My story to get one goes like this:
Had the day off so decided I would try and get one from the apple store unlocked. Went in about 8:45 thinking I was pretty clever and going to be first in line. Imagine my surprise when the line was already 40 people. I stood in line while an apple representative came over every 10 minutes to inform the crowd there was no phone coming in and none expected to.
Not one person in the line moved.
By 9:30 the line had grown at least another 50 people behind me, and was continuing to grow. Finally, at about 10:15 they said they had received a shipment. They went through the line asking how many phones (limit 2) and model, 16 or 32. Once they did that they separated the line into those that were buying without contract and those that were. As I was buying it outright, I got moved to the "fast" line. Another 45 minutes past that, I finally got in the store and they rang up the phone. Oh and they made people buy each phone separate, so if you wanted two, you had to be rung through the store till twice.
They also provided me with a micro sim for Telus free.
Total time: About 4 hours. But I do love this phone (and I am not an apple fan boy)
Post Script: Trying to get it activated was an entire second mess...Telus Activation was down for two days...when I called I expressed my anger being month to month said that I will take my unlocked phone and cancel with them...Received my activation for free and a 50 buck credit on my bill.
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