It’s alive! Alive!

I’ve always wanted to say that.

After a very pleasant exchange with the team at the Chestnut Hill Apple Store, I walked out with a brand new iPhone. The only potential snag was that I’d bought the phone at the AT&T store, but they sent it up the food chain and managed to get me a replacement anyway. Kudos to the guys at that store; they’re always friendly and helpful to me.

Unlike the first unit, I had no snags with this one. Plugged it in and activation was a breeze. It seems to me that they’ve either worked out some of the kinks or the load is much lower this morning than last night, since my activation (complete with number transfer from Verizon) worked smooth as silk; I got two SMS messages telling me that my I was all set before I’d even finished syncing the phone.

So far I’ve made a few calls and tested a handful of the features, and everything looks nice (probably even nicer given the fact I’ve been waiting for this to work for the last fifteen hours or so). I’ll post some more observations later, but for now, I’m just enjoying having a working iPhone.

Category: Musings, Tips & Troubleshooting

Posted by Dan Moren on Jun 30 2007, 12:38 PM ET

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