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U.S. Online Apple Stores Go Down Ahead of iPhone 5s Launch
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At this point, f-it. If I have to wait another 10 days, I'll wait 10 days. It's only a phone, its not food water or sex.
Probably 100 strong at Highland Village Houston, Most in tents bc of the rain so hard to tell. Went by three AT&T stores, no lines at all.
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And that's why I always buy black, I mean 'Space Grey'. Most iPhone sold until now have been black and 16 or 32 GB.
Cook said he was 'doubling down on security" but not on-line product ordering.
Welcome to 2005!
P.S. On that security comment, given all of the leaks and non-surprises on this product announcement, I guess TC should have told the dealer he would 'stand' rather than 'doubling down'.
They are also doubling down on allowing pre-orders
I've got the Apple Store App open, one window with at&t and another with the online Apple store... I want's my phone (I have an iPhone 4, so I really need a new phone).
Pretty disappointed with the Salem, NH setup. Security isn't allowing any sort of line. The most they are allowing is people to park. There are people speed out over a couple dozen rows, maybe 100 cars currently. It's going to be a zoo. Wife wanted this thing but I opted to go home. Staying there doesn't even necessarily guarantee me a specific spot in line.
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The are updating the store pages. Rather than have people slamming it with traffic before it's ready, it's easier to just take it down.
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The are updating the store pages. Rather than have people slamming it with traffic before it's ready, it's easier to just take it down.
Wondering if the iphone 5s will come factory unlocked on verizon like the iphone 5
I think Apple does it so the millions of people that refresh the store page refresh just the placeholder page.
Yes, you definitely win the thread.
If there was an Oscars for MacRumor posting, I would nominate you.
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Yes, but it could be (theoretically) possible that certain women would deny sex to her man UNLESS he had a gold iPhone.
crazy, this is 30 min from where i'm at.
think i'll go elsewhere. maybe a reseller in a city with lower population density?
I saw the last Harry Potter movie with my friends at the midnight release, and it was fun even though I'm not a Harry Potter fan. I can understand camping a video game store for a new and anticipated game or a movie theater for a midnight release just to be part of the party, but an iPhone release? Either they're real hardcore fans or scalpers.
my local apple store is 45 min. away so don't know how lines are there but my local bestbuy att and verizon stores have a total of 0 waiting. didn't check sprint or tmobile
I actually see this too. The place is an hour away and I would have to take the bus but...
I don't know, you're losing commission to eBay plus shipping plus the fact that it can take a while to sell it. Doesn't sound like a reliable business to me.
I have experience selling iPhones on eBay. Two iPhone 5s received as upgrades from AT&T. Both of them got bought by buyers who didn't pay (and bidded upon mostly by people with no reputation and in bad countries), then the second time by buyers whose accounts were hacked and used to buy it and pay for it. Luckily, we eventually got payment for both, but it takes precious time that you'd need to not waste selling a hot and fresh iPhone 5S.
Tip: If you're selling on eBay, make sure you set it so no buyers in areas to which you do not ship can buy/bid. That is actually NOT enabled by default and is an account option, not a per-sale option. And even with that enabled, a few guys somehow do it anyway, so you just have to block them and cancel their bids. If one does a "buy it now", tough luck, prepare to have your time wasted. Perfect example of a company (eBay) taking cruel advantage of its monopoly.