newman
June 17, 2010, 8:55am
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Does your current phone turn off or something on release date? Unless your current phone is breaking or broken, IDK why people are acting so worried that they won’t get their phone on the release date, instead a few days later…
People are insane! holy shit.
newman:
Does your current phone turn off or something on release date? Unless your current phone is breaking or broken, IDK why people are acting so worried that they won’t get their phone on the release date, instead a few days later…
People are insane! holy shit.
Nope All version 3G and up are getting the new OS4 with limitations to the earlier models. I guess Apple received ~600,000 pre-orders.
Wahoo
June 17, 2010, 9:37am
2283
All 3GS phones get the new OS4.
walter
June 17, 2010, 10:40am
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newman:
Does your current phone turn off or something on release date? Unless your current phone is breaking or broken, IDK why people are acting so worried that they won’t get their phone on the release date, instead a few days later…
People are insane! holy shit.
If you aren’t seen with it first, you might as well just not even bother… duh
layzie
June 17, 2010, 11:34am
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If you arent first… youre last.
Kinda like pokemon, either you have charizard or you don’t.
But you know what? She is an iPhone owner so it’s fine.
newman:
Does your current phone turn off or something on release date? Unless your current phone is breaking or broken, IDK why people are acting so worried that they won’t get their phone on the release date, instead a few days later…
People are insane! holy shit.
Actually…my phone is dying a slow death. It took the toilet plunge about a month or so ago. The timing couldn’t be more perfect to upgrade to the new iphone.
theblue:
can’t be real…if so God Bless the USA!
JayS
June 18, 2010, 10:59am
2291
Looks like it will have twice as much ram as the prototype gizmodo took apart.
Same processor as the ipad but twice as much ram… This is going to be one fast smartphone.
boxxa
June 18, 2010, 11:13am
2292
I am actually holding out to see what emerges in the android platform on ATT. This looks just like the iPhone specs minus the front facing camera. I guess its a matter of what comes out first, this phone or the white iPhone 4
AT&T’s is beefing up its Android portfolio with the addition of a new phone. Samsung Captivate, a smartphone with a 4-inch touchscreen and Android 2.1 operating system, will be the latest device to hop on AT&T’s network. The phone is part of...
JayS
June 21, 2010, 6:52am
2293
My order status changed to shipped this morning and shows a FedEx tracking number. It’s not updated at FedEx yet but I’m assuming this means I should get it on launch day. :tup:
walter
June 21, 2010, 7:36am
2295
I read elsewhere that if you show processing, you’ll get it on launch day, this means there is a phone SN associated with your account. If it shows “backordered” it may or may not clear before then as tens of thousands of new SNs are paired with accounts as they are built. There was a third category that was a clear indicator that you weren’t getting it on launch day…
Something like that anyway.
I posted this at the end of another thread last week - but I think it might be worth reposting here:
I spoke to an old college buddy last week. He works as an operational manager at the AT&T Wireless Central Distribution Center outside of Arlington, TX - and he said that this whole thing was (obviously) a nightmare and he was in the office for 48 straight hours.
He explained the vague terminology of the AT&T status system. Apparently there is no stock in the CDC right now, but Apple is (and has been) transmitting databases of S/N’s in batches of 35,000 to AT&T. He said Apple is the only hardware vendor that operates this way prior to a launch. They wait until the last possible minute to hand the hardware over to AT&T in order to prevent early leaks.
When your status reads “PROCESSING” without the “BACKORDER” flag, it means that your order number has been married to an iPhone S/N, it will be shipped in the first batch, and you will likely receive it on the 24th.
If it does have the “BACKORDER” flag, it means that they received the order, and they anticipate enough stock for the 2nd or 3rd wave, but they have not paired your order number to the S/N of a phone (and this is changing day to day as they wade though the system) - so if it says BACKORDER now, it might not next week prior to the fulfillment launch.
If you have an ALERT flag (which looks like a red exclamation point) that’s bad. It means that they oversold their anticipated stock (since automation went down several times they were processing some orders by hand in stores) and you might not get your phone until July.
The long and short of it seems to be, if it says PROCESSING you’re going to get the phone on launch day. If it has the BACKORDER flag, it MIGHT come on launch day (or the flag might clear between now and the 23rd) and if you have the ALERT, you’re out of luck.
He also said there were thousands of duplicate orders - so right now a lot of the confusion comes from matching up the right capacity phone (16 or 32) to the right order. This is apparently being done by hand - so anything can happen to any order.
Hope this helps shed some light. Take it for what its worth .
JMEZZI
June 21, 2010, 7:51am
2296
You may actually receive it on Wednesday the 23rd. Engadget reported people receiving shipping status updates for Wednesday delivery.
Ordered mine from ATT’s website on the 15th, status still shows in Progress.
layzie
June 21, 2010, 7:52am
2297
I got a confirmation phone call on friday and mine shows processing in my order status
iOS 4 is out now for all you 3G and 3GS owners. Apparently you’ll need iTunes v. 9.2 first though. Upgrading mine now.
boxxa
June 21, 2010, 10:37am
2299
Yepper. Upgraded to 9.2 this morning and now installing iOS 4
newman
June 21, 2010, 10:51am
2300
Is the OS4 something I should do to mine?
