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iPhone 11 Anyone else seeing this when trying to upgrade via the Upgrade Progam?
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Yes. There's been a lot of hand wringing over this, with people in the plan feeling that they should get to pre-order early. It's not why I'm in the program, but I'd certainly appreciate the ability to do so!
Still, with the 5 hour delay in pre-order time this Friday, it's not going to be painful to be at my keyboard at 8 a.m.
Still, with the 5 hour delay in pre-order time this Friday, it's not going to be painful to be at my keyboard at 8 a.m.
Usually though, for those of us on the Upgrade Program, we get the email to go ahead and get approved again, and select our choices early so when its time to pre order, we get it done faster. I wonder if they will offer that this year?
But I LOVE not waking up and doing at 3am this year and being able to do it at 8am!!
But I LOVE not waking up and doing at 3am this year and being able to do it at 8am!!
I would bet “pre approval” will be available soon.
The last 3 years if you are on the program already we will get a email from Apple with the ability to go in and get reapproved and select our choices so its in queue for Pre Order opening then we would just sign back in and click BUY.
Assuming they give us the option this year.
Well yeah, thats why its a UPGRADE program, every 12 months you can order a new one and send the other one back.
I take it the collection date will be the same as the shipping date on the 20th?
Annoyingly, I’m off on a long weekend that Friday so won’t be able to collect if it is.
Annoyingly, I’m off on a long weekend that Friday so won’t be able to collect if it is.
Good point, assuming they give us the option. I would bet they do, puts much less stress on servers versus everyone trying to hit on Friday a.m.
Curious to see what happens in my case. Last year I was slow on the trigger at 3a.m. EST (lol) so my payment dates are the 27th of every month. So technically I'm not eligible to trade until I make one more payment. I may have to wait until pre-order date slips to 9/27 or later. Hmm.
Its 5am Pacific time this year instead of midnight, so for us on the East Coast, that means we can sleep as normal lol
They will give you the option to make that payment and upgrade.
Thanks. So I guess that means I'll technically wind up making 24 payments in slightly under (1 week under) 24 months.
How does the return of one's existing phone work? Is there any way to receive a phone in the mail on 9/20 without going to a store to return it that day?
Yes, they send you a box via FED EX about 3-4 days later for you to send back the old one.
Yes, phone comes and they will send you a box to send the old one back.
They finally last year (I think) stopped all the go to the store at all, thank the lawd, and you can now get the phone at home and send it back in a box. That, along with the preapproval for IUP members and (for east coast US people, the 8 AM EDT time) makes it all so much more rational.
I recall the mess at the store the first couple of years... ugh!
Also, along with the new 'suck all the data from phone to phone' process of the current software should make it a much smoother transition for once.
I recall the mess at the store the first couple of years... ugh!
Also, along with the new 'suck all the data from phone to phone' process of the current software should make it a much smoother transition for once.
Thank you both!
I would lean 90+% that this is simply "the low person on the totem pole hasn't received specific instructions or info for anything but the most basic questions yet" rather than "they're not going to do something they've done the last 3 years.