Well, well, well. We now know why Apple and AT&T are launching the iPhone at 6 p.m, but frankly, it pisses me off. All AT&T stores will shut their doors at 4:30PM to take shipment of iPhones. Apple is really keeping the wraps on these bad boys until the very last second. This is going to cause so much chaos. Wouldn’t you agree?
A few other tidbits about launch day tell us that stores will be open till midnight, perhaps. Although, that makes little sense since each store is supposedly only getting three units. Do you see the pandemonium that will ensue once the doors are opened at 6 p.m.? And what about the Apple stores? I think I’ll grab a video cam and camp out at the Union Square AT&T store just to capture the craziness.
I don’t know. For some reason, this feels very much like the PS3 to me. I think you’re going to see quite a few people balking/not pulling the trigger once you add up the final tally for iPhone + data plan. at&t got extremely greedy, I honestly can’t believe they are disabling the wifi if you don’t get a data plan.
Alex-
I’m surprised by a lot of things that AT&T pulled, but at the same time, I’m not at all surprised. It’s really unfortunate considering what the iPhone could be.
“This is going to cause so much chaos. Wouldn’t you agree?”
No I don’t. What possible basis do you have to state this? Because they are waiting until 6pm? Because they are closing their doors for a whole hour and a half? Please dude…
And what makes you think it won’t? The shipment of iPhones won’t hit stores until an hour or so before launch. Most of the public won’t know that and they’ll get pissy.