July 6 Apple's Meeting today

[waterskier2007]

Actually 2.0 has to come out before the 11th, because now according to the apple website, they put up a 2.5g to 3g upgrade steps and it says you have to have the current OS and Itunes for the 2.5g to back up for your new 3g. So my guess is before the 11th.
And i really hope so because i want to see once i have 2.0 do i really want the 3g phone than.

link to the apple page that says this?

 

[Penguinwrangler]

That would piss me the hell off if I send my wife down there and she only come home with 1 f--ing iphone, That would screw up my # porting, they cant do that. They have to let 1 person buy more than 1 phone if its a family plan and the plan is in that persons name only.

Well, technically that isn't true. The account may be in one persons name, but AT&T allows other members of the Family Plan to be authorized to make changes to the plan and purchases related to the plan at retail stores and online. My Family Plan is in my mother's name. She won't be the one walking in to get my iPhone.

 

[Eric Lewis]

Maybe they dont have to open the box

Just scan the IMEI number/ serial/ other code

and then it gets activated...

 

[RRK]

That would piss me the hell off if I send my wife down there and she only come home with 1 f--ing iphone, That would screw up my # porting, they cant do that. They have to let 1 person buy more than 1 phone if its a family plan and the plan is in that persons name only.

Its true, I called and they told me to bring anyone I could find to stand in line with me even kids. So we are going to wait until after work.

Edit: Actually that was AT&T sorry.

 

[PrinceOfEgypt]

Actually 2.0 has to come out before the 11th, because now according to the apple website, they put up a 2.5g to 3g upgrade steps and it says you have to have the current OS and Itunes for the 2.5g to back up for your new 3g. So my guess is before the 11th.
And i really hope so because i want to see once i have 2.0 do i really want the 3g phone than.

do you have a link for this? I already sold my original iphone and the only backup i have in itunes is from 1.1.4. if you can't restore a 1.1.4 backup onto a 2.0 phone then i'm in trouble

 

[abijnk]

Maybe they dont have to open the box

Just scan the IMEI number/ serial/ other code

and then it gets activated...

I sure hope so. It seems logical to me really. Since the SIM card is pre-installed (from what I've heard anyways, just like last year) it seems they could activate the SIM just by scanning the box.

While its not a deal breaker or anything, unboxing your own Apple product has become a right of passage for many fans of the product, I would hate to see that thrown to the air just to pad AT&T's bottom line. I really do think there are ways around it.

 

[iPhelim]

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[mcnieman]

That would piss me the hell off if I send my wife down there and she only come home with 1 f--ing iphone, That would screw up my # porting, they cant do that. They have to let 1 person buy more than 1 phone if its a family plan and the plan is in that persons name only.

Ahh, it's what they're instructing the staff to do at this point. I'm in the same position in that my husband is working that day, and I'm going to have to bring a friend in with me just to get both phones.

 

[cWeems]

Is there proof of them actually using the retail activation only version of Itunes? I saw earlier they would be putting in the IMEI of the phone to track its activation and let you do it. That would make things much quicker and i know some of us wont want an incompetent att employee handling our brand new iphones

itunes activation only version: confirmed (and no im not risking my job for a screenshot!)

cant take it home to activate it though, at first atleast, all activations must be done in store.

 

[cWeems]

I sure hope so. It seems logical to me really. Since the SIM card is pre-installed (from what I've heard anyways, just like last year) it seems they could activate the SIM just by scanning the box.

While its not a deal breaker or anything, unboxing your own Apple product has become a right of passage for many fans of the product, I would hate to see that thrown to the air just to pad AT&T's bottom line. I really do think there are ways around it.

no we have to tether them to unbrick them, jus ask to touch it first if it makes yall feel better lol

 

[dmelgar]

no we have to tether them to unbrick them, jus ask to touch it first if it makes yall feel better lol

Any news on what the process will be at the Apple stores? Will they be able to handle all permutations of adding, changing plans?
In my case, will the Apple store be able to add an iPhone as a new line to an existing individual plan making it a new family plan? Will they be able to select the 550 minute family plan.
Am I safer going to an AT&T store so the account doesn't get messed up.

 

[WPB2]

Ahh, it's what they're instructing the staff to do at this point. I'm in the same position in that my husband is working that day, and I'm going to have to bring a friend in with me just to get both phones.

I guess i will have to let my 2 year old daughter stay home from daycare and send her with my wife to the store just to get 2 phones. This is ridiculous. I was gonna bring my daughter to daycare then go to work and send my wife to the store to get the phones but I guess that aint gonna happen oh well the things we do for the iphone.

 

[freediverdude]

I can't believe we're 4 days from the launch now, and even us forum people, much less the general public, or even the employees in the AT&T and Apple stores don't know exactly how these phones are going to be activated.

As far as the Apple store, if those employees were really going to be signing people up for AT&T plans, and handling issues and questions regarding migrating from some other AT&T plan to an iPhone plan, it seems like their training would have had to have started much earlier than this week. It would probably take weeks of training, or learning under someone else.

I see two options for the Apple store at this point:

1) they just sell you the phone and unbrick it, taking your credit card number while making you sign an agreement to activate it on AT&T within x number of days or the card gets charged a large fee

2) they have several AT&T reps in each Apple store at launch, with at least one permanent AT&T terminal somewhere in the store, and probably other reps with laptops for launch day to get people signed up

 

[cWeems]

I guess i will have to let my 2 year old daughter stay home from daycare and send her with my wife to the store just to get 2 phones. This is ridiculous. I was gonna bring my daughter to daycare then go to work and send my wife to the store to get the phones but I guess that aint gonna happen oh well the things we do for the iphone.

she can jus take a friend w/ her or somthing, doesnt have to be a family memeber

 

[Zubin]

And wouldn't 2.0 have to be released at least by 5:00AM EST July 10th, because that is when the iPhone is released in New Zealand, so the software has to be up and ready by that time.

 

[Scooterman1]

This is sure a LOT of reading that has drifted a LONG way from the Forum Topic. (And this is one more post, I guess).

 

[shecky]

i agree - its noon EST now, we should have heard something by now about what happened at this alleged meeting last nite. did it actually happen?

 

[dmelgar]

I can't believe we're 4 days from the launch now, and even us forum people, much less the general public, or even the employees in the AT&T and Apple stores don't know exactly how these phones are going to be activated.

As far as the Apple store, if those employees were really going to be signing people up for AT&T plans, and handling issues and questions regarding migrating from some other AT&T plan to an iPhone plan, it seems like their training would have had to have started much earlier than this week. It would probably take weeks of training, or learning under someone else.

I see two options for the Apple store at this point:

1) they just sell you the phone and unbrick it, taking your credit card number while making you sign an agreement to activate it on AT&T within x number of days or the card gets charged a large fee

2) they have several AT&T reps in each Apple store at launch, with at least one permanent AT&T terminal somewhere in the store, and probably other reps with laptops for launch day to get people signed up

agreed. I don't see how they can possibly deal with all the problems involved setting up or changing an AT&T account.

 

[Penguinwrangler]

If they DID have a meeting everyone is being very Mum about it.

 

[waterskier2007]

k i wanna get a link from the person who posted that you have to have the new software to back up your iphone 2.5G if you are going to upgrade to a 3G

 

[abijnk]

This is sure a LOT of reading that has drifted a LONG way from the Forum Topic. (And this is one more post, I guess).

This is the iPhone forum, and we are talking about the iPhone...

What's more, this thread is about what news might be coming out of the meeting held yesterday, and we are discussing different possibilities.

 

[cWeems]

Any news on what the process will be at the Apple stores? Will they be able to handle all permutations of adding, changing plans?
In my case, will the Apple store be able to add an iPhone as a new line to an existing individual plan making it a new family plan? Will they be able to select the 550 minute family plan.
Am I safer going to an AT&T store so the account doesn't get messed up.

I can't believe we're 4 days from the launch now, and even us forum people, much less the general public, or even the employees in the AT&T and Apple stores don't know exactly how these phones are going to be activated.

As far as the Apple store, if those employees were really going to be signing people up for AT&T plans, and handling issues and questions regarding migrating from some other AT&T plan to an iPhone plan, it seems like their training would have had to have started much earlier than this week. It would probably take weeks of training, or learning under someone else.

I see two options for the Apple store at this point:

1) they just sell you the phone and unbrick it, taking your credit card number while making you sign an agreement to activate it on AT&T within x number of days or the card gets charged a large fee

2) they have several AT&T reps in each Apple store at launch, with at least one permanent AT&T terminal somewhere in the store, and probably other reps with laptops for launch day to get people signed up

well just as our stores are getting an activation only itunes, im ASSUMING, that they will get the same activation only version of our system... but i really dont know to be honest. best bet if u are messing w/ plans at all i would say go to an att store, i think the apple store will be just straight activation as-is for the account and just add the data plan. u could always do that then call or go to att later i guess...

i will think the 550 plan will not be available for iphone activation, but select the 700m plan and call up to change it to the 550 plan the next day. jus a heads up.

 

[Zubin]

Yeah I doubt this meeting happened. Someone would have leaked what happened. Maybe it is today. I thought it was weird they'd have a company-wide meeting on a Sunday.

 

[abijnk]

Yeah I doubt this meeting happened. Someone would have leaked what happened. Maybe it is today. I thought it was weird they'd have a company-wide meeting on a Sunday.

I don't think anyone is doubting that a meeting took place yesterday... Well, at least I am not...

 

[djransom]

itunes activation only version: confirmed (and no im not risking my job for a screenshot!)

cant take it home to activate it though, at first atleast, all activations must be done in store.

Sounds like AT&T & Apple will activate in-store and then you have to take it home to sync it up with your data.