iPhone Purchasers: DC Area

[AirmanPika]

Well since we have 3 Apple Stores and god knows how many AT&T Corporate Stores where will you DC people be hanging out and when do you plan to go?

I'm thinking either the Pentagon City Apple Store or the AT&T Store near my place in Alexandria. Not exactly sure when I wanna try to get in line though. I'm hoping that our dearth of stores will help spread things out a bit so I won't have to go TOO early.

[mustang_dvs]

Originally Posted by AirmanPika

Well since we have 3 Apple Stores and god knows how many AT&T Corporate Stores where will you DC people be hanging out and when do you plan to go?

I'm thinking either the Pentagon City Apple Store or the AT&T Store near my place in Alexandria. Not exactly sure when I wanna try to get in line though. I'm hoping that our dearth of stores will help spread things out a bit so I won't have to go TOO early.

You keep using that word (dearth). I do not think it means what you think.

Also, I'd check to see if Mall Security at Fashion Centre has any objections to people standing on line inside the mall, and if there's a time they consider too early. Worst case, go to Falls Church, since it's an outdoor store.

[judas731]

I'll be at the Potomac Mill's at&t store. I thought about the Apple stores but I think there are a lot of at&t stores around here so hopefully they wont run low.

[AirmanPika]

Originally Posted by mustang_dvs

You keep using that word (dearth). I do not think it means what you think.

oh buh you're right. My brain must be broken again. Stupid cold.

Originally Posted by eddietr

But, when I was trying to get an MBP the first week and once before when I was trying to find something else I can't remember right now, it seemed that Tysons just had better inventory than the other Apple stores around here. Have you guys had that feeling?

Yea actually I agree. No one had the MacBook Pro the first day the CD2 ones came out except them. Too bad they never answered their phone and I didn't know till I personally went up there myself to check.

[quidire]

Bethesda Row for me; no reason to drive all the way to Virginia for this (not to mention; Pentagon City and Tysons will be the obvious places for random suburbanites to go. Bethesda has a fun downtown, worthwhile restaurants for after the phones are bought (in sharp contrast to those awful ones they put into Tysons, much less the slim pickings in Pentagon City) and is Metro accessible to boot (again, in contrast to Tysons).

Still, good luck

-RS

PS we have many more than three Apple Stores:
Bethesda Row
Montgomery Mall
Tysons Corner
Clarendon
Pentagon City
Annapolis

Even if you're somewhat dubious about Annapolis (it's only about 30 min from the center of the city), the other five are... more than three...

[taberrr]

Originally Posted by quidire

Bethesda Row for me; no reason to drive all the way to Virginia for this (not to mention; Pentagon City and Tysons will be the obvious places for random suburbanites to go. Bethesda has a fun downtown, worthwhile restaurants for after the phones are bought (in sharp contrast to those awful ones they put into Tysons, much less the slim pickings in Pentagon City) and is Metro accessible to boot (again, in contrast to Tysons).

Still, good luck

-RS

PS we have many more than three Apple Stores:
Bethesda Row
Montgomery Mall
Tysons Corner
Clarendon
Pentagon City
Annapolis

Even if you're somewhat dubious about Annapolis (it's only about 30 min from the center of the city), the other five are... more than three...

How do you think the crowd size in Bethesda will compare to Silver Spring? I'd think there would be more rich tech-types going to Bethesda. Are there a bunch of Cingular/ATT stores in downtown Silver Spring too?

[eddietr]

I've been trying to figure this out, too. Something tells me Tysons will be the most crowded, based on just the normal traffic they seem to get every time I'm there.

But, when I was trying to get an MBP the first week and once before when I was trying to find something else I can't remember right now, it seemed that Tysons just had better inventory than the other Apple stores around here. Have you guys had that feeling?

My big fear is still that they will run out of 8Gb models and I'll have to decide between a 4Gb or waiting a few days. If so, I'll probably wait.

If all the stores are getting the same number of units and the same split between 4 and 8, then I might try Clarendon. The AT&T store down the street is pretty clueless in general, and having waited for this phone for at least 10 years now, there would be something satisfying about buying it at the Apple store.

Plus it's bad enough having to cross over into that blue state 8 times a year to watch our football team play. I try to stay this side of the river, at least in the offseason.

[Chip NoVaMac]

I am not telling in order to have just a few less in line... LOL

[davechen]

I'll be at the Bethesda Row store too, I think. It's either that or Montgomery Mall. They're both a couple miles away from me.

[maveness]

Hi Folks ~

just wondering where you think the best location will be, and when one might need to start queuing up.

Pentagon City? Clarendon? Tyson's?

I'd be happy to meet up with some MacRumors folks while we stand on line.

[longofest]

I'll be at Clarendon, although I'm sure it will be mobbed...

[nbs2]

If I end up lining up, it'll be in Columbia - either at the ATT store or the Apple. Haven't decided which.

The question is, am I still in the DC area or am I in the Baltimore area? Although Baltimore is just a suburb of DC, so I guess it's a moot point.

[DIABLO2345]

I may end up going to Tyson's

[blakespot]

I will be at the Clarendon Apple Store early on the 29th. Taking the day off work.

There is an AT&T/Cingular store near my office in DC that will be selling the phone and surely it will have a much smaller line (and surely it will have far less iPhones in stock). If the line is completely out of control when I arrive in Clarendon, I will likely bypass and head into DC for the Cingular store.

Word from a mall-based Apple Store is that "they" (Apple? Mall security?) won't be allowing camping out or even a line until late in the day... This concerns me.




blakespot

[PharmD]

Originally Posted by nbs2

If I end up lining up, it'll be in Columbia - either at the ATT store or the Apple. Haven't decided which.

The question is, am I still in the DC area or am I in the Baltimore area? Although Baltimore is just a suburb of DC, so I guess it's a moot point.

I was just at the Columbia Mall today and saw the nice big ATT store along with the Apple Store. That might be a good place. I'm not sure I'll be getting the phone this weekend since I work till 9 on Friday and 6 on Saturday so the first run may be out by then. We'll see.

BYU alum here too. Go Cougars!

[averyash]

I think I'm going to stake out an AT&T store in the vicinity of the White House starting in late morning after making an appearance at the office.

Taking a page out of the book of Jobs might not be the worst idea:

"Talking to Steve Jobs after his speech, I got a hot tip on how to be one of the first people to score a new iPhone when they go on sale in June. “Don’t go to an Apple store,” Jobs told me. “It will be a madhouse there. People will be lined up around the block, sleeping on the sidewalk to get one. Go to an AT&T/Cingular store. Most people don’t know that they will be selling them too.”