It looks like waiting in line on iPhone 4 launch day (and even camping out overnight) has been paying dividends for early iPhone 4 adopters. As for everyone else, right now it looks like the iPhone 4 is sold out coast to coast.
People have been waiting in line outside Apple Stores in Vancouver for the iPhone 4. Even with no info about iPhone 4 units being in stock, people are still waiting in line! Even when told by Apple Store employees to “go home” people refuse to leave and go home to their families! What has Apple done to us?!
Anyways, here some tips off the top of my head to find an iPhone 4 in your area:
Rogers Confuses Customers with their Redboard iPhone 4 Update
We posted about how Rogers posted an iPhone 4 update on their Redboard. Well, it turns out their “update” was incorrect and it has confused both customers and Rogers dealers. Customers calling in have been alerted by Rogers staff that they have “no idea” what the Redboard is, and some CSR’s went as far to say the Redboard had been “hacked”.
According to @RogersKeith on twitter, he mentions that “Monday may be a better bet at many locations” since inventory is arriving at different times. Let’s see what happens next week, shall we?
What tips have worked for you to acquire an iPhone 4?
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Well Rogers never did alert anyone when launch day came around…… Again another successful launch day in their eyes….
Yo pardon my language but Apple has fucked y'all. peeps are fucking retards. Its a defective phone and its just like the other iphones. Its not very special but peep choice to be dumb. What is this world coming to ? Like really
loool Choose not choice stupid hahaha
Stop masturbating and go to bed !!
What the hell is wrong with people, it's just a phone. It isn't that much better than a 3GS, people are so impatient. Waiting in line for a few hours on launch day seems fine, but after…for no reason. Get a life.
Sorry, I normally I don't care about grammar. I think if you can get the message across, grammar shouldn't be important. However, you have no right to call people “retards”. Some people don't mind the hype if they can a phone. Peeps posting about other peeps tryina get a phone, callin em retards, like really.
I was in line for launch day, and had my “ticket” guaranteeing me that I'd get my iPhone 4 when I eventually got to the front of the line, but… the line was moving too slow and I had to bail.
I got one from the 2nd shipment sent to my local apple store. Called in the AM, they said they had got some in stock, went over and got it. Instead of waiting 5hrs on launch day, it took 15 minutes.
At least for those people who has a iPhone has one to use for the time being until they're able to get their hands on the new one.
Yeah, I got my 3GS in Sault Ste-Marie last year and there were no line ups anywhere. Those Northern Ontario hicktowns probably still have some lying around if they weren't already transferred to the bigger cities. Unfortunately, I had to leave Canada before they released it this year so I'm now waiting until they ship it on Aug. 20th. You have to wait 3 weeks before it ships then 2-3 days to ship if you pay for expedited (that's also assuming the delivery date doesn't get postponed).
Ironically, once it gets to Canada from China, I still have to wait for it to get shipped to the Philippines. Round the world and back again! But it's all worth it to finally get a factory unlocked phone so I don't have to wait for jailbreaks all of the time to update software and I won't have to wonder anymore if aberrant behaviour is due to the jailbreak or the iOS. It's so beautiful that Canada actually got the factory unlock before the US. Is that a first in world history? How about some netflix next . . .
And it's pronounced re-TARD.
Please get it right.
een
Can I just go to bed?
een
Just a phone?
JUST.
A.
PHONE?!?!?!?!?!?
It's not JUST a phone.
It's an iPHONE…..4.
It's phone heroine.
Pure.
Uncut.
Slide it right into a vein and unlock. heh.
Seriously, though, supply levels have had me thinking, “f*ck it” I'll pick up a pair of Samsung Galaxy S instead….not that I want to.
I mean, they appear to be pretty comparable Android platform phones but that bastard Jobs is my pusher and he has me wanting to mainline the iP4.
.
.
.
It's a little frustrating.
Here's hoping I can get a pair in next couple of weeks. Be nice to get one for my wife's 40th. She's got the Jobs monkey on her back too. Bastard!
een
Soooo, I'm about an hour east of Toronto and working night shift Monday.
I'm off at 0630 Tuesday morning and could run to, say, Fairview Mall.
It'd be the closest.
I need a Bell-locked version(HUP is in play) and an unlocked for my wife (Bell are HUP assholes when it comes to her…besides we'll just swap sims….heh)
Am I wasting my time because shipments are so erratic or should I say, “Damn the torpedoes!” and haul ass after work Tuesday morning?
Anyone?
een
Walked into the apple store in Polo Park mall in Winnipeg at 9:30 yesterday morning. No line ups, no one around. Was playing with one of the demos when a sales person asked me if I needed help with anything. I asked jokingly if there were any more of the 16gb iphone 4's kicking around. He said there might be a few in the back. 10 mins later I was out the door with my shiny new iphone 4. I guess I just happend to be in the right place at the right time.
My advice is just to simply seduce a telco worker and make them do all the leg work.
Worked for me, as I'm typing on my iP4 right now.
I hate you right now
When you can learn to speak like a constructive member of society, then you can comment on others. Until then, so long as you can't construe a sentence without a profanity included, or at least not use stupid words like “peep”, kindly get lost.
Yes, we all hate you, 🙂
I strolled into my local Telus about a half hour after it opened, an employee was available immediately and greeted me warmly, and I walked out about 15 minutes later with my shiny 32 GB iPhone 4.
The line and stress at Rogers was apparently quite huge, however.
there are lots of iphone 4 available at the Apple Store in Edmonton ( South Gate Mall). i was out of town. just came back and first thing i did is pay a visit to Apple store. took me about 20 min to purchase and activate my new shiny iphone4. I love it
Why edit and not delete this troll? People please do not feed the troll.
Hey yeg,
16 or 32?
een
“Think outside the box and call a dealer that is “off the gridâ€. Such stores include the wireless dealers inside Costco locations, convenience stores, or locations that are far, far away from urban centres. It’s worth a shot.”
I suggest Wireless Waves or an even lesser known one, Telephone Booth. (at least in Vancouver area.) Virgin Mobile kiosks too, or The Source if you don't care which carrier you go to. Virgin has nicely priced plans anyway. I heard someone suggest Super Wal-Marts….?
Can I ask which Telus (was it in the GTA, as that's where I am looking to buy one)
During my wanderings yesterday at Yorkdale & Eaton's Centre, The Source was the only place to consistently have Bell & Virgin in stock. YMMV.
Hate you right now! Been looking everywhere for one
i just ordered the iphone on apple.ca on launch date, i rather wait another 3 weeks (it may be less) then stand in line for hours and get nothing, having to search everywhere.
@Louis.
Thanks!
een
I ordered mine yesterday. They told me to wait for a 'confirmation email' , which was sposed to have my grand total in it. ( i am paying through wire transfer sinse Gary wouldnt lend me his CC) Anyway, i received no email. Called back, and they had trouble finding my order. FINALLY after 35 mins on the phone, she put me on hold again, to wait to be told directly what my total was………….. then i went to put speaker phone on and pushed the wrong button and hung up. UGHHHH!!! I didnt bother calling back… lol ill do it tomorrow. Damnit
K I think I figured it out ur either realy realy old or you payed fir an English undergrad right? I mean seriously. Grammar is not important online you ancient or friendless English major. Dude probably haz an engi degree like I do. We employ English majors to clean our pools them you come online and insult us to make you feel better. I agree with you dude where suckers. Down with sensorship and old people, religious and feble minded arts students.
As for that Rogers sign, I asked if there was a waiting list I could put my name on, and was told no.
It's 1400 hours, Sunday.
Am on the list with local Bell Store and they just called me.
I want a 32GB but they asked if I was interested in a 16GB White iPhone.
Said no but I'm 2nd in line for 32 so I'm feeling good about this week.
een
Followup post.
Yeah. White iPhone 4.
I mentioned that they weren't supposed to be out yet and even he acknowledged that was the case but, apparently, they are now.
Just FYI.
een
white iphone 4??
You know, that really pisses me off. Not because you got one and I didn't, but because of the fact that I was there twice on Friday (once before opening and once later in the afternoon) and both times I spoke to several employees individually and they all gave the exact same story — they sold their last iPhone 4 Thursday afternoon and hadn't received any new ones since. I also have a small network of friends and co-workers who were alternating so that they were calling the Apple Store every half hour all day on Friday to see if new stock arrived (which it hadn't). Spoke to another fellow who went into the store later in the evening (around 8pm) and he got the same story and left empty handed.
But after all that, somehow they *did* still have some iPhone 4's in stock (like the one you got) and boldly lied to us all day long? It's not like a shipment of “a few” arrived on Saturday morning before the store opened, and reports from others say they had no iPhones on Saturday. Somebody is lying, either you or the Apple Store employees. If it's them, that means they're picking and choosing who they sell to, which would be both unprofessional and unethical. If it's you who's lying, then it's just one guy on a message board and is just a minor annoyance.
I guess you wouldn't be willing to provide a scan/photo of a receipt showing you purchased the iPhone 4 at the Polo Park Apple Store on Saturday (with all the personal details blacked out, of course), would you? I'm not so much interested in disproving you as I am in having something to stick in their face if they try to tell me tomorrow that they have none in stock. I'm tired of the lies and the run-around.
Sort of tired with the Apple shortages for iphone 4…. seems apple always has shortages (seem like a Steve Jobs trick for interest in his products?).
I'm on a waiting list as well, and am starting to think of switching my choice to droid….
jeff?
Yeah, I know.
I was surprised when he said it was a WHITE one.
I asked him to confirm that info and he did.
Soooo, it appears WHITE iP4s are making an appearance.
Weird that it would happen in Cobourg, Ontario of all places.
een
I hat you too…. lucky guy
Back from touring the downtown Montreal… nothing. I'll head back tomorrow morning and report back if I get one. But seriously, though. If by tomorrow I don't find one, I'm sorry, apple, my money goes to Google. It's nice to hype your phone, but deliberately making people wait like that is a bad strategy, in my opinion.
David?
Agreed.
een
Well it is kind of true. Some phones do have the antenna issue. I mean it's not that big of an issue but it still is a problem that the phone shouldn't have. It's not even a death grip, sometimes it's just a finger.
Shipment arrived at Apple Store at SG in Edmonton on Fri afternoon. We were in and out with i4 in hand in a half hour- for hubby. I got mine launch day at SG as well- in and out in an hour and a half (got there at 1:30pm). It was either timing or luck, either way, love the i4.
een: “droid?”
*waves hand*
een: That's not the phone you're looking for.
Jackomatic: That's not the phone I'm looking for.
een: You will line up at an Apple Store.
Jackomatic: I will line up at an Apple Store.
een: Move along.
Jackomatic: Moving along.
heh.
The boxes are white. I'm pretty sure that they just think they have white ones because of that
Try 3rd party stores such as Future Shop, Best Buy, Wireless Wave, Cellular Point, Walmart, Canadian Tire, or even a local Phone Mart (just don't give the representative an Annie-your-izm, lol)
Bought a 16GB and a 32 GB unit at the Calgary Market Mall store on Wednesday afternoon (August 4). There was a long 3.5 hour line-up for people acquiring the subsidized phones via Rogers, Telus etc – there was a small (separate) line for those of us buying the units unlocked – only about 10 people and a 20 minute wait.
Turtle?
I understand what you're saying but I pushed on the colour statement because he asked if I was interested in one that was “white instead.”
I asked if he was sure it was a “white” iPhone because they weren't supposed to be available yet. Only the black ones.
I suppose it could be a case of the CSR at the store not really knowing what he was talkiing about but I didn't get that impression. He seemed fairly knowledgable….although he didn't get my joke about wanting the iPhone 4 with the bigger “Gee Bees.” heh.
een
I agree, but might wait a bit longer. I did all the west-island stores in Montreal… Bestbuy, 2-3 weeks.. Futureshop, 1-2 weeks…. Costco, maybe next week… Apple, they have no idea… No one had a real idea hen they are getting stock, no waiting list, no call backs… It's getting really annoying and frustrating… And when you call them, every one seem annoyed on the that you are calling on the first place… But are we suppose to fo? We can't go to all stores every day and hope to get lucky!! We all have bush life!
In my opinion the lauch wasn't done properly… Only enough stock for a few hours on the first! I love Apple products, own everything apple, and couldn't wait to get the Apple4… Did the lineup on day one, had to go, when to a Costco and my hands on one but they hadn't recede Fido som cards :(. But now I feel like I'll never get it! It's getting really frustrating!
I'm due I'm not the only one on this boat!
Just to say to whole situation is getting seriously ridiculous… Time yo write to Jobs and let him know our frustration
Sorry for all the typos… Typed it on my iPhone 3G… I just noticed when I re-read it
It's kind of frustrating, I know. If it were legitimate issues, okay I'd understand. Maybe not enough iPhones were made, or there was a problem with the gorilla glasses, but what is ticking the bejesus out of me is that they have them, in a warehouse somewhere, and only shipping small quantities to keep the hype up. I like apple products, too, but I don't like to be played like a fool.
I wonder what would happen if, let's say, Microsoft did the same thing for their X360's. At launch, they runned out of stock, but it was because they really did not have anymore, the Wii, too, the iPhone? I'm not convinced.
The higher the hype train goes, the slower it is. I'm seriously considering jumping off.
A good thing about this, though, is that people at general is getting sick of this game too. Who knows? Maybe next year the population will show Apple that they don't like getting barebacked and move to another phone instead of waiting ages for naught.