Initial Iphone 4 Launch: How many people were turned away??

[Sherifftruman]

Some of us idiots tried to preorder for 7 hours on the day orders started but couldn't due to rampant Apple & AT&T server and account-verification issues. This idiot took a reservation as the next-best alternative.

Exactly the boat I was in. I tried to preorder, but just could not get through. Since I wanted to sell my old iPhone 3G for the max possible, I needed to get the iPhone 4 on release day. Luckily my work situation was such that I could do it.

It was kind cool camping out for it but I will say that it was brutally hot in line. The "low" that morning was 73 and the high was 99. It was about 90 by 10:00 AM. http://www.wunderground.com/history...tml?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Luckily, I was mostly in a courtyard between two buildings for most of the morning, only getting direct sun for the last 30-45, but there were people on the other side of the building that once the sun came up they had full sun for 6 or 7 hours. At least the Apple store employees brought out lots of water bottles and fruit.

 

[smithrh]

It was kind cool camping out for it but I will say that it was brutally hot in line. The "low" that morning was 73 and the high was 99. It was about 90 by 10:00 AM. http://www.wunderground.com/history...tml?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA Luckily, I was mostly in a courtyard between two buildings for most of the morning, only getting direct sun for the last 30-45, but there were people on the other side of the building that once the sun came up they had full sun for 6 or 7 hours. At least the Apple store employees brought out lots of water bottles and fruit.

If this was the same store in the RDU area where I picked up my preorder then the local staff also had umbrellas for use as parasols.

That day had temps past the triple-digit mark in some areas - and humid.

My friend and I had both managed to pre-order (and yes, that was a total cluster) so we just drove up around 4 and the pre-order line was literally us. I felt bad for the 300 or so people STILL in line at that point.

I don't see the VzW launch being quite as big, but it will still be an event.

 

[chrmjenkins]

Some of us idiots tried to preorder for 7 hours on the day orders started but couldn't due to rampant Apple & AT&T server and account-verification issues. This idiot took a reservation as the next-best alternative.

Some people couldn't even get reservations, and the people who reserved still had to wait quite a while.

 

[Pomeless]

It was nice since ATT did not have stock for walk-ins till about a week after launch.

Funny... The one response that I've gotten from signing up for the Verizon notices was an e-mail from a sales rep highlight all the deals that they currently have running on smartphones. (Sans iPhone.) The e-mail asked to to call him so I did but I had to leave a message. I left a message stating that I was excited about getting a new iPhone and that I hope that everything would go smooth. If he had any thoughts on how to help me please call me back.

In turn he left a message or me in which he discouraged me from trying to pre-order or coming to the store on the 10th. I should rather come two or three days after the launch......

(I stopped listening to the message right there knowing he was a buffoon!!)