iPhones are arriving at stores, being unpacked

Prospective iPhone line standers hoping to start the wave when the FedEx truck rolls up are gonna have to come up with some other plan for glory -- looks like iPhones have already started arriving at Apple and AT&T stores, which we can confirm with multiple sources at various retail spots. Even though El Jobso banned cameras from the backrooms of iPhone outlets, an overzealous employee just posted some pics in the MacRumors forum of an iPhone in just such a spot. Too bad Sunshine McBrilliant included his obvious wrist tattoo in a couple of these pics -- maybe he can list "blurry cameraphone photography" on his resume when he starts looking for a new job tomorrow.

[dan @ Jun 29th 2007 12:33AM]

Ew I wouldn't want his scrappy hands on my iphone. I hope he does get fired.

[Xavier Gill @ Jun 28th 2007 6:38PM]

I thought these had to be activated before they would function?

[dimsum05 @ Jun 28th 2007 7:02PM]

I don't know if this has been asked before... but how many colors are on that screen. It must be 16 mil., correct?

[Khris @ Jun 28th 2007 6:39PM]

Christ I'll be glad when tomorrow is over and all the fanboys become jaded from buying a $600 paperweight!

[paloooz @ Jun 28th 2007 7:45PM]

Yep. iPhones are of no use whatsoever. You can't even make calls with them! I heard they have a 1bit display (only 16 colours!)

The reception on them is so terrible because you can't even pull the antenna out! Do they even have antennas??!!

I heard from my friend who knows a guy whos friend has an iPod that you can't even play WMA on the iPhone!

[Khris @ Jun 28th 2007 7:58PM]

Let me just grab my iPhone so I can cut and paste your reply.....

....wait

....the iPhone can't cut and paste. ROFL! Why not leave out the battery too?

[paloooz @ Jun 28th 2007 8:08PM]

You're right! All I do on my phone all day long is cut copy paste cut copy paste! I _never_ use it to make phone calls or just surf the internets. Where's the fun in that? If I can't cut copy or paste all day, then I get next to nothing done.

I heard from my buddy's friend that you can't even cut copy or paste on a Macintosh either! I guess this is like the 1 button mouse that I heard all the Macs come with. If I can't right click then I can't do anything at all!!!

The thing that really gets me about the iPhone is that I heard one time on an article my friends dad read that you have to put a quarter into the iPhone in order to make a phone call. I think it sends the money to AT&T through EDGE but I can't imagine that would work very well ... I mean ... EDGE being so SLOW and everything.

EDGE is just so slow that it's useless. You can't even use the internet, someone told me so I know. My moms cousins boss owns an AT&T store and she said that the iPhone weighs about 2.5lbs. Probably from all those quarters still waiting to be sent!

[Khris @ Jun 28th 2007 8:17PM]

Shouldn't you be camped outside the Apple store?

[paloooz @ Jun 28th 2007 8:50PM]

Why would I camp outside a store for a $600 paperweight?

[Emo @ Jun 28th 2007 9:55PM]

Uh.. Windows Mobile cannot cut and paste...

[Khris @ Jun 28th 2007 10:31PM]

WM2003SE has the ability to cut and paste. I haven't used WM5 or WM6 so can't comment on that.

If MS removed that feature, they're shooting themselves in the foot as well.

Cut/Copy/Paste are features that are almost ubiquitous with Computers/PDAs. Even a Palm Pilot 1000 can Cut and Paste!

[TJ @ Jun 28th 2007 6:40PM]

"Sunshine McBrilliant" just made my day.

[dude @ Jun 28th 2007 9:10PM]

Damn right

[monon @ Jun 28th 2007 6:43PM]

WOOOO IFlood!

[robert.stewart2 @ Jun 28th 2007 6:53PM]

haha idiot

[randy @ Jun 28th 2007 6:54PM]

LOL, tattoo is now photoshopped out of the pic.

[paloooz @ Jun 28th 2007 7:50PM]

Yeah, for anonymity. But, I just realized that in the photo of the iPhone showing the Macrumors page with the pictures you can see the tattoo on his/her hand.

[Common Core 2 Duo!! @ Jun 28th 2007 6:56PM]

looks like the tattoo has been photoshoped out of the picture. but if you click the old thread on macrumors.com, its there.


idiots i say...

[WillGonz @ Jun 28th 2007 6:57PM]

AT&T store employees have the option to buy one phone for the retail price before the launch or so I am told. These will be hot little items for a long time. Just like the iPod these will be a success.

[MacBoi @ Jun 28th 2007 6:58PM]

Ooh. 7 Apple-related posts on the main page right now. Great job Engadget. You guys should post more Apple news.

(Waiting in line at AT&T store. Writing this on a MacBook Pro. Waiting for the iPhone!)

[Drakin @ Jun 28th 2007 7:06PM]

*whew* oh man I was getting worried for a second. I thought I might have to go on without another iPhone post.

Oh thankyou Engadget you saved me. I don't know what I would have done.

[Andr3w @ Jun 28th 2007 7:14PM]

umm... you probably would have kept your retarted comments to your self for starters. Outside of that I really dont think any one here cares.

[Ellianth @ Jun 28th 2007 7:26PM]

Who cares what anyone else says? You made me laugh out loud Drakin.

[Andr3w @ Jun 28th 2007 7:51PM]

I would wadger a guess that ALL of the people making legit posts and that are bad mouthing the complainers care. You're obviously easy to please if that post made you laugh out loud. My you should try the funnies in your local newspaper for such future comedy.

[Drakin @ Jun 28th 2007 7:43PM]

@andr3w

I'm sorry...Did you mean Retarded?

[Drakin @ Jun 28th 2007 8:00PM]

@andr3w

Sorry I need to correct your spelling again.

It's "wager" not "wadger"

[Common Core 2 Duo!! @ Jun 28th 2007 7:05PM]

Monkeyman

if anyone could do that, i would pay close to 1000.00

[edhoru @ Jun 28th 2007 9:55PM]

i think your wrong, it's true that the carriers can't do something to you if you unlock a phone, but they can prevent you from doing it, and by no means they are forced to unlock any phone.

[Chicksta @ Jun 28th 2007 7:10PM]

Hmmm.... so every 'most commented on (seven days)' story, save one, is about the iPhone. The rogue loner? 'How would you change WM6?', and by golly if the iPhone didn't get brought up in that thread within three posts. it's kind of nice to have Apple in such a spotlight. I am hoping to just pick one up as soon as I can without the fanfare.

[Chris @ Jun 28th 2007 7:12PM]

Dude seriously why does everyone have to continue to bitch that engadget is covering the iPhone? They catered to the haters as much as possible. This is a GADGET website. The iPhone is easily the biggest news in gadget-try(???), whether it does well or not. People are excited about it, so they're covering it. Deal.

[Common Core 2 Duo!! @ Jun 28th 2007 7:14PM]

Monkeyman,

Unfortunatly, with Cingular you have to wait 3 months, then MAYBE they'll do it. But now that iPhone is only with AT&T and exclusively, they will not provide you...i doubt they would...

thats just me

[Jake @ Jun 28th 2007 7:14PM]

Hey Engadget, I heard that the iPhone has a built in speaker, QUICK We need another news story FAST!

[TechyGirl @ Jun 28th 2007 7:19PM]

Are my comments not showing up?

Anyway here is the link to his pics including his face, unedited
http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x17/dropdime2/

[Ellianth @ Jun 28th 2007 7:20PM]

So this is why my agent was telling that other girl that everyone can't be a hand model. That hand looks super deformed. $10 says: picture-taker's dad is also his uncle. Heck 50 dollars says his new step-dad is also his grandpa :p.

[ars_workerbee @ Jun 28th 2007 7:22PM]

lol, they retouched the pictures in the macrumors article, but the guy's originals are still up on photobucket, as seen here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=321258

[JimyD @ Jun 28th 2007 7:25PM]

Sunshine McBrilliant needs a permanent photoshop job on his wrist - weak tattoo.

[Justin @ Jun 28th 2007 8:07PM]

You did not know? Candlestick tattoos are all the rage.

[dLeet @ Jun 28th 2007 7:27PM]

Monkeyman - I do not believe the iPhone can be unlocked. There is no way (save cracking the unit open) to insert a SIM chip into this phone so it has to be built in. b/c of this, i do not think there is a point in cracking it (b/c you won't be able to insert a tmobile chip in its place). Perhaps it is this design decision that AT&T was okay with not having their branding on the phone because it couldn't hop networks. Another point - does this phone even use a SIM chip? Did they find a work-around to the SIM chip with this phone? I mean, afterall, the SIM chip simply contains data in a special form-factor.

Another thing - maybe i'm just out of the loop - but did anyone's attention perk up when during the activation demo, a person has the option to have two iPhones on a single individual plan? Does that mean two phones on 1 line? aka my current GSM phone - can it be used simultaneously with the iPhone? I'm probably reading too much into it. (yes, i know if you hacked a gsm chip, it can technically already be done - i'm talking about being able to do it legally)

[bones @ Jun 28th 2007 7:33PM]

@andr3w: that's "retarded" I believe you were attempting to spell.

[Nuance @ Jun 28th 2007 7:39PM]

It is refreshing to see Apple break the mold of the cell phone as we've known it, opening windows for more market-defying, style-defining phones that draw attention to the full potential of a mobile device. Yet, to truly experience the content, entertainment and communications of the Mobile Web, consumers might find themselves hamstrung by the same limitations of the iPhone's predecessors. The availability of a sophisticated, innovative interface - voice, text, touch - holds the key to truly making the concept of 'elegant simplicity' a reality, something consumers have come to expect and gravitate toward when experiencing their mobile devices.

[HumptyDump @ Jun 28th 2007 8:05PM]

You must be lysine dependent and had to eat some of Steve Jobs' poop to come up with that.

[Andir3.0 @ Jun 28th 2007 7:44PM]

What's an "iPhone" ??

[Argot @ Jun 28th 2007 8:01PM]

It's like a LG, SonyEricsson or Nokia, just crappier.

[Matt @ Jun 28th 2007 7:48PM]

@dLeet

There is a SIM Slot at the top of the iPhone. Its not built in.

[Andr3w @ Jun 28th 2007 7:59PM]

Bones & Drakin, If you were able to read it well enough to know it was misspelled, then it was plenty legible for an online forum post.

[Krispycheese @ Jun 28th 2007 7:58PM]

FWI, he is a she. And yeah, she's going to be "jobsless" real soon.

[Richard @ Jun 29th 2007 10:58AM]

FYI, she is a he. There's a face shot out there. Scroll up and check the posted links.

[bri_fari @ Jun 28th 2007 8:03PM]

remeber when the razr v3 came out.like 300 some dollars.now its a piece of dung that they are giving away.this I phone hype is major BS. 499 dollars. what a joke. these things are obsolete before they even hit the streets. overpriced crap for some coporate greedmonger to make even more money than they allready have.

[Justin @ Jun 28th 2007 8:09PM]

boo hoo

You don't like corporate greed? Better leave the states. Capitalism is what this country is built on.

[tyler @ Jun 28th 2007 8:48PM]

can you buy an iphone without getting a contract?