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White iPhone 4 Manufacturing Delay, Some Apple Pre-Orders Being Canceled

darkplanets said:
Okay, I'm going to ask this again, because TBH I really don't understand.

Why do you need the new iPhone on the release date?

Really. Why? Why is it so important that you get angry, frustrated, and irate over a freaking phone because you have to have it on the release day.

What ever happened to patience? Is it really so hard to wait a month before you get it? Will your life end over it? I doubt it.

I understand being pissed about Apple canceling pre-orders, thats legitimate, but really, why such the clamor for pre-orders? Has our society really gone that far down hill that when we don't get what we want right away its suddenly an outrage? It just reminds me of little kids with grabby hands that want everything, and then throw a temper-tantrum when they don't get it.
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Personally, I believe it's more than what you state. The average consumer/voter/American/etc is sick of big business screwing over the general population. Whether it be the banks or oil companies, businesses are now taking the power out of the consumers hands and forcing the consumer to follow their rules. Certainly becoming irate over a simple device that didn't exist a few short years ago is ludicrous. If these efforts were better spent in volunteering in shelters or benefitting humanity in some sense rather than commenting on boards (guilty here), the world would make sense. However, given the recent socio-political climate, I believe most individuals are tired of being screwed by "big business". AT&T has a monopoly on a device, a device that many use with ease on their Mac's and MobileMe accounts, a device that is locked into iTunes for overall usage. It's not just the phone, it's the principle behind AT&T's actions (as well as the immoral and improper actions of many other "big business" organizations), policies and inability to adopt the old adage "The customer is always right".
 
darkplanets said:
Okay, I'm going to ask this again, because TBH I really don't understand.

Why do you need the new iPhone on the release date?

Really. Why? Why is it so important that you get angry, frustrated, and irate over a freaking phone because you have to have it on the release day.

What ever happened to patience? Is it really so hard to wait a month before you get it? Will your life end over it? I doubt it.

I understand being pissed about Apple canceling pre-orders, thats legitimate, but really, why such the clamor for pre-orders? Has our society really gone that far down hill that when we don't get what we want right away its suddenly an outrage? It just reminds me of little kids with grabby hands that want everything, and then throw a temper-tantrum when they don't get it.
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Geesh, there's always the 'get a life' comments.
I agree some people overdue it, but part of life is excitement. For some people it's football, some it's partying , others it's electronics or games.
So, a person plans to go see the super bowl and the game is canceled, guess what? People will be pissed.
So really, stop raining on people's parades. :rolleyes:
 
Nikos said:
For those who had Prepared for Shipment as their status and then were canceled, what time did you preorder and were you charged a pre-authorization?
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I don't think if they got to prepared for ship anyone got cancelled.
 
Cynthia Steffe said:
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Nice Cynthia thanks for sharing :)

one question what time did you order this phone ? on the 15th
 
I have an actually legitimate reason to REALLY REALLY want the iphone launch day.

My original iphone (the first gen iphone) has been broken for over a month. I have not been able to do much since then in terms of buying a phone. It's not like I could get a replacement before the iphone 4 because that would be costly and would make my iphone 4 discount go down. I've been waiting for over a month for this thing.

So I at least have much better reason than some others to complain. And this is the first time I've done so at all. I really hope mine doesn't get canceled.

The people that currently have a phone, especially those with a fully working 3gs need to calm down. If you're owning a 3gs and complaining about delays, then you are just a straight brat.

At least you have a phone.
 
avonterr said:
Since ordering, at Apple, at 7:03 pm Pacific on launch day, I received

--a confirmation mail from Apple (06/15 7:28)
--a confirmation from AT&T with a Customer Service Summary (06/18)

The check order page at Apple now shows

--Ships: Delivers on June 24

Dialing *NEW# gets me a text saying

--You may select equipment at our full retail pricing. An upgrade may be available on 02/18/2012

These seem to be the signs of a processed order.
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Update:

--Shipment notification 6/19 at 8:34 pm.
 
Thanks for the Best Buy updates.

I went that route after no luck with the website. I was "guaranteed" to have an iPhone on launch day but I guess we'll have to wait and see. Even if I do, that means lots of other people were blatantly lied to. Same with Apple. Same with AT&T.

I get it - more people want the iPhone than they have supply. That's cool. But why not man up and just be truthful, honest, and take responsibility. In Best Buy's case, people were outright lied to. I figured it wasn't a guarantee since they only made me put down a deposit so my expectations were low, but what about the others?

This is worse than someone snagging the last beer from your secret hiding spot. And that's a HUGE bummer. Talk about perspective...
 
Benk3350 said:
I have an actually legitimate reason to REALLY REALLY want the iphone launch day.

My original iphone (the first gen iphone) has been broken for over a month. I have not been able to do much since then in terms of buying a phone. It's not like I could get a replacement before the iphone 4 because that would be costly and would make my iphone 4 discount go down. I've been waiting for over a month for this thing.

So I at least have much better reason than some others to complain. And this is the first time I've done so at all. I really hope mine doesn't get canceled.

The people that currently have a phone, especially those with a fully working 3gs need to calm down. If you're owning a 3gs and complaining about delays, then you are just a straight brat.

At least you have a phone.
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Just buy a crappy phone and use it for the time being. Unless your job requires you to be on top of your e-mails, you don't need an iPhone. And even if your job did require that, they should be giving you the iPhone instead.
 
michelle21 said:
Obviously you are not a developer, or not a very good one.

Or you would know that a lot of advanced applications work fine on the simulator but not on the actual device.
True most of the early revenue is going to come from the 3gs, but having iphone 4 capability from day one is a definite plus.

Todays phone apps that make money, real money aren't just the little to do list ones, they are complexed apps with combination of objective-c and c++.
there is just no way to tell from the simulator the true performance on the real device.

And believe it or not there are developers out there that depend on iphone development for livlihood, services rather than app store revenue is a must quicker bigger payoff. But there are more liabilities.

And no otherwise I would not run down and buy a phone on day one if I didn't have to. This is my last post on this topic because I have more important things to do then argue with someone who has nothing better to do then criticize people he knows nothing about.
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Dear Michelle,

I hope this experience serves as a lesson learned for your app business. Seemingly, you're a good developer. But perhaps can learn a thing or two about risk management for your business.

An old saying comes to mind: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Sincerely, good luck to you and your app business.
 
I think this article is just stoking peoples fears and is not accurate if people are getting their iPhones cancelled it us for other reasons except for any white ones.
 
Best post by far

ChrisMurrayOU said:
Any money spent on iPhones is less money that can be spent on Affliction clothes. If people can't get their phones, then I might have to see one more idiot wearing that stuff than I would have had to because of this iPhone debacle.

So yeah, it is a big deal!
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Suddenly I am in a panic state. So this means I'm going to see more db's wearing that *****?!? Steve Jobs can kiss my ace.
 
I got really lucky, I think. I had been trying to punch through the whole day, but luckily I had to be in front of my computer anyways to prepare for a deposition:)
 
i ordered from both AT&T and APPLE, i just got an email from apple saying my order was cancelled and it read
"We were unable to complete the authorization process for your iPhone order. As a result, we had to cancel your iPhone order. To complete the purchase of your iPhone, please visit an Apple Retail Store or an AT&T company-owned retail store."


I AM HOPING that the order with AT&T is still coming. because if not this is complete bull ****, I ordered 8:54 am Pacific .....:confused::confused:
 
zotes24 said:
i ordered from both AT&T and APPLE, i just got an email from apple saying my order was cancelled and it read
"We were unable to complete the authorization process for your iPhone order. As a result, we had to cancel your iPhone order. To complete the purchase of your iPhone, please visit an Apple Retail Store or an AT&T company-owned retail store."


I AM HOPING that the order with AT&T is still coming. because if not this is complete bull ****, I ordered 8:54 am Pacific .....:confused::confused:
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Were you ever charged a pre-authorization for the phone?
 
gehrbox said:
From what I have read around here many of the orders cancelled were per ATT.

Not so simple for Apple to just put a delay on an order nixed by a partner.
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Agreed - No one can't expect Apple to control what ATT do.

( AT&T providing the usual low quality user experience )
 
Has anyone who's had their order cancelled had only one order? It sounds like the ones having issues are the ones that had multiple orders in (through Apple and AT&T). Hopefully they're only cancelling one and not both orders.
 
darkplanets said:
Okay, I'm going to ask this again, because TBH I really don't understand.

Why do you need the new iPhone on the release date?

Really. Why? Why is it so important that you get angry, frustrated, and irate over a freaking phone because you have to have it on the release day.

What ever happened to patience? Is it really so hard to wait a month before you get it? Will your life end over it? I doubt it.

I understand being pissed about Apple canceling pre-orders, thats legitimate, but really, why such the clamor for pre-orders? Has our society really gone that far down hill that when we don't get what we want right away its suddenly an outrage? It just reminds me of little kids with grabby hands that want everything, and then throw a temper-tantrum when they don't get it.
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No, I don't understand. Why are there so many people on here acting like the fact that anyone cares about a phone is such a revolting thing that said people should shoot themselves in the head right now because they have nothing to live for. I feel the vast majority of people on this apple, and therefore iPhone-focused forum are not throwing tantrums but thoughtfully voicing the fact they are upset with the lack of communication from apple, and would just like to know when they will get the phone many of them have already payed for or would like some sort of timetable on the color they are waiting for, which is not at all childish, but completely justified.
 
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