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post Jun 24 2010, 02:10 PM

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Separate line still have to quueright? LOL.

400 is the one without preorder. Around 150-200 or those who reordered.

I can safely assume there are around 1.5k ppl in queue now. Haha

The edt thing is is free breakfast for early birds lol

They were giving angry bird t shirt just now but it was finished sad.gif

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post Jun 24 2010, 02:49 PM

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It's flagship store lol. Sure got a lot of ppl and probably a lot of stock.

Got free coffee from Starbucks lol. Can hear ppl shouting as the store will be opening in 15 mins time.
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post Jun 24 2010, 03:30 PM

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Reporting live from the store lol. Still in queue tho. Looks like they are taking their own sweet time. Wonder if I can make it on time to work.
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post Jun 24 2010, 05:14 PM

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got my iPhone 4! back to base (office) now. well worth the queue biggrin.gif
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post Jun 24 2010, 05:43 PM

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i know you all are waiting for theeeeeeeeese tongue.gif

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post Jun 24 2010, 05:57 PM

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QUOTE(Eralus @ Jun 24 2010, 05:15 PM)
congrats dude..show us some pictures!
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this will be a long post of my journey to iPhone 4 tongue.gif

mostly photos coz i lazy to type.
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post Jun 24 2010, 06:09 PM

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continue my journey, i finally sat down with an apple sales person

the reason the line is so fkin slow coz they are doing one on one shopping experience. not what i expect like just give me my phone and pay at counter thing. Its nice but, i think they should speed up the process and do something about the loooooooooooooooooooooooooong queue.

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Right now i am restoring my phone and gonna play with it later tongue.gif
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post Jun 24 2010, 06:34 PM

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get microsim cutter from ebay tongue.gif

I will worry about that when i am back in Malaysia lol.

Right now i am rocking on with my O2 microsim smile.gif

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post Jun 24 2010, 09:00 PM

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the bumper is 25 pounds (quite expensive for an accessory)
yea it just cover the side. cant find any screen protector so i aint gonna take out the film lid from my iphone yet tongue.gif
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post Jun 25 2010, 01:30 AM

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maybe i should do a bulk for bumper? laugh.gif
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post Jun 25 2010, 06:42 AM

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QUOTE(youngkies @ Jun 25 2010, 04:21 AM)
I was 2 hours late. But never mind, I can wait.
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Its not that like the phone wont be in stock forever tongue.gif


QUOTE(stringfellow @ Jun 25 2010, 06:22 AM)
Sigh, after a tumultuous texting and emailing furiously between me in KL and my "transporter" in London, only manage to get 2 x 16GB iPhone 4. I'm very disappointed that the Apple Store does not honor the 32GB reservations that I've made, and instead pushed the "only left these, take it or leave it" attitude. What is the point of reserving if the reserver end up being treated like the hordes of crowd who are walk-ins? Bad form, Apple UK!

Either way, I'm accepting it as it is, and will be part of the purchasing folks for the Australian iPhone 4 launch next month. Plans and contacts are standing by in Sydney, and I myself am prepared for the worse for the Brisbane trip at the end of the month.

The other 16Gb iPhone 4 goes to Beavis for all the help he's extended to me all this while, and also his future commitment for me to help on the iPhone 4 purchases when I'll be in Sydney next month. I am still hanging on to the 32GB 3G[S] until I can get the 32GB iPhone 4, so for the first time, instead of just an iPhone, I'll having in my possession, 3 iPhones of varying sizes and models. Crazy, but yes, situation dictates it as such.

Will be making the trip to the airport tomorrow to pick the two iPhones with Beavis. Probably be making our first FaceTime call there too. tongue.gif

Stayed up for all this mess, time to get some rest for tomorrow. *Excitement is only 50% since I only get 50% of the expected size*
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There were 32gb in stock in Westfield. Was suppose to get another 32gb but the person who wanted it asked me to exchange to 16gb. The person standing in front of me booked 16gb but wanted 32gb so i just switched with him. Shouldve just got the 32gb lol.

I bet your transporter must be furious with the Regent Street queue tongue.gif I heard it was still that loooooooong at about 7pm and people who are behind the queue were given a card to collect it from store 2mr. People started queueing up on the queue to queue up for 2mr morning lol.

THe major flaw is where apple introduces getting contract at store. A contract signup can take around 45min - 1 hour and this affects the line a lot.

If you want to get the contract phone why not just walk in to the mobile provider? My colleague walked in to orange shop and got his iphone 4 in no time and its just around the corner at Oxford street lol.

Furthermore, the one on one experience is really unecessary and wasting a lot of time. I would prefer fast checkout rather than having one on one experience asi need to get to work after getting my iphone.

I talked to many people who is out of the queue and mostly are complaining about the amount of time wasted on the one on one experience. We just want fast and simple.

Sorry to rant here as i woke up 5am in the morning jus to queue and only got back at 11pm. I am not really excited to get my iPhone anymore. I havent even have a chance to play with it... (due to work and queueing lol)

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post Jun 25 2010, 07:06 AM

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btw, i tried facetime with my colleague just now over wifi. nothing too fancy. we could have probably done this few years back with nokia 3G phones. laugh.gif

I guess apple just wanted to let the customer feel that they are being treated well after braving the long queues. but it slows down everyone!

anyways, the people who queued in regent st were given a coupon so that their reservation are still valid 2mr. However, the queue will be another long long queue and probably worse than today as most of them are starting to queue up tonight.

I wouldnt want to imagine the queue 2mr. I was lucky that I manage to wake up early this morning and pick it up after doing research on previous events (iphone 3g/s and ipad) as my initial plan was to collect it during lunchtime which is totally out of question as i only have one hour for lunch.
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post Jun 25 2010, 05:09 PM

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QUOTE(don8ld @ Jun 25 2010, 01:30 PM)
So is the iPhone 4 in UK out already?
Can I ask my brother in the UK to buy it for me, and will I be able to use it in Malaysia with a Maxis sim?

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Yes provided you can get one in store lol.

Insane queue yesterday. And today too (at Regent Street)
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post Jun 25 2010, 05:40 PM

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not by me but by other ppl who passed by regent st. (just search twitter and there are plenty lol) and i am not so free to go all the way there just to take pics after yesterday's incident tongue.gif

I wasted so much time queueing last night to secure a few units of iPhone and didnt have time to play with it at all sad.gif

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post Jun 25 2010, 11:34 PM

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mayb i should try cutting my sim...

i got a maxis sim here :3

but scared if i screwed it up lol no replacement for me as i need my maxis number for online banking sms tongue.gif
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post Jun 26 2010, 04:05 AM

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QUOTE(beavis68 @ Jun 26 2010, 12:07 AM)
then u better be precise and accurate in your cutting skill. one mis-cut then it will screw-up your sim card.
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I think I will just wait till I get back to try that

QUOTE(Shoki @ Jun 26 2010, 12:28 AM)
Worst case, go to Maxis and get a new sim card for RM10-20++
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Doesn't help if you are thousands of miles away from nearest maxis centre
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post Jun 26 2010, 06:33 AM

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lucky you. a lot of ppl still queueing in regent st today to get theirs tongue.gif
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post Jun 26 2010, 04:20 PM

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i have bumper and overall it is quite nice to hold and very sturdy. I still have my film lid on but I have ordered invisibleshield to put it on later tongue.gif
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post Jun 26 2010, 06:59 PM

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No reception prob for me. Am left handed so I always hold with left hand. Might b coz of the bumper tho.
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post Jun 27 2010, 03:03 AM

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QUOTE(minde @ Jun 26 2010, 10:26 PM)
any1 can tell me when i can unlock my iphone from o2 ? they say have to wait till the end of the launch period.
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refer to this o2 page if you are in UK

if not. here is the reference.

but there is no info on iphone 4 yet but i assume it is the same

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Unlocking form link.


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