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The Journey to iPhone 4…

Posted on: June 16, 2010 at 12:31 am | Posted under: Technology

Well with the iPhone 4 initial pre-order day come and gone, I am happy to say that I have my iPhone ordered.

This journey started at 5:30 AM when I checked the Apple website and saw that pre-order was available, I immediately decided to get the small task out of the way before tackling my inbox.  Boy, that sure was a bad idea.  After four attempts to order, I gave up for time.

A few hours later I check back to see that the Apple online store was down.  I figured that they were working out the bugs and that this was a sign of hope.  I waited around and once the store was back up I proceeded to place my order.  Three attempts this time and no luck, it was back to my work I went.

At this point I decided I would wait until later in the day or tomorrow morning to order the phone.  I headed downtown for some meetings and stopped at the cafe for some lunch.  I decided that I would try again, hoping I would be successful.  Four more attempts later I still was unable to order the phone.  I was not going to make a reservation to pick-up my phone at an Apple store, because the closest one is two hours away.

Well after getting home, around 8 PM, I decided to give it another try.  A friend of mine told me they sold out, so I wasn’t sure if it was worth it.  I crossed my fingers and went through the prompt screens that I had seen so many times during the day, it was actually working.

SUCCESS!  At 8:15 PM I had an order confirmation screen sitting in front of me confirming my order and making the journey seem worthwhile.

So after seven failed attempts and a lot of yelling, I have my iPhone ordered.  I just hope that it will show up on June 24, as my order confirmation indicated.

Anyone else go though hell to order their new toy? :)