29 Jul
Apple Stores extend hours, implement ticket system for iPhones
Despite the widespread shortages of iPhones all across the unpolished, if you’re still not averse to spend your hard-earned time motionless in line in front of your local Apple Store, you’ve got help on your edge. You probably already know about the iPhone availability checker, which tells you the night before whether or not a store has phones in stock for the following day.
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But Apple’s recently incite into place a small in number changes to hopefully make the iPhone acquisition process a bit further friendly for its dedicated customers. A note on Apple’s iPhone retail page says that Apple Stores will now open at 8 a.m. local time on every day except for Sunday.
Furthermore, while you’re stand there in the line, contemplating the fine configuration work of the store, store staff will “prequalify” you to purchase the phone (that we presume involves doing all the sorts of administrative details that you’d else need to do at the counter: credit check, paperwork, line test, etc.). In exchange, you’ll get a claim ticket for the iPhone model you want—it’s straightforward like winning one of those carnival attractions in the manner of guess the number of marbles or venture the monkey with a pie.
Of course, you be possible to turn in your ticket when you finally fall into the store, nevertheless if you make a decision you want to wait, the save will throw in this set of chef’s knives absolutely fr—wait, no that’s not right. No, grant that you need to leave the line because of some lame reason like “oh, I have to go to work”, don’t worry: you can return at the end of the day—before 6 p.m.—and redeem your ticket then (4 p.m. on Sundays). Presumably, after that stop, they give away your iPhone to someone more deserving—someone who waited in line all day.
While this helps avoid having people wait in line only to be turned away at the time that they finally get in the store, it suggests that the iPhone shortage isn’t in danger of coming to a close at all confinement soon.
