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Apple Online Store Now Offering iPhone 3G for Direct Shipment to New AT&T Customers

Wednesday May 13, 2009 11:44 am PDT by Eric Slivka

Engadget reports that Apple's US online store has started taking orders for direct shipments of the iPhone 3G. Previously, the iPhone was available only in retail stores when purchased from Apple, although AT&T offered sales both in its own retail stores and through its online store.

The new distribution method is valid only for customers new to AT&T, while existing AT&T customers will have to pick up their iPhones at local Apple retail stores. New customers are taken through a series of screens in which they must submit their enter their billing address to allow AT&T to run a credit check, select their rate plan, and either reserve an iPhone for pickup at a local Apple store or complete the purchase and have the iPhone shipped directly to them.
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ObsidianIce
36 months ago
Of all the news..why isn't there something saying that the iPhone is now available to buy online?

http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/
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lostprophet894
36 months ago
:confused:

Hasn't the iPhone always been available for purchase on apple.com?
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t0mat0
36 months ago

Of all the news..why isn't there something saying that the iPhone is now available to buy online?

http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/


Because that link is for the current iPhone 3G.
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dissdnt
36 months ago

Of all the news..why isn't there something saying that the iPhone is now available to buy online?

http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/


Is that new? I know that AT&T allowed you to buy them online now for awhile. Not sure about Apple though.
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Vandam500
36 months ago
Then reserve your phone at the Apple Retail Store or buy online.

Are you kidding?
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patrickdunn
36 months ago
"To buy your iPhone 3G, start here and finish at the Apple Retail Store."

This has been up for awhile now. They don't ship it to you, you have to go to the Apple store to pick it up.
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ObsidianIce
36 months ago
nope..they're shipping them to you as well

Once you’re done, reserve an iPhone at your nearest Apple Retail Store** where a Specialist can set up your iPhone just the way you want, from email to ringtones. Or order directly from the Apple Online Store and have your new iPhone shipped free to your door.

No it hasn't

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Hasn't the iPhone always been available for purchase on apple.com?

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CocoaPuffs
36 months ago
Unless there's something "special" about buying it from Apple online, I don't see how this is newsworthy.
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patrickdunn
36 months ago

Or order directly from the Apple Online Store and have your new iPhone shipped free to your door.

No it hasn't


Whoa, sorry to call you out... Just refreshed the screen and saw the above. Good catch.

I hope this means they are trying to dump the current gen for the release of a new one.
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afireintonto
36 months ago

Whoa, sorry to call you out... Just refreshed the screen and saw the above. Good catch.

I hope this means they are trying to dump the current gen for the release of a new one.


that's what i'm hoping for!
i'm hoping they are selling off all the 3G's so they can bring in the new model:]
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