Today is the first day you can pre-order an iPhone 4, and would-be shoppers have created long lines, both in front of Apple brick and mortar stores, and – online?

Yes, so many people are swamping the online stores that both the Apple and AT&T websites are unresponsive and having much difficulty processing orders.

As if not wanting to be part of the guinea-pig, first round of working out the bugs batch of customers wasn’t enough, it’s another reason to wait a few months before getting a new iPhone.

INSANITY: People Waiting In Line To PRE-ORDER iPhone 4 [Business Insider]

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