I said to my loved ones that I didn't think I would be holding a new white iPhone in my hands until mid August, at the earliest. I don't like being right and I don't like being a pessimist, but I am both.
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White iPhone 4 - July 30th, 2010
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For the record, I think preorders will start this tuesday, 7/20. The store will go down in the morning, and come back up with preorders. Then they will start shipping them the following thursday or friday, the last days of the month. It lines up with the timetable they used for the black iPhone 4 release and it's ends up being right at the end of the month (7/31 being a saturday, they probably won't launch on a weekend).
Thanks will be interested to see if you hear different... Couldn't believe that the guy I spoke to wasn't even aware of the press conference. He sounded like a "I'm a college student this is just my summer job" type of "Genius" though.
Sounds like a good theory about pre-orders next Tues. or Thurs. I guess it does stand to reason that if they ship at the end of July that either the stores would have a priority list before then, or they'll be up for pre-order on the website, or both.
Wouldn't the pessimist be saying something along the lines of "wait until Apple delays the white iPhone AGAIN!"?
I'm kidding. Hopefully.
Mrblack: I hope you're right.
2nd Half of July was a lie, hope this one doesn't turn to something like 1st half of August. Also, Apple said they love to make their customers happy, so why not ship earlier? Who cares anyway, We're gonna get our white iPhones soon
How was it a lie? 2nd half of July is from middle of July to the end of July.
Wouldn't the pessimist be saying something along the lines of "wait until Apple delays the white iPhone AGAIN!"?
I'm kidding. Hopefully.
Mrblack: I hope you're right.
Haha, probably. Although I doubt Apple would delay again, seeing as how july ends in 2 weeks.
They need to do a preorder. Otherwise it'll be chaos, and store managers will get calls every day, "are the white ones in yet?".
No one is asking for a "2nd launch". We just want pre orders, thats all. No lines, no media, just pre orders.
I agree. Here's my thoughts:
- A preorder would keep the insanity down, and quell people like us who are sick of waiting.
- Thing is, if there really is "limited supply", they may decide not to sell them online, only in stores, as if they don't, they might sell out of ALL of them online and have none for in-store purchase.
- We also have to keep in mind, that since it's new, you can technically walk in and buy a white phone without waiting, like you have to for black. So plenty of people will just buy white because they can get it NOW, and not have to go on a list.
Agreed.
There must be a way of limiting pre orders though. They did it for the black iphones.
I guess I'll just have to check the stores everyday, and be prepared to camp overnight.
I wonder how they're going to address people on the priority list. Granted the only option at point of sign up was for the Black but will people who get a pick-up e-mail have the option between colors.
I just see this being a big cluster**** again. It'll probably be September/October before there's a regular inventory of iPhones in stores so people can do walk-ins.
The only people seeming to have any luck is with the 32GB model and I don't feel like shelling out an extra $106.25 ...
I just see this being a big cluster**** again. It'll probably be September/October before there's a regular inventory of iPhones in stores so people can do walk-ins.
The only people seeming to have any luck is with the 32GB model and I don't feel like shelling out an extra $106.25 ...
Man I wish during the Q&A someone would have just asked him about pre-orders for the white lol...
To all iPhone 4 White buyers :- what are your plans for receiving the free case?
Morals and entitlement aside, I personally would only be interested in a bumper (not an equivalently priced case).
Do you think by the time the white is released, all the bumpers (not these other cases) will be backlogged and we will have to wait weeks for ours?
Anyone have any tactics to suggest, perhaps buying a bumper now with a view to redeem a refund once we have our iPhones (assuming that they require a unique iPhone 4 serial number which we will then have and they can then tick that off)? Or just buy the bumper online at the same time when hopefully we can preorder/order the white iPhone 4?
Morals and entitlement aside, I personally would only be interested in a bumper (not an equivalently priced case).
Do you think by the time the white is released, all the bumpers (not these other cases) will be backlogged and we will have to wait weeks for ours?
Anyone have any tactics to suggest, perhaps buying a bumper now with a view to redeem a refund once we have our iPhones (assuming that they require a unique iPhone 4 serial number which we will then have and they can then tick that off)? Or just buy the bumper online at the same time when hopefully we can preorder/order the white iPhone 4?
I hope it comes out the 25th so all the people wanting to exchange their impatiently purchased black phones can pay for not being patient
I'm glad I waited for the white one!
You can't purchase the bumpers on the website right now because of the soon to be freebies
You had to know they weren't going to allow that.
If you really want it that bad you could always just return it and wait a week and buy the white...
You had to know they weren't going to allow that.
If you really want it that bad you could always just return it and wait a week and buy the white...
You will be rolling the dice though, I believe it will be in limited quantities to start with. You'd have to decide how bad you want a white one. I suspect we will have another cluster-you-know-what...
Of course it is possible for them to let us poor saps pre order soon and then ship on July 30th. I would be very happy with that arrangement.
I hope it comes out the 25th so all the people wanting to exchange their impatiently purchased black phones can pay for not being patient
I'm glad I waited for the white one!
Like thats gonna stop people from exchanging?
Its really not hard to return it early and wait a week. Jokes on you
Agh I can't believe I'm in this predicament again where I will be constantly hovering over the refresh button on the Apple store iPhone page to see if it is finally available for pre-order. Some sort of date would have been nice...
I'm sure Apple will have a good laugh at all the people returning their Black iPhone4's due to "OMG antennae issues" only to return a week or two later to purchase a White iPhone4
I bet that % is going to dwarf that 0.55% number they've seen to date.
I bet that % is going to dwarf that 0.55% number they've seen to date.
I hope it comes out the 25th so all the people wanting to exchange their impatiently purchased black phones can pay for not being patient
I'm glad I waited for the white one!
Many other ways.
If you've had to get a replacement iPhone4 already, your 30 days starts on the day you got your new receipt (meaning the day you got your replacement) My current i4 was obtained like 13 days after the launch, so thats when my 30 day window starts.
2nd.. If you have an available line open, you can just use that buy the white, see which you prefer in hand, then sell the other after you pay your ETF and still profit.
3rd.. if you didn't have a replacement needed, wait until day 29 or 30, return, then wait until the white comes out (since it looks like it'll be at least august till people have them in hand, your upgrade date should be reset too)
Just sayin.
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