I ordered my black 16GB Tuesday and was given the same estimate. I sure as hell hope it comes sooner.I can unfortunately confirm the 10-21 day speculation. I ordered a White 16 GB through my good friend who also works at AT&T. I placed my order on Monday night around 5:00pm. My buddy originally told me it should be around 5-7 days. He called me Tuesday morning to tell me the wait times were pushed to 10-21 days.
He did tell me the orders for White phones are being fulfilled faster than any other models........
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No iphones for ATT for another 10-20 days
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the big picture...
From an analysts perspective, they are just looking at the raw numbers of a "global rollout" that shows the bottom line numbers of one million units.
They are not focusing on domestic demand, international demand or future demand at that point. They are reflecting on the NUMBERS.
That is their job. Then they will postulate future earnings based on existing and future sales. That is what analysts do.
I feel for people that are trying to get their hands on an unit. I was in the same boat. I sold my original iPhone late Wednesday. I saw on Friday it was not going to be easy. Then on Saturday morning when my local AT&T said they had only 8GBs right before opening (nice of them) and you could do DF if you didn't get one, I bolted.
Went to get my car and opted not to go to the first mall I thought of but the second. And I got there 10 minutes before opening and less than 20 in line. I lucked out and scored a white 16GB.
And for the last two days the whole state of NJ shows no inventory on Apple Retail website.
Bottom line is that selling a million units (even globally) of a phone in three days (with the activation slowdowns) is very impressive and speaks to the demand.
And clearly that's not going to change in the next few days. There's nothing Apple can do but ramp up the assembly/delivery from China. And I am sure they will be doing it as best they can.
But from what I heard, the Netherlands only got 5000 units for the whole country and they sold out in minutes.
Apple will catch up the question is when? We don't know how much product they have and how quickly and where it will be distributed.
I'm wishing my fellow macrumors readers good luck in the hunt.
From an analysts perspective, they are just looking at the raw numbers of a "global rollout" that shows the bottom line numbers of one million units.
They are not focusing on domestic demand, international demand or future demand at that point. They are reflecting on the NUMBERS.
That is their job. Then they will postulate future earnings based on existing and future sales. That is what analysts do.
I feel for people that are trying to get their hands on an unit. I was in the same boat. I sold my original iPhone late Wednesday. I saw on Friday it was not going to be easy. Then on Saturday morning when my local AT&T said they had only 8GBs right before opening (nice of them) and you could do DF if you didn't get one, I bolted.
Went to get my car and opted not to go to the first mall I thought of but the second. And I got there 10 minutes before opening and less than 20 in line. I lucked out and scored a white 16GB.
And for the last two days the whole state of NJ shows no inventory on Apple Retail website.
Bottom line is that selling a million units (even globally) of a phone in three days (with the activation slowdowns) is very impressive and speaks to the demand.
And clearly that's not going to change in the next few days. There's nothing Apple can do but ramp up the assembly/delivery from China. And I am sure they will be doing it as best they can.
But from what I heard, the Netherlands only got 5000 units for the whole country and they sold out in minutes.
Apple will catch up the question is when? We don't know how much product they have and how quickly and where it will be distributed.
I'm wishing my fellow macrumors readers good luck in the hunt.
This is ridiculous.. I've been trying to get a 3G iPhone since launch... and granted I haven't been as hardcore as some of the people camping out etc... I don't have an Apple store where I am, and we only have 1 AT&T store in the area... they don't like to pick up the phone when I call to check for availability before I drive 20 minutes just to be greated by clueless employee's that have no idea when they're getting more.
You would think the hype would have died down by now... apparently not.
You would think the hype would have died down by now... apparently not.
i went to AT+T today and ended up getting a no-contract service only plan (with no equipment) for $39.99/month with my number ported to it from t-mobile. i have a SIM and if i find/borrow a phone that will work on the AT+T network i can use it just fine until my iPhone gets here. once the iphone shows up, we just put it on the account, put the SIM card in and add the data and i am all set. i ordered the 16GB white and was told 10-21 days.
everything is all verified and double checked so i do not have any issues when the iphone comes in - no extra fees, upgrade charges, etc...
the only mild negative is having 2-3 weeks of service i will most likely not use, but it was worth it to me to keep my phone number.
very easy, took 15 minutes. i am happy as of now
ironically, as i was there fedex came and delivered 15 individually boxed phones for DF orders. the manager told me 100% of incoming phones are for fulfilling these DF orders, NO phones will be sold to walk-in customers until all DF orders are done.
everything is all verified and double checked so i do not have any issues when the iphone comes in - no extra fees, upgrade charges, etc...
the only mild negative is having 2-3 weeks of service i will most likely not use, but it was worth it to me to keep my phone number.
very easy, took 15 minutes. i am happy as of now
ironically, as i was there fedex came and delivered 15 individually boxed phones for DF orders. the manager told me 100% of incoming phones are for fulfilling these DF orders, NO phones will be sold to walk-in customers until all DF orders are done.
I finally caved and got the DF today at 2:30 pm at AT&T in NYC. Since I'm a corporate customer my account has already been setup, but no service. It was a very painless process, I walked in, told the cute AT&T CR what phone I wanted, she asked me to swipe my credit card, and handed me a receipt. I think her flirting or me flirting definitely helped because she told me that she would personally keep a look out for mine and told me what days she worked etc etc, the girl was definitely working for her commission lol. So now the waiting game begins, i got the same 14 - 21 days line.
everything is all verified and double checked so i do not have any issues when the iphone comes in - no extra fees, upgrade charges, etc...
the only mild negative is having 2-3 weeks of service i will most likely not use, but it was worth it to me to keep my phone number.
Just goto wal-mart and buy a cheap gophone. Should be like ~$15 and pop your sim in.
At&t also gave some people temporary phones while they wait for the iphone. Call your store and ask.
actually i just unlocked my t-mo blackberry and popped in the ATT sim - all is working well until my phone comes in. other than what i expect to be a long wait time im pleased so far with how ATT has handled this. i have my number ported, i have a phone to use with that number for the next couple of weeks, and i have the phone on order with no lines.
The 3 ATT stores in the AV here in California said they were going to be out for three weeks. My buddy is going down to the Northridge Apple Store today to try his luck