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My iPhone 4 Story

1 August 2010 Author: ChantelleJoy View Comments & Reactions

I have been dealing with a medical issue this week (Zombie Toe!!!) – and then got caught up in the iPhone 4 launch here in Canada, so I’m sorry that I haven’t written anything in a week, I intend to catch up, however in the meantime, here’s the quick tale on how I obtained my iPhone 4.

When they announced that the iPhone was coming to Canada July 30th, my heart sank a little bit. I was going up to the Cottage for that one night only. But decided it wasn’t such a bad situation when I realized there was a Rogers Store within a 40 minute drive. So I called to ensure they’d be selling it – got up early in the morning (8am), and got to the store about a half hour before opening, at 9am, and landed myself a spot about 7th in line.


Two hours later, and after only two purchases were complete, one of the Rogers employees was kind enough to inform us that they only had one left in stock – that they only received 4 in total. *Angry*

I decided to put it out of my mind for the rest of the day. Forget Launch Day. If I couldn’t do it right, I’d not do it at all. When I got home Friday Night I simply called my local Apple Store (at Square One) and asked if they still had a long line-up. I spoke with a super-nice guy who let me know that they were cutting off the line shortly – and it would probably be best to come in the next day, as they’d still have stock.

So that’s what I did. I had a bit of a nap, got up bright and early at 4am, and headed in for a mini-camp out.


iPhone Launch Day, Take Two



Got to the mall before 5am and joined the already 10 or so campers. It was a blast, we waited till the store opened at 9am- and were joined by at least a hundred others by that time. We did get shuffled around a few times (and even kicked out of the mall completely for about 15 minutes, by a security guard who was clearly power-tripping). But in the end, after a little bit of arm-wrestling with Rogers’ crappy upgrade software, I was out of there by 11am with my new iPhone 4 in hand!



Now, once I’m done playing with my new toy – I’ll get back to writing about Apps and such.

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