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iPhone 3G S Shipments to Arrive Early, Video of iPhone 3G S
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The bookstores where required to hold them. They had the shipments for a while before release. Also mine still has not shipped.
I can confirm this as my wife worked for B&N at the time. UPS did not hold the shipments (and the distributers would not want them to as the UPS employees are the #1 source of leaks of such things.)
I'm not sure why people are surprised about getting the phone before the 19th. Nobody's talking about getting it before the 17th, which is the date that really matters (Apple anticipating load on their shiny new push service.) If you take into consideration the wording of the shipping promise "Delivers by the 19th" then you can clearly see it could come earlier.
Frankly iPhone 3G S doesn't make as big of a splash as 3G. There's no new App store, and the only notable new online feature is the push notifications which have had a large developer base testing it prior to launch for a while now. I can't imagine Apple having any special reason to care if people get their phone on the 17th or 18th.
Bummin'
Got order confirmation from AT&T on June 8, about three hours after WWDC announcement. On June 9, got email that it was backordered! This does not jive with other posters that ordered days later. Maybe because it's through my corporate account? Wonder how long I'll have to wait.....
Got order confirmation from AT&T on June 8, about three hours after WWDC announcement. On June 9, got email that it was backordered! This does not jive with other posters that ordered days later. Maybe because it's through my corporate account? Wonder how long I'll have to wait.....
Me too....
My UPS tracking number link says that mine is supposed to arrive on time, on Wed the 17th. I don't know how that's possible, since my shipment was logged as departing China at about 4p EDT. It has to be at the local UPS distribution center by about 6a to get delivered tomorrow. I hope it's here, but don't know how it could be. We'll see.
My UPS tracking number link says that mine is supposed to arrive on time, on Wed the 17th. I don't know how that's possible, since my shipment was logged as departing China at about 4p EDT. It has to be at the local UPS distribution center by about 6a to get delivered tomorrow. I hope it's here, but don't know how it could be. We'll see.
Damn you people getting it early! It wouldn't let me select a shipping method only in-store pickup
I'll join the fun on Friday I suppose.
I'll join the fun on Friday I suppose.
Maybe at the time they were backordered, but you know the assembly plant in China has gotto be pumping these things out at max capacity, 24h/day. So maybe they've gotten caught up or that was the plan from the beginning? Just a guess.
I think the baseband is tied to the firmware version, not the hardware. FW version 2.2.1 had BB 2.30.01. FW 2.2 had BB 2.28.01. OS 3.0 beta introduced BB 4.xx.xx Is it possible you installed OS 3.0 on your 3g?
Edit: Well, it's looking good: My UPS shipping link has updated with my iPhone arriving in Anchorage, AK @ 4:13p EDT.
Cool!!
In the US!!!!!
Package scanned in Anchorage, Alaska @ 1:48 pm local
Ontime shipment for the 17th
Package scanned in Anchorage, Alaska @ 1:48 pm local
Ontime shipment for the 17th
There are several countries selling the 3g factory unlocked (I got mine in Prauge). I don't know who (if any) will be selling the 3Gs factory unlocked. I hope someone does because i plan to upgrade mine with a factory unlocked phone. Every phone has a unquie number that goes into Apples Database and updates the phone via iTunes. Once the number is in the database, the phone is unlocked. My understanding is that you cannot change it through software on the phone. Here's a link for the 3g. Not sure if the 3gs will be the same.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937
You are correct. The first phone with firmware / software version 1 came with baseband named 1.xx.xx. Software / firmware version 2.0 (which came out with the 3g) had BB of 2.xx.xx which changed with each point release. Apple would update the BB to close the hole that the dev team was using so they would have to find a different hole to exploit.
uh-oh...mines in the this AK shipment too...but expected delivery date has disappeared...there is none listed, like it's not even a field on the UPS tracking sheet.
Mine just updated to Anchorage (1:48pm) as well. However it no longer says 6/17 as the estimated delivery date and only says "In Transit" not "In Transit - On Time".
I agree. I predict they will be delivered on Friday. I don't know for sure, but it would surprise me if it did not require a signature.
Just realized that the shipment arrival time is no longer showing on the UPS tracking. Wonder if this is the big delay?? Hold till Friday? Or UPS and Apple are tired of taking calls about it?
For those looking for more shipping pr0n...
Tracking Number: XX XXX XXX XX XXXX XXX X
Type: Package
Status: In Transit
Shipped To: XXXX, XX, US
Shipped/Billed On: 06/16/2009
Product: WORLD EASE
Service: EXPRESS
Weight: .50 Kg
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This no longer specifies the scheduled delivery date. Prior to today, it said the 18th as the scheduled date. So now I'm back to expecting it on the 19th.
Still, having it on the 19th is awesomeness to me. No lines!
Tracking Number: XX XXX XXX XX XXXX XXX X
Type: Package
Status: In Transit
Shipped To: XXXX, XX, US
Shipped/Billed On: 06/16/2009
Product: WORLD EASE
Service: EXPRESS
Weight: .50 Kg
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This no longer specifies the scheduled delivery date. Prior to today, it said the 18th as the scheduled date. So now I'm back to expecting it on the 19th.
Still, having it on the 19th is awesomeness to me. No lines!