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 <[email protected]
To: [email protected]
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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf
Of Vicky Collins
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 4:41 AM
To: [email protected]
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. And,
either
way,
whether it be a bit sooner or later, I expect to have a new
iPhone 6 Plus
within the next couple of months, as I've had my 4S for three
years now.
Guess I got under five hours left to decide about that 16GB
reserved for
me.
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