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How would you have fixed the iPhonapocalypse

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Dsr1205

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For instance, if you could go back in time (in a DeLorean) , would you notify apple and at&t that their servers were gonna asplode, and more importantly, would they have believed you?!
 
to be completely honest, i just wanted to start a thread about time travel and back to the future, maybe talk apple in there too lol.
 
unless there are time-police, that police the time line, like on that show "time cop" or something. It was so bad but so good at the same time. Thoes damn time cops caused the server crash.

edit: not a show, film: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timecop
 
I posted this in another thread, but Apple needs to outsource this pre-order mess to Amazon, they know how to get this done, plus they already sell ATT phones.
 
mb2008 said:
I posted this in another thread, but Apple needs to outsource this pre-order mess to Amazon, they know how to get this done, plus they already sell ATT phones.
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well this may or may not be true considering 2 things: 13 million hits on AT&T check eligibility page? thats nuts. and 600,000 orders? i mean this might be retail history? im not sure but iv never heard of a phone selling 600,000 units in a day before
 
Dsr1205 said:
well this may or may not be true considering 2 things: 13 million hits on AT&T check eligibility page? thats nuts. and 600,000 orders? i mean this might be retail history? im not sure but iv never heard of a phone selling 600,000 units in a day before
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I remember when the Motorola Razor sold like hotcakes
 
and 600,000 orders? i mean this might be retail history?
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I seem to remember that during the Christmas season, Amazon has had days with over 6 million items ordered, and also days with over 6 million items shipped.

So yeah, Amazon can get 'er done.
 
mb2008 said:
I posted this in another thread, but Apple needs to outsource this pre-order mess to Amazon, they know how to get this done, plus they already sell ATT phones.
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I think its AT&T that should have outsourced. The problems, at least the ones I had, seems to come during the eligibility check which is AT&Ts problem.
 
mb2008 said:
I seem to remember that during the Christmas season, Amazon has had days with over 6 million items ordered, and also days with over 6 million items shipped.

So yeah, Amazon can get 'er done.
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There is a lot more to what happened than just placing an order. Accounts need to be verified, agreements made, etc. Then what that is all said and done it is the same thing that amazon does.
 
One of two things:

Either having the foresight to start making the phones sooner and just stockpiling the hell out of them so everyone that wanted one could get one from the first day.

OR

Having people upgrade on a sliding scale kind of thing. Based on when you got the phone you have now. That should have made the number a little more manageable. Not sure how to handle new customers in that scenario though, so that option isn't ideal. Best thing would have been to start sooner. (Or push the release date back for everyone).
 
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