Let's Talk iPhone
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Shannow
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Where are you getting yours from? I have mine ordered from last week from AT&T, but all I saw was an email stating 2-3 weeks.
Preordered mine from the local AT&T store on the 7th. Not backordered, but still not shipped. Got the same "14-21 days" excuse. This is day 14.
The link in the email they sent me lets you check on the order status.
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Chibibar
That is bupkiss. You should be able to pick up pre-order/upgrade at the AT&T store. Our location actually have some extra stock (going fast) but still.
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Chibibar
That is still bupkiss.
And it's here. Setup was mostly a breeze. Just a slight hiccup in getting my contacts transferred over from my Android phone. The initial method suggested was setting up gmail as an exchange. The contacts port over, but will not sync with iCloud. The second method was to sync via iTunes with Google Contacts, then turn that off and sync to iCloud. That worked. I have my old contacts, all saved to iCloud. Only thing left is the tedious re-entering of missing data. Android would use phone and email data off twitter and facebook profiles, but could not save that data into it's own contact listing.
Network speeds are faster all around. Even before the Sprint iPhone went on sale, their EVDO network was struggling to keep up in the area. 800Kbps was typical when I used to get close to 2Mbps only a few months back. I'm getting 3Mbps from AT&T. Got similar results when I checked my Evo side-by-side with the new Galaxy S II at AT&T's store. Wi-Fi is the same story. the Evo is supposed to be wireless N, but runs like a G. The iPhone is N all the way, slurping up every bit of bandwith Comcast is sending my way.
I'm still feeling my way through, but so far I'm quite satisfied. Still, I'm gonna return it... in favor of the 32GB model. MOAR POWER!!
Network speeds are faster all around. Even before the Sprint iPhone went on sale, their EVDO network was struggling to keep up in the area. 800Kbps was typical when I used to get close to 2Mbps only a few months back. I'm getting 3Mbps from AT&T. Got similar results when I checked my Evo side-by-side with the new Galaxy S II at AT&T's store. Wi-Fi is the same story. the Evo is supposed to be wireless N, but runs like a G. The iPhone is N all the way, slurping up every bit of bandwith Comcast is sending my way.
I'm still feeling my way through, but so far I'm quite satisfied. Still, I'm gonna return it... in favor of the 32GB model. MOAR POWER!!
Shannow
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Well, my ship rate now says 21-28 days...sonofabitch...so, looking like another 2 weeks at the soonest until I get mine, since I ordered on the 13th. Question on the contacts though, since it looks liek you are doing the exact same thing I will be doing...does the Iphone contacts snych up with facebook for pictures, profile, etc. like android, or will it all be manual?
....also..let me know what the change to the 32g model process is like if you go that route. I am considering doing the same.
....also..let me know what the change to the 32g model process is like if you go that route. I am considering doing the same.
So, is Siri all that it's cracked up to be?
Can you see an phone in the future that has no screen (like the ipod shuffle) that's entirely voice controlled?
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Chibibar
My friend and my boss are loving it. It is pretty nifty tool. They usually use it for directions and calling people up while in motion.
I'm still waiting for someone to try "I've fallen and I can't get up!" on siri.
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Of course, I'm not the first to think of that:
http://ismashphone.com/2011/10/siri-a-conversation-with-our-iphone-4s.html
Added at: 12:08
Of course, I'm not the first to think of that:
http://ismashphone.com/2011/10/siri-a-conversation-with-our-iphone-4s.html
Contact integration could be better. That or I'm missing a setting to list Facebook only contacts with everyone else. Had to resync with Google to get the new ones over to the iPhone. Not too long and I'll have everyone on the iCloud side updated. It's tedious, but I should only have to do it once.
I decided to get iPhone 4S on a whim, and was able to preorder it for pickup at the Apple Store the night before I actually got it. Siri is everything it's cracked up to be.
Shannow
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Yeah, but unfortunately, if you pre-ordered it from the stroe during the week before, they wont allow you to get it there,a nd you have to wait for it to ship. And thus, you get caught in back order limbo like myself. 21-28 days it says now, so hepefully it ships by the end of the week.
Yay! Just in time to grab GarageBand for the iPhone.
As I'm still in the 30 day window, I'm stepping up to the 32GB model. Went to the AT&T store to see about an exchange. They don't expect any more phones in until at least Thanksgiving. BUT... the manager suggested I try one of the Apple stores up in Pittsburgh. Just take my receipts and they should honor an exchange. Would just have to pay the $100 difference. Reserved one from the store just off the Pitt campus. Will head up in the morning after work.
Not having any real issues with the phone itself. everything working as intended. In spite of all the horror stories I've heard about the AT&T network, it's a damn sight faster than Sprint's.
Not having any real issues with the phone itself. everything working as intended. In spite of all the horror stories I've heard about the AT&T network, it's a damn sight faster than Sprint's.
You will NOT be able to return the phone you purchased at an AT&T store over at the Apple store. They will be unable to help you*. Trust me on this.
You might be able to return it for refund at AT&T and then buy a new one over at the Apple store, but that's going to depend on inventory.
--Patrick
*Unless procedures have changed within the last 3 days.
You might be able to return it for refund at AT&T and then buy a new one over at the Apple store, but that's going to depend on inventory.
--Patrick
*Unless procedures have changed within the last 3 days.
Yep. The manager at the AT&T store was dead wrong. And OF COURSE he was off today so I couldn't talk to him while I was in the Apple store this morning. didn't find *that* out until after an hour of them not answering their phone and then a staffer giving me wrong information about when the guy was due in.
And if I returned the original to the AT&T store, it could've taken up to 24 hours to reset my eligibility for a new phone, AND I would be starting over from zero with another new number.
I even asked the AT&T manager on Monday if all I needed was to go in with my receipts and phone stuff. He said yes. Nope.
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