What time can we preorder on May 7th?

[crow11ad]

Anyone have any ideas or thoughts?

 

[p2cactus]

When the stores open?

 

[crow11ad]

Well what about online? Wondering if it's midnight?

 

[anon(22347)]

There's a timer on the sprint page counting down to may 7th. If I do my math right it looks like it will hit 0 at about 8 a.m. central time on monday

 

[kinster02]

I wouldn't rush to preorder because their will be better offers from other retailers such as, Bestbuy, Target, Radioshack, Amazon, etc shortly after.

 

[Dakota 35-2]

No waiting for this guy...Sprint.com it is at 0800 or whenever I can.

***Please excuse any and all typos as my large thumbs cannot fit the keyboard correctly***

 

[WeGlobal]

Hope Best Buy isn't too far behind on the preorder process.

 

[anon(22347)]

When I stopped at the Best Buy in Round Rock, TX the other day, I was told they were going to take pre-orders starting on May 8th. I'm going to try stopping at a different location today and see if I get a different answer, hoping that they got the date wrong.

 

[olsonn]

I have a stupid noob-ish question:

Does Sprint charge shipping costs, and if so, what are the usual rates (especially for the "Delivery ASAP" option)?

And I guess the follow-up question is... Do other providers (Amazon, Best Buy, etc.) have shipping costs for phone pre-orders?

Gotta imagine they do - nothing's free.

 

[commonplace]

Like Eagan said, the countdown timer on Sprint's site shows it hitting at 9am Eastern time, 8am Central, 6am Pacific.

I've never pre-ordered a phone before, so I really don't know how it works. If it comes out on 18 May as is one of the rumors, I won't be home -- I'll be on vacation. So... is the phone going to show up on my doorstep on 18 May? If I pre-order through, say, Best Buy, can I pick it up at any Best Buy (like, one in California, where I'm vacationing)? I want the phone as soon as I can get it, and I don't want it sitting at my house for a week while I'm out of state. Should I just skip the pre-order and try to get it on release day at Best Buy? Thoughts from anyone who's pre-ordered, especially from Best Buy? How does it work?

/Kevin

 

[WeGlobal]

I would imagine that if you preorder and UPS tries to deliver but you aren't home for a signature, that they will just leave you a notice to pick it up at whatever UPS location it is at.

As for Best Buy, it would be nice if you preordered and they held your phone for you in the store until you picked it up.

Again, I am just speculating, I do not know for sure.

 

[6sigma]

Can you pre-order from Sprint on line and accomplish the following?

• buy out your upgrade & change your phone from EVO3D to EVO4GLTE
• get the promo deals (Wallet credit, Dropbox capacity, etc.)
• receive the EVO4GLTE & activate it without store involvement

Anyone know for sure?

 

[Eric16]

Hey guys please dont take this as a shot, but why does everybody go crazy over a preorder? Kinda like video games, its not like the stores are gonna be sold out. I have never bought a new phone or game and gone to the store and they are sold out on launch. Unless you get some extra perks like sometimes you get with games, I dont understand the preorder unless that makes it 100% you are getting it and just excited lol. No where in my town has Sprint, but 15 mins away they have a Sprint store, Best Buy, Wal Mart, Sams Club, Radio Shack, so Im sure I could get one somewhere

 

[smallpsych]

Hey guys please dont take this as a shot, but why does everybody go crazy over a preorder? Kinda like video games, its not like the stores are gonna be sold out. I have never bought a new phone or game and gone to the store and they are sold out on launch. Unless you get some extra perks like sometimes you get with games, I dont understand the preorder unless that makes it 100% you are getting it and just excited lol. No where in my town has Sprint, but 15 mins away they have a Sprint store, Best Buy, Wal Mart, Sams Club, Radio Shack, so Im sure I could get one somewhere

You may be right but in my area, near Princeton, NJ, the original EVO was sold out for quite some time after launch.

 

[TraderGary]

I just talked with a knowledgable Sprint rep on the phone. He said that preorders would be sent out and received before any stores get them. I'm ordering my E4GLTE first thing Monday morning.

 

[Mikey47]

Hey guys please dont take this as a shot, but why does everybody go crazy over a preorder? Kinda like video games, its not like the stores are gonna be sold out. I have never bought a new phone or game and gone to the store and they are sold out on launch. Unless you get some extra perks like sometimes you get with games, I dont understand the preorder unless that makes it 100% you are getting it and just excited lol. No where in my town has Sprint, but 15 mins away they have a Sprint store, Best Buy, Wal Mart, Sams Club, Radio Shack, so Im sure I could get one somewhere

Some people, like me, don't like to stand in lines! Pre-ordering means it will ship right to my home and I can activate it from there.

(But I also am hoping they arrive before they get them in the stores too!)

 

[bbrammeier]

I would imagine that if you preorder and UPS tries to deliver but you aren't home for a signature, that they will just leave you a notice to pick it up at whatever UPS location it is at.

As for Best Buy, it would be nice if you preordered and they held your phone for you in the store until you picked it up.

Again, I am just speculating, I do not know for sure.

Nope, they'll leave it on the doorstep.

 

[crow11ad]

Nope, they'll leave it on the doorstep.

Maybe...maybe not.

 

[Hurleygm]

You may be right but in my area, near Princeton, NJ, the original EVO was sold out for quite some time after launch.

I waited a month for the OG EVO. I am ordering at 6:00 am on Monday.

 

[Mikey47]

I waited a month for the OG EVO. I am ordering at 6:00 am on Monday.

Going to be tough. Unless you are on the west coast. According to Sprint's countdown clock, presales begin at 8am central time.