iPhone 4 -- reserve or take my chances?

Voted for you to pre-order... A few days is a few days... Who cares... Oh, that's right, your an Apple Fanboy that needs to have it the moment it's released, right? :lol:

- Merg

 

I also voted to pre-order. Waiting a few days is much more desirable than waiting in a line. Had enough long lines in the Army

 

Pre order got my vote too.

 

Pre order for me as well, times two. It's what I did with the iPad, and I'm glad I did after seeing the lines ( and shortages).

 

I will be going for the third option.....wait 'til the rush is over and buy it at my leisure. But make no mistake, I AM getting one!!

 

Pre-order. I'm thinking the pre-order will or should be handled like the iPad. If you pre-order you will be the first to have it as you are guaranteed to pick it up on day 1. Pre-ordering doesn't mean it will be shipped to you. You should be able to pre-order and note where you want to pick it up during the reservation process - pretty sure that is how the iPad worked - you are ahead of all walk-in's and wait-in-line people. 2 years ago with the 3G - I don't recall having pre-order - I waited in line from the middle of the night before. Skipped the 3GS - I don't need to be that up-to-date, but every couple of years I want to update - this is a pretty big step from the 3G - no video.

 

Guess it all depends on where you are and how many AT&T Stores and/or Apple Stores and/or Walmart SuperStores are within easy driving distance of your location.

Personally, if I were going iPhone4 (which I'm not because we just got our 3GS ones when Walmart dropped the prices) I would definitely be a first day person.

But right now, it seems I'm the only one!!!!!!!

 

I would not go to AT&T but to an Apple store instead. Apple stores seem to have a good stock on release day. AT&T stores around here don't.

 

Get an Android?

 

You can reserve the iphone and pick it up on the release day. That's what I did last year when I got my 3GS.

 

Well, I have no idea how they will do it this time, but when I got my 3G right after release, they took preorders at ATT stores and that was the only way to get one there. They did nothing for walk ins, other than to offer to order one.

Apple stores were a differnt story, but hopefully once the preorder window opens in a few days, you can preorder from Apple online and check your local ATT store to see what they will do. You can always cancel your Apple store order.

 

Don't have an Apple store anywhere near me, so no go there.

My dilemma is which AT&T store to hit. The one closest to me is also the regional office, so they should have a good stock, but they will have a line (at least they did for 1 and 3G). Or do I try one of the malls? Or do I send my wife to the mall and I try the store.

I wish I could pre-order from AT&T and then just go to the store a day or so after launch and pick it up at my leisure.

Edit: Lee I hope my store does pre-orders. I will hit it on the 15th to see.

Plus I hope they have an Otterbox for the new model as it has saved my current phone multiple times.

 

My two local malls have AT&T stores. They are not agents, but just mall versions of the stand-alone stores.

 

Pre-orders can show up on the same day they are available in stores. That happened for the iPad and it happened for previous iPhones as well. Apple coordinates all of this with UPS and they won't deliver until that actual day, even though they hold on to the shipment for a bit to make sure no one gets one early.