When iPhones Fail

Posted by Bess Levin, Jul 02, 2007, 1:32pm

img_3459_iphone-we-need-to-talk.jpgWouldn’t it suck if you paid $50,000 for a cell phone/iPod combo and then couldn’t activate it? Perhaps we should ask the 2% of iPhone purchases who suffered such a fate, which, according to estimates by Steve Jobs, translates to roughly 1 billion people.

Jay Gurfein bought his mobile Friday night at an Apple store in Nassau County (…). As of Sunday afternoon, he hadn’t been able to use the device. And just to make things interesting, when the Jay-man-LI initially tried to activate his service, AT&T immediately ended service on his existing BlackBerry, leaving him alone in the world for “more than 45 hours.”. By late Sunday night, AT&T, having had a spark lit under its ass by iGod himself, had gotten Gurfein’s phone on and given him a $150 credit for ruining his life.

In Louisiana, pretty much the same deal happened to Jaci Russo, except she also dropped two calls. In Murray Hill, one disgruntled user reported his iPhone’s failure to get him laid, even after whipping it out Joshua Tree and asking several female patrons if they’d like to touch it. Steve Jobs—sleep with one eye open.

Some iPhones Are Stuck on Hold [WSJ]

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Posted by anon, Jul 02, 2007 2:07PM

Bess has been really funny these last two weeks.

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 2:30PM

maybe she is letting the intern ghost write

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 2:35PM

good one 2:30...except that she's always funny

Posted by anonymous, Jul 02, 2007 2:42PM

Yeah, if "always" means roughly 20% of the time.

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 2:44PM

no 100%...and why are you so bitter?

Posted by anon, Jul 02, 2007 2:45PM

its still $150 credit - i bet the guy's pleased.

Posted by bess fan, Jul 02, 2007 2:46PM

im always up for a murry hill jab

Posted by brilliant, Jul 02, 2007 2:48PM

"Wouldn’t it suck if you paid $50,000 for a cell phone/iPod combo and then couldn’t activate it? Perhaps we should ask the 2% of iPhone purchases who suffered such a fate, which, according to estimates by Steve Jobs, translates to roughly 1 billion people."

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 2:57PM

loving levin

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 3:16PM

The EDGE network is down nationwide today. If you're not within the range of a public Wi-Fi hotspot, you can't access any data, just make/receive calls. Quality of calls is low too right now.

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 3:28PM

yeah a 30% refund is pretty sweet unless you are a baller

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 3:29PM

I bet Bess or Carney sometimes post anonymous comments insulting bess just to drive more page hits

Posted by anonymous @ 2:42, Jul 02, 2007 4:20PM

No, trust me, it's just 20%. Why are you being such a douchebag today?

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 4:30PM

nah, you're way off, brah...so tell us about the time levin turned you down.

Posted by jt, Jul 02, 2007 4:30PM

woulda gotten that action of he whipped it out @ mercury bar

Posted by anonymous @ 4:20, Jul 02, 2007 5:08PM

I'm spot on. If anything, I'm being rather generous with the 20%. With Levin's posts it's very hit-or-miss. Usually miss.

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 5:17PM

still waiting for the story about how she turned you down...b/c not only is your % way off, you're overly bitter and refreshing this page repeatedly.

Posted by anonymous @ 5:08, Jul 02, 2007 5:24PM

The story is that her posts are funny only about, say, 20% of the time.

Posted by , Jul 02, 2007 5:27PM

keep telling yourself that, 'anonymous @ 5:08'

Posted by rd, Jul 02, 2007 5:28PM

levin is a hilarious chick, get a life

Posted by anonymous @ 5:24, Jul 02, 2007 5:35PM

Actually I will keep telling myself that, because it happens to be true.

Posted by , Jul 03, 2007 7:41AM

lol

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