Well, you have to wait in line is what they mean
By the time your turn is up, it'll be noon 
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Verizon iPhone Launches to Short Lines, Cold Temperatures
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Well, you have to wait in line is what they mean
By the time your turn is up, it'll be noon I'm AT&T and off contract. My wife has the original 3G while I bought a used 3Gs last year when 4 came out to tide me over, hoping that Verizon would get the iPhone after the first of the year. The fact is that AT&T just isn't as good in our area and we get dropped calls and crappy download speeds.
So I got up at 3a to pre-order us the Verizon phone - but can't pick up the order until 12p anyway.
As for the whole talk while surfing thing, it's a non issue for us. Of greater importance is having a usable signal when we need it. The iPhone 5 will likely be an evolutionary update rather than revolutionary, so I'm OK to wait until the iPhone 6.
So I got up at 3a to pre-order us the Verizon phone - but can't pick up the order until 12p anyway.
As for the whole talk while surfing thing, it's a non issue for us. Of greater importance is having a usable signal when we need it. The iPhone 5 will likely be an evolutionary update rather than revolutionary, so I'm OK to wait until the iPhone 6.
Ah, good, the trolls are here to gloat over a story that will turn out to be false once we see the final numbers for the quarter.
Never fails. "Yaaaa, Apple failed!" Until they find out they didn't.
Never fails. "Yaaaa, Apple failed!" Until they find out they didn't.
Blowhards
Lots of 'blowhards' who over these recent years had the same refrain, 'I want an iPhone but I hat AT&T..if ONLY Verizon had the iPhone, I'd snap one up.'
I call BS on most of those folk. They they wanted to blow bad breath on the iPhone and those of us who went out and plunked down real money and got one.
Well, all you millions upon millions of Verizon faithful....it's here....why aren't you in line? Oh, I thought so.
Lots of 'blowhards' who over these recent years had the same refrain, 'I want an iPhone but I hat AT&T..if ONLY Verizon had the iPhone, I'd snap one up.'
I call BS on most of those folk. They they wanted to blow bad breath on the iPhone and those of us who went out and plunked down real money and got one.
Well, all you millions upon millions of Verizon faithful....it's here....why aren't you in line? Oh, I thought so.
Android Canibilaztion...
No guys, what's happening is that Apple waited too darn long to change carriers, so most of the people waiting for the iPhone to come to Verizon got sick and tired of waiting and opted for an Android phone. Almost all of my friends who would have loved to have the iPhone was sick of waiting year after year and they all opted to get an Android phone and they are loving it.
No guys, what's happening is that Apple waited too darn long to change carriers, so most of the people waiting for the iPhone to come to Verizon got sick and tired of waiting and opted for an Android phone. Almost all of my friends who would have loved to have the iPhone was sick of waiting year after year and they all opted to get an Android phone and they are loving it.
People waited this long. Why rush out and buy a phone that will be refreshed in a matter of months. The upgrade would be expensive if you only had your phone for four months. I'ld wait.
Since this is mostly non-Verizon customers (I'm guessing) I can believe this. I think a lot of people will be waiting until their current contract is over before they buy a new phone (even one as cool as the iPhone). It may be more of a steady stream over time.
30+ people? That's way more than the blocks-long lines that lasted for days at some Apple Stores. Those same lines - if not longer - will be there whenever the next one launches. Short lines are probably due to Verizon most likely pushing to release the phone now instead of waiting for whenever the next iteration comes out. The common themes I see are: 1) people not "switching" or "upgrading" because they are mid-contract and it's not financially reasonable; and 2) people waiting for the next iteration before locking themselves into a fresh contract.
Oh, Verizon will sell boatloads of them, and there are plenty of people who will snap them up.
Thing is, the people who would go so far as to stand in line to get one* in the first few minutes of availability are/were motivated enough to switch providers long ago.
(* - speaking as one who bought an iPad 3G in the first 30 minutes of availability; there were 150 people ahead of me)
Thing is, the people who would go so far as to stand in line to get one* in the first few minutes of availability are/were motivated enough to switch providers long ago.
(* - speaking as one who bought an iPad 3G in the first 30 minutes of availability; there were 150 people ahead of me)
LOL on the justification - If iPhone isn't generating lines, it's because of the damn weather!
It was -10 this morning in Chicago. Would you stand in line in those temperatures? It's one thing to wait out in the sweltering heat of summer but the frigid cold of winter is quite another.
There is also the fact that a much better iPhone 5 will be out out in just a few months, the fact that most Verizon customers were allowed to order earlier, AT&T customers wanting to switch are still in their contracts, etc.
I'm not standing outside...
It was -2 F with -14 windchill as I drove into the office. So forget being outside in the deadly weather for hours to wait for THE phone.
It was -2 F with -14 windchill as I drove into the office. So forget being outside in the deadly weather for hours to wait for THE phone.
Interesting note...when I preordered my iPhone last Thursday at 3AM, I was switching back from ATT (because my wife still has a Verizon phone under my name I was technically a Verizon customer and could add a line and port the number back over) I needed my ATT account number for the port, and wouldn't you know that ATT website was down. I found that coincidental but thought I guess they could be legitimately doing maintenance, it is 3 in the morning. I found my account number on an old email and continued through the process as normal. Today, I wanted to check my ATT account to see what the left over balance was on my account. Wouldn't you know their "my account" feature is coincidentally down again today - the same day existing ATT users are able to buy the iPhone on Verizon and would need their account numbers in order to port their telephone number over. Coincidence???
You make a good point, but what if Apple has a good reason not to combine CDMA and GSM technologies into one device, and cell two different devices? I personally don't see why they would do that but still.
So if there's a new AT&T iPhone this summer, doesn't necessarily mean there's gonna be a new Verizon iPhone...
Who knows
You're right. 80-90 degree weather with humidity so high it wraps you like a blanket is much, much better. No harm can come from that.
Plenty of stupid people that bought Android phones out there!
Really... most of the general public does not sit on blogs and web sites like this knowing that a new version is coming. On top of that... the iPhone 4 is still the best selling smart phone out there and it's a great phone, so why not?
Not everyone wants to be on the cutting edge of technology or worries if they'll be outdated in months. If they did why would they ever but a Moto or Samsung phone? With those companies, their almost guaranteed to be outdated by another feature packed model in no time.
Yeah, I've seen several posters say that in this thread, but the fact is we really don't know that will be true for Verizon. It might well be true, but we can't say that for sure. But I can understand if a person wants to wait to see what happens this summer. The rumors say the next version of the iPhone won't be that much different, that LTE won't be until 2012. But hey, people can wait if they want to.
One downside to waiting is that people buying now can get unlimited data from Verizon. Rumor is this will go away soon except for those grandfathered in now. That's one reason NOT to wait.
I'm fairly certain I have a full brain and I'm getting the verizon iphone 4 later today.
Just because you don't think it makes sense doesn't mean that applies to everyone.
I'm ATT customer with an iPhone. I know iPhone 5 will likely come out this summer. And you know what? I'll get that too. I'll just sell my current phone for 3 bucks and pay full price. Sure i'll spend a little more in the end. BUT I NEED A PHONE THAT WORKS IN DOORS IN NEW YORK CITY. BECAUSE I NEED TO MAKE PHONE CALLS.
lol who was expecting long lines? again, i'm a verizon customer dying for an iphone, but i'll wait for the iphone 5, and they already opened it up to the over 100 million already-subscribing verizon wireless customers a week ago..
Like somebody already said, most orders are online, they will sell alot of iPhone's no doubt but why wait in the cold when online is a option. Especially if you can reserve so some love the adventure of camping out but I think even most of those people said forget it around this time of year. I'm in Ohio and I know it's not that coldest place right mow but I woke up to 3 degrees temperature and I couldn't imagine waiting in a line for any amount of time outside. Then there's also other outlets to get the phone, there really is no need to rush, Verizon, Walmart, Apple, Best Buy, you should be able to walk in easy enough
Also, there have been a lot of people who already have the phones, due to Verizon allowing them to order early, so it took some of the need for lines out of it.
I also wouldn't be standing in 18 degree weather (of course I live in Southern California, so I can't even begin to imagine that).
I also wouldn't be standing in 18 degree weather (of course I live in Southern California, so I can't even begin to imagine that).