Gizmodo has the latest and excellent tips on what you need to know and expect if you want the new iPhone 3G this Friday. Go forth and be good.
iPhone 3G Definitive Guide: How to Score One This Friday
You’re all set to get an iPhone 3G—you’ve done the research, you’ve picked a plan and you’ve even convinced the office you’ve got an 8AM uh, sales call. Here’s everything you need to know for launch day: Where to go, what to bring, the final word on in store-activation (you’re not gonna like it), why you might be SOL if you want the mythical white iPhone (you’re really not gonna like it) and more.
First dilemma: Apple Store or AT&T?
The Apple Store is way cooler than any AT&T shop, so that’s where the zealots, cool kids and attention whores will be lining up. But according to Gary at the ultimate Apple retail blog ifoAppleStore, they’re also going to have the most stock (logically). His guess is that, based on the original iPhone’s first three days of sales, “each of Apple’s 217 stores should be receiving between 750 and 1,000 handsets for sale this time.” Happily, you’ll be able to check a store’s next-day stock every night after 9PM.
I’m waiting until next week. And by the way, I’ll be going to an AT&T store. But really, at the end of the day, it’s just a phone!!!