Well, we told you things were getting pretty crazy yesterday, and even some of our commenters told us the same thing: Apple and AT&T were under some severe stress throughout most of the day. And, as much as we would have loved to see them get it figured out, it seems that the only way they could do that was to sell out of pre-order availability. Yeah, they have already sold out. And, without much stock to go around, AT&T’s pulled the plug on pre-orders.
According to the website, if you try to pre-order the next phone from Apple, you’ll be kindly informed that not only are pre-orders halted right now for the iPhone 4, but they’ve also been grounded for the iPhone 3GS 8GB. And that goes for new customers, people wanting to upgrade, and even exchanges. So, basically, the net covers everyone. Apparently, there’s a bunch of people out there working to get through most of the customers out there who have a “pending” status on their order, but there’s no guarantee that they will all get figured out.
So, here’s our question to you, dear reader. If you weren’t able to get your pre-order in, what’s the next step? Are you going to wait it out, or are you already looking at something else to replace what you couldn’t get? We know that the iPhone holds a soft spot in many people’s hearts, so does something like this make you want to jump ship, or stick it out?
[Update]: Looks like Apple went ahead of the curve and managed to sell out of their 600,000 iPhone 4s over the course of one day. Which, you can probably guess, is the most pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day, ever. Check out the full, really short, press release just below to get the apology from Apple, too.
Press Release:
CUPERTINO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Yesterday Apple and its carrier partners took pre-orders for more than 600,000 of Apple’s new iPhone 4. It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated, resulting in many order and approval system malfunctions. Many customers were turned away or abandoned the process in frustration. We apologize to everyone who encountered difficulties, and hope that they will try again or visit an Apple or carrier store once the iPhone 4 is in stock.
[via AT&T]
