Tomorrow is the official launch of the iPhone 7 in Romania, and if we look at what happened in other countries, some stores in the country should start selling the terminal from 00:00. Until now, no major online store or mobile phone operator has announced that it has a store open at night for the launch of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.
If last year Vodafone, Telekom and other Apple partners had stores open to sell iPhone 6S on the day of launch, this year for iPhone 7 things are completely different. The extremely low stocks seem to have motivated stores not to organize an event for the launch of the iPhone 7 because, they probably won't have anything to sell directly.
It is not excluded that during this day we will see announcements from Vodafone or Telekom for some event regarding the launch of the iPhone 7, but it is difficult to say at this moment. Orange will certainly not have a store open, as has been happening for several years now, and the people from eMAG have not confirmed to me that they intend to do this.
iPhone 7 launch in Romania - where do you buy it at night?
Last year Vodafone opened the store in the Old Center of Bucharest where they sold iPhone 6S on the day of launch, Telekom opened the store in Dorobanti. This year, there is a possibility that the launch of iPhone 7 in Romania will be met with these stores at midnight, but no one has announced anything or confirmed anything.
What I can tell you is that the stocks of iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus terminals arrived in Romania yesterday and were distributed to operators and online stores. Almost all stocks are allocated to pre-orders made online, so I don't think there will be any unit that will be sold to any customer who will visit any store participating in the iPhone 7 launch.
In this idea, the delivery of pre-ordered terminals for the iPhone 7 launch should be announced today, and if you pick up the product from a showroom, you will find out today. From what I have realized so far, orders paid by card have priority for delivery, the rest may not arrive until next week, but I could be wrong.
UPDATED: Those from Vodafone will open the store in Centrul Vechi, on Lipscani street, opposite the BNR, and some terminals will be delivered there and will be handed over to customers today.
