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AT&T Vs. Apple Store At the iPhone Launch

Posted by kdawson on from the doctor-jeckyll-and-mister-who dept.

MBCook tips an article at Gizmodo that begins with a reader's experiences trying to buy an iPhone yesterday at an AT&T store and an Apple store. Many, but not all, of the comments on the post echo this reader's experience: Apple good, AT&T bad. "Day one revealed what all Apple aficionados fear. That AT&T, through the depths of its incompetence, could derail the iPhone."

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  1. Re:IBRICK. by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    Meanwhile, 15 hours of tech support hold time later -- still can't make a call. If your new iPhone wasn't working maybe you shouldn't have used it to call tech support. ;-)
  2. Re:my iPhone works great by Belacgod · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'd believe you if you spelled corporate correctly.

  3. Re:Apple ends up looking bad (er, less than great) by The+One+and+Only · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am glad the phone won't be available ever in Venezuela.

    Me too. If they ever got popular, Hugo would just nationalize all the Apple Stores.

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  4. Re:Not troll, I swear by epte · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't you ever notice that these campout events never coincide? Don't tell anyone, but... those Star Wars fans, Lord of the Rings fans, iPhone fans... they're all the same people. They're a hired group of actors who inflate the perceived popularity of a product. All other victims of the consequent group think then aren't insane; they're just conformists. As for the AIDS and cancer patients, I'd be seriously worried for their health. What are they doing camping out for a day in their condition??

  5. I would answer by Target+Practice · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I'm too busy waiting in line for Transformers.

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    1. Re:I would answer by gsn · · Score: 3, Funny

      Kids these days - lining up for the latest fad... I'm still first in line for Duke Nukem Forever at the Electronic Boutique at the mall - I lined up when it was announced back in '97... They tried to trick me by changing the name of the store a few years back but I'm still in line and no one is gonna cut in front of me. Any day now... I'll go back home and upgrade my old P266 that it was supposed to work on and then I can play this great new game! Now if only the mall people would stop thinking I'm a janitor...

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  6. Re:American Psycho meets American Kitsch. by danbeck · · Score: 4, Funny

    I call bullshit. Nintendo never had a widely popular console until the mid 80's and for that matter, the Nintendo 64 wasn't sold until 1996. I can't take you seriously until you get your facts straight.

    This is slashdot and the facts are important, Sir!