Apple fanbois cry (bless) as site motionless during iPhone 6S pre-order wrest

Re: But what are apple saying?

There were no problems with the website ordering (at least I experienced no issues at all ordering a few minutes after the preorder window opened) What the Reg is reporting on is that rather un-Apple-like error message in the hours BEFORE the preorder window began, when they normally take the site down for a few hours. Something was messed up because it would alternate between a nice friendly message that they're making some changes and the site will return and that error message.

My guess is that they were temporarily adding a bunch of servers to help take the load during the preorder crunch. If so the error messages could have been because the normal number of servers couldn't handle all the people visiting the site thinking the preorder window opening at "12:01 AM" meant their local time rather than 12:01 AM PDT, or one of their admins screwed something up in the process of adding that additional capacity.

Re: But what are apple saying?

Why is "pre-ordering iPhones" still a thing?

Well

I checked the US equivalent and no outages from Friday till just now , as is the UK one.

Should we believe Apple, or did the articles originator make an error, if so will she fess up?

Re: I promise I didnt laugh at this.

@Wizardofaus - yep, funny-ish. But the big message I take away from that video is that many people actually prefer a smaller form factor phone, and are happy with one that's a little thicker that maybe houses a half decent battery. So when people are presented with what they are told is the new iPhone, their positive comments on its dimensions are pretty relevant I think.

The other stuff - commenting that the display is so much crisper etc. - well, they are being asked to pontificate on a 'new' piece of tech they've been handed in the street. People have a natural tendency to say what they think they are expected to say in those circumstances. I'm all for laughing at people who do dumb things, but they've got to be properly dumb things.

American time format

All part of their grand plan to take over the world.

Shakes head. After all these years I still can't believe that they insist in using AM/PM

and putting the month before the day as in 09-13-2015 rather than 2015-09-13

Just don't get them started on why they don't use the metric system. That is akin to becoming a Communist.

"just call it the iPhone 6$"

the "iPhone 6$hit" would be more accurate

Because about 2 minutes after it launched the collective US consumer base woud throw a colossal class action sueball at Apple wanting to purchase the new iPhone for 6$ 'as mentioned in the ad'.

Re: Taken down on purpose

No, this was BEFORE the sale started. They always do this in the hours prior to a big product launch, though someone must have screwed up somewhere to leave an error message instead of a friendly "we're making some changes, come back at 12:01 AM PDT".

I noticed the website was a few minutes late coming back online, missing the promised 12:01 by a few minutes. When it did come back I had no problems ordering and the web site was very responsive. Maybe the reason they take it down is because they're temporarily adding a few hundred additional servers to help take the load? Whatever the reason it went much more smoothly than I expected from hearing about website issues with a few previous launches (this was the first time I preordered directly through Apple)

Re: sinking el reg

"Wittiness has been swapped for juvenile irrationality."

I agree, it seems to coincide with the increase in Anonymous Coward postings