The presales of the iPhone 4S have been excellent all around. It looks like the first round of presales from Apple are sold-out. AT&T supplies have dwindled to extending shipping time as much as four weeks, Verizon is up to one-week later, while Sprint still has some preorders available fo the 32 and 64 GB models of the iPhone 4S. If you want to get the new iPhone 4S by Friday, October 14, you still have a chance.
Apple took in so many orders for all carriers, it sold-out of those available to ship on October 14 and showed a 1-2 week shipping time. Today we did a spot check of carriers, Verizon Wireless still had iPhone 4S available for presale but with a delivery date of October 21. AT&T is still taking preorders and shows 21-28 days shipping for the 16GB iPhone 4GS.Sprint has sold out of the $199 16GB iPhone 4S and it is no longer available for presale with the suggestion that buyers go to a Sprint store on October 14. The 32GB and 64GB models of the iPhone 4GS are still available for preorder for $299 and $399 respectively. The $99 iPhone 4 is still available for sale.
AT&T sold more than 200,000 iPhone 4S during the first 12 hours of the presales online, making it the most successful launch to date.
So what can you do if you want an iPhone 4S on October 14 or sooner than presale shipping dates?
We warned you that the best time to buy any iPhone is in the wee hours of the morning of the first day of presale. There will be iPhone 4S supplied to carrier stores and Apple stores on Octboer 14 on Friday.
- We called our local Apple store and was given the notice that iPhone 4s will go on sale Friday and the store will open at 8:00 am. Lines form outside Apple stores, sometimes, the night before.
- Sprint stores are taking automated appointments through their local store numbers. Sprint stores will open at 7:00 am on Friday. Sprint stores will close early on Thursday to get ready for the iPhone 4S sales.
- Some AT&T stores are opening 7:00am.
- Verizon Wireless is taking preorders for existing customers in-store according to the rep, we spoke with. He said that the store is having a meeting on Thursday to discuss how they will handle iPhone 4S sales. He told me to call back on Thursday for store hours.
It's worth a call to call your local carrier store to see how they will handle iPhone 4S sales. In the past, sometimes, some sales people took reservations or made appointments.
During previous iPhone popular releases the carrier stores had fewer and shorter lines. In general, iPhone lovers tend to prefer the Apple store. If you don't want to wait as long the carrier stores are a better choice. We don't know yet, if RadioShack or other resellers will be selling iPhone 4S on the first day of sale October 14.
Sprint will be the only carrier to offer new iPhones with unlimited non-throttled data. Apple claims that iPhone 4S, is the most amazing iPhone with a dual-core A5 chip, new 8MP camera with 1080p HD resolution video recording, world phone support, two antenna, and Siri, voice commands.
The iPhone 4S ships with iOS 5, announced earlier this week. The new iOS 5 software has over 200 new features:
- Notification Center, an innovative way to easily view and manage notifications in one place without interruption
- iMessage, a new messaging service that lets you easily send text messages, photos and videos between all iOS 5 users.
- Find my Friends. You can see the current location of anyone that choose to share it with your friends.
- Built-in Twitter integration and iMessage, so you can instantly share your photos via Twitter directly from the Photos app and send photos via iMessage to individuals or groups.
- iCloud lets you synch all you photos, music, documents, and videos among iOS devices, Apple TV, Mac or PC wirelessly. When content changes on device all devices are updated automatically.
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