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Verizon has special hours on Friday
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If you go to the Verizon Wireless website and enter your zip code under the Store Locator tab, you will see all the Verizon stores (corporate owned I believe) that are within a certain mile radius. Store hours are listed next to each store and many, if not most, seem to have special hours for Friday, noted in red. They all seem to suggest they will open at 8:00 am when typically they open at 9:00 a.m.
I actually went to a Verizon store today and confirmed this (along with a long list of other questions). I have gone to Verizon's 8:00 a.m. openings for various releases in the past and found their lines to be far smaller than other retail stores (Best Buy and Apple) or non existent. I suspect there will be some fanfare at the Verizon stores for the iPhone 5 release but it may well be a better bet to go to a Verizon store on Friday than to an Apple store.
By the way, I did ask about the number of iPhones they expected to get and the manager said he really didn't know. I kind of believe him on that too.
I actually went to a Verizon store today and confirmed this (along with a long list of other questions). I have gone to Verizon's 8:00 a.m. openings for various releases in the past and found their lines to be far smaller than other retail stores (Best Buy and Apple) or non existent. I suspect there will be some fanfare at the Verizon stores for the iPhone 5 release but it may well be a better bet to go to a Verizon store on Friday than to an Apple store.
By the way, I did ask about the number of iPhones they expected to get and the manager said he really didn't know. I kind of believe him on that too.
I remember waiting in line at the Apple store for the iPad 2, and they did not know the inventory on their daily shipments until they arrived. They did not know quantity, color, or gb.
I have done both and had great experiences with each. I would say Apple if its not swamped when you plan to start waiting.
working at a major retailer at ipad 3 launch we knew exact quantity, how else would you do inventory right if you didnt know what was coming in? official word is always I have no idea how many we are getting
I went into two different Verizon stores in Manhattan, and in both cases they reiterated the fact that they had no pre-knowledge of how many iPhone 5's they would be allocated, and wouldn't know until the actual phones had arrived.
i was about to switch verizon from att, but with "all you can spare" plans I stay with att. So don't look for me in the line
Thanks for sharing. However if I do need you I can find you in the throttled section.
For the launches of the iPhone 4 and 4S, I showed up 1.5 to 2 hours before the Verizon store opened, and I was the only one there each time. By the time 8 o'clock rolled around, there were maybe 25-30 people total outside the store and everyone left with whatever color and size they wanted.
Last year I tried the whole Verizon store route but was disappointed when they wouldn't have the higher end models (64GB) in store. I was then directed to the apple store who had tons of all the models in all sizes and colors.
Yeah, the carrier stores have limited supply. Even after launch. I tried an AT&T store first one time and I was told they only had one 64 GB model (I wanted 16 GB). So I walked to the Apple store where they had all models. Frankly, you're better off ordering online and just waiting. I would freak out if I waited on line for hours to find out they didn't have the model I wanted. But that's just me.
VerizonWireless.com
Go to the store locator and enter your zip code. The times are listed in red with a note about special hours.
When i worked for ATT cor stores. The longest lines we had were for the original iphone. I worked there when they had the 3g and 3gs come out also. Those weren't that bad. And yes we knew how many we would have in stock ahead of time. But boy was Apple anal about security etc. If i remember correctly most ppl paid ahead of time, brought their receipt and got their phone. Some ppl did stand in line to see if there were extras at launch. But it was nothing like the original iphone.
EDIT: I have no idea how ATT does things now. I don't work there anymore. And all my friends that used to work there are gone, working somewhere else.
EDIT: I have no idea how ATT does things now. I don't work there anymore. And all my friends that used to work there are gone, working somewhere else.
Was going to head to Apple but that's about a 30 minute drive and plus the long lines. The Verizon store is 5 minutes away from me and Best Buy/Target/Walmart and Sam's Club are all within 5 minutes of each other.
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I have my iPhone on Pre-order with a shipping date of 9/28
If Verizon doesn't charge my credit card friday morning, ill show up at Verizon's door at 5:30am and wait. I think 5:30am is a good time to show up.