Customers who visit AT&T’s website today and attempt to pre-order an Apple iPhone 4 are greeted with the message:
Pre-orders for iPhone temporarily suspended
MacDailyNews Take: As opposed to yesterday when iPhone pre-orders were incompetently suspended.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “David C.” for the heads up.]
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Just plain jackasses.
I can imagine how new iPhone 4 customers are feeling about switching to AT&T;from Verizon right about now.
I tried to preorder over a dozen times yesterday and never, never, NEVER was able to complete the process. Errors, timeouts, etc were commonplace. So, I wonder how many people were actually able to get through the morass. Amazingly bad performance all around. I imagine Steve’s blood pressure is sky high today.
Pathetic. Good thing they’re not in the oil business.
@MDN “As opposed to yesterday when iPhone pre-orders were incompetently suspended.”
LOL
Makes you long for the old days when Apple was a pariah.
I finally got word from AT&T;at 9:30 last night that my iPhone orders, placed at an AT&T;store at 10 in the morning. Took them forever to get it done, but at least it’s in the queue now!
Come on, give them a break, they are victims of their own success, or actually Apple’s success but they did take a chance and they deserve a credit. Verizon did not want an iPhone in the beginning, AT&T;gambled and won, unfortunately they did not expect this kind of success.
Nobody is perfect.
Plus, you guys are the ones to blame because all of you want the phone on day one.
AT&T;was not ready for the iPhone again, AT&T;CEO needs to be fired.
Boom?
I tried repeatedly ALL day yesterday to place an order through the Apple Store, the ATT web site, the new Apple Store iPhone App, as well as calling ATT and Apple. No luck.
On my way home from work, I went out of my way to the Mall to visit a real Apple store – only to be greeted by a staffer that said I could try ordering one through their “convenient” self-service kiosks on any of the demo computers. Same BS that I was getting all day. So WTF was the purpose of the message I got online all day yesterday that basically said “make a reservation” at an Apple store? The Apple staffer said they couldn’t do anything to process the orders.
So I stopped by the ATT store on my way out of the mall. Customers lined up about 10 deep with only three ATT staff who were obviously overwhelmed with other crap. Didn’t see a single iPhone being processed at the ATT store. Lame.
So now the interwebs are saying that pre-orders are sold out.
Nice.
VERY disappointed.
Anti-Apple hacker sabotage?
I’ve never been a first day adopter for any Apple product – satisfying myself that such behavior was good self control.
For the first time ever, I decided to depart from my long established practice and get me a new phone on day one.
Now I feel completely stupid for falling for Steve Jobs’ famous hype.
I’ll never do that again.
How many companies would beg to have this problem.
You’ve come a long way, baby.
You guys are behaving like 5 year old children, bunch of crybabies.
“Beeeee, I will not get my toy on day one, beeee”
Instead of spending a day trying to order a phone, why don’t you take your girlfriend to the movies, make her feel special…oh wait, you don’t have girlfriends.
WOW, I think even MDN is LAME here.. a massively popular new product, does anyone with a brain think that there is anyway that Apple or ATT could have properly met the demand..
I think AT&T;needs to be cut some slack here..
And you people that demand instant gratification need to get a life. As anyone can figure out, eventually it will be really easy to get one, though that maybe several weeks down the road, you might even be able to get a “white model iPhone 4”
… of logging in and seeing someone else’s account number before they continue taking orders.
Although…
has anyone OTHER than “Gizmodo people” reported this phenomenon?
Not like they have an axe to grind or anything like that. They are TOTALLY to be trusted.
I never was able to complete my order or reservation yesterday so what are the odds of just going into the Michigan Avenue store next Thursday and being able to walk out with one? Are we SOL?
ahh… shadup!
I finally got through when I got home from work and ironically…..it was on my iPad tethered to my current iPhone
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”grin” style=”border:0;” /> I’d been trying all day with a T1 connection and couldn’t get through. What is frustrating is that AT&T;breads their butter with the iPhone…..its basically why they even exist so a little more time, respect and effort should have been given to this launch. But AGAIN, they failed miserably. Obviously the volume of people trying was incredibly large for the pre-orders to sell out so quickly given the order problems everyone seemed to have.
I’m still pissed the White ones aren’t for pre-sale yet!!
@Not a crybaby: What part of the world says “Beeeee” instead of “Waaaah” for a crying sound?
I was never able to complete my order either…and unlike most Apple fans I have a life and thus can’t camp out in front of my local Apple Store. So I’ll just limp along on my old 3G for a couple of extra days/weeks/months before hitting the Apple Store or some other retailer…
There must be an out-clause for Apple with their contract with.
AT@T or Assholes who Take with Technology.
Breaking into servers, customer goodwill, non-coverage, something.
Shysters get on it. !!
Trolls in abundance today! Whom do they represent?
The one of the other posts, I’ve never been a first day adoptor, however, I decided I would this time. It took 14 1/2 hrs for my order to go through. I understood the problem, to many people wanting the same thing. It was frustrating, but at the same time, that is expected with only one company provides coverage. AT&T;is doing their best, I don’t agree with all they do, but they are a product of their own success. Give the a break. For all those crying out there, grow up. You sound worse than my 2 yr old. It is only a phone! I promise apple will make more. It will be ok, honestly