Best Buy and AT&T Prep for U.S. iPhone 4 Launch
With Apple set to begin taking pre-orders for the iPhone 4 in a handful of countries tomorrow, including the United States, the company's retail partners are also beginning to firm up their plans. Last Friday, we noted that Wal-Mart was gearing up to offer the new iPhone at launch, following news earlier in the week that RadioShack would begin taking pre-orders on the 15th for a June 24th launch as well.
Electronics chain Best Buy had been rumored to be preparing its plans for launch, and today confirmed that it too will be taking pre-orders beginning tomorrow.
The company is also planning to open its retail stores at 7:00 AM on the launch day of June 24th and is offering rebate credits or handset upgrades for those customers who purchased an iPhone 3GS in the month before iPhone 4's announcement.
Electronics chain Best Buy had been rumored to be preparing its plans for launch, and today confirmed that it too will be taking pre-orders beginning tomorrow.
Beginning June 15, Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co. Inc (NYSE: BBY), launches its pre-sale of iPhone 4 from Apple. Pre-sale orders can be placed at any Best Buy or Best Buy Mobile standalone store nationwide. The iPhone 4 will land in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores June 24.
Apple's U.S. carrier partner, AT&T, has also been working to get ready for launch day, with employees set to debut new company T-shirts for the event and the company has also put together a video providing information on upgrade pricing policies and data plans for the new iPhone.The company is also planning to open its retail stores at 7:00 AM on the launch day of June 24th and is offering rebate credits or handset upgrades for those customers who purchased an iPhone 3GS in the month before iPhone 4's announcement.
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22 months ago
The guy's hair is awesome. Though I've noticed that I don't see any statements about "standard upgrade pricing" on my *639# message.
Still good for AT&T for releasing this video.
Still good for AT&T for releasing this video.
22 months ago
Love how there was no mention of "early upgrade" in the video... Apparently AT&T even confused themselves with this one! :eek:
22 months ago
What is Apple's track record of mailing pre-ordered iPhone's? Will mine likely arrive on the 24th?
22 months ago
Uh-Oh... It's seth the blogger guy again...
His eyes are really odd - He stares straight at the screen for some reason?
His eyes are really odd - He stares straight at the screen for some reason?
22 months ago
AT&T prepares to the launch by lowering the coverage and signal quality. They also limit calls to 2min 30sec and then drop the connection so that everyone gets a chance to call. In addition the make customer info publicly available to make it easier to contact people.
Oh wait, they do that anyway all the time..........
Oh wait, they do that anyway all the time..........
22 months ago
What is Apple's track record of mailing pre-ordered iPhone's? Will mine likely arrive on the 24th?
My 3GS arrived on release day.
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