originally placed the online order with apple on the 21st for the gold, and it sat.
frustrating that they dont distribute the phones on a first come first served basis.
when they went live for instore pickup, I cancelled my online order and picked up a gold 64gb online. Had it in my hands on the 2nd from the online order system. had I not done that I would still be waiting... 2 and a half weeks after I ordered! with no end in sight as they are still trying to ship out orders that were placed on the 20th!