“Over 1 million Iphones have been pre-ordered by paying customers, “
Huh ? Just where were they pre-ordered from ?
From what I’ve read, you couldn’t do it online or in the stores.
Apple stores were told not to take pre-orders, and even though AT&T tried the same policy “officially”, AT&T cellphone stores were taking pre-orders and people were put on waitlists. These cellphone stores work on a commission basis, unlike the apple stores that don’t.
Now the majority of the phones released this friday were at the apple stores, and just like the xbox, these phones are going to be hard to find for months, the pre-order waitlist customers at AT&T stores will get their phones first from the inventory delivered.
The one million+ pre-order number was known months ago, but never officially released by apple or AT&T to give that “first come/first serverd” apperance at the rollout. That way apple gets lots of lovely press of people camped out in front of their stores and helps the marketing hype.