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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus now available for pre-order through Apple and cell carriers

As expected, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are both now available for pre-order on Apple’s online store and carrier websites, at least for some users. As the stores start to catch up to the load, more and more and customers should be able to get in their orders. Initial buyers seem to have the most luck on carrier websites as well as the Apple Store App. The store is almost an hour late in opening.

You can get the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 starting at $199 for the 16 GB model. Unlike previous years, there is no 32 GB option, which was replaced by a larger 64 GB model at $299 and a new 128 GB version for $399.

The iPhone 6 Plus sports the same internals as the smaller model accompanied by a 5.5-inch display and a camera with optical image stabilization. You can get the larger version of the phone in 16 GB for $299, 64 GB for $399, or 128 GB for $499 with a 2 year plan.

Both varieties come in three colors: space gray, silver, and gold. As previously mentioned, the devices are available through Apple’s online store, but you can also get it through the websites for U.S. carriers AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, or Sprint.

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    • Mike Dunham - 10 years ago

      how the fuck!…. ive been trying since 12:01am…. and i keep getting the WE’LL BE BACK SOON page…. verizons preorder wont work either!

  1. Um… no it’s not. store.apple.com is still down.

  2. Chris Hooper (@hoopchris) - 10 years ago

    lol you can’t get on apple’s site or through the store app, good fact checking.

  3. Jacob Hantla (@hantla) - 10 years ago

    How’d you get that? I just get “We’ll be back” in dozens of languages

  4. briankmartinez - 10 years ago

    Lies! Its still down for me at least.

  5. Michael Cano - 10 years ago

    I got mine via the apple store app. good luck guys!

  6. tacos1314 - 10 years ago

    I got my 6 plus from att at 1:50 central. 14-21 day shipping estiment. :(

    • JD Salinas (@jdsalinas23) - 10 years ago

      Same for me. I guess AT&T opened the preorder a few minutes early cuz it let me place it at around the same time, but I’m also getting the 14-21 day shipping estimate.

      • Shiloh M Frank - 10 years ago

        I just now preordered (Central time) and AT&T is estimating 35-42 day shipping time! FML.

      • offshoregirl98 - 10 years ago

        Same for me also.

    • jordo (@jordo) - 10 years ago

      I apparently ordered at 1:15 MTN and I still have 2-4 weeks. i’m hoping they are going to over deliver!

  7. 89p13 - 10 years ago

    Same Here – All I get is the

    “We’ll Be Back” screen

    Don’t know where you logged in from – but here, in the USofA – NADA

    • 89p13 - 10 years ago

      Ahh, by the price – you are in the U.K.

      Smart move on your part.

    • Allen Li - 10 years ago

      “Dispatched” means UK or Europe I believe. Yet here :( No luck whatsoever.

    • 89p13 - 10 years ago

      Just gave up on the Apple US store! Pre-ordered it through AT&T web site and will wait the 14 to 21 days that they promise.

      Tim – You ARE the supposed “Master of Logistics” – what happened! I’d say you shat the bed on this one.

  8. Chadwick Davis - 10 years ago

    i hate you

  9. Andy Grant - 10 years ago

    I ordered mine @ 1:06am PDT from the AT&T site, and it says delivery in 14-21 days? WTF!!!

    • jordo (@jordo) - 10 years ago

      same here. I went to their twitter account and they said this. “We are working to get shipments out asap rather say a later date and it come early then to say date and ends up late. ^ManuelE”

      • offshoregirl98 - 10 years ago

        Who says this? Apple or a carrier? Hopefully my carrier :)

  10. Corey McMullen - 10 years ago

    Nothing from Apple, but AT&T has all of a sudden decided I am not eligible for upgrades, even though they have been “Alerting” me for months I am eligible for a Next plan… You would think they would have their sites figured out by the 6th major release…

  11. robertsm76 - 10 years ago

    The Apple store app already has all AT&T versions ‘unavailable’ wth

    • Jack Wong (@Jackzzz99) - 10 years ago

      351amEST, not all of the versions are unavailable, I see some 16GB and 64GB, but I am not going with contract anymore.

      It is stupid that there is no contract free version in apple store app…

  12. Corey McMullen - 10 years ago

    Also, notice the date ordered in the picture above. 12/14/14? Funny

    • Aaron King (@adk365) - 10 years ago

      I think you mean, 12/9/14, but that’s because they ordered from another country. Most of the rest of the world uses DD/MM/YY date format instead of MM/DD/YY like we do here in the U.S.

    • Chad A Patten - 10 years ago

      It says 12/09/14. Thats how you write today’s date 9/12/14 in almost every other country but the USA.

  13. Richard Anderson - 10 years ago

    Nope, nothing in the UK for me at least.

    App, website on different browsers nothing :(

    • Richard Anderson - 10 years ago

      I thought apple wanted more sales through them!

      EE, my carrier in the has emailed saying can pre order now! Come on Apple!

  14. DJ Daniel (@DJDanielSF) - 10 years ago

    Tmobile and Apple still not taking preorders

  15. Peter Vader (@petervader) - 10 years ago

    Nothing doing here. 12:41AM PDT and store.apple.com showing offline.

  16. Jared Jones - 10 years ago

    Can’t get into the store here either .. on the web .. the app opens, but it says unavailable when selecting the phone and will not add it to the cart

  17. I got through just fine using the app. IPhone 6 Plus 64GB Space Gray FTW

  18. gatti956 (@gatti956) - 10 years ago

    I got through to the apple store via the iphone app, the website still says we’ll be back; the specific model i want, iPhone 6 Plus Space Gray 64gb on AT&T says unavailable, no option to continue. I was able to get through on the AT&T website and pre-order it there, but it says ships in 14-21 days, so I won’t get it on 9/19 :-( but at least it’s ordered…good luck to everyone else…

  19. John Rarick - 10 years ago

    Not available for me yet…

  20. Patrick Rossiter - 10 years ago

    I couldn’t get on to pre-order through store.apple.com, but I was able to pre-order on my phone using the Apple Store app, it took some work, there were errors and you could tell the store is under heavy load, but I finally got my iPhone 6 Plus pre-ordered and ready for in-store pickup on September 19th.

  21. Charles Johnson - 10 years ago

    not working…1 hour sleep lost!

  22. bbguitarist09 - 10 years ago

    Guys check the date, this was ordered on 12/09/14

  23. shareef777 - 10 years ago

    My brother and I both were trying and for some reason (from the same house) he was able to load the store about 15min after the store was supposed to go live. I was able to order a iPhone 6+ 64G space grey and received a confirmation email within seconds. His is not working as he’s trying to go thru an ATT upgrade, but up until now, my laptop still won’t load the store. Very strange.

  24. Greg Morris - 10 years ago

    Anyone use Verizon? It says my “Deliver By” date is 10/14/2014 – anyone else?

  25. Bad news for anyone wanting iPhone 6+ 64GB.
    3-4 week waiting time already.

    I got mine reserved for Store pickup and 8am Friday :).

  26. spollack (@spac1814) - 10 years ago

    Got mine through iPhone Apple Store App took some time but worked.

  27. Finally got my 6 Plus 64GB after getting about a million “error” messages trying to change my address and credit card info. Next Friday it begins!

    • fury18 - 10 years ago

      Good luck getting it Friday. I got my order placed for the iphone 6 plus 1 minute in and it said it was a 3 week delay. Check your email and see what it says. You should get another email saying your order is in the process of being fulfilled. It will then give you a timeframe of an expected ship date which for me was October 2-13

      • offshoregirl98 - 10 years ago

        I had the exact same experience at AT&T ….that was disappointing considering I ordered 15 mins prior to midnight pst but I guess it’s better than the end of November

  28. it’s 2:51AM CDT and still nothing, AT&T’s website lists 14-21 business days for shipping time.

  29. Joshua Herron (@R00SKA) - 10 years ago

    Worked for me! iPhone 6 Plus Space Gray 128 GB ordered!

    FYI: Use the Apple Store App on your iDevice, not the store.apple.com. That’s how I got my order through.

    Good luck!

  30. fury18 - 10 years ago

    I got the option to order the phone before 12am pacific time on the att site. It’s weird because with the plus model it started off saying there is approximately a 3 week delay yet I could order the 6 and get it on launch day. I waited to place my order until exactly 2:01am central time hit because I was extremely confused on how I got through before 2am 12 pacific time. It still said a 3 week delay on the plus model at 2:01 am so that’s when I hit confirm order for the space grey 128gb plus model and got a confirmation email from att right away.

  31. Ordered through the app, which is still up. Its showing all models of the 6 and 6 Plus as sold out in the US. For all carriers.

  32. lycius84 - 10 years ago

    I just Pre-Ordered mine from the Apple Store App. My email says:

    Shipment 1 Available to ship: 7- 10 business days
    Delivers: Oct 1 – Oct 6 by Standard Shipping

    Better than nothing I guess.

    • lycius84 - 10 years ago

      And checked the App on the iPad and it said delivers 9/19. I hope they fulfill orders as they come in.

  33. I managed to get to the pre-order page on my iPhone in the Apple Store app – but no link to place order, I could only select specifications.

  34. Steve Saxon (@xmlguy) - 10 years ago

    Order placed for my 6+ via ATT.com. Apple Store website and app still not up for me.

  35. nope….only carrier sites are helping for pre-orders !!

  36. ordered via verizon, after lot of crashing at checkout

  37. 007dvs (@007dvs) - 10 years ago

    Did a pre-order through AT&T’s site, got an order ID and everything, but no email and when I check My Orders, it says there were no records found. I don’t have a good feeling about this…

  38. Eddie Aubrey - 10 years ago

    I got my iPhone 6 128 gig space gray!!! Hooray…..I ordered it via my iPhone 5s using the Apple Store App. It is up and running before the Apple site on the west coast!

  39. James Vishka (@JVishka) - 10 years ago

    wasn’t fake guys, got two models one 6plus and one 6 from the app store app although i couldn’t get the website to work at all.

  40. Eddie Aubrey - 10 years ago

    Follow up, iPhone app works, just keep at it. And it does take store pickup, mine is scheduled to be picked up on launch day, decided to go that route because delivery to me is always late evening…good luck all.

  41. Use the carrier sites for now, because they are preordering now. I just ordered 2 iPhone 6 Plus a few mins ago (at&t) and my set be delivered with 7 to 10 business day (meaning by the 19). If it say 14+, that means back ordered

  42. DOWLOAD THE APPLE STORE APP ON YOUR IPHONE, YOU CAN PREORDER THROUGH THERE. I JUST CHECKED!!!!!!!!!!!!

  43. First Apple botches the Livestream and now the Pre-Order.

  44. Got through on Verizon but had to sign up for a month to month plan. No luck getting through to store.apple.com. Got further on the Apple Store app on my iPad but sometimes you get a CONTINUE button and sometimes not. When you do it’s not for new phones but for upgrading through existing carriers but not T-Mobile.

  45. nsxrebel - 10 years ago

    T-Mobile is not selling it yet, Apple Store is down, Apple Store App won’t give you the option to buy contract-free/unlocked iPhone for T-Mobile. WTF?!

  46. Daniel Schwemmer - 10 years ago

    This is the first time I wasn’t able to pre-order. I have given up after wasting almost 2 hours of my life trying to get through to Apple’s Online Store.

    Apple, T-Mobile, Tim Cook, Angela Ahrendts, and John Legere with a BIG FAIL on this one.

    How can we trust that Apple will get Apple Pay right if they cannot even get their own online store to work??

  47. fury18 - 10 years ago

    Everyone try the apple store app. It is officially working right now! Also att and verizon I checked are working too.

  48. taoprophet420 - 10 years ago

    Curious how many of you were ordering a AT&T model. Apple had to start sending reservation emails because AT&T server issues.

    There is plenty of blame to go around on this. I couldn’t even log onto to AT&T site tonight.

  49. Daniel Schwemmer - 10 years ago

    I took one more shot and I was (FINALLY) able to preorder the iPhone 6 Plus 128 GB Unlocked version in space gray through Apple’s Online store.

    Just received an email confirmation. Ships in 7-10 business days (delivery 1 Oct-6 Oct).

  50. Richard Anderson - 10 years ago

    I finally got through on both app store and web. Process through webpage in the end but ordered iphone 6 in Space Grey with 128GB memory. Should deliver on the 19th. Took a few attempts

  51. versaceboy54 - 10 years ago

    Am I the only one who actually was able to go through att early? My order for a iphone6 64 gig grey went through at 253 est!! And had my confirmation email with in seconds?

    • Kathy Kik Dawkins - 10 years ago

      I am not able to preorder through AT & T website. It seems to be locked up.

    • offshoregirl98 - 10 years ago

      Same here, I got through att at 1:45 cst also with the first try and an immediate confirmation…..only problem was it said 7-10business days which later changed to 10-16 business days! Don’t know why I got bumped…..bummed out now :( delivery of oct. 2-13…..better than late November though….wonder if I can try in person on the 19th and cancel my online order if successful

  52. Art Rocker - 10 years ago

    i was up for 0800 and preordered iPhone 6 plus 128 gb but 3 – 4 weeks for delivery really ?

  53. MJR (@MjrReviews) - 10 years ago

    Why is no one covering the fact that the store was down for well over an our after it was supposed to be live?

  54. Daniel (@dgp1) - 10 years ago

    £619?! The US price of that phone comes to £460. You should get an American friend to fly over with phones for your whole family ;)

  55. I wasn’t able to access the store until 08:00, a mere 8 hours late.To be fair after a solid two hours of nothing I went to bed and woke up early to order. If Apple can’t guarantee that the store will be ready to open at 12:01 am, then they need to start pre-orders at 9am or something where a delay in opening doesn’t mean that you only get to sleep for a few hours.