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Topic: How long did you wait for your iPhone 3g?

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Old 07-21-2008, 05:31 PM
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Angry How long did you wait for your iPhone 3g?

Well everyone is commenting on how painful the wait was, I am just curios how long the wait was for you? mention the day and location you visited as well as what time of the day...

I went 4 days after launch to the Grove in Los Angeles around mid-day and waited about 3 hours
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Old 07-22-2008, 02:38 AM
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I went to the Apple store in the Seattle suburb of Lynnwood on Saturday, July 19, around 2 PM. I waited for about 20 minutes before I got my 16GB white iPhone.
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Old 07-22-2008, 08:49 AM
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I stood outside of the O2 store in Bath, UK from 5:15am on the 11th .... store opened at 8:02 and i walked out of the store at 8:18am ... i was 1st out of the store with the iPhone even though the O2 systems suffered total failure at 8:08am.
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Old 07-22-2008, 10:30 AM
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Actually I ordered my iphone from the ATT store a week after the launch and I am still waiting for them to fullfill my order.
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Old 07-22-2008, 11:34 AM
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Still waiting for my 16GB to be delivered -- ordered it over the phone since they're virtually impossible to get in the stores in Toronto.

Managed to get my 8GB (which will become my wife's iPhone when I get the 16GB) Saturday morning (July 12th).
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Old 07-22-2008, 11:44 AM
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i got from ATT under direct fulfill.

i ordered 7-11 at 530pm, and it was delivered on saturday 7-19

this is in santa clara CA
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Old 07-22-2008, 12:06 PM
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I got mine on launch day. Nobody on line. Waited 20 minutes and got my 8GB Iphone

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Old 07-22-2008, 12:34 PM
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Got my 16 gig on launch day. I waited in line for about three hours.
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Old 07-22-2008, 12:35 PM
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ordered the 16gb blasl phone on the 11th through DF. Got it last night on the 21st.
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Old 07-22-2008, 03:16 PM
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Yuba City, CA. I checked at various times to see if anyone was waiting in line on the 10th... went to a midnight release of Hellboy 2, got back to YC and saw three people in line, so I got in as well at about 3AM. Waited the 5 hours and was first out with my iPhone within about 10 minutes.
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Old 07-22-2008, 05:58 PM
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I went to the apple store in seattle on the friday and saturday of release, july 11 and july 12 , it was pretty wild down there , so many people waiting in line and trying to drive through the parking lot , i didnt want to wait like 2 or 3 hours so i just went next door to the starbucks and went back home both days , just a 25 minute drive . it would suck trying to shop at the grocery store right there with all those people and no parking , ahaha .

now im in moses lake , and ordered on july 20 , sunday , i ordered the white 16gb iphone 3g from the att store here , and it is ready for pick up today july 22 , tuesday .

so took 2 days on back order .
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Old 07-22-2008, 08:12 PM
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I went on launch day at 6:30am. Got out around 3:30pm. 9 hours... And it was hot (but not so hot).

Apple provided bottled water but I didn't want to drink too much.

People were very friendly but you could tell some were getting irked at the extreme long wait.
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Old 07-22-2008, 08:20 PM
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I was 2nd in line on launch day waiting a few hours before open(got there at 630am store opened at 930am. By Noon there was no progress as all of Rogers was shutdown dew to a computer problem that had nothing to do with the itunes problem. I paid and left for work, went back the next day and they were just starting to get my account ready.
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Old 07-22-2008, 08:57 PM
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went to the AT&T store (Chico ca) at 0830 and there was already about 100+ people in line on the 11th. Went home without an iPhone that day but put in an order for DF. Waited about 3 days and couldn't handle it any longer.

Drove 3 hours to Sacramento to wait in line at open for another 3 hours at the apple store in the mall. Finally got my 16GB white, and was no. 13 through the door despite apple employees telling everyone in line that they didn't have any iPhones , and weren't sure if they were getting more that day.

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Old 07-22-2008, 09:53 PM
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Jeeze Apple is still out of phones? I guess I am glad I waited. Apple store in the Galleria mall in Ft Lauderdale. Got in line around 7:15. Met this real cool cat and chatted till 12:30pm till I had my phone in hand. By 2PM phone was activated using my laptop in my house. I love this damn thing.
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