Verizon breaks first day sales record with iPhone 4 pre-orders -- in only two hours

[onehandle]

It took Verizon only two hours of having the iPhone 4 available for pre-order to break its all-time record for first day sales of a single device. That's in spite of the fact it only opened up pre-orders to its own subscribers and did so in the dead of night. To be clear, between 3AM and 5AM yesterday morning, more people ordered up the iPhone 4 than Verizon has been able to get through its doors on any full product launch day. Predictably, the carrier hasn't bothered to include the actual number of devices ordered up, but judging from the server issues it was having immediately after making the handset available and the subsequent shutdown of advance pre-orders, we'll go ahead and guess it was "a lot."

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/04/verizon-breaks-first-day-sales-record-with-iphone-4-pre-orders

These were all current Verizon customers.

Many tech sites are saying that some Verizon customers only bought other smartphones (Android, Blackberry, Windows) as a placeholder for an iPhone.

[hlthe2b]

1. funny... since it is essentially the same as the AT&T Iphone 4

and in a few short months, the Iphone5 will be unveiled.. I guess and Iphone is an Iphone... As much as I detest At&T, but would like an Iphone, I still have not reconciled moving to Verizon.... At least Big Red has decent coverage in my area, but so does Sprint. Customer service sucks with all of them, but Verizon has to be the most arrogant. Being out of contract, I can bide my time...

Oh, well....

[liberal N proud]

2. This is just the existing Verizon customers

No new customers yet.

[hlthe2b]

4. I know... I just referring to the hooplah

[xchrom]

3. I love my iPhone but hate AT&T's coverage. Nt

[hlthe2b]

5. are you planning to switch to verizon?

I think I am going to wait a few months and watch what happens with the Iphone5 rumor mill.... I'd like to see it on Sprint, where I continue an active love/hate relationship. ;)

[xchrom]

8. You and I are thinking along the same line.

I'll wait for the new phone and see how this verizon thing works.

[Tesha]

6. Odd; the few times I've needed to speak to AT&T customer service, they've been...

...both pleasant and effective.

We'll see which company rolls out LTE ("4G") faster and
better in our neighborhood...

Tesha

[hlthe2b]

7. If At&T were not acknowledged to be so problematic in my area...

I would have switched and had an Iphone by now... I even tried hard to talk myself into it, despite my qualms about At&t and their political interactions with the Bushies*. But, it is really clear cut in the Denver front range as shown by the recent survey of providers...Just really bad coverage. Boy, was I tempted though, since I had a chance to get it at a discount based on a former job.

Glad it works well for you in your area.... Oh, and I'm not promoting any of them... I've had Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile all in the past. They all have their advantages and disadvantages. Customer service problems not withstanding..

[hfojvt]

9. you mean the old record was 3?

Is 4 pre-orders really newsworthy?

[customerserviceguy]

10. Don't want Verizon or Apple

but if others do, let them have at it.