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#3411487 5-Sep-2025 09:46

Telco pre-orders usually open at 12am (midnight) or 00:01 if they're playing it extra safe. This is on the Friday night (technically Saturday morning).

Apple's pre-orders can open anywhere from 11:45pm to midnight. Sometimes the Apple Store app opens first, sometimes the online store opens first. Best to set up every device you can find, with some on the Apple Store app, and some on the online store.

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#3411596 5-Sep-2025 13:43

dfnt:

Because I hate myself I’ll probably partake in the Spark pre-order.

It’s hard to stomach iPhone prices these days, I imagine this year they may cost more with the current economic climate.

My iPhone 13 Pro Max charge port is borked from all the times I’ve got out my wife’s car with the cable still attached to the phone (cos no wireless CarPlay)

@dfnt welcome to the darkside, your due for an upgrade anyways - make sure to pre-order only when i have done it.😉

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#3411599 5-Sep-2025 13:51

We are going to order ours while we are in the US and all the fuss has died own (iPhones can be parallel imported without frequency or VoLTE issues)

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#3413970 12-Sep-2025 09:21

When do the retail stores get the display models out? Is it when pre-orders start (i.e. from Saturday) or when they are launched (i.e. 19 September)?

I'm almost ready to decide but would like to inspect the base 17 and the 17 Pro models first. I'm not too bothered if I have to wait a little bit longer for an order to arrive, but if display models aren't out until launch day then it's going to be a bit longer before I can expect to my order to be delivered.

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#3413971 12-Sep-2025 09:24

They'll only get the display models out on release day (Friday 19th).

Your only chance to "see" them before then, is online. I think all the tech YouTubers are allowed to post from mid next week onwards.

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#3414030 12-Sep-2025 09:48

Thanks for that. Helps to moderate my expectations - I don't need it on day 1, so will have to accept that it might take a few weeks to actually get one in stock. I can be patient.

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#3414031 12-Sep-2025 09:50

Just remember most telcos will give you something like $600 off if you go on their $65 per month plans for 12 months.

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#3414047 12-Sep-2025 10:30

Benjip:

They'll only get the display models out on release day (Friday 19th).

Your only chance to "see" them before then, is online. I think all the tech YouTubers are allowed to post from mid next week onwards.

Hey @Benjip, I got smacked down by Spark and I am not allowed to order from them (am a Spark employee) and they want to focus on "customers", do you know if JBHifi is the next best bet for the pre-order and to get it before 26th September?

Pre-orders are soon and i was hoping you can give some advise (since you know alot about the process).

Thanks

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#3414050 12-Sep-2025 10:33

Going direct with Apple is always the best way if you're paying up front. You're almost guaranteed delivery on launch day if you pre-order within the first 5–10 minutes.

My next best bet would be Noel Leeming, as I believe (happy to be corrected) they're the biggest Apple reseller in NZ. They always seem to have display models out on day 1 too. I would personally do a click & collect though, as god knows what dodgy courier they might otherwise end up using (nothing worse than getting an Aramex tracking email!).

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#3414058 12-Sep-2025 10:42

Benjip:

Going direct with Apple is always the best way if you're paying up front. You're almost guaranteed delivery on launch day if you pre-order within the first 5–10 minutes.

My next best bet would be Noel Leeming, as I believe (happy to be corrected) they're the biggest Apple reseller in NZ. They always seem to have display models out on day 1 too. I would personally do a click & collect though, as god knows what dodgy courier they might otherwise end up using (nothing worse than getting an Aramex tracking email!).

@Benjip Any thoughts on JB Hifi? I have some giftcards on hand that I can use

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#3414066 12-Sep-2025 10:50

Should be fine, I used them for a pre-order recently for a Switch game and it arrived on Day 1, so no complaints…

It'll all just depend how much stock they're given by the local Apple distributors. Does JB Hi-Fi usually do live stock trackers for pre-orders?

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#3414094 12-Sep-2025 11:35

Benjip:

Should be fine, I used them for a pre-order recently for a Switch game and it arrived on Day 1, so no complaints…

It'll all just depend how much stock they're given by the local Apple distributors. Does JB Hi-Fi usually do live stock trackers for pre-orders?

Im not too sure if they do but ill buy it through JB Hifi at 12AM and hopefully i get in and get it by next week

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#3414380 13-Sep-2025 00:38

Anyone else trying to add an iPhone to an existing Spark Plan and getting "This plan is not eligible for interest free payment (IFP). Please choose a plan that is eligible for IFP or change your plan." - I've upgraded each year for the last few years using the IFP so what gives?

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#3414381 13-Sep-2025 00:46

Mine is a different issue, whereby I've been battling One NZ's awful identity verification flow (clearly having been a paying customer for several years is not enough verification, go figure!). One of those "Close this browser window and then click Next in the other window" situations where the Next button then says "You need to do the thing that you've just done 17 times, in another window, and then click Next".

Guess I'll be trying again in the morning or heading in-store, but would've been good for them to iron out the kinks before midnight 🤬

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#3414382 13-Sep-2025 01:05

turtleattacks: Just remember most telcos will give you something like $600 off if you go on their $65 per month plans for 12 months.

Well, 2degrees just lost a pretty long-term customer there...

Them still not providing Apple Watch eSim along with this rubbish has meant I'm off to Spark this round plus Spark are doing a trade-in boost saving even more money on my plan.

2degrees are incredibly noncompetitive this round...

Also changed this thread to be the general ordering thread seeing we're discussing other options :)

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