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  • AT&T: iPhone 5 Pre-orders Break the Record of Any iPhone in the Past
    by
    Anthony Bouchard
    Published on 09-17-2012 10:13 AM
    37 Comments Comments


    AT&T has just announced this morning that the iPhone 5 is the fastest-selling iPhone in history for the carrier. The iPhone 5 became available for pre-order just last Friday.

    It’s not much of a surprise, as the iPhone 5 packs almost all of the consumer-demanded features into a thin and light package, such as 4G LTE, a four-inch retina display, a redesigned unibody case, and even some redesigned accessories. The device also ships with Apple’s greatest mobile operating system to date – iOS 6.

    The announcement does show us that even though AT&T has tight restrictions on things like data and FaceTime over cellular networks, consumers aren’t too worried about the loss and will continue to shop with AT&T even though other cellular carriers like Sprint offer unlimited data, calling, and messaging and cellular carriers like Verizon offer a larger scope of 4G LTE coverage and will not limit FaceTime over cellular networks (neither will Sprint).

    No matter what carrier you’re choosing to get the iPhone 5 on, there’s no doubt that there is a huge waiting line for you to get your unit. Shipping dates for the iPhone 5 have slipped 2-3 weeks on Apple’s Web site, indicating just how heavy the demand for the device is compared to the the current supply, but Apple will catch up soon enough.

    No word yet on the status of other carriers' luck.

    Did you pick AT&T?

    Sources: AT&T
    This article was originally published in forum thread: AT&T: iPhone 5 Pre-orders Break the Record of Any iPhone in the Past started by Anthony Bouchard View original post
    Categories:
    1. iPhone,
    2. iOS,
    3. Apple
    Comments 37 Comments
    1. jrhudson's Avatar
      jrhudson - 09-17-2012, 10:17 AM
      meh, if sprint woulda hurried up or listed my city has a future LTE city i woulda switched but it didnt so meh.
      att
    1. shifted7's Avatar
      shifted7 - 09-17-2012, 10:26 AM
      I stuck with AT&T. Unlimited data is great and all but I'm on wifi 95% of the time anyway so even with heavy use while traveling for a couple weeks, I've never gone over my 2GB. Also with unlimited messaging with free mobile to mobile and rollover, I actually ADD about 300 minutes a month to my bill. I have the 450 minutes plan and use my phone for business so I'm receiving around 80 calls a day.

      Even with travel and one of the "lower" tier plans, using my smart phone in a smart manner has kept my bill lower than the unlimited plans.

      PS. I was told the carriers were given a different stock of iPhone 5 shipments. I saw on Apple that the wait was 2-3 weeks, walked into my ATT store and they said they could guarantee at 9/21 delivery date. Might check into that if you're still wanting one at release!
    1. SliceBread's Avatar
      SliceBread - 09-17-2012, 10:27 AM
      Sticking with Sprint!!!
    1. ssjbrolly's Avatar
      ssjbrolly - 09-17-2012, 10:37 AM
      Deal braker for me about sticking to AT&T is the fact that you can't surf and talk at the same time which I do a lot. AT&T does offer FaceTime over cell data you just have to be on their shared plans which are more. What can you expect from a greedy SOB of a CEO.
    1. Papiriqui's Avatar
      Papiriqui - 09-17-2012, 10:41 AM
      I already have ATT lol
    1. Raptor2213's Avatar
      Raptor2213 - 09-17-2012, 10:42 AM
      Nope, Sprint. I'm on a grandfathered unlimited data plan, and I'm still ditching AT&T because I'm tired of their bad business practices.
    1. AUZambo's Avatar
      AUZambo - 09-17-2012, 11:46 AM
      Quote Originally Posted by ssjbrolly View Post
      Deal braker for me about sticking to AT&T is the fact that you can't surf and talk at the same time which I do a lot. AT&T does offer FaceTime over cell data you just have to be on their shared plans which are more. What can you expect from a greedy SOB of a CEO.
      How are you figuring the shared plans are more? My wife and I currently share 1400 minutes (WAY more than we need), I have 200 texts, she has 1000, and we each get 2 GB of data. We pay about $140 for this after an employer discount.

      The shared plan would give us unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, 4 GB of shared data, and mobile hotspot capability (without jailbreaking) for $150. Throw in the employer discount and we'd be getting more stuff for about the same price as our current plan.
    1. Lohand's Avatar
      Lohand - 09-17-2012, 11:54 AM
      Never mind "talk n surf" (i.e. dude, the navi says I am 30 miles from the party) a + for AT&T, but Facetime over slow CDMA/EVDO? (A - for Sprint/Verizon). What's the point? The phone already has a still photo app that's also "free". Sayin...
    1. GmAz's Avatar
      GmAz - 09-17-2012, 12:03 PM
      Notice how they said of any past iPhone, not any phone ever. The S3 sold more in 24 hours and that was only the international version, not the US versions. the iPhone is slipping.
    1. Anthony Bouchard's Avatar
      Anthony Bouchard - 09-17-2012, 12:10 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by GmAz View Post
      Notice how they said of any past iPhone, not any phone ever. The S3 sold more in 24 hours and that was only the international version, not the US versions. the iPhone is slipping.
      I wouldn't say slipping. It's doubling with every release.
    1. zinjen's Avatar
      zinjen - 09-17-2012, 12:31 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by AUZambo View Post
      How are you figuring the shared plans are more? My wife and I currently share 1400 minutes (WAY more than we need), I have 200 texts, she has 1000, and we each get 2 GB of data. We pay about $140 for this after an employer discount.

      The shared plan would give us unlimited minutes, unlimited texts, 4 GB of shared data, and mobile hotspot capability (without jailbreaking) for $150. Throw in the employer discount and we'd be getting more stuff for about the same price as our current plan.
      Well, if you read what he wrote HE has the service. He didn't mention a wife, therefore it is indeed more expensive to have-to purchase a shared plan just to use Facetime over 3G/LTE. That is ******** for people who don't need more than 1 line/account.
    1. AUZambo's Avatar
      AUZambo - 09-17-2012, 12:45 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by zinjen View Post
      Well, if you read what he wrote HE has the service. He didn't mention a wife, therefore it is indeed more expensive to have-to purchase a shared plan just to use Facetime over 3G/LTE. That is ******** for people who don't need more than 1 line/account.
      You're right. I made the assumption that since he was on the shared plan he had a wife or friend splitting the bill.
    1. blinxtom's Avatar
      blinxtom - 09-17-2012, 01:34 PM
      I chose AT&T. My estimate was 14-21 days... So I hope to get it before my birthday (5th of next month)
    1. jamesgunaca's Avatar
      jamesgunaca - 09-17-2012, 02:13 PM
      I did AT&T because they applied a 10% discount to my monthly data plan (Unlimited) whereas Apple did not. At the time of ordering (Friday evening around 6:30pm PST) both Apple and AT&T were quoting 2-3 weeks (AT&T ended up showing 14-21 business days).

      Hope I get it before the end of the month, but I won't stress if I don't. Sure, I'd love it by Friday. But, my boss offered to pay for the phone and that didn't come through until Friday evening. I'd rather save myself $435 (64GB was $435 after tax) then get the phone on 9/21 or possibly 9/20 as some iPhone owners have gotten their iPhones a day before general availability due to FedEx shipping 'em quicker.

      I'm just happy that within a few days I'll have my hands on an LTE iPhone 5 with Unlimited Data on AT&T. And my after tax price of my phone bill is only $83!
    1. Dranon's Avatar
      Dranon - 09-17-2012, 03:42 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Raptor2213 View Post
      Nope, Sprint. I'm on a grandfathered unlimited data plan, and I'm still ditching AT&T because I'm tired of their bad business practices.
      PM me I would love to take over your unlimited data plan!
    1. spooneditr's Avatar
      spooneditr - 09-17-2012, 04:20 PM
      Don't even know if I want to be with AT&T when they start charging for FaceTime. That's kinda bs to me.
    1. Anthony Bouchard's Avatar
      Anthony Bouchard - 09-17-2012, 05:33 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by spooneditr View Post
      Don't even know if I want to be with AT&T when they start charging for FaceTime. That's kinda bs to me.
      They haven't started charging for FaceTime yet; they're only limited it to certain plans.

      I'm sure after we all get our iOS 6 jailbreak (in fact, some of us can do this on iOS 5 already with our current jailbreaks), we can enable FaceTime over cellular without AT&T's input.
    1. starkall's Avatar
      starkall - 09-17-2012, 06:36 PM
      Good thing Flip Swap through AT&T gave me $320 for my iPhone 4s 32gb. Galaxy s3 here I come. I was severely disappointed with the i5 release. Hopefully the next iPhone is far superior to what's on the market and not outdated before it hits the market.
    1. NSXrebel's Avatar
      NSXrebel - 09-17-2012, 08:23 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by starkall View Post
      Good thing Flip Swap through AT&T gave me $320 for my iPhone 4s 32gb. Galaxy s3 here I come. I was severely disappointed with the i5 release. Hopefully the next iPhone is far superior to what's on the market and not outdated before it hits the market.
      you're ******* ********.
    1. mlee19841's Avatar
      mlee19841 - 09-17-2012, 08:43 PM
      Just want to get and idea about something. How many people here have vzw?
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