Got a 3g iPhone on July 11th :)
After driving around at 7:30am this Friday and seeing hundred’s of people standing in front of At&t stores I decided to wait and see if it gets any better later. I also checked the opening time of the Apple company store and biked to it at 10am. But had to learn that they don’t sell 3g phones at the company store (tooo bad ;)).
At 2pm I couldn’t wait any longer and drove to the Apple store at the Valley Fair shopping center in San Jose. The line was going around the mall and they where even standing outside! While walking around I realized that I passed an At&t store while driving to the mall that didn’t have any line any more.
Quick decision and I drove back to the At&t store… All people gone, what’s wrong here? Hmm, after a quick chat with the store manager I got the information that all At&t stores in the Bay Area are sold out! Great!
So I drove back to the Apple store and put my self in the line. Apple store employees handed out water and where really helpful in regards to provide information about the plans and all other details (They must have been sick after 2 hours of telling everyone the same story!)
After some time and some people watching (see below), I then finally ended in the last turn and was heading in the direction of the Apple store entrance. My friend then joined me as well and after 2 hours and 30 minutes we where able to finally buy the phone. I was even able to transfer the phone number from T-Mobile without a problem.
A white 16GB 3g iPhone! wuuuhaaa…
Currently I am updateing iTunes and downloading the new SDK …
Stay tuned for more
The picture below was taken at the Apple Store in Palo Alto on July 10th …
