The only reason I switched to Verizon is because the service in my area is pretty bad with T-Mobile. Verizon seems to kill in the rural coverage.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Apple iPhone 6 [OT]
- Thread starter OriginalThinking
- Start date
The only reason I switched to Verizon is because the service in my area is pretty bad with T-Mobile. Verizon seems to kill in the rural coverage.
Iacobellis
Junior Member
If my current AT&T 5 hasn't been using LTE nor allowing me to tether or use FaceTime over Cellular for a while now, is my phone/SIM bugged or more likely to be an error on the AT&T account? I want to make sure I get this fixed when I pick up the 6 once it delivers.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
Sadly, yes.
Eyeshield1625
Member
The date my be a place holder, but I was charged as well and have the same ship date.
1. Make sure LTE is available in your area.
2. Make sure your data plan says something like "for iPhone on 4G LTE"
3. Make sure you are using an AT&T phone (if you bought it second hand)
4. Get a new SIM card.
TimFL
Member
Ordered 12:39am PST (exactly when the store went live again, was 9:39am in my timezone - Germany). It's already preparing for shipment since yesterday and delivery is the 19th via express delivery. Called PayPal and my local bank to make sure the payment goes through, PayPal LOVES to ruin my days by cancelling important orders.
Ordered the iPhone 6 (64GB Spacegrey).
I camped on 4 goddamn devices (iPhone App, iPad App via iPhone hotspot, Macbook Air website via iPhone hotspot and office desktop...).
Ordered the iPhone 6 (64GB Spacegrey).
I camped on 4 goddamn devices (iPhone App, iPad App via iPhone hotspot, Macbook Air website via iPhone hotspot and office desktop...).
Hopefully those dates are just placeholders.
When did you order?
End of an era.
Eyeshield1625
Member
3am my time. 12amPST right when preorders started.
I ordered mine at around 11:50pm, that might be why mine says it was shipped.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
No. In the past iPhones that have been scheduled to deliver early, the shipper will receive a notice to hold until a certain date.
HUELEN10
Member
Aa few, an incredibly small number, always slip through early.
Not me! I am gonna pick mine up at the local Apple Store.
Email? I'm a new customer so I don't get any texts or anything like that. My order status page still says being processed. I'm confident it'll be here Friday, I still can't help but obsessively check.
Your chances are very low. FedEx would have to pay severe penalties to Apple, and the FedEx driver would be risking their job. Corporate contracts...
Erebus
Member
It's kinda pointless at the moment though since most apps haven't been updated to support the new features. You can't even install a 3rd-party keyboard.
Hmm, a shame about calling out. Apple's weirdness strikes again. Thanks for the heads up, both of ya.
infiniteloop
Member
I was wrong. you can dial out from FaceTime or contacts
just tried it. the dialer app will tell you that the phone call is using your phone.
so, yeah, full phone functionality. just go through contacts or FaceTime app.
Oh hah. All is good then it seems
I did notice that sending or receiving calls does not work from my iPad on my employers very secure WiFi network (it requires a whole long log in procedure the first time and you have to download a security certificate), even when both devices are present and logged in to it.
You can. Just trade in your old phone, and get a gift card.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Speck has announced their cases in the US, but don't say when they'll be available they look so nice tho...
they look so nice tho...Speck has announced their cases in the US, but don't say when they'll be available
link?
I always start fresh. My phones (and iPads) tend to get cluttered with apps I don't use, so I'll just pick and choose from what I've downloaded in the past.
HUELEN10
Member
OMG you're right!Speck has announced their cases in the US, but don't say when they'll be available
Rarity one is MINE!
Edag Plata
Banned
There hasn't been an email or any movement on my order with Verizon.
I'm starting to feel the despair set in.
I'm starting to feel the despair set in.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I ordered on Verizon as soon as the site would work, my email says Friday, but nothing has updated on the actual site. Still says unknown for date.
Davey Cakes
Member
Even though I'm getting the 6+ I'll probably do what I usually do and turn the phone into a tank with Otterbox.
That said I'm not paying $70 for a case. Same thing when it was $50 for the previous models. I'm going to wait until I see it for $15-25 on Amazon.
Until then maybe I'll use my 3DS pouch to protect it or something.
That said, there may be some nice holdover cases in the $10-$15 range at first. That was definitely the situation with the iPhone 5. Found a case that was as good or better than ones going for $30 in stores for only $12 on Amazon and it lasted me until I made the switch to the tank. My brother got a Speck Pixelskin for his iPhone 5 and I thought my case was just as protective and potentially even better-fitting at less than half the price.
The starting case + screen protector + discounted Otterbox ended up being less than I would have paid for the Otterbox if I just bought it in the beginning, outright.
Phone case prices are crazy.
That said I'm not paying $70 for a case. Same thing when it was $50 for the previous models. I'm going to wait until I see it for $15-25 on Amazon.
Until then maybe I'll use my 3DS pouch to protect it or something.
That said, there may be some nice holdover cases in the $10-$15 range at first. That was definitely the situation with the iPhone 5. Found a case that was as good or better than ones going for $30 in stores for only $12 on Amazon and it lasted me until I made the switch to the tank. My brother got a Speck Pixelskin for his iPhone 5 and I thought my case was just as protective and potentially even better-fitting at less than half the price.
The starting case + screen protector + discounted Otterbox ended up being less than I would have paid for the Otterbox if I just bought it in the beginning, outright.
Phone case prices are crazy.
Promising. Now to wait for the first shipping confirmation from somebody who purchased from Apple.
HUELEN10
Member
Need screen protectors? They are GIVING THEM AWAY FOR FREE!
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
I'm so glad I called my local VW to learn last year their day one shipment last year didn't sell out until the next day...I'm still getting there early in the morning.
Without a reservation? Hell naw.
Can you start fresh but keep your iMessage history / other iCloud stuff?
markedbravado
Member
Is one hour sufficient time to wait in line for the iPhone 6+? The lincoln square apple store in ny opens at 9am est. I wonder if an hour is sufficient enough.
So... I ended up getting the phone for roughly $950 CAD instead of going through with Rogers BS...
No way am I paying $300 PLUS my plan hiking up $20 a month and going from 6GB to 0.5GB.
My math puts that at me spending (with taxes and other Rogers dumb fees) roughly $50 or so extra dollars overall for having 6GB each month instead of 500MB.
No way am I paying $300 PLUS my plan hiking up $20 a month and going from 6GB to 0.5GB.
My math puts that at me spending (with taxes and other Rogers dumb fees) roughly $50 or so extra dollars overall for having 6GB each month instead of 500MB.
WordAssassin
Member
So due to the clusterfuck that was the iPhone 6 preorder process, I actually have a 6 Plus that I'll go to store pickup on 9/19, and apparently I have a reservation for another one.
I certainly don't need two so I can just cancel the reservation one, right? Or should I order that one and.. cancel the other one? Does it even matter?
Edit: Nevermind, it looks like their system figured out that I already ordered an upgrade for that line and it's not a problem anymore. Yay!
Also, I work on Friday so I was gonna do store pickup so I could hopefully just go when they open to grab it before I go in to work. I've never done store pickup like that before, though, so is that how it works? Or do I have to wait till like, the middle of the day?
I certainly don't need two so I can just cancel the reservation one, right? Or should I order that one and.. cancel the other one? Does it even matter?
Edit: Nevermind, it looks like their system figured out that I already ordered an upgrade for that line and it's not a problem anymore. Yay!
Also, I work on Friday so I was gonna do store pickup so I could hopefully just go when they open to grab it before I go in to work. I've never done store pickup like that before, though, so is that how it works? Or do I have to wait till like, the middle of the day?
HUELEN10
Member
Try 5, and that's coming from a place nowhere near the scope of New York.