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Likelihood we will get to pre-order the WHITE iPhone 4 TOMORROW?
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Well, I'm certainly hoping that the lines/online orders aren't as bad.
Also, those of you saying that the phones will "ship" to stores on the 31st and we won't be able to order until August, that seems a bit of a stretch.
As long as they are 'shipping', that satisfies Jobs' requirement to ship by the end of the month.
BL.
Not a chance where I'm from. The iP4 line was AT LEAST 700 people strong by 7am. I had my iP4 in hand at 7:15am and left so I don't know what kind of madness ensued after I left, but I know that they sold out.Since soooo many people already have the black ip4 I don't think the lines will be as bad for you guys.
When I preordered my black one I didn't get to the AT&T store till 11am and there was only one person in line in front of me. Took an hour to order cuz the computer kept crashing, but other than that it was no biggie.
Hopefully it'll be the same for y'all.
The AT&T line was huge also.
I think my brother and I counted ~1400 iPhones on the genius bar.
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Yeah well te guy at AT&T said it was crazy in the morning, but when I got there at 11 there were literally like 5 people in the store and only one in front of me.
No way was I even going to attempt the Apple store since there's only one around here (Charlotte), but there's lots of AT&T stores so I tried one of those. Maybe I just got lucky?
Probably. The store I went to had a long line all day. I went with my friend to get his and he didn't get it until 1pm after getting there at 7am. It was insanity
Yes, it does. And while Apple has been known to give a timeframe and then release something at the VERY end of it, if Apple - and let's use the worst case scenario, here - had planned on 'shipping' the phones from the Chinese factory to Apple stores ON July 31st (and probably the tail end of it, e.g. night time) so that they wouldn't be in stores until the 2nd or so, I think Steve would've just said August, not "end of July".
Sure, we might not be able to order them until the 30th or 31st, but I don't think Apple:
1. Would sell them on August 1st or after.
2. Would restrict it to retail stores only. Apple has NEVER done this. It's stupid.
I spoke to someone at apple yesterday and they said they might know more information on Friday which is when they start the free bumpers.
You know, even though they've raked in the dough already, you'd think they'd be a little more eager to collect some more. Personally, I've been holding back my $300 but I'd really like to fork it over. How hard is it to say "ships on XXX" or "ships in 3 weeks"?
i will be willing to miss out on the white one if you get hit by a bus, my black had issues, reception being one of them.
Your reception isn't going to magically improve because of the white color, you do realize that right?
If memory serves me correctly, Steve announced the iPod nano and said they "ship" today. A friend and I went down to the Apple Store and bought ours a few hours later.
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I would have thought that Apple would have made enough iPhones by now to avoid a horrible crush BUT evidently not. I am sure I will be caught in the middle of said crush. Oh, well. I suspect that is all part of the fun.
I would have thought that Apple would have made enough iPhones by now to avoid a horrible crush BUT evidently not. I am sure I will be caught in the middle of said crush. Oh, well. I suspect that is all part of the fun.
Wow nice. The white one is so important that you're wishing injury on people now? Your mother must be so proud
He's right you know.
the less people attempting to purchase a white the better
no one knows if the white is gonna have a insulator or not, ill take my chances and none of the stores by me have black in stock, i dont have a apple store close
It's not going to have an insulator. If you really think it will, then I have lost all hope in the future of society.
Well... here we go... Bumper refunds have started to go out today.
Getting ready for white iPhone launch tomorrow morning?
Getting ready for white iPhone launch tomorrow morning?