iPhone Purchasers: Georgia

[sWaltuo]

Who in GA is getting an iPhone and where!!!

[schuerman]

I am...

But I can't decide between the Apple Stores or the ATT stores.

[Ars Diaboli]

I am going to go to the Lenox Square store first. If too crowded there, I am going to go to the new one at Perimeter.

[mattscott306]

I am going to go to the Lenox Square store first. If too crowded there, I am going to go to the new one at Perimeter.

Lenox is crowded on a regular day... you might as well go to north point or perimeter right off the bat.

Were I to buy one friday, I'd be down at north point.

[YoMamasPyjamas]

Perimeter like what?!? I guess there is an advantage to working in Sandy Springs after all. Now the real challenge is getting the iPhone to supplant the functions of my Crackberry.

[dagger55]

I'm thinking about driving over to Columbus from Auburn to get into that Eastern Time Zone!

[gleepskip]

I would be in line with y'all (we can use that word in this thread!) but my wife and I are headed out to Hawaii in a couple of days. I hope to go to one of the stores in Hawaii on the 29th and pick up one!

From a volume of people perspecive, AT&T stores will be a better place to go since there are so many of them in Georgia. But, from a customer service perspective, I expect Apple to have POS down to a science and be able to move units much faster. Plus, Apple reportedly will not be handing AT&T contracts. AT&T could bog down each transaction with contract details.

[cmark]

ATT stores are closer to me. Confirmed by phone that the local store will have phones in stock on Friday. But they said to plan on waiting in line. So I will be there about 1:00.:apple:

[Way2Poppy]

I'm thinking the three Atlanta Apple Stores are going to be much more mobbed (relatively speaking of course) than the AT&T Stores....anyone think differently? The key is to find an out-of-the-way AT&T Stores that will actually have sufficient inventory.

[Brihomajax]

I am still deciding where to go....
Apple stores= lines with AC.
AT&T stores = less people.

Probably going to do Perimeter Apple Store....Still not sure how early though.

I can't see this thing being as bad as the wii was this Christmas, but it still seems like its going to get crazy.....

[bvledford]

anyone close to albany planning on gettin the iphone?

[twoodcc]

i'm going to try an AT&T store

[bvledford]

i suppose i will try to get to my att store about 4-430pm fri that should be sufficient

[neolithicvirgo]

Hey, I'm planning on going to Lenox mall around 10am :D

-Andrew

[bvledford]

lenox mall is gonna be a madhouse friday..it always is on regular days...i think i'd go to an at&t store andrew

[FJ218700]

Definitely an ATL area Apple store, not sure which one yet.

I'm showing up late though.

Everyone wear a name tag with your MR user name :D

[PBz]

I will be out of town for the launch but plan to pick mine up sometime next week.

I will most likely buy it from the Perimeter Apple Store or the Perimeter AT&T Store.

[SPUY767]

I'll be picking mine up at the ATT store in duluth, the one by that new chinese buffet.

[iamnotacowboy]

Did anyone figure out which ATT stores will carry the iPhone? I thought I read that the storefront would have the ATT logo as opposed to Cingular. Every place I've checked around N Druid Hills area still has the Cingular logo.

[Stewie]

They started rebranding the cingular store off of Perimeter for a few weeks to a at&t store. Right now they are working out of a double-wide trailer they brought in. Not sure if it is supposed to be finished by Friday or not. If it isn't that should be fun.

[rSm00th]

Atlanta has three Apple stores?!

[Stewie]

Atlanta has three Apple stores?!

I didn't know they had one at North Point. That one is the closest one to me, if I decided to go to work that day. Might be there. If not I will try either the at&t trailer or the Perimeter Apple store.

[Xelnaga15]

Any one plan on getting one in Columbus?

[dagger55]

Any one plan on getting one in Columbus?

Im thinking about driving over...

Whats the scoop over there?

You been by any stores?

[mattscott306]

Atlanta has three Apple stores?!

Perimeter, North Point, and Lennox.

Given a choice between the three, I'd go to North Point. (like I said earlier)

[Xelnaga15]

Im thinking about driving over...

Whats the scoop over there?

You been by any stores?


I'm going to check tomorrow (Tues)

[Stewie]

I'd go to North Point. (like I said earlier)

I guess I will see you there. I will be the guy in line for a 8GB iPhone.

[rek2005]

I plan on getting mine in Lagrange or Auburn. I can't get any information though. I have called a couple of stores and none of them know if they're getting them in.

[Squonk]

Has anyone called around to any stores in Cobb County to know for sure who will have these new i apple mobile cell telephones?:rolleyes:

[dammerson]

I'll be picking mine up at the ATT store in duluth, the one by that new chinese buffet.

Hi - I don't live in ATL area but I will be there on business this Friday and plan to try to buy an iphone. I'll be near Duluth. Do you think this store would be a good bet and can you tell me where it is located?

Thank you!:)

[bvledford]

what time are you guys planning on getting to the stores friday? i was thinking after lunch prob around 230 or 3. Does this sound like its a good time?

[dj420118]

I live in Savannah so i'm hoping that the iPhone hype here isn't as high as it is in other towns. There is only like one AT&T store in town that is planning on having them in stock anyways.

[rum99it]

Any one plan on getting one in Columbus?

Two ATT stores will have the iPhones. We're going to try the 10th Street store. Anyone else in Columbus?

[Squonk]

Has anyone called around to any stores in Cobb County to know for sure who will have these new i apple mobile cell telephones?:rolleyes:


I love it when I can quote myself. Thanks to the new item on Page 1 about at&t's website having find a store with Apple iPhone, please ignore my previous post. ;)

[mattscott306]

I guess I will see you there. I will be the guy in line for a 8GB iPhone.
If I'm getting one I'll see you there. I may even wear a nametag so MR people can pick me out. :rolleyes:
Has anyone called around to any stores in Cobb County to know for sure who will have these new i apple mobile cell telephones?:rolleyes:
Woa- another woodstock user. I'm thinking of calling the third party AT&T store on 92 about a 1/2 mile off of 575 to see if they are getting any.

[VelvetElegance]

I'm taking Friday off and will most likely go to the North Point store..You couldn't pay me to deal with the crowds and overall drama of anything involving Lenox. Good luck to those of you planning on braving the Lenox crowds. The store is huge tho..Gotta give em that. I can't imagine how packed it's gonna be up in there..:apple:

[Xelnaga15]

Two ATT stores will have the iPhones. We're going to try the 10th Street store. Anyone else in Columbus?

How do you know what store will have them? and what other store will have the Iphone?

[Squonk]

If I'm getting one I'll see you there. I may even wear a nametag so MR people can pick me out. :rolleyes:

Woa- another woodstock user. I'm thinking of calling the third party AT&T store on 92 about a 1/2 mile off of 575 to see if they are getting any.

Gooooooooooo Woodstock! Per the "find a store" link on AT&T's site, the closest one for us will be on Barrett Parkway. Drop a message back here if the store on 92 will actually have them. I could *almost* walk there... :cool:

At this point, I'm still probably going to wait a while to purchase one unless I can sway the wife into a family plan. :eek:

[hueyproductions]

Anyone going to either of the two ATT stores in Macon, GA? I'm hoping that the fact that no one has posted yet about Macon means there'll be short lines!:apple:

[mattscott306]

Gooooooooooo Woodstock! Per the "find a store" link on AT&T's site, the closest one for us will be on Barrett Parkway. Drop a message back here if the store on 92 will actually have them. I could *almost* walk there... :cool:

At this point, I'm still probably going to wait a while to purchase one unless I can sway the wife into a family plan. :eek:

I could walk there- not more than two and a half miles away.

I called them, they will not be carrying it and suggested the Barret Store.

For everyone else: the AJC business section listed where you can find an iPhone store by city.

[Squonk]

I could walk there- not more than two and a half miles away.

I called them, they will not be carrying it and suggested the Barret Store.

For everyone else: the AJC business section listed where you can find an iPhone store by city.


Well, yes, I could (and would) walk 2.5 miles for an iPhone. With the weather we are having lately, I doubt that I would choose to. I'll bet Barret will have them. Oh that place will be a mad house though...

[joelk]

im going to the perimeter at&t ... drive by around lunch to make sure there isn't a line yet then, if not, come back sometime between 3 and 430 i think.

[noahc93]

I live in Savannah so i'm hoping that the iPhone hype here isn't as high as it is in other towns. There is only like one AT&T store in town that is planning on having them in stock anyways.

hey i'm a savannahian too. unfortunately, i'm going to a party on wilmington island at 7 on friday, so I'll be cutting it fine if I do get to go to an ATT store that day. i'll probably be at the hodgson memorial att store (they have iphones!!!!!:) ) on saturday around 6 pm.

[nfreader]

Just a heads up, there's an AT&T store across the street from Lenox Mall (Where there is an Apple Store). My plan is to head there if the Apple store runs out or it too crowded.

I've made a small reference map (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=33.843584,-84.361573&spn=0.002375,0.005021&t=k&z=18&om=1&msid=106342964052022723210.000001136f4df76e4b3d6) pointing out that distance/location of the AT&T store in relation to the Apple store inside the Mall. Hope it helps someone. (Google maps rocks)

[mikecol]

Anyone going to either of the two ATT stores in Macon, GA? I'm hoping that the fact that no one has posted yet about Macon means there'll be short lines!:apple:

I'll be purchasing in Macon. There will actually be 3 stores in Macon with iPhone. One by the mall, one on Presidential Parkway, and one on Northside Drive. I'm thinking the one on Northside will be the least busy.

Where will you be?

[Xelnaga15]

Two ATT stores will have the iPhones. We're going to try the 10th Street store. Anyone else in Columbus?

any reason for picking the one on 10th street?

[coolbreeze]

hey i'm a savannahian too. unfortunately, i'm going to a party on wilmington island at 7 on friday, so I'll be cutting it fine if I do get to go to an ATT store that day. i'll probably be at the hodgson memorial att store (they have iphones!!!!!:) ) on saturday around 6 pm.

Hey I'm in Savannah too...ya'll stay away from there!! :D

One thing I thought was very strange...and concerning, I stopped by the Hodgesen Memorial store in March, and the store rep said they already had a huge waiting list for the iPhone. Huh? Waiting list?

Hope this is not true...Can they even do that?

[MrShoehorn]

I'm prepared to camp out here in Augusta, Ga. Sadly no Apple store. Anyone else around here? I hope the hype isn't too big here I don't honestly want to camp out.

~Shoe

[coolbreeze]

If the hype in smaller GA cities is anything like the Wii, prepare to be disappointed. I was able to snag a Wii from a Gamestop in Brunswick shortly after launch, but haven't seen one in Savannah since. I think Savannah in particular has strong SCAD presence coupled with poor technology stock (limited quantities of new, hot items) which leads to "big city" supply issues. Finding the new hot item is tough in Savannah b/c stores normally receive just a few of each item. I surely hope the iPhone is different. If they are all gone, I'll just order on apple.com. :apple: :D

[noahc93]

the east victory att store will also have iphones thank god. and as to the waiting list, considering the overall knowledge of most locals on such matters [no offense!!!!!!!!!!] the guy was probably confused. god i pray this isn't wii all over again...:eek:

[doorslam]

Planning to swing by the Tucker at&t store on my way home from work. Can't take the day off to wait in line for it, so I figure I'll just keep driving if it looks like a total madhouse.

[hueyproductions]

I'll be purchasing in Macon. There will actually be 3 stores in Macon with iPhone. One by the mall, one on Presidential Parkway, and one on Northside Drive. I'm thinking the one on Northside will be the least busy.

Where will you be?

I'm going to the northside location. The att person on the phone said the mall location won't have the iphone, but I may have been misinformed. I'm not from macon, so ill take ur advice on northside- it also happens to b closer to where I'm staying while I'm here. Ill b there around 430. How about u?

[joelk]

anyone talked to the people at the perimeter at&t?

have they moved back into the real building or are they still in the trailor?

[mikecol]

I'm going to the northside location. The att person on the phone said the mall location won't have the iphone, but I may have been misinformed. I'm not from macon, so ill take ur advice on northside- it also happens to b closer to where I'm staying while I'm here. Ill b there around 430. How about u?

I'll be there as soon as I can, but it may be as late as 5 PM.

[twoodcc]

anyone going to the Winder AT&T store? looks like that's where i'm going. i have to work in the morning, so i can't get in line til around 3 probably

[mattscott306]

Crap, now I'm for sure not getting an iPhone tomorrow, I have to be at work till about 10 tomorrow night, by the time I got down to northpoint it would be 'nigh on eleven. I know they're open till ten, but I don't wanna get down there and have to wait in line only to not get the phone.

[markjord]

Lenox is crowded on a regular day... you might as well go to north point or perimeter right off the bat.

Were I to buy one friday, I'd be down at north point.


I'll be at Northpoint Mall as well probably at noon. too late? too early?:confused:

[VelvetElegance]

I was wondering the same thing. There are three Alpharetta locations that are going to have the phone..But this is the really interesting thing: The Kiosk in the Northpoint will ALSO carry the iPhone in addition to the Apple Store of course.. And then there's an ATT location in Duluth (about 15 mins away) Statebridge and Medlock (in the Home Depot shopping center). I'm actually surprised at how few locations are selling the phone in Atlanta..

APPLE STORES

ALPHARETTA

1000 North Point Circle (North Point Mall), 770-754-3992

ATLANTA

3393 Peachtree Road N.E. (Lenox Square), 404-926-3085

4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road (Perimeter Mall), 678-459-9800

AT&T STORES (FORMERLY CINGULAR WIRELESS STORES)

ACWORTH

3372 Cobb Parkway, 770-966-8181

ALPHARETTA

1000 North Point Circle (North Point Mall), 678-339-0515

ATLANTA

3695 Cascade Road S.W., 404-505-3477

136 Perimeter Center West, 770-394-7228

1380 Atlantic Drive (Atlantic Station), 404-249-9052

3429 Lenox Road N.E., 404-814-2800

2980 Cobb Parkway, 770-937-3400

4805 Briarcliff Road N.E., 770-270-4000

2351 Peachtree Road, 404-467-1580

AUSTELL

4180 Austell Road, 770-745-4489

BUFORD

1905 Mall of Georgia Blvd. (Mall of Georgia), 770-831-2975

3290 Buford Drive (Mill Creek Village), 678-546-3540

CANTON

1558 Riverstone Parkway, 770-479-1155

CARROLLTON

1109 S. Park St., 770-214-3600

CARTERSVILLE

344 Cherokee Place, 770-382-9743

CONYERS

1315 Dogwood Drive S.E., 770-761-7070

CUMMING

2350 Atlanta Highway, 678-513-1300

DAWSONVILLE

6625 Ga. 53 E., 706-531-1586

DOUGLASVILLE

9559 Ga. 5, 770-489-3200

DULUTH

2131 Pleasant Hill Road, 770-495-4900

5950 State Bridge Road, 770-418-2040

EAST POINT

3618 Marketplace Blvd., 404-629-2195

FAYETTEVILLE

119 Pavilion Parkway, 678-817-6000

GAINESVILLE

325 Jesse Jewell Parkway S.E., 770-536-2055

GRIFFIN

1543 North Expressway, 770-467-9901

HIRAM

4272 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway, 770-222-1000

LAWRENCEVILLE

722 Collins Hill Road, 770-962-7787

134 S. Clayton St., 770-277-4570

LITHONIA

7105 Stonecrest Parkway (Mall at Stonecrest), 770-484-3720

LOGANVILLE

4323 Atlanta Highway, 770-554-2200

MARIETTA

50 Barrett Parkway (Town Center at Cobb), 770-426-3777

4250 Roswell Road, 770-321-2220

MORROW

1891 Mount Zion Road, 770-960-7600

ROSWELL

1580 Holcomb Bridge Road, 770-518-3188

690 Holcomb Bridge Road, 770-992-3680

TOCCOA

264 Big A Road South, 706-886-3535

WINDER

17 Monroe Highway, 770-867-8153

[opticalserenity]

I just went by the AT&T store in Kennesaw that is connected to a Barnes & Noble on Barrett Pkwy @ Bells Ferry Rd., and there was one person there in his car and a Cobb PD officer.

Let's see some pictures from picture phones!

[joelk]

I just went by the AT&T store in Kennesaw that is connected to a Barnes & Noble on Barrett Pkwy @ Bells Ferry Rd., and there was one person there in his car and a Cobb PD officer.

Let's see some pictures from picture phones!

In Kennesaw? crap that was my backup plan. maybe i'll leave at lunch. heh.

[Stewie]

anyone talked to the people at the perimeter at&t?

have they moved back into the real building or are they still in the trailor?

When I drove past very early this morning, it looked like they were still in the trailer. But they have all day, so who knows.

[mkrivanek]

I'm heading over to Lenox at 10am. See you there!

[mk]

[Superchud]

When I drove past very early this morning, it looked like they were still in the trailer. But they have all day, so who knows.

Hoss from the Bert Show is camped out at the Perimeter AT&T Store. I saw two camping tents there on my way to work. :-)

[joelk]

Hoss from the Bert Show is camped out at the Perimeter AT&T Store. I saw two camping tents there on my way to work. :-)

hmmm i'm starting to think i should pick a different location.

[hamedatl]

there's about 30 ppl in line right now at North Point mall

[Fahrwahr]

anyone going to the Winder AT&T store? looks like that's where i'm going. i have to work in the morning, so i can't get in line til around 3 probably

I'm curious… did the town used to be called "Window" but everybody kept pronouncing it wrong, so they had to change the name? ;-) (My grandmother was born and raised in South Georgia, and she usually pronounced words that end in "uh" or "oh" with an "er" in its place.)

[GnarleyMarley87]

I was thinking about doing Lenox, but it is true that that store is packed even on a regular day. Thus, I will more than likely end up at the Perimeter store. :apple:

[nswint]

I'm curious… did the town used to be called "Window" but everybody kept pronouncing it wrong, so they had to change the name? ;-) (My grandmother was born and raised in South Georgia, and she usually pronounced words that end in "uh" or "oh" with an "er" in its place.)

Lol.. locals pronounce it Whine-duh

[nswint]

I posted some pics on my blog. There were close to 100 people at 1:00 pm. The line stretched from the Apple store.. past the massage station.. past the escalators.. and stopped about 75 feet in front of Nordstrom.

http://shiksa.dyndns.org/~nswint/

[doorslam]

tucker store was a good place to be. There at 4:30, no. 25-30ish in line, and happily on my way home by 6:15.

Posted from iPhone. :)

[coolbreeze]

Stood in line at the Savannah, GA store today (Hodgsen Memorial). Arrived at 5:15, about 70 ppl ahead of me. Manager kept saying the 8gb cutoff was very close to me. I was sure I wouldn't make the cut, at 7:15, finally entered the store. The cashier asked me which model I wanted, said 8gb. Another employee came from the stock room with a box, set it on the register table, and said:

"Wow, this is the last 8gb. It's like you got the golden ticket or something."

I said "shhh," paid, and exited immediately.

Sorry to everyone who was behind me. Someone had to do it.

I was damn lucky today...and I didn't even camp out! :D

[williedigital]

if you really were cool breeze

[GnarleyMarley87]

I posted some pics on my blog. There were close to 100 people at 1:00 pm. The line stretched from the Apple store.. past the massage station.. past the escalators.. and stopped about 75 feet in front of Nordstrom.

http://shiksa.dyndns.org/~nswint/

Nice. I was at the perimeter store as well. Right in front of Nordstroms in the line.