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Apple's retail chief on iPhone activations
Worried that you might be spending a lot of time waiting for that shiny new iPhone 3G to be activated? Well, never fear because the nice people at the Apple Store are there to help you. Bloomberg.com interviewed Apple's retail chief, Ron Johnson, about the iPhone retail activation process. "Apple stores will handle about 30 customers at a time. While the company will make sure the activation process is quick," said Johnson about the activation time.
Johnson then went on to say that Apple will spend as much time as needed to make sure that the customer is happy with their purchase. You can read the full interview on the Bloomberg website.
[via MacRumors]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
cyclingplatypus said 10:47PM on 7-08-2008
You spelled Chief wrong.
Good interview though!
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Patbon said 4:33AM on 7-11-2008
I have verizon, anyone know what the PIN number is or where I can find it or if it exists?
Also, does the account holder need to be present?
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thezonie said 11:31PM on 7-08-2008
Unfortunately there is an AT&T store much closer to where I live than the nearest Apple Store, so we'll have to see how things go there come Friday morning.
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SDreamer said 12:16AM on 7-09-2008
Knowing my situation.... it's going to take pretty long... wish they would just release more details to clarify so many questions that like almost answered, but not quite... like discounts and such....
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Steve Smith said 1:35AM on 7-09-2008
Your PIN is usually your online password for that number and if the telephone number has admin access on the account they should not have any issues. If they are not I would have any account admin present.
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file_id.diz said 1:47AM on 7-09-2008
Yes, the account holder will have to be present.
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Patbon said 4:32AM on 7-11-2008
Where did you hear/see this? The reason I ask is seemingly you could port a number from home with the last iPhone which would mean no one would need to see the account holder, and I really can't lug my dad out to an Apple store at 8am Friday.
Megan said 10:20AM on 7-09-2008
I remember reading somewhere last week that it was rumored that
current AT&T users with a phone other than the iPhone and who are NOT
eligible for an upgrade will have to go to the AT&T store to get their
iPhone 3G at the $399/$499 price point.
Is this the case for real? I'd much rather go to the Apple store to
get mine, even though the AT&T store is closer to me. (I'm also
afraid my AT&T store won't have many units in stock).
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PSM said 11:48AM on 7-09-2008
I'd really like to know this as I'm in that situation and was also planning to go to an Apple Store. I hadn't heard anything about it before.