The whole thing that irk me about the situation is there was no notice about what they were planning to do. I am glad that I am beginning to here otherwise. I don't blame the associates who work at the stores because at two closest ones they have always been nothing but helpful. This all came from their corporate office. I happen to stop by my local store on my way to work to make the preorder. I was the 1st one to preorder and to be truthful had they put notice about how they were going to handle it, I still would have done a "reservation". While I do purchases, i like the option of a store to pick it up at. I don't care much for purchases by mail because there never a guarentee. Yes there are many other choices out there to shop at, yes some think android have better devices. I personally prefer one company to sync everything too, that is my reason why chose apple. Personally I think windows can go in the right direction but they havent been able to handle any mobile device like google and apple does. I glad they've change their mind, I ask my store how they will handle the next time I am in. I do have to say if they change it because of the outrage on the forums, I can at least applaud them for trying to make it right.
What is strange is, I have a feeling the stores won't be getting much to begin with, especially if what the rumors say are true. If 500,000 devices were preorder in the US alone from Apple, ATT, Sprint, and Verizon. Seriously what makes anyone think they will get more than 5 devices of each model. That would mean they would have about 100,000 for their 1st allotment from apple which i would doubt since the major retailer is the last to probably get them. All four of the above will have alloted amount for walk in customers, and best buy may not even get enough to satisfy all preorders.
All in All i just would have just like a heads up with there decision how to handle it.
