Apple iPhone confirmed for June 29th release
I will be the first to admit it — we were off on the release date! Thanks to some hard journalism work from Ryan over at Engadget, and now confirmed by Apple’s iPhone ads themselves, the June 29th release date is 100% confirmed. Want to take a look at the ads? Me too! Check them out below.
Thanks, James and Liam!
I truly am a mac addict. Everything I have is mac. But im still a little sketchy on the iPhone. Its going to be a first gen model of course, and while Apple is known for the quality of their products three things will prevent me from getting it right away (maybe). 1 is its going to be impossible to get prolly and it will be another Blackberry Curve launch date type action. 2 is that I hope its not a PS3 type launch with people doing drive by’s and stuff and AT&T stores and 3 which is the MAIN reason is unless they have a midnight launch my wife is delivering on that date so how sure are people of a midnight launch as I cannot and will not leave my wife and new son in the hospital alone while daddy goes by a iPhone. I really like the Curve too. What are the chances of a midnight launch. Does anyone know. BG would you kindly chime in here? Thanks everyone
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With Verizon, I was told that you could not re-up your deal for another 2 years to get a phone at contract price. I’m now switching over to AT&T and getting the Curve. Can anyone confirm the fact that you can re-do your deal while you’re already signed on to get a phone at contract price?
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I’m a former Cingular Asisstant Manager (3 years ago). At that time, you COULD NOT re-up for another 2 years to get a new phone. I am still a Cingular customer, and when the iPhone was announced i checked my “upgrade eligibility” and the website said I still had a few months to go. So at that time there was nothing i could do.
Im pretty sure that if you went in today, got a new contract (with a curve) and in 2 months you wanted to re-up, you would get denied. Because at that point your ETF would still be the same, and AT&T would lose money due to the subsidized phones you recieved. However, with GSM phones, you can always buy a new phone at retail price any time you want (ebay, etc), just swap sim cards.
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I’m not too crazy about the glossy look. Imagine tapping the screen, pressing keys, and using the phone. After an hour of use it’ll be covered in fingerprints, ear goo, and skin oil…yyuuuckkkkk…You’ll spend better than 1/2 your time cleaning the foolish thing.
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aside from screen tapping, this already happens with all cellphones.. especially the razr series.. and they sell like crazy. Plus if you’re worried about ear goo, perhaps you should look into Q-Tips, and perhaps schedule a doctor appointment.
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