I'm actually quite happy with ATT and my iPhone 4. I log over 6000 minutes a month on the device with out any issue, living in good old rural Ameria, no big city for hundreds of miles.
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Verizon Sells Out of iPhone Pre-Orders
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I'm actually quite happy with ATT and my iPhone 4. I log over 6000 minutes a month on the device with out any issue, living in good old rural Ameria, no big city for hundreds of miles.
thats what I was thinking,
prolly a lot of people in the middle of contracts! and they need to pay at full price, also a lot of people waiting for iphone 5
I'm surprised it took so long to sell out. Didn't the iPhone 4 sellout faster when it premiered on AT&T in June? Considering this quantity is "a reserved quantity", it is a small part of overall stock, there must be tons available.
Even if Verizon didn't actually sell through what they wanted for pre-orders, I'm sure they would have pulled it from the site tonight so it doesn't look like it is not selling like crazy.
If people know the phone is easy to get, then they are less likely to make the impulse purchase (due to the risk of not having the chance to buy for awhile).
Even if Verizon didn't actually sell through what they wanted for pre-orders, I'm sure they would have pulled it from the site tonight so it doesn't look like it is not selling like crazy.
If people know the phone is easy to get, then they are less likely to make the impulse purchase (due to the risk of not having the chance to buy for awhile).
Yeah, it only took 4 years for it to come to Verizon.
How is this comment relevant to the discussion?
On a more topic-related note: Way to go Apple and Verizon! You pulled off a very smooth pre-order. Can't wait for the arrival of my iPhone!
I am going to be so anxious to find out how many they sold in 17 hours, and how many they sell this time next week. I bet by Fri or Sat there will be a several week waiting time.
Wow.. I have to admit I was skeptical that they would run out...
Now I feel a little more vindicated getting up at 3am....
Hmm, not sure why they would run to buy the iP4 when the iP5 will be out in 4 months.
It's sickening to know that on top of iPhone fanboyisim there is also AT&T fanboyisim, when does the BS end?
Smooth? At one point you couldn't access the site at all. It was probably smoother than at&t's launch but that doesn't mean much until we find out how many were pre-ordered (if we ever do).
No kidding. All carriers suck, just each in their own way.It's sickening to know that on top of iPhone fanboyisim there is also AT&T fanboyisim, when does the BS end?
Apple and AT&T never sold out, they did however temporarliy suspend all sales so that AT&T could fix their server issues, but never sold out. Though Apple claimed it was the best first day pre-orders that they had ever had (600,000 iPhones were pre-ordered in the first day). Not all 600,000 pre-orders were for the AT&T, but a large portion was.
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/16/atandt-temporarily-suspends-new-iphone-pre-orders/
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/1...t-ever-first-day-iphone-pre-orders-of-600000/
It must be because they're afraid they'll be losing some of their elitist status when more people own the phone. Therefore, anything they can do to downplay the launch is going to help them feel better about themselves.
When was that? I checked multiple times throughout the day and it was just fine. If there were moments of downtime, I can't imagine it was for more than a minute or two. Nothing at all like the summer launch. The only problems I heard about on these forums were due to unpaid accounts or invalid addresses.
Wow.. I have to admit I was skeptical that they would run out...
Now I feel a little more vindicated getting up at 3am....
Vindicated? LOL!! All you really did was buy into the hype of this publicity stunt. I slept nice and late today. Got online at vzw.com in late morning, ordered 2 iPhones in about 3 minutes.
Face the FACTS...
Verizon iphone was announced on 1-11-2011
Verizon website / server did not crash..
Verizon iphone sold out both at the Apple store and VZW online.
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I'd be willing to bet there won't be a VZ IPhone upgrade this year at all. Besides, what more could you want it to do?? Other than 4G, which is not even widespread yet, I don't see what other features they could add.
I'll take that bet.It will happen. And they won't update AT&T and not VZ. Only unknown is how (and if) they will offer special upgrade discounts to recent VZ iPhone 4 buyers.
Because people are going to realize how SLOW 3G is. I found out last summer that CDMA was faster than 3G when I compared an iphone to a droid.
Here is Verizon vs Att.
Verizon was CONSIDERABLY faster for 14 of the 16 tests. OUCH!
http://cnettv.cnet.com/
Sucks to be an ATT fool