So here we are then. Most people have their preorders and accessories sorted. Cutekitty has probably only cancelled and reordered three times so far, but it’s only Monday…
Let’s hear your stories. Who’s been here longest? Any interesting previous preorders?
My first iPhone was the 3G and I’d already been a forum member here for five years! Those of us who preordered through the Carphone Warehouse didn’t get our SIMs activated for three days after delivery. We only figured out it was CPW customers (and that it was all CPW customers) via this forum. CPW blamed O2 and vice versa.
I ended up logging who’d ordered what and when, putting it in a list online (with their permission.) Through that, I ended up being contacted by two national newspapers and asked to give a short interview about our frustrations.
Other interesting launches were the iPhone 4 and 5S. They were the only times where I either couldn’t or didn’t preorder and queued outside the Armdale Centre on launch day, from about 2am. This was back in the day of very long lines for iPhone launches.
The iPhone 4 launch was reasonably nice. I was sixth in the queue which was made up of largely Apple fans. Some were members of this forum. We had a reasonably good time, chatting all things Apple.
The 5S launch was horrible. I was about 30th in the queue but the vast majority were scalpers. Dozens of people pushed in at the front of the queue and, with no security, what could be done? Blokes driving up and down in blacked out cars. Huge stacks of cash changing hands. Likely nothing illegal, but some dodgy characters for sure. An entirely different atmosphere compared to the iPhone 4 launch.
Thankfully, the systems Apple has today, are much better even if this launch didn’t go perfectly smoothly for some.
