If you want an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus and haven’t already pre-ordered one, the only way to get your hands on one on launch day, Friday 19 September, will be to hit an Apple store or a phone retailer. Here’s a complete list and map of all the stores that are opening early to sell the device.
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Do we recommend queuing for a phone the day it launches? No. The iPhone 6 won’t see a successor for at least a year. You have plenty of time. But if you’re keen to get one ASAP, these are your options. We’ll update this list as more information comes to hand. Note, under Apple’s rules, no-one is allowed to sell a phone before 0800 local time in your state.
If you’re buying from a carrier, chances are you’ll have to sign up for a plan. Check our Planhacker guide which lists all your options so you don’t make a foolish decision on the spot. If you buy outright from an Apple store, check out our guide to the best prepaid options.
Also: if you can afford to queue all night and buy a $900 phone, consider donating a blanket to those less fortunate than you.
Here’s all the locations we know of on a map:
Apple
All Apple stores will be open from 0800 (local time).
Location | Address |
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Canberra | Canberra Centre Canberra ACT 2601 |
Bondi | 213 Oxford Street Bondi NSW 2022 |
Broadway | Broadway Shopping Centre Broadway NSW 2007 |
Castle Hill | Castle Towers Shopping Centre Castle Hill NSW 2154 |
Charlestown | Charlestown Square Charlestown NSW 2290 |
Chatswood | Chatswood Chase Shopping Centre Chatswood NSW 2067 |
Hornsby | Westfield Hornsby Hornsby NSW 2077 |
Penrith | Westfield Penrith Penrith NSW 2750 |
Sydney | 367 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 |
Brisbane | MacArthur Chambers Brisbane QLD 4000 |
Carindale | Westfield Carindale Carindale QLD 4152 |
Chermside | Westfield Chermside Chermside QLD 4032 |
Robina | Robina Town Centre Robina QLD 4230 |
Adelaide | Rundle Mall Adelaide SA 5000 |
Chadstone | Chadstone Shopping Centre Chadstone VIC 3148 |
Southland | Westfield Southland Cheltenham VIC 3192 |
Doncaster | Westfield Doncaster Doncaster VIC 3108 |
Fountain Gate | Westfield Fountain Gate Fountain Gate VIC 3805 |
Highpoint | Highpoint Shopping Centre Maribyrnong VIC 3032 |
Booragoon | Garden City Booragoon WA 6154 |
Perth | 790 Hay Street Perth WA 6000 |
Telstra
All Telstra stores will be open from 0800 (local time). Refreshments will be served in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide CBD stores.
Location | Address |
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Belconnen | Westfield Belconnen ACT |
Canberra | 148 Bunda St Canberra ACT |
Bankstown | Centro Bankstown 1 North Terrace Bankstown NSW |
Blacktown | Westpoint Shopping Centre Patrick Street Blacktown NSW |
Bondi Junction | Westfield 500 Oxford St Bondi Junction NSW |
Burwood | Westfield Burwood Burwood NSW |
Castle Hill | Castle Towers Shopping Centre Castle Hill NSW |
Charlestown | Charlestown Square Pearson Street Charlestown NSW |
Chatswood | Westfield Chatswood 1 Anderson Street Chatswood NSW |
Chastwood | Chatswood Chase Shopping Centre 345 Victoria Avenue Chatswood NSW |
Eastgardens | Westfield Eastgardens 152 Bunnerong Road Eastgardens NSW |
Gosford | 171 Mann Street Gosford NSW |
Hurstville | Westfield Cross Street Hurstville NSW |
Kotara | Westfield Cnr Northcott Dve & Park Ave Kotara NSW |
Lismore | 5 Woodlark Street Lismore NSW |
Liverpool | Westfield Macquarie Street Liverpool NSW |
North Ryde | Macquarie Centre Cnr Waterloo & Herring Rds North Ryde NSW |
Miranda | Westfield Wandella Road North Miranda NSW |
Mosman | 732 Miltary Road Mosman NSW |
Mt Druitt | Westfield Cnr Luxford & Carlise Rd Mount Druitt NSW |
Narellan | Narellan Town Centre Camden Valley Way Narellan NSW |
Orange | 227-237 Summer St Orange NSW |
Parramatta | Westfield 159-175 Church Street Parramatta NSW |
Penrith | Westfield Penrith 585 High Street Penrith NSW |
Port Macquarie | Port Central TLS 52 Horton St Port Macquarie NSW |
Sydney Airport | Qantas Domestic Departure Shiers Ave Mascot NSW |
Sydney | Westfield Sydney 188 Pitt St Sydney NSW |
Sydney | 231 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW |
Sydney | 327-329 George St Sydney NSW |
Sydney | 383 George St Sydney NSW |
Sydney | 245 Pitt Street Sydney NSW |
Tamworth | 365-391 Peel St Tamworth NSW |
Top Ryde | Top Ryde City Shopping Centre 115 Blaxland Road NSW |
Tweed Heads | Tweed City Shopping Centre 54 Minjungbal Dr Tweed Heads South NSW |
Brookvale | Warringah Mall Pittwater Rd & Condamine St Brookvale NSW |
Wagga Wagga | 182B Baylis St Wagga Wagga NSW |
Wollongong | Wollongong Central 174-200 Crown Street Wollongong NSW |
Sydney | World Square 644 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 |
Alice Springs | Yeperenye Shop Centre 36-38 Hartley Street Alice Springs NT |
Casuarina | Casuarina Square 247 Trower Road Casuarina NT |
Aitkenvale | Stocklands Shopping Centre 310 Ross River Rd QLD |
Townsville | Stockland Townsville QLD |
Brisbane | 178 – 188 Edward Street Brisbane QLD |
Brisbane | 275 George Street Brisbane QLD |
Brisbane | Queen Street Mall 152 Queen Street Brisbane QLD |
Browns Plains | Grand Plaza Shopping Centre Browns Plains Rd Browns Plains QLD |
Cairns | Stockland Cairns 537 Mulgrave Road Earlville QLD |
Cairns | Cairns Central Shopping Centre Cnr Mcleod & Spence Sts Cairns QLD |
Mackay | Caneland Central 2 Mangrove Rd Mackay QLD |
Capalaba | Capalaba Central Moreton Bay Road Capalaba QLD |
Chermside | Westfield Chermside Cnr Gympie Road & Hamilton Road Chermside QLD |
Indooroopilly | Indooroopilly Shopping Centre 318 Moggill Road Indooroopilly QLD |
Ipswich | Riverlink Shopping Centre Cnr Downs St & The Terrace North Ipswich QLD |
Loganholme | Loganholme Hyperdome Shopping Centre Cnr Bryants Rd & Pacific Hwy Loganholme QLD |
Mermaid Waters | Q-Super Shopping Centre Cnr Bermuda & Markeri Streets Mermaid Waters QLD |
Mt Gravatt | 2049 Logan Road Upper Mt Gravatt QLD |
Gold Coast | Pacific Fair Shopping Centre Cnr Sunshine & Hooker Boulevarde Broadbeach QLD |
Brisbane | 226 Queens Street Mall Brisbane QLD |
Robina | Robina Town Centre Robina Parkway Gold Coast QLD |
Rockhampton | Stockland Cnr Bruce Highway and Yamba Road Rockhampton QLD |
Strathpine | Westfield Shopping Centre 295 Gympie Road Strathpine QLD |
Maroochydore | Sunshine Plaza Cnr Main Rd & Horton Pde Maroochydore QLD |
Toowoomba | Grand Central Shopping Centre 1-7 Dent Street Toowoomba QLD |
Adelaide | 50 Grenfell Street Adelaide SA |
Adelaide | 30 Pirie Street Adelaide SA |
Adelaide | 33 Rundle Mall Adelaide SA |
Marion | Westfield Marion 297 Diagonal Road Oaklands Park SA |
Modbury | Westfield Tea Tree Plaza 976 North East Road Modbury SA |
Murray Bridge | 13 Swanport Rd Murray Bridge SA |
Whyalla | 8 Forsyth St Whyalla SA |
Hobart | 44 – 46 Elizabeth Street Hobart TAS |
Launceston | 136-142 Brisbane Street Launceston TAS |
Airport West | Westfield Shopping Centre 29 – 35 Louis Street Airport West VIC |
Ballarat | 87 Bridge St Bakery Hill Ballarat VIC |
Bendigo | 3 Edward St Bendigo VIC |
Camberwell | 829 Burke Road Camberwell VIC |
Chadstone | Chadstone Chase 1341 Dandenong Road Chadstone VIC |
Doncaster | Westfield 619 Doncaster Road Doncaster VIC |
Eastland | Eastland Shopping Centre 171-175 Maroondah Hwy Ringwood VIC |
Fountain Gate | Westfield Fountain Gate 352 Princes Highway Fountain Gate VIC |
Frankston | Town Centre 28 Beach Road Frankston VIC |
Geelong Bay | City Plaza Malop & Brougham Sts Geelong VIC |
Geelong | 105-121 Malop St Geelong VIC |
Greensborough | Greensborough Plaza 25 Main Street Greensborough VIC |
Highpoint | Highpoint SC 200 Rosamond Road Maribyrnong VIC |
Knox City | Knox City Shopping Centre 425 Burwood Highway Wantirna South VIC |
Melbourne Airport | Qantas Domestic Departure Airport Drive Melbourne Airport VIC |
Melbourne | 246 – 260 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC |
Melbourne | Melbourne Central 211 LaTrobe Street Melbourne VIC |
Melbourne | 96 Elizabeth Street Melbourne VIC |
Melbourne | 242 Exhibition Street Melbourne VIC |
Melbourne | 220 Collins St Melbourne VIC |
Northland | Northland Shopping Centre Murray Road Preston VIC |
Shepparton | 100 High St Shepparton VIC |
Cheltenham | Westfield 4-10 Jamieson Street VIC |
Glen Waverley | The Glen Shopping Centre 235 Springvale Road Glen Waverley VIC |
Traralgon | 123 Franklin St Traralgon VIC |
Albany | 72-78 Lockyer Ave Centennial Park Albany WA |
Booragoon | Garden City Shopping Centre 125 Riseley Street Booragoon WA |
Cannington | Carousel Shoppingtown Albany Hwy Cannington WA |
Claremont | Claremont Quarter Quentin Ave Claremont WA |
Geraldton | 54 Sanford St Geraldton WA |
Karrinyup | Karrinyup Shopping Centre 200 Karrinyup Rd Karrinyup WA |
Mandurah | Mandurah Centro 318-330 Pinjarra Road Mandurah WA |
Morley | Westfield Galleria Collier Road Morley WA |
Perth | 199 Murray Street Perth WA |
Perth | 267 Murray Street Perth WA |
Perth | 667-669 Hay Street Perth WA |
Hillarys | Whitfords City Shopping Centre Cnr Marmion & Whitford Aves Hillarys WA |
Vodafone
All Vodafone stores will be open from 0700 (local time), but won’t sell any phones until 0800. There will be free coffee.
Location | Address |
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Melbourne | 265 Bourke St Melbourne VIC 3000 |
Sydney | 399 George St Sydney NSW 2000 |
Adelaide | Rundle Mall Adelaide SA 5000 |
Brisbane | 141 Queen St Mall Brisbane QLD 4000 |
Perth | 720 Hay St Mall Perth WA 6000 |
Optus
Optus says all its stores will be opening at 0800 tomorrow (barring some small SA and WA regional stores), but the “priority stores” listed below will have additional stock (and balloons).
Location | Address |
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Chadstone | Chadstone Shopping Centre 1341 Dandenong Rd Chadstone VIC 3148 |
Brisbane | Queen St Mall 136 Queen Street Brisbane QLD 4000 |
Morley | Centro Galleria Shopping Centre 4 Collier Rd Morley WA 6062 |
Knox | Knox City Shopping Centre Cnr Stud Rd & Burwood Highway Wantirna South VIC 3152 |
Penrith | Westfield Shopping Centre 585 High St Penrith NSW 2750 |
Bondi Junction | Westfield Shopping Centre 500 Oxford St Bondi Junction NSW 2022 |
Chermside | Chermside Westfield Shopping Centre 395 Hamilton Rd Chermside QLD 4032 |
Modbury | Westfield Shopping Centre 976 North East Rd Modbury SA 5092 |
Sydney | 280 George Street 280 George Street Sydney NSW 2000 |
Melbourne | 345 Bourke St Mall 345 Bourke St Mall Melbourne VIC 3000 |
Highpoint | 3115 Highpoint Shopping Centre 200 Rosamond Rd Maribyrnong VIC 3032 |
Cheltenham | Southland Shopping Centre L3 1239 Nepean Hwy Cheltenham VIC 3192 |
Liverpool | Westfield Shopping Centre Macquarie St Liverpool NSW 2170 |
Castle Hill | Castle Towers Shopping Centre 6-14 Castle Street Castle Hill NSW 2154 |
Cannington | Westfield Shopping Centre 1382 Albany Hwy Cannington WA 6107 |
Fountain Gate | Westfield Fountain Gate 352 Princes Hwy Fountain Gate VIC 3805 |
Epping | Epping Plaza Shopping Centre Cnr Cooper St & High St Epping VIC 3076 |
Booragoon | Garden City Shopping Centre Risely St Booragoon WA 6154 |
Blacktown | Westpoint Shopping Centre 17 Patrick Street Blacktown NSW 2148 |
Joondalup | Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre 420 Joondalup Drive Joondalup WA 6027 |
Canberra | Canberra Centre Bunda St Canberra ACT 2601 |
Doncaster | Doncaster Shopping Centre 619 Doncaster Rd (cnr Williamsons Rd) Doncaster VIC 3108 |
Comments
21 responses to “Everywhere In Australia Opening Early To Sell You An iPhone 6 Or iPhone 6 Plus”
I’d rather not pay $800+ for outdated shiny tech, thanks.
Than don’t buy it. No-one is forcing you to, and you’re not impressing anyone either way.
Wasn’t meaning to impress, just find it funny that you guys fork out that much money. To each his own. lel
Cause we rich and we can…….
Anybody know a store apart from Apple that will sell an iPhone outright?
Any word on Dick Smith or JB HiFi?
third….? any info?
Check out this Whirlpool thread:
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2311474
Not a physical store, but Kogan had some, although sold out last time I checked.
I wonder why people line up for hours, often missing out, rather than just pre-ordering.
Sure, pre-ordering Friday afternoon was a hit and miss nightmare, But there were a couple of good options – if you wanted to go with Optus, it seems they quickly switched to an “offline ordering” form which you fill out and send away for them to process later. With Telstra, I ended up ordering Saturday morning and it was smooth sailing. I got word this morning that mine has shipped, so nothing was lost by not ordering Friday afternoon/evening (despite the record pre-orders).
I was planning on pre-ordering if I found the right phone / price. By the time I was through the process of comparing telcos they had all sold out. I went back to Apple and they had slipped to 3-4 weeks.
Agreed. I tried to order Friday when the meltdown happened. Grabbed some dinner instead and came back a hour or so later and ordered mine just fine.
I pre-ordered with Virgin Mobile and some back-end glitch lost my pre-order. Not a happy camper because of this. The upside, I saw a lot of videos on the interweb around the iPhone 6 Plus, I am holding out for that one now, since I have my iPhone5 still and it works great, so I will just swop my SIM card between the two if I find the 6+ too big when going out.
No word on Virgin opening early?
I love how the list of Telstra stores is triple the size of the list of the others.
It’s because they’re dedicated to giving the people what they want and then charging them more for it
NextByte too will be selling it starting 8am. NextByte store locations:
http://www.nextbyte.com.au/findus
are you 100 percent sure about that ? 🙂
Nextbyte is selling on Telstra plans only
Missed Marrickville Metro Telstra! Plenty of parking and had no lines when I got my iPhone 5! I spoke to them today and they said they had about 36 of them ready to go for the morning. Unfortunately Plan Only guys 🙁 See you there tomorrow!!
Why the hell aren’t New Zealand getting the iPhone 6 at the same time as Australia? I’m sick of us missing out on all the newest stuff.
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Damon
http://damonbree.com
Maybe it’s cheaper to fly all the Apple stock to AU then ship it over to NZ.
Pre-orders rolling out very quickly this morning already. We have our first unit to add to our testing pool (we develop apps) as of 10am.
iPhone 6 Plus is a little delayed for delivery (next week by the looks of it).
http://blog.creativeintersection.com/2014/09/new-iphones-delivering-to-brisbane.html