I spoke with both AT&T and Apple people today about sales of the new phone. The AT&T store I went to was out of phones by about 1 PM. The Apple store was still doing a brisk business at 4 PM. As in the previous two years, the biggest model (32 GIG) seems to be very popular. The 8 GIG was also selling well.
Both companies did something smart this year by allowing customers to pre-order the phone and get it delivered today. That seemed to work very well. The line at the Apple store at 4 PM was about 15 people. I spoke with a couple of people and they said they had not been waiting long. The glitches they had in the fulfillment last year seem also to have been cleared up.
Of the dozen or so customers I spoke with today about a third were buying their first iPhone while one was buying his third. There seemed to be more women in lines today - but this was a very small sample. Each of the people I spoke with had done a lot of research on the Internet and seemed to be able to quote one or more of the reviews.
The photo is from Guy Kawasaki in the store he bought his phone - 15 minutes in and out.
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