iPhone 7 Preorders: Apple Store Site Down, Delivery Date Couple Of Weeks Later

iPhone7-stock-checker-where-to-buy-in-stores-check-online-app — Looking for an iPhone 7? Here's how to find out which Apple stores have your desired model in stock and if it's worth going to a store. Reuters/Beck Diefenbach

UPDATE: 12:45 a.m. EDT — Estimated delivery dates for some variants of the iPhone 7 have already moved in to November. The black color seems to be the most popular.

Welp, good luck getting your jet black Verizon iPhone if you didn't order in the first 30 minutes tonight pic.twitter.com/F3CVzIvqtG
— Michael Ducker (@miradu) September 9, 2016

@Optus can't pre-order the Jet Black iPhone. Says that Pre-orders are closed. Are you getting anymore stock?!
— Ben Fairless (@benrfairless) September 9, 2016

Welp, thanks to the number of errors processing my order I’m gonna have to wait until November for my iPhone 7. ___
— Robert Padbury (@padbury) September 9, 2016

The preordering process, for which many stayed up late or woke up in the middle of the night, caused a lot of stress also.

think I just lost a year of my life and gained 50 new gray hairs while pre-ordering the iPhone 7
— velouria (@imretiredyousee) September 9, 2016

Original story:

Technology giant Apple Inc. seems to be suffering a technological problem at the preorder opening for its flagship iPhone 7. Hundreds of potential buyers have complained of not being able to order the phone on the company’s Apple Store website after the preorders opened for public at 3:01 a.m. EDT Friday.

Trying to pre-order the new #iphone7 but the #applestore is down
— Tony Rico (@TDRico) September 9, 2016

Anyone have the Apple Store up? Still down in Hong Kong
— Bay McLaughlin (@betabay) September 9, 2016

I have four devices, going. Three Apple Store Apps and two Browsers going and still NOTHING
— kristian (@wayfarer_youth) September 9, 2016

Why am I just seeing this in the Apple Store app??! I was supposed to be able to order at 12:01am Pacific @AppleHelp pic.twitter.com/xgMWesiaf8
— David Nason (@davidnason1) September 9, 2016

iPhone 7 goes on sale at 3:01am EDT.
It is 3:05am, and the Apple Store isn't open yet. pic.twitter.com/TlCDkg5cJU
— Brian Burch (@brianburch) September 9, 2016

Some of those who managed to preorder the phone were also displeased with the shipping date, which was shown as two to three weeks later.

Hey @Apple. Order process kept crashing, now 9/23 delivery! And I started as soon as the app was up! Y'all need to fix this order process!
— Rickey Roach (@rickeyroach) September 9, 2016