Last Retyped: October 31th, 2014 – 8:24 am. – Phone finally here!
Hello! My name is Josh. I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Apple Order Page Refreshing, It’s a condition I’ve had for a few days now. No matter what I’m doing, I want to check the Apple order page, and hit refresh, sometimes I even hit refresh several times within the time span of 30 seconds.
Even when I’m laying in bed, I load the page on my iPhone 5, and hit refresh every other minute. All I can think about is refreshing this page.
I keep hitting the refresh button trying to get my fix, but its never enough! I am never satisfied. I am chasing the ultimate dragon that seemingly can never be caught! I just keep wanting to do it more and more!
Kidding, but serious! For the past few days I’ve been constantly checking the Apple Order page, trying to see if there is any update on my iPhone 6 Plus order, and so far nothing!
Makes me wonder what the delay is? They could produce over 500,000 iPhone 5s’s a day, and that was over a year ago, so you’d think they would be even more efficient now, and producing more iPhones. A theory that I have is that maybe there was some type of stucturer issue with the original Plus, which was causing some slight bending on some models of the Plus, and they were simply secretly fixing and reinforcing the case before they sent more out. Just an idea, which is honestly fine with me if they are.
Seems that more people are receiving their Plus’s now as well.
I’m not a major Apple fan, I’ve had Macbooks (white), and a Sexy looking Macbook pro, but couldn’t really stand the hardware (case was nice though), or OS X much, but Apple does something so right with iOS, and the iPhone. I really Just like the iphone. after having many Android devices that seemed to randomly become buggy, and just too annoying to use, such as Random shut offs when tracking my cycle routes vs GPS, or the onscreen keyboard not working or responding, crappy battery life, and other random issues, my iPhones always just WORKED. Without giving me much hassle or major problems, while looking incredibly sexy at the same time.
I ordered the iPhone 6 Plus 128gb Space Grey. Unlocked T-Mobile. I used the Apple Financing, which is just another damn Credit Card, but you can use the credit now to get the phone, and have up to a year to pay it off, which in the end will still be way cheaper than signing a 2 year contract.
I originally ordered the 64GB version, but ove rall it was less than $100 cheaper, and if I’m going to invest a $Grand into a phone, I might as well get the model i’ll least regret. My current iPhone 5 is 32gb, and I hardly even use the space on it, but this could change on the iPhone 6 Plus for watching videos on its more useful screen. So, I cancelled the 64gb order and ordered the 128gb instead.
The great thing about the Unlocked T-Mobile version is, it’s simply unlocked. Meaning, it really has no ties whatsoever to T-Mobile. You can use it on both CDMA or GSM. I use StraightTalk on Verizon’s CDMA network. I was worried I was going to have to wait for the unlocked Verizon Model, or StraightTalk to come out with their own version, then i decided to go ahead and try StraightTalks GSM, which uses T-Mobile and AT&T’s towers. I live out in the country so my signal is spotty on Verizon, but never used At&t out here. The Coverage Maps say i should have good signal, but who knows.
But it turns out that this phone should work just fine on StraightTalks CDMA. Guess we’ll find out.
The things that i’m really looking forward to in the iPhone 6 Plus are:
- Screen Size: My only major complaint ever about the iPhone is the horrible tiny screen. I’m not a tall guy, around 5’8-5’9, but I can barely type on the iPhone due to the screen and buttons being so small.
- Battery life: I’ve read that the iPhone 6 plus holds a much larger battery thanks to its size, so on a normal charge it can last all day, if not a day and a half. My current iPhone 5 can barely last a few hours of actual usage.
Accessories:
There doesn’t seem to be far too many accessories out there for the iPhone 6 yet. Such as durable cases, bicycle mounts, etc.
I have found a beautiful case from Quad Lock, which you can get a nice bicycle mount for, among others. Sadly though this case isn’t available, and after contacting the company they stated it wont be available for a couple more months. I will for sure buy this once its available. I also prefer the sleek, thin cases.
I ended up ordering one of these, well two since they sent me to, i’ll have to return the other: Armorbox Dual Layer Hybrid Protective Case. So far this case seems to be the best looking and more durable that I have found that’s available. Due to all my cycling and such, I wanted to have a case on day one (whenever I do finally get my phone 😛 ). It was $19.99, but it seems they have upped their price to $24.99. Link: I-Blason.
Update: 10-5-14
I got the ArmorBox case a few days ago, but it has me very wary about the size of the Plus. I can barely even hold or grip the case with one hand. Not sure if the weight of the phone being in it would help or not. Maybe it will be too big, but that’s okay. The normal 6 isn’t really that exciting to me. I mean the size might be perfect, but its GO BIG OR NOTHING! 😛
My order is still “processing”. Sad thing is, I could cancel the order, and reorder the normal iPhone 6 and have it in my hands within a week, but meh, I’d rather wait for the Plus. Hopefully it comes before Halloween… Or Thanksgiving…
The case itself is pretty nice, and the back is solid. The front isn’t as gellie as it appears in their picture. it’s actually a hard plastic. I’ll write a proper review on it when I actually get the phone and can form an opinion on how it works and fits with the phone.
Update: October 23, 2014 – Phone finally shipped!
It’s been a long, long stressful wait, but my iPhone 6 Plus order has finally shipped, not without my heart stopping for a few minutes yesterday.
Yesterday after waking up from an prework afternoon nap (I’m an old man), this email popped up stating that my order could not be completed. WTF? the first words in bold made me think that all hope was lost. After waiting nearly a month, and then to get this? No way was I going to wait another month! Force Apple to take my $1,000?
So, I quickly checked my credit card. Why would it deny my charge? It’s the financing deal I got with Apple, and it added the new credit card to the order and everything automatically. I assumed that maybe the card wasn’t activated. I created an an online account for the card assumed that would activate it, and besides, since it was part of the offer from Apple and added automatically as the payment source, wouldn’t it just work? I hadn’t used the card for any other purchases, so didn’t know that it wouldn’t work.
I found the activation number for the card and fully activated it, then I edited the credit card info on Apple.com, and it said it changed and submitted successfully. But the order still didn’t change from processing. I didn’t want to have to order get completely cancelled, or delayed even more, so I called Apple to make sure everything was okay. The lady on the phone said that it shows the order went through just fine and is Preparing To Ship stage. Thankfully.
After an hour or so the order switched to “Preparing to Ship”, and the card was charged. Which ends the 25 days of “Processing Order”.
Just a few minutes ago the order switched to “Shipped”, and I have a UPS tracking code, with an expected delivery of October 29th, which is less than a week from now, and 2 days into the original expected delivery dates of Oct 28 – Nov 4th.
Feels so great to finally have some movement with this iPhone order. Less than a week to go!
Update: October 29, 2014 – Delays
I’m very annoyed right now. My phone has been sitting in Korea since last Friday, which 5 days now, and hasn’t budged. If it ships today, then maybe i’ll get it tomorrow, if not I may, if i’m lucky, get it on the date given by Apple which is October 31st. I suppose its my fault for getting my hopes up thinking that the UPS date was correct, and looking at other people’s orders on the Mac Forum who’ve gotten their phones earlier and on the Estimated UPS date.
All I know right now is that this Apple order has been so stressful, and I’m not very happy about it… Not sure if i’ll order any Apple product again anywhere near its released date.
Update: October 29, 2014 – 10:41am
My phone has finally left Korea after sitting there for no good reason for 5 days. I don’t want to get my hopes up, but people who were in the exact same situation and nearly identical tracking updates yesterday, have their phones out for delivery for them today. So Maybe i’ll get lucky tomorrow? Who knows. Not getting my hopes up anymore, but it’ll be nice.
Update: October 30, 2014 – 8:24am
My Phone is finally out for delivery. After nearly a week of month of waiting, and alot of time sitting in Korea in a warehouse. I must say though it’s pretty incredible that at this time yesterday my Phone was still sitting on a pallet in Korea, and is now here miles from me.
I just hope that I can hear the UPS guy when he shows up, so he doesn’t leave with the phones still with him. Apple requires a signature on all iphones. We’ll see we’ll see.
Update: October 31, 2014 – 8:24am
Phone is here! The Phone arrived yesterday around 10AM via UPS. So the wait is over!
It took over a month (31days for the phone to get here.
And i must say… THE DAMN THING IS BEAUTIFUL! I’m happy over all.
So, Now I must end this post for good. I’ll link to a new post about the iPhone 6 and other issues soon.
