Apple to reopen in-store iPhone 7 reservations on Sept. 17
In the U.S., Apple has temporarily called a halt to in-store shopping reservations for the iPhone 7 -- but those will reopen at 8 a.m. on Sept. 17, potentially giving people who missed launch-day preorders another shot at getting a device within the next two weeks.
The option lets people reserve an iPhone online, then pick it up at an Apple store within a fixed 30-minute window. Otherwise, people wanting a device at retail may have to line up at an Apple or third-party vendor's store on the morning of Sept. 16, hours in advance of the company's 8 a.m. go time.
In the U.K., meanwhile, reservations will resume on Sept. 17 at 6 a.m. Canadians can still make reservations for Sept. 16, but some models may be out of stock, depending on the store a person chooses for pickup. Slow presales may be attributable to the cost of an iPhone in the country -- prices range from $899 CAD all the way to $1,309 CAD for a 256-gigabyte iPhone 7 Plus.
Delivery times for American online orders are already stretching out to 2 to 3 weeks, with some potentially arriving as late as Sept. 28.
The option lets people reserve an iPhone online, then pick it up at an Apple store within a fixed 30-minute window. Otherwise, people wanting a device at retail may have to line up at an Apple or third-party vendor's store on the morning of Sept. 16, hours in advance of the company's 8 a.m. go time.
In the U.K., meanwhile, reservations will resume on Sept. 17 at 6 a.m. Canadians can still make reservations for Sept. 16, but some models may be out of stock, depending on the store a person chooses for pickup. Slow presales may be attributable to the cost of an iPhone in the country -- prices range from $899 CAD all the way to $1,309 CAD for a 256-gigabyte iPhone 7 Plus.
Delivery times for American online orders are already stretching out to 2 to 3 weeks, with some potentially arriving as late as Sept. 28.
Comments
Heh, heh, heh...
I'd be willing to bet that the site will be jammed at 8:00 AM on the 17th -- a Saturday!
Likely, we'll have to make a reservation to make a reservation
So easy to solve -- just get this big roll of numbered tickets...
A first world problem, that you have the excessive time to comment on how others shop.
No sympathy for third world problems. It's 2016, they've had just as much time as everyone else to figure out plumbing and picking off the fleas.
But, as Ikrupp said, people will spin theories around it. Already twitter's full of "it's all Apple marketing ploy".