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Verizon iPhone Launch, Lines Forming

Not sure why people would line up when you could reserve one at apple store unless there is no apple store near you.

I just reserved mine yesterday and in an hour or so I will be heading out to the apple store to pick up my iphone4 with verizion.

I am not really expecting any problem with the line or getting the iphone at the store, but who knows.
 
jonofthedead said:
I understand waiting in line and I've done it for a ton of things (Wii, various xbox games, etc.), but why would you do this when the option to reserve a phone for store pickup is available? Doesn't that negate the point of waiting in line...when you don't have to?
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I think this clarifies it really is about the experience.

And getting the device a half day earlier than the next guy.

I would love to see the not-so-secret Verizon network usage graphs by region for the Verizon iPhone 4 uptake period. That would be really interesting to me.

Rocketman
 
pmz said:
So excited to be offloading the whiners from AT&T. Good riddance. My service is excellent, always is, and always has been. Makes no difference where I travel in the U.S. Listening to people regurgitating hyped up nonsense about AT&T, for no reason other than immature angst, has gotten horribly old.

Good Riddance. Enjoy making and paying for phone calls on your $100 a month iDevice. I'll continue using it for what its actually good at.
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You people get into absolute histrionics over this issue. Fact is, AT&T coverage is very good in some areas, and absolute garbage in others. This is true for Verizon also, but Verizon does offer a much larger area of 3G, albeit at slower speeds than AT&T in many cases.

For me, I used an iPhone since the day it was released in 2007. I had EDGE coverage, and while slow, it was reliable. As the years progressed, I upgraded to a 3G and then an iP4... my service deteriorated steadily as more and more users to the network were added. Eventually, in our area AT&T ceased functioning entirely, first for data, and then eventually for voice. Calls would go straight to voicemail, texts would take hours to receive, etc. After a massive local uprising (I'm not kidding, literally thousands of calls to the office of the president, and a personal apology from the AT&T regional president to our community), we mysteriously got upgraded to 3G, well ahead of many much larger communities in our area. In the meantime, Verizon steadily improved its coverage (3G) to the point that the ONLY reason people stuck with AT&T is the iPhone.

I dropped AT&T 5 months ago, and waited patiently for the Verizon iP4. Received mine Monday, and have been extremely happy.

Your comments that "everyone is just a bunch of whiners" is complete BS. It is a region by region issue.
 
sclawis300 said:
Has anyone answered this question yet?
What are all the people who wait 6 months for the iPhone5 going to do if the iphone 5 does not come out in 6 months? Go ahead and buy iphone 4 at that point? Wait 6 more months? That wait a couple of months theory could turn into a whole year pretty quickly I think.
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I'm riding out my 3GS contract and honestly don't know. I don't think Apple would wait a full year, but I do think it's possible a refresh will be delayed several months. With unlimited data likely being unavailable for the iPhone 5, today's buyers may not be so "dumb" after all.
 
Lara F said:
I'm riding out my 3GS contract and honestly don't know. I don't think Apple would wait a full year, but I do think it's possible a refresh will be delayed several months. With unlimited data likely being unavailable for the iPhone 5, today's buyers may not be so "dumb" after all.
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Another good point. Not sure how long this "temporary" unlimited thing is going to last. Although, if you don't use that much, it may not be bad to have some options.
 
alywa said:
You people get into absolute histrionics over this issue. Fact is, AT&T coverage is very good in some areas, and absolute garbage in others. This is true for Verizon also, but Verizon does offer a much larger area of 3G, albeit at slower speeds than AT&T in many cases.

For me, I used an iPhone since the day it was released in 2007. I had EDGE coverage, and while slow, it was reliable. As the years progressed, I upgraded to a 3G and then an iP4... my service deteriorated steadily as more and more users to the network were added. Eventually, in our area AT&T ceased functioning entirely, first for data, and then eventually for voice. Calls would go straight to voicemail, texts would take hours to receive, etc. After a massive local uprising (I'm not kidding, literally thousands of calls to the office of the president, and a personal apology from the AT&T regional president to our community), we mysteriously got upgraded to 3G, well ahead of many much larger communities in our area. In the meantime, Verizon steadily improved its coverage (3G) to the point that the ONLY reason people stuck with AT&T is the iPhone.

I dropped AT&T 5 months ago, and waited patiently for the Verizon iP4. Received mine Monday, and have been extremely happy.

Your comments that "everyone is just a bunch of whiners" is complete BS. It is a region by region issue.
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It's more like AT&T is crap in most areas and only awesome in a select few while Verizon is consistent in most areas and crappy in a few.
 
NoExpectations said:
From USATODAY:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-02-09-verizon-iphone-1B_N.htm?csp=hf

"ILounge, a website devoted to Apple products, reminded Internet surfers about antenna problems that first surfaced for the iPhone 4 when it was released in June for AT&T's network. The antenna problem is actually "worse" with the Verizon phone, iLounge says, causing both dropped calls and dropped Wi-Fi."
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and if you watched the video it is pretty clear they are trying to make something out of nothing. I think the cell phone in Machete (have not seen the movie, just heard about the scene) had a little signal loss too.
 
pmz said:
Well, get a job, and things might be different. I have an absolute 100% need of this feature every single day, and have for 4 years.
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Your job is surfing the web while talking on a mobile phone? I though most people's jobs (If they need to make calls or work with information on the Internet) involves being in an office/cubicle with a computer and land-line phone.
 
Burlingame, CA Verizon store.

In line at 6:30am. 4 people in line ahead of us.
In the store at 7.
Out of the store at 7:12, i4 32gb in wife's hand.

The Apple store across the street had an even shorter line. We went to the Verizon store because the wife had an upgrade discount.
 
croooow said:
Your job is surfing the web while talking on a mobile phone? I though most people's jobs (If they need to make calls or work with information on the Internet) involves being in an office/cubicle with a computer and land-line phone.
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In the field sales people.

Hell, I spend most of my day in the warehouse and use that feature all the time. Talking on the phone while looking up e-mails.
 
sclawis300 said:
I think the cell phone in Machete (have not seen the movie, just heard about the scene) had a little signal loss too.
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She was holding it all wrong!
 
From CNN (February 10, 2011 10:34 a.m. EST): After years of anticipation, relatively few people waited in line today to buy the new Verizon Wireless iPhone 4, anecdotal reports say.

Fifteen minutes before the phone went on sale, eight people were in line at Apple's flagship store in New York, according to CNNMoney. Down the street, about a dozen people waited in line at a Verizon Wireless store.

And in Atlanta, Georgia, slightly more than a dozen stood in line outside a Verizon store to get the new phone. One of them, Lena Hill, 22, brought food and blankets at 6:15 a.m., expecting to have to camp out in a line to get the device. There wasn't a line, so Hill just waited in her car.
 
Well, it was available online to existing customers last week, and online to new customers yesterday, so I can see why lines were shorter. But, sometimes it is fun to wait and line and be first in the store. I did that in San Antonio for the IPad launch, just to say I did it. I had no intention of buying an IPad at that time. I just hope the sales numbers blow away all expectations.
 
Because of macrumors this line began in November 2010, and back in March 2010 and Fall 2009 and once or twice in Summer 2009 and ....
 
Is it possible that such lukewarm response indicates that Apple hype finally started to wane?
 
lilo777 said:
Is it possible that such lukewarm response indicates that Apple hype finally started to wane?
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Possible? Yes.

But that's not it.

The orders are simply on-line. Its not a "new phone". So its not like the original launch. But the numbers will be big.

And its not hype.
 
I don't know who is more pathetic. Macrumors for reporting this drivel or the stupid woman in the photo.
Actually maybe it's me for wasting time reading and commenting on it :rolleyes:
 
BigDukeSix said:
Well, it was available online to existing customers last week, and online to new customers yesterday, so I can see why lines were shorter. But, sometimes it is fun to wait and line and be first in the store. I did that in San Antonio for the IPad launch, just to say I did it. I had no intention of buying an IPad at that time. I just hope the sales numbers blow away all expectations.
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It's fun playing with your kids or your dog. It's fun going surfing or for a nice walk. hell...it's even fun sitting at home reading macrumors.
But standing in line to be the first in a store NOT to buy an item.....:eek::confused:

OK enough of this nonsense...I'm going surfing with my dog!
 
BigDukeSix said:
...But, sometimes it is fun to wait and line and be first in the store. I did that in San Antonio for the IPad launch, just to say I did it. I had no intention of buying an IPad at that time...
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oldwatery said:
...But standing in line to be the first in a store NOT to buy an item.....:eek::confused:...
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Wait, BigDukeSix, you stood in line and did not buy an iPad? When I first read your post I thought you hadn't planned on getting an iPad but then stood in line and purchased one anyway. Did you actually mean you stood in line just to get into the store and just look at one?:confused:
 
lilo777 said:
Is it possible that such lukewarm response indicates that Apple hype finally started to wane?
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It's impossible to tell the nature of the response without knowing the online numbers. Add the fact that most people who wanted to buy online seemed to be able to, and I understand it.

It's also impossible to tell how many are holding off anticipating a new verizon iphone in just 4 months.
 
I got an email this morning after 9 am from Best Buy saying the iPhone from Verizon was available. Click on the link: SOLD OUT ONLINE. Wal-Mart SOLD OUT ONLINE...maybe a lot of people are BUYING online? Why stand in a line in February when most of the country is FREEZING? :confused:
 
Goldinboy17 said:
What if they sell out and there's a supply crunch
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Fear based "what if" scenarios are older than the iPhone itself.

Fear Based selling is very effective in the vain Apple crowd, where's it's crucial to "be cool" and seen with the latest shiny toy. :)
 
Picked up 2 iphones from the Verizon store in Times Square. No wait, at all. In and out in 15 minutes. Goodbye AT&T!
 
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