It is soooooo hard for me to get an iPhone 3G! First, Apple underestimated demand for the iPhone 3G (impressive 1 million iPhones [edit: corrected] sold in 3 days) and now they still don’t have a huge supply of iPhones.
Perhaps it is all marketing???
Either way, I am in a FamilyTalk voice plan and my dad is the main account holder, right? I heard that he has to personally go to the store and get my iPhone but he has to go to work and he comes home late 
Which means by the time he comes home and I call Apple to check whether they have any iPhones in stock, they are all sold out....EVERYDAY
nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;How long are the lines for the iPhone 3G? I heard that the Apple Store in Palo Alto (University Avenue) is giving out vouchers in the morning so that anyone with a voucher can come any time during the day (before 6 PM) and buy an iPhone 3G...Still doesn't help me much...
July 29, 2008 at 8:02 am
1 million iPhones sold in the first three days, not dollars.
Does your dad work 7 days a week?
July 29, 2008 at 11:19 am
The new iPhones are definitely very hard to get these days. I actually got mine via AT&T’s direct fulfillment option. It can take a while to come in but you are guaranteed to get one and you don’t have to drive around camping out at Apple stores or AT&T stores. It might take around 3 to 4 weeks to come in though. They will call you when it arrives at the store you ordered it from and you will have a certain amount of time to pick it up. I think you have 7 days or something like that.
This is also convenient since you are on a family talk plan and I’m assuming your Father will have to go to the store and set it up for you. When your phone arrives they will be holding it in your name which means your Father can go with you one day after work to get it. Ok, I hope this info helps. If you end up getting your new iPhone post about it here. I want to know about it. I hope it works out for you soon to get one.
July 29, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I totally should have signed up for ATT’s direct fulfillment option…I just thought that the hype would be over by now and there would be enough iPhones for everyone!
I just cannot believe that there has not been a day when I called the Apple Store and they said that they had iPhones in stock. Even if they did, the lines were long and they would be sold out by the end of the day.
Will definitely let everyone know that I bought an iPhone in every possible way!