AT&T received 'hundreds of thousands' of iPhone 6 pre-orders by this morning, according to CEO Ralph de la Vega. His comments were made at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, reports FierceWireless.
De la Vega woke up this morning to find his company had taken a huge amount of pre-orders for the iPhone 6. He said it was great to see "before you even have a cup of coffee."
"It's amazing to see the volume," he said, adding that the "systems are rocking" and "everything is going well." He said demand for the new phones is "better than last year and they're better than the prior year [before that]."
"Every time there is a change in [iPhone] design, there's an uptake," he said. "I think this design is particularly good."
Pre-order demand appears to be stronger than in year's past. It took many users a few hours before they were able to place an order on the online Apple Store. At this point, we are still not able to check our order status and shipping estimates for the iPhone 6 Plus have slipped to 3-4 weeks.
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akoto - September 13, 2014 at 1:31am
I ordered at 1205am. I got the email confirmation 0350am. I 2 hours ago (04:30pm) I got another email that my order is ready to pick up on Monday the 15th.
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Bozo akoto - September 13, 2014 at 10:26am
We have a comedian here...bravo..."almost" believed your BS there...
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s14guy04 - September 12, 2014 at 8:47pm
Ordered a 6 plus 64GB Space Grey. Order went thru around 12:30am PST.
ATT website shows order shipping 11/9 - 11/22 WTF!
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Kyro - September 12, 2014 at 7:31pm
I woke up at 3 am EST and had an ordered processed and and email confirmation from At&t at 3:07 am EST for a Iphone 6 plus gold 64GB with a ship date of 10/13 to 10/22. Wondering if they actually had any stock to sell.
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zetaprime - September 12, 2014 at 9:55pm
Sounds like they never had any to begin with, and the Apple rep on the phone didn't sound optimistic about finding any at the stores on launch day.
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Jorge - September 12, 2014 at 7:30pm
I used the iphone store app at 12:01-12:05 (not working) went to the veriz
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I ordered 6plus spacegray 64gb - September 12, 2014 at 5:19pm
I just got 2nd email update saying it will ship 10/13 to 10/22 (sucks), I guess I will be going the an apple store on 9/19 arggg
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zetaprime - September 12, 2014 at 5:34pm
I talked to an Apple salesperson on the phone and they say there's not much chance of doing any better at the store because what they have at the stores is already sold out. Guess we just have to wait till next month. I also got screwed by the app and website not being able to connect and then went to bed without having placed the order. Then waking up and trying again and seeming to have missed out.
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Greg lange - September 12, 2014 at 5:09pm
I ordered mine within 5 minutes of opening. I ordered the iphone 6 plus. My confirmation just came saying the phone will not ship till October 31 through November 11
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corynguyen2001 - September 12, 2014 at 6:04pm
I ordered at 12:01 and my confirmation saying the phone will ship on 9/19. I guess I'm just a little lucky :)
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Lee - September 12, 2014 at 6:55pm
I got an initial confirmation saying 9/19 but now it says 9/23-10/2 so better double check.
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