Best Buy - White iPhone Shortage

[eyeshark]

Pre-ordered 32gb White ATT iPhone from best buy on 10/7. Showed up first in line this morning to be turned away because they only had black iPhones. I went through this with the iPhone 4 and opted to keep my iPhone 3G because I waited so long for the white version. I still have the $50 gift card from the white iPhone 4 pre-order that I never picked up.

I am able to confirm that only a select few Best Buy stores recieved any amount of White iPhone 4s units nationwide. The nearest to me is 3+ hours away, and they are all pre-sold.

I was hopeful that I wouldn't run into this problem yet again. I mean they have had over a year to get the white casing "issues" ironed out.

My iPhone launch day is sad-panda.

 

[gillybean]

Drive over to an apple store to get the white one, and then spend your Best Buy gift card on an iTunes card instead.

 

[eyeshark]

Drive over to an apple store to get the white one, and then spend your Best Buy gift card on an iTunes card instead.

closest apple store is also 3+ hours away.

 

[Rob9874]

I'm traveling for work this week, in a tiny podunk town, but their AT&T store said they had ONE 64GB in stock, with no line. I drove down there, but it was white. So I left it. Wonder if I want to consider getting it. White seems to be pretty sought after. I've just had black for so long.

 

[eyeshark]

Plus I'd rather have black tie protection than applecare, for reasons that I shouldn't disclose in a public forum.

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So yea, I'm now drowning my sorrows in a Chic-Fil-A chicken biscuit and Coke Zero.