No thread on the iPhone 4? Did anyone else Pre-Order?

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:42 am

It took me literally all day, but I finally managed to order my new iPhone 4. The bad news is I don't think it's coming on the 24th (the day they're supposed to arrive if you pre-ordered for delivery at home), because in my order status on ATT it says I ordered on the 16th. I'll probably get it a few days later. At least I was able to order though, lots of people weren't.

Did anyone else pre-order? If not, are you planning on getting the new iPhone on launch day, or later on?

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:42 am

AT&T really bombed that pre-order. Holy Cow what a mess from what I've been reading over on Howard Forums. They even had to close some stores down. LOL The supposed ship date for some people has been pushed back to July 2nd, so only a little over a week which isn't bad. Oh, and no, I plan upgrading my current phone to either the new Motorola DroidX or the Droid 2 that's supposed to come out next month.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 10:55 am

JBrazen wrote: Oh, and no, I plan upgrading my current phone to either the new Motorola DroidX or the Droid 2 that's supposed to come out next month.

I still don't know which way I'll be going come August....the Incredible is backed up a bit with pre-orders, and now they're talking about the Shadow 'n DroidX and some other Droid 2 phones for late summer....argggg.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:11 pm

600,000 sold yesterday. I order me and the wifey one at 5am from ATT.com and didnt have a problem.

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:44 pm

I'm looking forward to the HD video recording, better camera, doing facetime calls with the boy while he's at work, and the phone just generally being faster (I have a 3G) and the battery lasting longer. I can't wait to get it - I'm trying to pack the next week or so with lots of stuff to do so it goes faster.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:24 pm

My only concern is having the glass front and back. I have the 3G too and the newer apps are starting to bog it down.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:08 pm

tao_jones wrote:600,000 sold yesterday. I order me and the wifey one at 5am from ATT.com and didnt have a problem.

3 million per month...

Also, nobody has the ability to confirm a pre-order other than a live CSR. Confirmation emails and order status is just a "reserved" spot. Make sure you talk to a live CSR just to make sure.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:37 pm

I did.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:46 pm

Burke wrote:I did.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:57 pm

JawZ wrote:3 million per month...

Also, nobody has the ability to confirm a pre-order other than a live CSR. Confirmation emails and order status is just a "reserved" spot. Make sure you talk to a live CSR just to make sure.

Calling now. Lets cross my fingers that I dont have a 30 minute hold time.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:03 pm

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:21 pm

tao_jones wrote:Calling now. Lets cross my fingers that I dont have a 30 minute hold time.

Talked to the CSR and she stated that there is no way to guarentee delivery by 6/24. Their system shows everything as backordered until it ships. All I can do now is cross my fingers.

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:32 pm

tao_jones wrote:Talked to the CSR and she stated that there is no way to guarentee delivery by 6/24. Their system shows everything as backordered until it ships. All I can do now is cross my fingers.

Yeah, I'm also gonna upgrade but will prolly wait until the dust settles right after release to see if there are any major bugs. If iOS 4 installs fine on my 3GS that will be a good sign lol.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:06 pm

The newest update for iTunes rolled out today too. Its supposed to speed up the backup time for phones running 4.0...which will be a godsend.

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:14 pm

My phone has been out for delivery since 5:30 am.. it's now a little past noon and it's still not here. I hope it comes soon - I have Things To Do, I'm starving, and I want to take a shower...

tao_jones - did your phones come yet?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:16 pm

9mm don't eat the iPhone!

RaisinCain · Post by **RaisinCain** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:00 pm

Good luck with that.

http://gizmodo.com/5567907/att-randomly ... pre+orders

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:32 pm

OMG... see what you did 9mm!!! You crashed FedEx's website checking for your precious!

Just as Apple fans were at their jitteriest about the impending delivery of their iPhone 4s, FedEx's online tracking system crashed Wednesday afternoon.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/23/technol ... n&hpt=Sbin

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 6:20 pm

tao_jones wrote:The newest update for iTunes rolled out today too. Its supposed to speed up the backup time for phones running 4.0...which will be a godsend.

upgraded to iOS4 on my 3GS....don't know if I need to goto the iPhone 4. Everything on the 3GS works better and is faster.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 7:19 pm

don't hate, i didn't make this LOL

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 8:24 am

Pre-order went through on 6/15 and my status has shown as "In Progress" on AT&T's site ever since. Never canceled, never backordered, nothing but "In Progress."

Some people have gotten theirs (quite a few who ordered well after me) even though their shipping statuses were never updated, but I'm thinking mine isn't going to be here today, or anytime soon.

If I don't get it on launch day, it defeats the purpose of a pre-order.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:59 pm

Aaaaand I won't be getting mine today. AT&T CSR confirmed to me that mine hasn't even shipped yet.

She was silent when I asked her, "Doesn't that make a pre-order a waste of time?"

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 3:20 pm

Burke wrote:Aaaaand I won't be getting mine today. AT&T CSR confirmed to me that mine hasn't even shipped yet.

She was silent when I asked her, "Doesn't that make a pre-order a waste of time?"

I'm gonna wait until they push out an update to iOS4. And then I'll wait some more...the upgrade to iOS 4 on my 3GS was painless but some apps that I rely on took a dump...like Navigon which is my goto GPS app. Now I need to wait to see if Navigon pushes out an update for it's own app.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:22 pm

I found a picture of Obama today driving his daughter to get her new iPhone 4 that was supposed to go to Burkes house!!

RaisinCain · Post by **RaisinCain** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 4:30 pm

Why be an early adopter anyway? Apple has a history of not including features on 1st and maybe 2nd gen products only to include them later after everyone bitches about the missing features. Plus, the products are frickin' expensive and HIGHLY proprietary.

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:43 pm

RaisinCain wrote:Why be an early adopter anyway? Apple has a history of not including features on 1st and maybe 2nd gen products only to include them later after everyone bitches about the missing features. Plus, the products are frickin' expensive and HIGHLY proprietary.

Because we want to be.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:33 pm

I was suppose to have mine today at noon, now they are telling me the 29th.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:03 pm

After the Big F U Steve Jobs gave to people today complaining of the reception issues on the iPhone 4, I wouldn't even bother buying one if I wanted one, would cancel my order if it was still pending or would go to my nearest ATT store and demand a full refund, this is complete BS on Apples part.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/24/appl ... olding-th/

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:29 pm

They could market that better. Get the new iReception Case to fix it!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 11:54 pm

When Steve held the press conf and couldn't get reception and blamed it on the interference from the crowd...look at how he was holding the iPhone 4....

http://iphonehold.tumblr.com/

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......................

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:08 am

Self ownage at its finest.

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:23 am

RaisinCain wrote:Why be an early adopter anyway? Apple has a history of not including features on 1st and maybe 2nd gen products only to include them later after everyone bitches about the missing features. Plus, the products are frickin' expensive and HIGHLY proprietary.

This is the fourth iphone ( I believe). How the hell does that make me an early adopter? It's got every feature I want, so why should I wait to buy it? It's a product I like, it's not expensive to ME, and as for the proprietary issue, Apple is making Facetime (their video call feature) totally open so that eventually it'll be on all cell phones and anyone can video call anyone, no matter which phone you have.

I love my new phone, btw. The screen is out of this world, and the HD video is awesome... no reception issues, either.

Any other first impressions?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 8:31 am

9mmprincess wrote:This is the fourth iphone ( I believe). How the hell does that make me an early adopter?

When he says early adopter he means versions, you can bet a few more versions of this "forth" iphone will prob come out with newer software and upgrades. Now a software upgrade can be done by Apple for you and should be done for free, as for other upgrades they will prob charge you if they are able to do them in a store. But I have to agree with a few here, I wouldn't have gotten it this early and would have waited. Knowing all the bad details thus far I would have avoided it fully now since it would appear Apple rushed this thing out. Looked like a damn feed rush for cattle on TV at them apple stores for a bunch of people that were all "I gotta have something cooler than everyone else".

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:24 am

proprietary? Mine will be jailbroken and unlocked right after I take it out of the box

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:48 am

Sava700 wrote:When he says early adopter he means versions, you can bet a few more versions of this "forth" iphone will prob come out with newer software and upgrades. Now a software upgrade can be done by Apple for you and should be done for free, as for other upgrades they will prob charge you if they are able to do them in a store. But I have to agree with a few here, I wouldn't have gotten it this early and would have waited. Knowing all the bad details thus far I would have avoided it fully now since it would appear Apple rushed this thing out. Looked like a damn feed rush for cattle on TV at them apple stores for a bunch of people that were all "I gotta have something cooler than everyone else".

Well, I rushed to pre-order, and I guarantee you it wasn't to have something "cooler than anyone else". I don't know why ppl love to make assumptions about other ppl. There are always a few ppl who's sole purpose in life is to look cool, but perhaps most of the ppl there were simply like me - they love their iPhone and couldn't wait til the next model. You think that's possible at all?

I get what you're saying about early adoption, but any "upgrades" will be software only - software updates which I can easily download when they come out. As for something being wrong with the hardware that gets changed in the next batch to be produced - it's possible, but it's not really my problem if my phone works fine, you know? And if it doesn't work fine, then you better believe I'll cause a fuss til my phone is fixed or replaced. It's worth it to me to take that chance in order to have my phone now. That's my decision. Other ppl would rather wait - that's theirs. To each their own.

That's not to say I think there aren't problems in general - I read the forums and know that there are issues with yellow lines on the screen, and reception. I just dont get why some ppl seem to be just waiting in pounce mode for Apple to have a problem so they can jump all over them, and why they assume that anyone who loves Apple products is either a fanboy or wants to look cooler than everyone else. You know what I mean? I could give a **** what I look like to other people - I have an iPhone cos I love what it does, that's all

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:58 am

I canceled my order (Which, by the way, you can't do online, you have to talk to some call center drone. Funny that, since the rest of the process occurred without ever speaking to a live human being).

Going to Verizon next month, and Android. This pre-order fiasco, combined with the petulant Jobs response to the antenna issue (hold it a different way, *******) has put me right off both AT&T and Apple.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 10:58 am

9mmprincess wrote:Well, I rushed to pre-order, and I guarantee you it wasn't to have something "cooler than anyone else". I don't know why ppl love to make assumptions about other ppl. There are always a few ppl who's sole purpose in life is to look cool, but perhaps most of the ppl there were simply like me - they love their iPhone and couldn't wait til the next model. You think that's possible at all?

I would bet a bunch of people were like you. But as this is an Apple product, I would say most had to get it for the cool factor and their fanboy love crush on Apple.

Nothing wrong with pre-ordering it and getting it right away. I do agree with Burke, if you pre-order and dont get it on day 1, the pre-order option has been defeated.

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:30 pm

Burke wrote:I canceled my order (Which, by the way, you can't do online, you have to talk to some call center drone. Funny that, since the rest of the process occurred without ever speaking to a live human being).

Going to Verizon next month, and Android. This pre-order fiasco, combined with the petulant Jobs response to the antenna issue (hold it a different way, *******) has put me right off both AT&T and Apple.

I do agree, "hold it differently" is a bit much. I think Jobs is a little defensive - I downloaded a video podcast of him at something called D8 where he was being interviewed - watching it on my iPhone actually, and the video quality was incredible - but anyway, my point is that a lot of the time he seemed kind of defensive. When questions were asked that were pointed, or about controversial stuff, sometimes he joked, but a lot of times his voice would start to get loud and he'd start to sound stressed, and his answer would sound like he was being badgered, even tho he wasn't being badgered, he was just asked a simple question. So maybe he took these complaints personally, I don't know. If so, he needs to realize he's the CEO and ppl are going to come to him with their complaints - that's just how it is. Ppl shouldn't have to hold their cell phones differently in order to get reception

YoS - we'll have to agree to disagree - I think most buy it cos they really like it, and only a few for the cool factor

I agree tho, if you dont get it before release day, pre-order is sort of pointless.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 5:05 pm

Plain and simple... if the old one wasn't broken and working fine then why replace it? Answer: This one has cooler features and looks better therefore cool factor has kicked in and fan boy love of apple has defeated all other thoughts.

Blisster · Post by **Blisster** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 1:00 pm

got mine on the 24th. Been pretty happy with it so far. This is my first iPhone, I'd been a Blackberry users for may years prior.