Comments on: iPhone 3GS Launch – That Was Easy

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:08:36 +0000

In reply to Chris. No special bag for us either.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:48:17 +0000

Did you guys get a special iPhone bag or just a generic apple bag? The first two iPhone generations came in a special iPhone bag. They gave me the generic apple bag for my 3gs. I asked them if they had a special bag for it

By: patrickj

patrickj — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:38:36 +0000

In reply to donovanwatts. Donovan - shite, sorry to hear you're in that boat too. This won't help AT&T relations with Apple I expect.

By: donovanwatts

donovanwatts — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:33:53 +0000

fwiw i've been waiting all day with no phone access for AT&T to activate my iPhone. Ack. Love the phone but would have been nice to not have lost my ability to call/be called all day.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:37:44 +0000

K – yikes – I'm so sorry to hear that. That sucks, and they should have their act together much better on that score.

By: K-IntheHouse

K-IntheHouse — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:35:52 +0000

Patrick, glad you had such a great experience compared to last year. Conversely, my experience last year was as smooth as it could be. Just an hours wait for the store to open and I was home with an activated iPhone 3G for my wife.

This year not trusting AT&T, I just ordered it from the Apple store to be shipped to my home. Apple kept up their bargain and my 3G S was delivered at 11AM but I am still waiting for AT&T's backlogged activation queue!

Doing this for the 3rd time, you'd think they would have learnt their lessons addressing this nightmarish experience. Thank goodness my current phone still works but I can't imagine others without a phone and waiting for this. AT&T's official message says it could take upto 48 hours to activate it!