Not really sure how eBay selling is going to be so major in this instance. From everything I have read, people can still buy from the Apple Online Store. If that is actually the case, just cause your AT&T or Apple store sell out, doesn't mean you wont get one.
This wont be like the PS3 or Nintendo Wii.
This wont be like the PS3 or Nintendo Wii.
i understand the one iPhone per person thing but the owner of account being present does not make sense to me...
how will an Apple store verify you aren't the owner? it is all going to be taken care of in iTunes as far as verification and setting up the phone to your plan goes.
i currently have a family plan with my wife account that is under her name. i am buying the phone for myself. she isn't getting one though. when i get home after i purchase it, we will just set it up with our current family plan under my number.
it just seems a bit silly that they would do that. i think it would add a ridiculous amount of time for waiting in line.
how will an Apple store verify you aren't the owner? it is all going to be taken care of in iTunes as far as verification and setting up the phone to your plan goes.
i currently have a family plan with my wife account that is under her name. i am buying the phone for myself. she isn't getting one though. when i get home after i purchase it, we will just set it up with our current family plan under my number.
it just seems a bit silly that they would do that. i think it would add a ridiculous amount of time for waiting in line.
I'm 99% sure buying the actual phone will have nothing to do with anything account related. Walk in, buy, walk out with no account checks, you just have to go home and activate it. You don't need to be the account holder. Hell, you don't even need to have an account (but obviously you'll need to create one, otherwise you have a very expensive paperweight.)
I called my local att guys who just and i mean JUST got out of training. They said the person who owns the account must be present and the people who are actually getting the phone must be present. Don't ask ME why, that's what i was told. I called once after the morning training session and once after the afternoon training session. Spoke to two different people just to see if they had the same info, and they did. They said Apple was being really strict.
That makes no sense, since there will be customers without an account. What then? I'm betting they just want the account holder there so they can extend your contract on the spot. It would make no sense for there to be a REQUIRED account holder when a majority of the buyers will be people without AT&T plans.