Best Buy May Not Have iPhones on June 24

It looks like the lines at Apple Stores are just going to get longer. After AT&T said yesterday that they won't have any Apple iPhone 4 phones for folks who didn't pre-order until at least June 29th, I went online and asked a Best Buy sales rep about whether iFans will be able to grab phones at their stores. Here's his response, typos and all.

"Thanks for your interest in iPhone 4 with AT&T. Best Buy will be selling the phone. Apple has it still listed for the 24th if you pre-ordered, and if you go to the store on the 24th or after you can pre-order it, we have not been told by Apple when we will get. Pre-Ordering after the 24th means buying a 50$ Gift card as a deposit and signing up. If you didn't pre-order it then on the 24th most liekly we will not have available for purchase. We do not know how many phones we will actually have in storeon the 24th, if any."

So as you can see, right now the only stores guaranteed to get iPhones on the launch date of June 24th are the Apple Stores. Good hunting!

Originally posted to Gearlog.

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