Enough already...
Frequent MacRumors reader, apple fan for years, but this is just too much.
If Apple can honor your order and logistics work out, you'll get your iPhone 4 on the 24th as promised. If not, they'll tell you. It'll look something like this nice note I got, ordering the iPod Mini 4GB when it first came out in '04:
To Our Valued Apple Customer:
Thank you for ordering the new iPod mini!
The demand for the iPod mini has been incredible. While we are shipping the orders as fast as possible, we are not able to ship your order as quickly as originally anticipated. Apple now expects to ship your iPod in 2-4 weeks. We apologize for any inconvenience this delay may cause. Please rest assured that we are shipping all iPod mini orders on a first come, first served basis.
If for any reason this revised shipping date is not acceptable, please let us know and we will be glad to change or cancel your order per your instructions. If we do not hear from you prior to shipment, we will assume the revised date is acceptable, and will ship your order. If you decide to cancel your order and it was paid for in advance, you will receive a prompt refund.
That was actually for my wife's birthday, so I wrapped up a picture of the Mini and put it in a card. It arrived something like 6 weeks later. It's been a few years, but I don't recall throwing a hissy, chewing on the rug, or any of the other antics some of you are contemplating.. So, take it easy, it's just a phone, not the messiah.
Oh, and the guys trying to get a $100 voucher for their 'trouble'? Really? Pre-order trouble?
And the guy who compared Apple's free shipping offer to Hitlers free rail cars for Jews during the holocaust? ####-you pal. 100%
If you're at all curious, I'm not worrying myself, I ordered my 32GB just after lunch on Tuesday with no problems whatsoever.. Now, I was in Singapore on Tuesday, but that's not really the point I'm trying to make..