iPhone 4 arrives early from Apple, but activation is unavailable
A number of people received their iPhone 4 shipment early on Tuesday -- two days before the handset's official launch -- and managed to successfully activate the device [Updated].
One California attorney wrote on Twitter Tuesday that he received his iPhone. Gil Cabrera said he received a message that read "Your iPhone activation session has expired" upon attempting to activate the handset through iTunes.
Cabrera posted photos of the device, proving he had it in hand. But the smartphone could not be taken past a screen requiring it be tethered to a computer via USB and connected to iTunes.
"Don't be so jealous," he wrote in reply to another Twitter use. "Can't activate the damn thing!"
Update: Apple support helped the user to activate his iPhone 4. Some others have also had successful activations.
"Apple Rep just got me activated," he wrote. "Had to restart my computer (felt like I had a windows machine for a minute) and presto!"
The pictures show the same box photographed earlier Tuesday at a Walmart storehouse. The early delivery would also seem to confirm that Apple has not placed a hold on shipping as it has done in the past, suggesting that the e-mails sent out by Apple Tuesday including a June 23 arrival date were accurate, and many will receive their iPhone a day before the June 24 launch.
One California attorney wrote on Twitter Tuesday that he received his iPhone. Gil Cabrera said he received a message that read "Your iPhone activation session has expired" upon attempting to activate the handset through iTunes.
Cabrera posted photos of the device, proving he had it in hand. But the smartphone could not be taken past a screen requiring it be tethered to a computer via USB and connected to iTunes.
"Don't be so jealous," he wrote in reply to another Twitter use. "Can't activate the damn thing!"
Update: Apple support helped the user to activate his iPhone 4. Some others have also had successful activations.
"Apple Rep just got me activated," he wrote. "Had to restart my computer (felt like I had a windows machine for a minute) and presto!"
The pictures show the same box photographed earlier Tuesday at a Walmart storehouse. The early delivery would also seem to confirm that Apple has not placed a hold on shipping as it has done in the past, suggesting that the e-mails sent out by Apple Tuesday including a June 23 arrival date were accurate, and many will receive their iPhone a day before the June 24 launch.
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I pre-ordered one for myself (32GB) and one for my wife (16GB) on the same day last week. Hers is scheduled for delivery tomorrow, while mine hasn't shipped yet. So there will be some jealousy around here for a while. Actually, I was looking forward to activating both and then trying out FaceTime...
Ordered on ATT at 7am on the 15th, never got a confirmation because I was getting gateway errors. Called and they confirmed that the order was placed and valid. ATT site updated to show it as shipped on the 17th but the tracking number says invalid as if they didn't actually hand it off to fedex yet.
Tracked the door tag and it brought up the correct tracking number that was totally different then what att had posted. Shows it left from TX on the 17th for delivery today on the 22nd.
His picture of the box is not nearly as cool as the Wal-Mart one, which looks 3D.
That box image looks so faded like it was printed on construction paper.
That's typically what I've seen done with phone upgrades anyway.
Try transferring the sim card over? Maybe that'll work...
That's typically what I've seen done with phone upgrades anyway.
The new iPhone uses a micro sim.
That box image looks so faded like it was printed on construction paper.
I hope the phone's camera takes better pictures.
Hopefully the cops won't come barging in to confiscate all of his electronic devices and hard drives.
Lol
Uh oh, an attorney received an iPhone 4 early and cannot activate. I can just see the ambulance chaser trying to figure out a way to launch a lawsuit after Apple. Ahh heck, make it class action.
This is worth at least 3.7M in emotional trauma.