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iPhone 3G Craze Leaves Me Dazed and Unfulfilled

Started by Nick O'Neill · 10 months ago

At 7 a.m. this morning I arrived at the AT&T store in Friendship Heights (Washington, D.C.). There were approximately 30 to 40 people already in line. By 8 A.M. the doors opened and customers began getting their new iPhones. There was one little problem: nobody was leaving the sto ... Continue reading »

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  • Matt

    12 months ago

    Not only did this issue affect purchasers of the new 3G iPhone, but it also impacted existing iPhone owners who were trying to upgrade to iPhone 2.0. My iPhone was effectively an expensive paperwork for much of the day. I was finally able to complete the 2.0 upgrade with a connection to iTunes at 4:00 pm this afternoon. Quite disconcerting to go most of the day without a mobile phone and mobile e-mail. I would have expected Apple to learn from previous experience and ensure they had sufficient server bandwidth to handle the anticipated upgrade demand as well as the anticipated new registration demand. Unfortunately, all will likely be forgotten by next week...until the next major software upgrade.
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