It’s been over 3 years since I bought the iPhone 3G, which I’m still begrudgingly using today. For a gadget junky like me the current iPhone has outlived it’s usefulness. So there was no doubt I’d try to get my pre-order in as early as possible. My brother, who is in the same boat with his iPhone 3G, and being a night owl, attempted to get the order in just after midnight when the phone was made available. After an hour and a half of not being able to get through to the AT&T service, he decided to call it a day. Not knowing the outcome when I woke up at 5:30, I was left waiting until he woke up to find out. It wasn’t until 9:30 this morning that I finally got an email with the confirmation, which noted a delivery date of October 14th, with an * next to it. I’m thinking it will be another week or two after before I get the phone delivered.

I decided to go with the 64 GB option for multiple reasons. First, the phone takes HD video, which will take a lot of space on the phone between syncs with my computer. And second, I’m hoping the 64 GB will not sell out as easily due to the price, which might result in an earlier than expected delivery.

One side note to add, it seems I’ll be able to keep the unlimited data plan, which is a nice bonus even though I don’t usually hit the 2 GB limit on the current available plan, but an extra $5 is worth it in the event I want to listen to Pandora for an extended period of time. Can’t wait!