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osodecanelaI'm not a follower of the pack. (at least not usually.)
When word came out that the new iPhone would have a much better camera & much better battery life hit the word, I was sold. I loves me my iPhone as it it currently except for those two snags. The camera on mine is lousy and without fail, I wind up charging the thing at least twice a day. However, I do things with this phone I never expected to be doing (like this post for instance).
The AT&T store however has been giving out a new story almost daily as to when we'll be able to get the new phone. I tried to preregister first on line (got bumped off twice) & then at the store (there was a 90 minute wait & I had to head to see patients), but the woman taking the names for the appointments at the store said to just come in a couple of days later to preregister, there would be plenty of time.
Not so much.
Three days later? Nope, preorders closed. Same woman suggests I come down on Friday the 25th when they open to try buying one. Since we leave for vacation Sat. & I would like not to take an extra camera, it seemed like a good thought. Well after showering this AM, as I toweled my hair while watching MSNBC, they showed shots of lines snaking around the block at Apple stores around the country.
I decided to stop at AT&T today.
No iPhones there till the 29th. "Why don't you hit the Apple store in the mall now and see what the story is?"
At the store there were two lines, one in either direction. One started just outside of Sears; that one turned out to be the one for preorders. The guy at the front had taken 90 minutes to get to his turn and they were pulling a person in to the store every 30 seconds or so. The standbys were almost as long and not moving at all. A guy walking out with his new phone told his GF they were almost out of the 16gig model. It was 10:30.
Looks like I'm taking the extra camera.
When word came out that the new iPhone would have a much better camera & much better battery life hit the word, I was sold. I loves me my iPhone as it it currently except for those two snags. The camera on mine is lousy and without fail, I wind up charging the thing at least twice a day. However, I do things with this phone I never expected to be doing (like this post for instance).
The AT&T store however has been giving out a new story almost daily as to when we'll be able to get the new phone. I tried to preregister first on line (got bumped off twice) & then at the store (there was a 90 minute wait & I had to head to see patients), but the woman taking the names for the appointments at the store said to just come in a couple of days later to preregister, there would be plenty of time.
Not so much.
Three days later? Nope, preorders closed. Same woman suggests I come down on Friday the 25th when they open to try buying one. Since we leave for vacation Sat. & I would like not to take an extra camera, it seemed like a good thought. Well after showering this AM, as I toweled my hair while watching MSNBC, they showed shots of lines snaking around the block at Apple stores around the country.
I decided to stop at AT&T today.
No iPhones there till the 29th. "Why don't you hit the Apple store in the mall now and see what the story is?"
At the store there were two lines, one in either direction. One started just outside of Sears; that one turned out to be the one for preorders. The guy at the front had taken 90 minutes to get to his turn and they were pulling a person in to the store every 30 seconds or so. The standbys were almost as long and not moving at all. A guy walking out with his new phone told his GF they were almost out of the 16gig model. It was 10:30.
Looks like I'm taking the extra camera.
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