For the hell of it I went to MS's online sales chat to find if they had any idea when they will be releasing the 950XL and why B&H Photo and they're brick and mortar Stores were taking pre-orders but they weren't online yet and the answers were interesting to say the least but may also have been not quite right.. Unfortunately for some reason we kept losing connection and finally lost it completely so I went to the video chat.. The text sales woman said the AT&T vers?on will be released first on Nov 16th but they didn't know as of now when the unlocked version will be released BUT could be as late as Dec.. What makes me wonder if this is correct is B&H is listing the unlocked 950XL Expected availability Dec.15 AND the AT&T date of Nov 16th is on a Monday which makes sense for a new device release day/date.
As for the video chat that sales woman could only say the AT&T 950XL will be released in Nov and the fastest way to get one unless your high on the Brick&Mortar Microsoft Store's pre-order list (they can't say how many each store will be allocated initially so if the get 25 and your #26 you have to wait for the next shipment, same goes for the AT&T stores). BUT if you jump on the online store's Pre-order list early (which should start in the next few days) you should actually receive the phone on the release day... Guess they will pre-ship them a day or so before the release day...
That all said, I like I'm sure you all will take all this with a grain of salt lol... But I'm still going to check the sales page quite often for the next few days just in case
As for the video chat that sales woman could only say the AT&T 950XL will be released in Nov and the fastest way to get one unless your high on the Brick&Mortar Microsoft Store's pre-order list (they can't say how many each store will be allocated initially so if the get 25 and your #26 you have to wait for the next shipment, same goes for the AT&T stores). BUT if you jump on the online store's Pre-order list early (which should start in the next few days) you should actually receive the phone on the release day... Guess they will pre-ship them a day or so before the release day...
That all said, I like I'm sure you all will take all this with a grain of salt lol... But I'm still going to check the sales page quite often for the next few days just in case