Neil Hughes
Suggesting it is not a mistake or typo, the e-mail includes the date June 23 a total of three times. That's a day earlier than Apple's previously announced release date of June 24.
"This email is to confirm that your delivery will occur on June 23rd," the official note reads. "Although Apple and FedEx tracking information may currently indicate a later date, you can check the FedEx website the morning of the June 23rd to track your package to your doorstep."
It continues, "In the event that you will not be available to accept delivery on June 23rd, it may be more convenient to use our pre-sign delivery option by visiting our Order Status website at http://www.apple.com/orderstatus."
If the iPhone 4 really is set to deliver a day early, it would be a strange move for Apple, which in the past has gone out of its way to ensure that its announced launch date is held. When the iPad was launched, the devices began shipping a week early, but sat for days at the UPS Worldport hub in Louisville, Ken., awaiting the April 3 launch date.
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This is the phone that is going to substantially change the whole ballgame--AGAIN!
Face Time is going to be very significant for so many, and will leave the competition seriously hard pressed to come up with a viable alternative.
I got that email and I thought it was weird but I am very happy about it. My phone left Alaska yesterday and will very likely get here on the 23rd. My hopes are up for sure.
This is the phone that is going to substantially change the whole ballgame--AGAIN!
Face Time is going to be very significant for so many, and will leave the competition seriously hard pressed to come up with a viable alternative.
Once it is opened up to more than just iPhone 4 to iPhone 4 (the Wifi thing, while frustrating, is understandable), I will agree with your statement. As many iPhone 4's as there will be, I would like to be able to video chat from my phone to my wife, who is using a MacBook Pro. I don't understand how Apple couldn't have opened this up to at least iChat from the start, but that was their choice. The Evo's video chat, while not as integrated, does give users more options to chat to PC's, Macs, other phones, etc.
I got this email about 2 am eastern time. I thought it was just an auto-generated thing. It'd be nice if my phone got here tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath. As far as I know, it's still in Anchorage, AK.
Makes sense with 600k iPhones pre-sold... they can spread the load on the activation servers at both Apple and ATT over 2-days.
I will say, I was presently surprised how well Apple's servers kept up with iOS 4 downloads and app store update requests yesterday. ATT could learn a thing or two.