Changing iPhone financing options from just six months to 24 months with 0 percent APR was a great surprise move on Apple’s part.
However, it seems the financing provider, Paybright by Affirm, has experienced difficulties this morning amid an influx of iPhone 13 series pre-orders.
Would-be buyers are experiencing bad gateway errors, stalled pages and the message, “There is a bit of a traffic jam. Please go back and try again,” resulting in orders not going through.
I have one order Cancel too. Now if I try to check out a new order again they only longer have any left for launch pickup. What a mess
— Uzair Khan (@khan__uzair) September 17, 2021
I have one order Cancel too. Now if I try to check out a new order again they only longer have any left for launch pickup. What a mess
— Uzair Khan (@khan__uzair) September 17, 2021
in theory… PayBright is down. Still. I contacted Apple support and they told me to reorder later today.
— Adam Germain (@adamrgermain) September 17, 2021
It’s unclear when Apple and Paybright will fix this issue. This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.
More to come…