So I went ahead and ordered an iphone 4 last week.

The person on the other side said it should be here in 2-3 weeks.

Well it only took 4 days for the phone to arrive at the local apple store.

I went down to the store and was quickly ushered into a iphone pick up line. Their was one guy in charge of the line and was extremely helpful. He answered all questions without hesitation and told me what was needed in order to make the switch from my old network.

15 minutes later i was met by an Apple specialist and brought into the store where the phone was set up including all my contacts transferred out of my blackberry.

After a quick talk with the AT&T person my phone account was set up and i was on my way home.

Initial impression:

This phone is pretty cool.
I am so far impressed with AT&T regardless of what others have said not only on here but people that are real ( )
I have more bars in my house that with the Sprint/Nextel phone.
I did test the "antenna gate" issue. It did drop a bar or two when I placed a finger over the gap but it did not do it all the time.
I have 3G everywhere I went so far and have not dropped a call yet.
A cool feature is the phone searches for a wifi connection in order to save on your data usage.
The battery has lasted more than i thought especially since i have been using it non stop since i got it for one thing or another.

Did not use the "face time" feature yet but heard it is pretty cool.


The bad - I had a problem with the SIM card but it was quickly fixed with an Apple tech

I have had the phone for less than 24 hours. So far so good.....

I'm glad you posted this. 

I'm going to the AT&T store today to get one.  Maybe I'll have to order it?  I thought they were in stock. Do you think I am better off going through the Apple Store?

Better to call your local apple store.

You can reserve (if they are not in stock) right over the phone and get an e-mail whenit comes in.

Mine took 3 days to come in.

When you pick it up try and get there on the earlier side so there is less of a line.

ATT website says 7 to 10 business days when I ordered mine last Thursday.  We'll see but I keep watching for a brown truck. 

Apple stores get them quicker from what I've heard. I'm sticking with my 3GS until they work out all the issues. I usually let the Apple geeks get frustrated, have Apple fix the issues, then enjoy my issue free phone.

As a sidenote, my brother-in-law's wife works for Google so she gets a Droid phone. I tried it and it's not bad. It's definitely not as smooth as the iPhone and it has less apps available for it, but I can definitely see why people would go this route. I believe it's cheaper than the iPhone and you don't have to switch over to the great overlord (AT&T).

fyi, my phone shipped and will be here tomorrow.  that's 3 business days by ordering through ATT online....just saying.

Quote from: Got Duc on July 26, 2010, 11:25:13 AM
A cool feature is the phone searches for a wifi connection in order to save on your data usage.
The battery has lasted more than i thought especially since i have been using it non stop since i got it for one thing or another.

I don't have an I-Phone nor do I plan on getting one, but these impressions sparked curiosity to me:

I currently have two Blackberry Bolds, one is with AT&T (Bold 9700) and the other is Sprint (Bold whateverthenumberis). AT&T is my work phone.

Have you tested the battery life with the Wifi connection turned off?


When I first got my Bold, I couldn't figure out why it was draining the battery so damn fast and then I figured out the Wifi was on, so it was constantly searching for a signal thus running the battery dry faster than a hooker in amsterdam.



anyone know why the battery life is so good on the I-Phone with Wifi always on and why it sucks on my BB?

Quote from: muskrat on July 27, 2010, 10:11:39 AM
fyi, my phone shipped and will be here tomorrow.  that's 3 business days by ordering through ATT online....just saying.

correction.......FedEx will be making delivery.  Tomorrow she gets unlocked and I load the byatch up with useless programs for my enjoyment.

Not using it as a phone per say but more of a multi Media device I turned off Wifi and 3G and watched back to back movies and got 12 plus hours out of the device 

3G is a battery killer. I spend the whole day at home and my battery will last a few days while connected to wifi. I think it drains the battery when it roaming for a wifi connection. Pretty much all smart phones with wifi should experience the same issue.

If you're on a wifi network, shutting off 3g shouldn't really help battery life at all, should it?

Quote from: duccarlos on July 28, 2010, 04:55:03 AM
3G is a battery killer. I spend the whole day at home and my battery will last a few days while connected to wifi. I think it drains the battery when it roaming for a wifi connection. Pretty much all smart phones with wifi should experience the same issue.

that's what I was getting at.

When I lock on, my battery is good, but if you leave the WIFI on all the time.........my battery drains so fast.

I will be performing a battery life test today.

Todays test or the next day and a half or so I will only use the phone for checking e-mails, texts, phone calls and i will have to check on the stock market at least once 

I will give you the battery life when done. (the phone tells you how long the phone was in standby and usage.)

Wifi on.

Quote from: Got Duc on July 28, 2010, 05:27:38 AM
I will be performing a battery life test today.

Todays test or the next day and a half or so I will only use the phone for checking e-mails, texts, phone calls and i will have to check on the stock market at least once 

I will give you the battery life when done. (the phone tells you how long the phone was in standby and usage.)

Wifi on.

The real test should be to use your phone only with the wifi connected for a full day and then turn off the wifi and used it only in 3G.