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iPhone 3G S Shipments to Arrive Early, Video of iPhone 3G S
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2g phone rules are over. forget them. wipe them from your mind.
I was just on the phone with the Apple store last night about ordering phones. here is the gig.
when you order a contracted phone (ie, anything less than the $499-699), the account info and phone imei, sim card number etc are linked so that when you plug the phone into itunes, the system has the info to activate it, start the port from verizon etc.
if the two phones will be on a family plan, they go under the name of the master account holder. if the phones are under individual plans (with ATT) then each of you must order separately under your own name and SSN
That is exactly why I always order from Apple. Customer service is at LEAST 1000% better, & they always know what they're talking about. AT&T screws up everything they touch, so I do as much business through Apple as I can, regarding the iPhone.
It was impossible for AT&T to give shipping updates until they arrived at their shipping centers in the last day or two because they don't send from the factory directly to the customer like Apple.
I'll take my 35% cash back and wondering whether I would get my phone the 19th or early next week rather than buying from Apple to only see the shipping updates stalled at the same place for three days.
I'll take my 35% cash back and wondering whether I would get my phone the 19th or early next week rather than buying from Apple to only see the shipping updates stalled at the same place for three days.
I too, got the 35% refund. But of course Apple told UPS to hold the shipment until the 19th. The phones aren't released for sale until that date; period. That's just the way it is. If tickets to a show don't go on sale until midnight, then they aren't available until midnight, eventhough the retailer had the tickets before then. Same thing goes for videogames that are released in the middle of the night on a given day. The retailer had the games before midnight.....That's business.
And now the shipments in Louisville, KY have been released. Mine has been import scanned, which means it will be on another aircraft within a few hours & on my doorstep in the morning. Schweet! 
I was talking about the 35% cash back from AT&T by using Bing. You are talking about the early upgrade price refund from AT&T/Apple. I'm a new customer and in the bing terms it said only new customers are eligible but apparently it was working for upgrades too.
But yes I actually purchased from Apple early in the day on the 9th and then canceled the order because I heard about the Bing cash back through AT&T.
IT'S HERE!!! Backing up the 3G now, just to make sure nothing is lost, then I start the long process of importing ~10GB of data on to the New Hottness!
question of the day
how many folks who ordered online through Apple and were told the 19th did not receive the phone yesterday due to a shipping error (ie, UPS/FedEx didn't even attempt to deliver regardless of whether you were home)
how many folks who ordered online through Apple and were told the 19th did not receive the phone yesterday due to a shipping error (ie, UPS/FedEx didn't even attempt to deliver regardless of whether you were home)