Comments on: 12.5 Hours, Two Stores, One iPhone 3G Acquired http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:31:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: I’ll Be Lining up To Get an iPhone 4S, Thanks to AT&T Being as Useless as Ever | iSource http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-40226 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:31:45 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-40226 […] are clueless and useless on launch events like this. Just as one example, here’s an excerpt from my post about waiting on the iPhone 3G at an AT&T outlet back on its launch day in 2008:As best we could make out from AT&T staff who were pleasant and trying hard, but who were […]

]]> By: iPhone 3GS Launch – That Was Easy — Just Another iPhone Blog http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-9026 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:25:40 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-9026 […] a difference a year makes.  Last year I had a 12.5 hour ordeal – and an especially bad experience at a local AT&T store – before successfully buying an […]

]]> By: PatrickJ http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1045 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:50:56 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1045 Brandon – I was initially leaning towards white right from the WWDC announcement day, then had kinda wavered towards black leading up to launch day. Final decision was combination of spur of the moment call plus quite a few reactions from long-time line dwellers who got theirs before me and came out saying the black turned them off when they tried it out in store, in terms of fingerprints, smudges etc.

Aczon – apps to 3G model = no worries – I installed lots on my V1 phone on Thursday, and just synced all the same ones to my new lovely hard-earned baby last night. On the comments thing, mine word wraps nicely in FF3 – need to look at this further and in other browsers – anyone else?

]]> By: Aczon http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1044 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:22:22 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1044 OT

Patrick, is there anyway you can format the comment box. Look like we’re typing in one line as it is. The mobile version is awesome though, so I wonder why it’s not formatting correctly on the desktop.

Both on FF and IE, so it’s not just me, right???

]]> By: Aczon http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1043 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:17:47 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1043 Duh…

I’ve been installing app from the app store like crazy. Are these transferable to the 3G (if ever)?

Patrick didn’t have any choice, It’s probably the only one left, and didn’t really want to go back home empty handed.

Speaking of which, I was going to ask if you guys had a pact about getting white 3G, and didn’t include me in on the pact. dangit!!!

😛

]]> By: Brandon http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1042 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:59:06 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1042 What made you go with the white PJ?

]]> By: PatrickJ http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1041 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:48:14 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1041 iamse7en – sorry to hear about your brother – coming back empty-handed sucks. And yeah, caught up on some RSS / forum reading last night and it really does seem like it was a hellish day for so many people. Glad it’s over would be a huge understatement 🙂

Aczon – LG VU = sacrilege!!! Not even a little tempted yet by the 3G / rounded back loveliness? Comon – get in line 🙂

]]> By: Aczon http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1040 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:26:55 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1040 Wow Patrick! That was some adventure you got there. LOL. Well, the important thing is, you got the white beast!

I don’t have any interesting story to tell, since I am quite happy with my 1st gen. I am interested to see how it looks and feel thought, so I did go to the AT&T store after work, and checked out the demo unit. To be honest, I guess I’m not going to miss much. My feelings didn’t changed, and will definitely keep my 1st gen.

Oh, actually when I first got to the store, the guy was happy to take my name for the next batch of the iPhone 3G (yup, store was out). I guess, the store staff assumes everyone that were coming in were looking for the iPhone. Not a bad assumption really.

So his eyes rolled, when I say that I was actually looking for the LG VU (the truth mind you). Well, I guess it’s just not my day to have a new phone, as the LG VU was also out… Pfft.

Anywho – great stuff Patrick.

Cheers!

]]> By: iamse7en http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1039 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:12:58 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/07/11/125-hours-two-stores-one-iphone-3g-acquired/#comment-1039 Wow patrick. Wow.

My brother just got home, and he was telling me about waiting in line for 6 hours, then they ran out of BLACK ones 3 people ahead of him. He didn’t want white, so he had to come home emtpy. I thought his story was bad, until I heard yours. 😉

I’m sure there are many, many stories like these around the world – iDay 2.0 has become HellDay.

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