the ATT store where I can get confirmation that i'll be able to keep my (sort of) unlimited plan. I've read conflicting news articles that ATT buried some fine print that will knock me off the unlimited plan if I preorder online.

I think I will wait and visit the AT&T store as well. With my grandfathered unlimited I pay $5/month for 200 text. I hear it's $20/month for unlimited text only now and I'm not paying it. So I need to be there and take care of this and ask other questions.
May just eliminate text all together which will bring it down to under $60/mo.
I've started switching my daily/weekly text to emails today.

I also need to switch my grandpa unlimited to the new 4g LTE 32g iPad soon.My iPad 1 is struggling.

skeechan
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I forget who it was but in another thread they said they ordered from Apple.com instead of AT&T and got to keep their $5 messaging plan. On AT&T, they made me drop it.

BellBoy
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I ordered through Apple's store...

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said by skeechan:

I forget who it was but in another thread they said they ordered from Apple.com instead of AT&T and got to keep their $5 messaging plan. On AT&T, they made me drop it.

I found that post. I've read that you can do this order on the Apple store and keep you grandpa unlimited but AT&T but if you make a mistake you lose it and won't get it back. Don't see how it can be that confusing.
Don't need to get the phone right away. Maybe wait until someone receive their first bill that shows $5/month text. Then I may try this.

I've been checking my texting record since July and only 3 text from individuals.The remaining 110 or so texts are daily auto text of balances from banks and credit cards and I think I can switch some of them to email only and still take a quick look from notifications or reschedule the text alerts to once per week I believe. Texting would cost me around $20/year instead of $20/month. Actually this is best for me and not pay a monthly texting fee at all.
Any out of country texting i do is free with an app. Any serious texting in the US I will just use this.
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I'm going to check it out. Doing the math to see if no text plan is cheaper than the $5/month in my situation.

BellBoy
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Oh yeah baby!



skeechan
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I wonder if AT&T dawt kaum shipped handsets will arrive on the 21st or SHIP on the 21st.

Thinkdiff
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MVM,

My 4S order from att.com was supposed to arrive on launch day (and they typically do), but FedEx screwed up my delivery (they basically just gave up trying to move all the iPhones around so quickly). So barring any shipping delays, you'll get it the 21st.

Robert
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Should be delivered on 9/21.

But I'm having doubts about mine now. I ordered through Premiere (can't order through regular), and some are saying that Premiere customers are being put to the back of the line.

Coma
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said by Robert:

I'm having doubts about mine now. I ordered through Premiere (can't order through regular), and some are saying that Premiere customers are being put to the back of the line.


Premiere in Russian means stand in (the back of) line.

easonin
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said by Majestik:

said by easonin:

I'm waiting to buy mine in the ATT store where I can get confirmation that i'll be able to keep my (sort of) unlimited plan. I've read conflicting news articles that ATT buried some fine print that will knock me off the unlimited plan if I preorder online.

I think I will wait and visit the AT&T store as well. With my grandfathered unlimited I pay $5/month for 200 text. I hear it's $20/month for unlimited text only now and I'm not paying it. So I need to be there and take care of this and ask other questions.

I ended up ordering mine via Apple dot com and it (supposedly) let me keep my grandpa unlimited plan. But since I don't have a current txt plan, I had to choose the pay per txt "plan". It was that or the $20 unlimited txt plan. Fugg dat. If you're not using iMessage, just call me.

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Ha, I added an extra 'e' by mistake. It's Premier.
quote:

Adjective:
First in importance, order, or position; leading.

That's better

BellBoy
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said by skeechan:

I wonder if AT&T dawt kaum shipped handsets will arrive on the 21st or SHIP on the 21st.

If iPhone history repeats, they will ship before the 21st...provide an arrival date earlier than the 21st...arrive at holding areas where your shipping status will change back to the 21st and then show up on your doorstep Friday in the afternoon...since they will be slammed with iPhone deliveries.

WK2
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The delivery guys will be loving the OT

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said by WK2:

The delivery guys will be loving the OT

Oh yeah. It's amazing how many companies and people make money because of Apple products.

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said by Black_Mage:

said by WK2:

The delivery guys will be loving the OT

Oh yeah. It's amazing how many companies and people make money because of Apple products.

Apple Inc.: stimulating your economy since April 1, 1976.

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Good one

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Wahoo! I had a hunch that if I'd waited until midnight and checked my order at Apple that I would get a status change. My 5 is in Anchorage!

Edit: check that--mine left AK and is on its way to Louisville. That's where my girlfriend's is now.

tommy3rd
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said by Robert:

Should be delivered on 9/21.

But I'm having doubts about mine now. I ordered through Premiere (can't order through regular), and some are saying that Premiere customers are being put to the back of the line.

I'm also on a premiere account and I was on the phone waiting for 40 mins before I got an answer. However, they gave me some good news...the lady was like "oh my, you're the first one I've seen today with this status..an actual shipping date with a UPS tracking number." So she gave me the number and it's now showing shipped.
rugby
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said by Black_Mage:

said by WK2:

The delivery guys will be loving the OT

Oh yeah. It's amazing how many companies and people make money because of Apple products.

We have a major regional Fedex hub here in Indy and I drive by it daily and I can definitely tell when Apple products are getting here. A buddy works there and they usually double their planes on major product launches by Apple.

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I just cancelled my order as it said I wouldn't have it for 2 weeks or so. I will probably hit up a Verizon store tomorrow and just see if they have one.

Chillin
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Shocked but my iPhones actually shipped.

Never been through so much drama to spend money before. But hey it is what it is.

BellBoy
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Oh yeah...in other news...

I was able to get my 4 unlocked after I pre-ordered. Since AT&T are still being dicks about being able to use international SIMs, now when I travel overseas I can use my 4!



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I'll have to do that with mine, those AT&T international roaming charges suck mega loads.

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Is my iphone5 the only one coming from the US??

Thinkdiff
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MVM,

Did you order from a carrier website?

Sometimes with the carrier-shipped phones, it doesn't show the pallet's journey from China, only the individual phones that have been broken off in a distribution hub.

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Pre-ordered from Apple.com