Oh yeah well what way would they go about it, and what makes you the authority on how to go about giving info out about the new iPhone?
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Oh yeah well what way would they go about it, and what makes you the authority on how to go about giving info out about the new iPhone?
Doesn't matter to me. I'll go with whatever info seems fitting until it's released. Then if it's not what I want I will look elsewhere for a phone.
ok think about it... if the managers dont get any info on the new iphones, how do you think they are supposed to give the guided tours in the store the day that the iphone is released????????COMMON SENSE PEOPLE!!!
The same way we have to at our store - get in early, read as much as possible and then hope the info comes in as quickly as the questions.
We get no early information.
damn i like my "old" iphone, and now i want this, and a mbp..
i dont have the money for both lol
i dont have the money for both lol
They certainly don't get early design drafts of the iPhone.
When I asked him if the pictures on page 2 were real he said yes then saw that one of them was missing the sleep button and changed his tune to "that looks like an early design".
Managers do not get early designs of things like the iPhone 3G.
there is no possible way that you can cram as much info into your brain that the iphone offers. it took me a week to figure out all that my iphone has to offer. im sure you need to be trained at length to be able to teach other people about it. (especially the conference setup feature)
Yeah and then the keynote ends and half the crap you thought was coming because you believed wampawampa16 on Macrumors because he typed out a collaboration of existing rumors and then says he has confirmation. YEAH RIGHT!
Then you guys Whaaaaa Whaaaa for three to seven days on the forums because [insert rumored feature or product] didn't come or wasn't released.
At least require a shred of evidence before you go believing an anonymous poster with no credentials.
That's because Apple has shut down whole city-wide WiFi network he was using
or because he went to bed maybe he likes sleeping
Well I have the iPhone 1 and if the iPhone 2 doesn't come with what I want I might thinks it's lame, however I don't want much more, just GPS and some better speakers. So I doubt I will be the one complaining.
Fake
Engadget is calling them fakes:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/07/loads-of-fake-apple-shots-hit-the-web-3g-iphone-pre-wwdc-editio/
They offer a few good reasons why they should be considered fakes.
Engadget is calling them fakes:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/07/loads-of-fake-apple-shots-hit-the-web-3g-iphone-pre-wwdc-editio/
They offer a few good reasons why they should be considered fakes.
thats against the rules. rule-breakers are not credible.
Although...this is also proof he is not afraid to break rules....leading me to believe he is credible?
Mate, we get no information prior to the launch. We don't have the iPhone here yet but we have no info about it either.
Every Apple product launch requires me to get up at 3am and start reading because the punters will be calling at 8:30am when I get into the store asking if the new iDoohicky works with XYZ product or supports some random video format.
It took you a week, it takes us a week but we do it by finding out as we go - Apple do not provide us with any info for unreleased products, not the retail staff, not the managers, not even the owner of our chain of resellers. We get nothing.
The week after an Apple product launch 90% of our phone calls involve saying "No, we do not have the new product in stock" and "I don't know if it supports that, let me just find out (while I'm typing their question into google.com and checking this forum out)" - it's annoying but it's the way Apple keep the secrets safe.
Im not sure, but isnt there something off here with the date?
Aus is over the International dateline, so the 10th/Tuesday would be Monday/9th here. So Australia is going to get to open the item at/before the same time as Steve announces it in the US?
Hmmmm.
Aus is over the International dateline, so the 10th/Tuesday would be Monday/9th here. So Australia is going to get to open the item at/before the same time as Steve announces it in the US?
Hmmmm.
I posted that a while back and it's the backbone of my "It's BS" argument.
Apple would have put a time on the envelope because come the 10th of June anyone could crack that baby open and start posting picks. Midnight on the 10th is a good three hours before the keynote even starts... totally fake.
Three hours is more than enough time to get high quality pics and reviews to the big news sites - even on the other side of the world where the keynote is being held. The boffins in the front row could be reading reviews, see a detailed pull-apart of the product and have already condemned it's shortcomings before the Black Eyed Peas music had even begun over the PA.
I am back, i'm sorry but my wifi connection went dead for a little while. I need to address a few things i have read. First off, many of you have very decent points on why i shouldnt be credible, and you're exactly right that anyone could do this, and ill be the first to admit if i saw this i would be skeptical. But...I will promise you, everything i am telling you is the bonafide truth.
Managers DO in fact receive a lot of information before a product release. All of the Genius's in my store have already gone through training manuals and is prepping for the new phone. If you work at an Apple store too and dont get the same treatment, sorry, but that's how its been for my store since i started there.
Also, a few comments on what i said about the pictures. My comments about the pictures being an early design were trying to state that it looks almost identical to the phone, but a few changes, meaning that this is most likely just an early adapted model they used for ATT posters to get an idea of what the posters would look like.
If you do not believe me, that is your perrogative, I am simply trying to help some people out.
Managers DO in fact receive a lot of information before a product release. All of the Genius's in my store have already gone through training manuals and is prepping for the new phone. If you work at an Apple store too and dont get the same treatment, sorry, but that's how its been for my store since i started there.
Also, a few comments on what i said about the pictures. My comments about the pictures being an early design were trying to state that it looks almost identical to the phone, but a few changes, meaning that this is most likely just an early adapted model they used for ATT posters to get an idea of what the posters would look like.
If you do not believe me, that is your perrogative, I am simply trying to help some people out.
Glad you can understand the skepticism. Fake or not, it makes for an exciting thread. Just thought I would ask about the price. Is it $299 with contract for the 16 gb?