August 07, 2010

How to Buy an iPhone 4 in Urbana-Champaign

I tried finding one, but it took much time more than I expected. Here is some summary that I learned.

- If you place an order on the Apple webpage, it will take 3-4 weeks to get one.

- If you place an order on the AT&T webpage, it will take 1-2 weeks, BUT when I tried, first I got an email that confirms my order and, in a few seconds, got another email that my order has been cancelled without a explicit reason. After experiencing this for three times over five days, I realized that it is not my problem, but AT&T's.

- If you go to the AT&T store in Savoy, you can place an order in store and get one 7-10 days.

- If you have a chance to visit Chicago, you can learn that you can do there whatever you can do in the Savoy AT&T store.

- Best Buy and AT&T store on Marketview Dr., they indeed have some once in a while. But be careful. YOU SHOULD VISIT THE STORES. If you just call them and want to check if they have some iPhones, they may not be honest. Just try to visit those stores on Tuesday & Friday. You can get one easily.

Now I got an iPhone 4.
I actually quite enjoyed hunting it :-)