Isn’t that the lifespan of a “Crickett”?

Some people are never happy. So, the purpose of a “pre order” is so Apple and Apple’s preferred carrier partners can offer an incentive to their customers. Don’t like Verizon - cool. Quit your crying and then get your ass to the store on September 16 to get a sim-free one.

I call shenanigans on this one. Sensationalist at best. I went through Verizon’s website after being stuck on the apple.com site, and got in. I should have learned my lesson from when I bought my iPhone 6, same problem with crApple.com then. 2 years faded the memory of having to wait 2 extra weeks due to the site not…