Some call today by its true name, Friday July 11th while others are treating it as an official holiday celebrating the release of the iPhone G3. Unfortunately the custom of this holiday involves waking up early, standing in long lines, and spending a wad of cash or looking for mobile phone deals (okay so that's no too different from many other holidays).
Here's the bad news for many early adopters: A spokesman for AT&T Inc., the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the U.S., said there was a global problem with Apple Inc 's iTunes servers that prevented the phones from being fully activated in-store, as had been initially planned.
Instead, employees are telling buyers to go home and perform the last step by connecting their phones to their own computers. When the first iPhone went on sale a year ago, customers performed the whole activation procedure at home, freeing store employees to focus on sales. But the new model is subsidized by carriers, as is standard in the wireless industry, and Apple and AT&T therefore planned to activate all phones in-store to get customers committed to a contract.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
And I heard on the news that when the customers went home that they had problems accessing the servers as well. A lot of customers went home empty handed and unhappy after standing in line for hours just to be told the stores were sold out. I’m glad I didn’t try to buy one today!
July 13th, 2008 at 7:37 am
It seems to me that nothing can prevent to release iPhone G3
July 13th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Yes, I had a long wait and yes, I am disappointed that it is not activated yet but what a fabulous phone with G3 creative know how.
July 14th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I find it amazing that the phones would not log on inside the stores, you would of thought someone would of checked the start up before they started cranking them out.
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May 6th, 2010 at 7:25 am
It seems to me that nothing can prevent to release iPhone G3
May 6th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
what are saying friend?
May 6th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
i find it amazing that the phones would not log on inside the stores. realy you say true?
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