How Hard Was It to Get an iPhone 5 Upgrade?

Perhaps you heard, Apple sold a few new iPhones last week.

According to TechCrunch, iPhone 5 Pre-Orders sold-out 20X faster than the 4 and 4S did.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, this should tell quite a story.

The first picture shows the first hurdle … just strong demand … right?

 

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At a little after 2am CST, the iPhone 5 seemed close.  The upgrade process starts.

 

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Clicking the button, however, resulted in no joy. The site was unavailable.

 


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OK, lots of people must be hitting the site all at once.  Let's try again … and again …

Progress; at least this is a new page. They must have fixed things?

 


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It's after 3:30am and the next picture shows why pillows seem more likely than gadget love.

 


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Give AT&T credit for good planning. How many ways can you anticipate failing?

 


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I sleepily imagine my propeller beanie being taken away for failing to score … my early adopter status is wavering as much as my sleep deprived body.

 

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Oh, Apple's site probably sucks less than this …

 


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Alas, there's still a chance to wait in line this Friday.

Are you planning on getting the new iPhone?

 

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