Are You Waiting in Line for the iPhone 4?

By Gary Ng on July 30th, 2010 384

Tomorrow is a big day–the iPhone 4 goes on sale in Canada! We’ve already heard pricing details from Rogers and Bell (Telus is MIA). Don’t forget to read our iPhone 4 Launch in Canada FAQ to catch up to speed.

There are already eager iPhone 4 enthusiasts waiting in line across Canada. @iPhoneArena is in line at West Edmonton Mall. @kmore and @chrisonhismac have been in line since 9am PST at the Pacific Centre Apple Store here in Vancouver. They’re there not only for the iPhone 4–but to put their waiting to good use by raising money for charity (I’ve already donated $100–will you contribute too?).

Waiting in Line Outside the Pacific Centre Apple Store

Our original plan was line up at 11pm PST. But, the line up was picking up steam around 3pm PST, so @anothersamchan and myself got down here in line on Granville Street at 6:30pm. We are 30th or so in line, and right now as of 11:27pm PST the line is about 60-70 people deep.

I talked to my sources and the Apple Store here is reported to have about 1000+ iPhone 4 units in stock at the Apple Store here at Pacific Centre. So come early and you have a very good chance of getting one. Here are some pictures of the IPHONEINCANADA.CA NATION sporting custom made tshirts and stickers!

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  • http://twitter.com/NHazelrigg N Hazelrigg

    How long is the line?

  •  Xaroc

    Pacific center. People are reporting large lines again. Might want to call

  •  Xaroc

    Yeah a few people got turned away. Could have been avoided. It's
    kinda sad really after they stood in line for so long.

  • Rvershona

    are there still 16gb iphones @ apple in Montreal??

  • Jordan

    anybody wanna hook me up with a invisible shield for my new 32gb iphone 4?

  •  Xaroc

    Bestbuy can :P

  • FG

    I was in line at Square One in Mississauga at 2am Saturday morning, and received my 32GB iPhone 4 at around noon. Huge lines, long delays, but worth the wait! Truly an amazing phone! Don't think I will line up again though…what an exhausting experience!

  • ty

    just called right apple PC right now. all 16gb are out

  • Jeff_R

    I called Pacific Centre and they said they're sold out, more shipments next week they hope.

  • Vazandrew

    People in the GTA should come down to Oakville, there have been lines but it's usually handfuls of people. I got mine earlier today and never waited in a single line..only reason I had to wait a day was because of delayed shipment for a smaller carrer. Call to check availability of carrier etc just to be safe.

  • shade45

    I heard the Apple store at West Edmonton Mall still has lineups. Anyone know how much stock they got left?

  •  Xaroc

    No way to tell. They won't lease that info when asked either “policy” apparently

  • alex83

    which store are you talking about ? rogers or apple?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_U6E42SEFCL7NUMX3C5AE3MRUQE Robert

    oh and btw, you're welcome Canada

  • Vazandrew

    there's no apple store in Oakville, i'm talking about futureshop, bestbuy and the carrier stores (roger, bell etc). All the apple stores will be crazy with lineups for awhile, they may have more stock but i wouldn't go near them.

  • Guest

    Based on your post, perhaps you blew a little too hard out of your nose. Next time, use a little more restraint.

  • Guest

    Based on your post, perhaps you blew a little too hard out of your nose. Next time, use a little more restraint.

  • Noggin

    My story is a little bit different…I set my alarm for 3:00AM so I could get down to the Eaton Centre to wait in line for my new iPhone. I waited in line close to 7 hours by the time I got close to the Apple Store front doors. By that time, the Tim Hortons had caught up with me, so I snuck away to the washroom to relieve myself. I was positive that before I left (for three minutes max), that the blue shirted line attendant and the people around me had acknowledged my presence in line the whole time. Well when I got back, word had gotten out that there were only a few 32 GB models left, and my rightful place in line should have guaranteed me one. Well, some burly dude in a tight T-shirt and holding an iPad said, “hey you, back of the line!” I said that I had been there for hours and turned to the Apple Store employee for help, and she said something to the tune of “it's not our policy to look out for your place in line,” and stood there as the big guy and a group of seemingly random Mac Addicts grabbed me by my shirt collar and threw me out of the line. Apple Store staff just watched with glazed over eyes and it seemed as though everyone else made a conscious effort to avert their eyes and pretend that the violence that was before them was not happening. No iPhone, a couple bruises and several hours for nothing. Thanks a lot, iPhone fans are such a supportive bunch. Never again will I subject myself to that.

  • http://twitter.com/jlebovits jlebovits

    Is this normal for the digital (iPhone) age?
    No inventory system at all. Not Apple nor the Dealers had any knowledge how much stock there is out there. And now that it's out of stock, no one knows when it will be in stock again! Apple store in downtown Montreal said to me that i'll have to call every day to check.

  • guest

    Your story's timeframe doesn't add up. I call BS.
    You woke up at 3AM and waited in line for 7 hours.
    What time did you get there?
    If you got there at 6AM, then you couldn't have been in line for 7 hours.

    We arrived at the Eaton's Center at a little before 9AM for the lineup and waited only a little over 9 hours to get into the store at 6PM.
    As far as we could tell, there were no “scares” of shortages of phones all day, _no one_ was worried about this, Apple staff went around counting people to continuously make sure they had enough for everyone.
    So you must have been in line towards the end of the day, up until 9 PM

    Really? being physically tossed out of line?
    There was ample security watching the lineup, they would have stepped in if it was major. If someone did push and bruise you, why didn't you go to the security officers all over the place for assistance? Seems like sour grapes.

    This seems made up so that you could have a “story” to tell your friends/family as an excuse about how you didn't come home with a new Iphone.

  • Lol

    Line up for 10 hrs, buy 2 and then sell them out afterward. I made around 200 bucks each. I lined up 10 hrs, so on average I made 18 bucks per hr by “doing nothing”. If you mean having intercourse with your gf is far better then this, I guess you got paid from your “girl friend” by selling your body. Don’t slack off and browse an iPhone website!!! Go back and do your job! Lol

  • He

    I mean… Your fucking job..

  • newbie

    They said the same to me. Though I heard “early” next week, I'll start calling tomorrow!

  • Melody

    This empolyee probably did have a doctor’s appointment. The appointment was probably cancelled because the doctor had to go wait in line for the i4.

  • Melody

    This empolyee probably did have a doctor’s appointment. The appointment was probably cancelled because the doctor had to go wait in line for the i4.

  • Boblemarrant

    So I went to the Fido Ste-Catherine store on Saturday

    That sales rep tells me that their next shipment will be there by the end of this week

    Yeeeeeah riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

  • Rkhn115

    your the smart one! However next time line up at the start, take a couple buddies that aren’t interested, and take their profit too. Thats what i did. PS i went back towards the end of the day with my other two buddies and bought 6 more, and made over 2000 on profits! I wish apple has these kind of successful releases every year.

  • Mastdesi

    I am waiting for my iphone 4 also from fido montreal, Called yesterday and they said out of stock and they dont know when its coming. Called all apple stores in quebec today and got the same answer.

    If anyone knows when will fido or apple store get there stock plz share.

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