
If you're like us, and you stayed up late last night to pre-order your new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus, then you were in for the usual heavy traffic slamming the Web sites as people around the country were trying to order their device(s) at once. This is nothing new to the Apple world – every time a new iPhone is released, demand is so high that supply can hardly keep up.
Apple's Web Site went down just before the pre-order period began, and although Apple promised pre-orders would begin at 12:01 A.M. PDT time, many weren't even able to get the Web site to load properly until 40 minutes later due to all of the traffic, and by then, many pre-orders had already been placed.
Those trying to upgrade from their existing iPhones could also order through their carrier's Web site. It seemed that Verizon's Web site was holding up the best with all of the traffic, while competing carrier AT&T's Web site just barely holding on with all the stress. Last night for a good hour, I sat and waited on AT&T's Web site for it to load, and it wasn't until after 3:49 A.M. EST that the traffic died down enough for me to actually place an order without errors.
Did you have luck last night trying to pre-order your new iPhone?
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