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Getting my iphone 5 tomorrow
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/06/22/iphone.4.pre.orders.arrive.2.days.early/
It seems it was true with the 4. Not anymore?
I think some who got iPhone 4's early were able to get them activated and I know for a fact 4s were activated. Hmm
Not the right package
Look at the weight! It should read .40 kg if it is the iPhone.
I bet it is another package from somewhere else you ordered something from..
Look at the weight! It should read .40 kg if it is the iPhone.
I bet it is another package from somewhere else you ordered something from..
Wrong. My iPad stayed in Ontario for three days for the latest release. You will get yours Friday like everyone else. Apple has a deal with UPS.
well, .40 kg is actually .88 lbs but it's close enough. we just have to wait and see.
If they couldn't activate it until Friday then how can the media review iPhones prior to the 21st?
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haha ya. I just moved back here from Michigan (went up there for two years in order to finish my bachelors of science in Aerospace Engineering)
As I recall there were peeps in Cali that received the 4S early as well last year. I think possibly a day or two early. I received my iPhone 4 a day early but that was delivered by FedEx. Last year I had UPS and it came release day. Later
Apple activates review phones on their own carrier accounts? Why did review sites last year use different carriers? Some used Sprint, some used Verizon, and the majority used AT&T.
If you paid for a phone, Apple cannot prevent you from using the same device that you paid for. Once you pay for the phone, it becomes your property (the service is obviously supplied by your carrier). The carrier can blacklist you for certain reasons (stolen or account went into bad standing), but Apple cannot prevent an activation of your iPhone if it is received early.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDxTIRV-sw
How can those who received their Iphone 4S early in Germany activate the iPhone and benchmark it if they can't activate it?
http://www.loyalmoses.com/2010/06/my-iphone-4-arrived-2-days-early/
"Regarding activation; I simply powered it on, plugged it in, punched in the requested details from iTunes and it was up and running in about 15 seconds. I was able to immediately make and receive calls within seconds of activation, which was quite surprising. I feel bad for those who received it but are unable to activate theirs. Thats brutal."
So yes it is possible to activate the iPhone early. It just really depends on whether or not your carrier is ready to activate the devices in your region/state.
This is my first time of pre-ordering. Usually I go to a nearest Apple store and wait in line. So UPS is the carrier in Los Angeles. That is better than Fed Ex. Because I know the UPS guy who deliver in our area.
I agree. Many iPhone 4's were delivered early but not the 4S. Those were all held and delivered on launch day.
When it gets to the last facility before you it gets a hold placed on it. Sorry you got your hopes up.
Here's to the "my iPhone will be riding around on the ups truck for three and a half days before its delivered" thread! Yay!!!
I'm starting to wonder if these people with early delivery dates might not just get the phone early.
-iPhone 5 preorder sales set new records once again.
-The couriers will be up to their necks in phone deliveries.
-Holding 2 million phones for 2 days costs money. Who pays for that?
-We aren't paying for shipping directly...Apple is, or at least they're splitting the increased costs with the couriers.
-Simultaneously releasing 2 million phones into the Friday delivery schedule will cause headaches for FedEx/UPS, especially in the bigger cities.
-The rath of Tim does not equal the rath of Steve Jobs
If FedEx gets 1 million phones between now and Friday, but 500,000 will be ready to deliver tomorrow, why not just deliver them? What's the worst that could happen? Is Tim Cook gonna call and rip FedEx's CEO a new one? Nah. Steve, maybe. Tim, no. And no one knows better than Tim that you gotta keep this stuff moving. Every minute that a product sits in a warehouse costs Apple money.
And if Tim did call and rip FedEx a new one, so what? It's not like he's gonna take his 1 million phones delivery business somewhere else. Who else but but FedEx/UPS can handle the (ever increasing) volume. Apple needs them just as much as they need Apple; maybe even more.
When it was a few hundred thousand 3Gs being delivered in veil of coordinated secrecy, it was manageable. Now it's 2 million phones all going out at once. Apple can't play the boutique mystique card any more. There are just too many phones to be delivered. FedEx/UPS would be much better off just delivering the stuff as it comes in. They are probably the ones who lose the biggest chunk of revenue for every iPhone that sits idle in a warehouse, taking up space and manpower.
-iPhone 5 preorder sales set new records once again.
-The couriers will be up to their necks in phone deliveries.
-Holding 2 million phones for 2 days costs money. Who pays for that?
-We aren't paying for shipping directly...Apple is, or at least they're splitting the increased costs with the couriers.
-Simultaneously releasing 2 million phones into the Friday delivery schedule will cause headaches for FedEx/UPS, especially in the bigger cities.
-The rath of Tim does not equal the rath of Steve Jobs
If FedEx gets 1 million phones between now and Friday, but 500,000 will be ready to deliver tomorrow, why not just deliver them? What's the worst that could happen? Is Tim Cook gonna call and rip FedEx's CEO a new one? Nah. Steve, maybe. Tim, no. And no one knows better than Tim that you gotta keep this stuff moving. Every minute that a product sits in a warehouse costs Apple money.
And if Tim did call and rip FedEx a new one, so what? It's not like he's gonna take his 1 million phones delivery business somewhere else. Who else but but FedEx/UPS can handle the (ever increasing) volume. Apple needs them just as much as they need Apple; maybe even more.
When it was a few hundred thousand 3Gs being delivered in veil of coordinated secrecy, it was manageable. Now it's 2 million phones all going out at once. Apple can't play the boutique mystique card any more. There are just too many phones to be delivered. FedEx/UPS would be much better off just delivering the stuff as it comes in. They are probably the ones who lose the biggest chunk of revenue for every iPhone that sits idle in a warehouse, taking up space and manpower.