AppleInsider Staff
One California attorney wrote on Twitter Tuesday that he received his iPhone. Gil Cabrera said he received a message that read "Your iPhone activation session has expired" upon attempting to activate the handset through iTunes.
Cabrera posted photos of the device, proving he had it in hand. But the smartphone could not be taken past a screen requiring it be tethered to a computer via USB and connected to iTunes.
"Don't be so jealous," he wrote in reply to another Twitter use. "Can't activate the damn thing!"
Update: Apple support helped the user to activate his iPhone 4. Some others have also had successful activations.
"Apple Rep just got me activated," he wrote. "Had to restart my computer (felt like I had a windows machine for a minute) and presto!"
The pictures show the same box photographed earlier Tuesday at a Walmart storehouse. The early delivery would also seem to confirm that Apple has not placed a hold on shipping as it has done in the past, suggesting that the e-mails sent out by Apple Tuesday including a June 23 arrival date were accurate, and many will receive their iPhone a day before the June 24 launch.
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His picture of the box is not nearly as cool as the Wal-Mart one, which looks 3D.
Those lucky b*stards! :P
hmm, I'm not too keep on the box design; I preferred the front-facing image on the last three boxes
That is some high-clarity glass! Shines like a diamond!
Serial number 1000000?
I pre-ordered one for myself (32GB) and one for my wife (16GB) on the same day last week. Hers is scheduled for delivery tomorrow, while mine hasn't shipped yet. So there will be some jealousy around here for a while. Actually, I was looking forward to activating both and then trying out FaceTime...