There goes my family plan! I was going to buy 6 of them for my wife and kids!AT&T sent out emails to customers today which reveals that they are limiting iPhone sales to "one per person"
There goes my family plan! I was going to buy 6 of them for my wife and kids!AT&T sent out emails to customers today which reveals that they are limiting iPhone sales to "one per person"
I am taking the day off to buy an iPhone.
I am planning to go to my local Apple Store at 5am. If the line is too long I am planning to go over to a new AT&T Store that is near my house.
What I am hearing on this thread I should be in good shape in getting the iPhone...![]()
5AM? Honestly, Isn't this a bit extreme? You're going to wait in an outdoor line for 13 hours? I can't really criticize you for wanting the phone as I do as well, but I'm just not willing to sacrifice an entire day to get the phone on Friday. I wish you folks that are going to extremes would be slightly more reasonable so the rest of us that have **** to do actually have a chance.
I'm curious if anything offical (or even more specific) ever came out about the numbers of iphones for launch?
If you want it that bad then go earlier, if you have other things to do then surely you could wait a few more days.
Oh no, I wan't one. Bad. But I have a job that holds a bit more importance than flipping burgers at McDonalds and unfortunately have to give that priority over purchasing a cell phone. I can leave work a few hours early, which I would normally think is sufficient but when you've got crazed fans setting up camp before I've even woken up that morning it's a little on the frustrating side.
Either way, do what you want, I just wish Apple would have made pre-orders online a while back for those of us that have important things to do but also badly want to get their hands on the phone.
I remember some rumors a while back that said if you buy the iPhone without a service contract it was going to be $999. Is this still true?
What I don't understand is how this all fits in now since everyone will be activating the phone from home.
Will everyone have to pony up $1k and then get some sort of rebate?
Or, what happens if you purchase it for $499 or $599 and never activate it??
it will be 499 or 599 no matter what, b/c if u dont activate it, its as good as a brickI remember some rumors a while back that said if you buy the iPhone without a service contract it was going to be $999. Is this still true?
What I don't understand is how this all fits in now since everyone will be activating the phone from home.
Will everyone have to pony up $1k and then get some sort of rebate?
Or, what happens if you purchase it for $499 or $599 and never activate it??
it will be 499 or 599 no matter what, b/c if u dont activate it, its as good as a brick![]()
I must ask. The iPhone will not work by itself on home airport or WiFi?hmmm... sounds like a challenge...
I can't wait to see the numbers.
I bet Apple won't put an "X iPhones Sold/Activated" ticker on their site--even though it would allow them to put their money where their mouth is...
Honestly, I can't imagine any store running out. I bet the gross sale is probably 5000 or so on the first day.
On the side, I prefer having something that other people don't have. Where I live, I'll be hard-pressed to run into anyone who actually has one so that's fine. But, I am not looking forward to running into a constant barrage of people with the same phone as me.
There are so many pro's and cons... to this thing. Wow.
5000?? um... so average of 100 per state? or 2.5 per location that has them going on sale?
sounds reasonable
Are you counting North Dakota? South Dakota? Montana? Idaho? Alaska? Wyoming? Nevada? Nebraska? You need to check out the coverage http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/ and see how many people in those states are in a hurry to stand in line to buy iPhones on the first day they come out. That frees up about 800 units there with just those states that have little to zero concerns with selling iPhones or ATT phones, due to extremely limited coverage.
Hell, I will buy you a 4 gig iPhone if you can prove to me that 100 iPhones were sold out of ATT stores and Apple stores in the entire state of Nevada,between Friday, June 29th at 6pm, and Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 6pm. I'm dead serious.
Next time, chose your units more wisely. e.g.: thinking of big cities. If you can name 50 large cities that will sell at least 100 units on the first day available, then you would have weakened my argument.
Hell, I will buy you a 4 gig iPhone if you can prove to me that 100 iPhones were sold out of ATT stores and Apple stores in the entire state of Nevada,between Friday, June 29th at 6pm, and Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 6pm. I'm dead serious.
Are you counting North Dakota? South Dakota? Montana? Idaho? Alaska? Wyoming? Nevada? Nebraska? You need to check out the coverage http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/ and see how many people in those states are in a hurry to stand in line to buy iPhones on the first day they come out. That frees up about 800 units there with just those states that have little to zero concerns with selling iPhones or ATT phones, due to extremely limited coverage.
Hell, I will buy you a 4 gig iPhone if you can prove to me that 100 iPhones were sold out of ATT stores and Apple stores in the entire state of Nevada,between Friday, June 29th at 6pm, and Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 6pm. I'm dead serious.
Next time, chose your units more wisely. e.g.: thinking of big cities. If you can name 50 large cities that will sell at least 100 units on the first day available, then you would have weakened my argument.
edit: Also, check out the meetups. You will see that they are highly concentrated in certain areas... big cities. I know that not everyone is enrolled or comments on MacRumors, but it's a decent enough measure. And except for Nevada (maybe Idaho I have to look), none of those states 8 states are represented.
Have you looked at the coverage in Vegas? I think they will have no problem selling thousands within that CITY alone, much less the whole state. They even have 3G coverage in vegas, looks like out to the hoover dam.
If iPhone were a movie, it would be Star Wars Episode I!