Well, my new iPhone was a DOA after having it for only 48 hours. I woke up early on Sunday morning and got to the Apple store at 8:50am (the store opens at 9am). I was number 10 in line, didn't wait long in the Texas heat, got in the building by 9:03am, met with a sales person by 9:15am, processed and purchase and was out the door by 9:50am. I was quite lucky.
Well, I thought I had a good phone until it was acting really slow whenever I pressed the home button to get out of an app. Battery life was bad so I charged it over night. Went to work the next morning, listened to some music, surfed the web, checked email. I even turned off 3G to save battery. By the time I got home I was down to 10% and in the red. I decided to let it die and then recharge it over night to re-calibrate the thing.
The next morning, the phone was fully charged and went to the gym for my 5am workout. Got home around 7:30am, picked up my phone to plug it in for one last charge, showered, grabbed the phone again and noticed that nothing was working- no screen, no reaction, nothing. I plugged it to my iTunes and no recognition whatsoever. Found my receipt, original box, took it to work. Got to work, logged on to Apple and made a reservation to see the Genius Bar.
Got to Apple for my 12pm noon appointment, Adrian (the tech) plugged it in, no power. Waited 10 minutes- still nothing. He took it back to the manager to request a even exchange. Approved. He then checked the inventory and told me that they didn't have any black 16GB in stock. I asked him to check the back and also check the loading dock. He went back there, and came back with a black box...my new iPhone 16GB black! He said I was right about the loading dock. They just started to unload another shipment at that moment.
The manager met with me, swapped out the phone's sim card, reactivated the phone and I was good to go. So far, the phone is doing pretty good. We'll see how well the battery holds up tomorrow. Wish me luck!
