Apple Community Discussion/Support

[#1]

    Should I go to an att retail store or an apple store to get the new I phone i also have to pay my bill so I was prolly going to go to my local att store... Does anyone know the link to check the in store stock of the Iphone at att stores i seen how to look for apple stores

[#2]

If I were you, unless you are ordering an iPhone I would go to an Apple Store. A lot of AT&T stores don't have any iphones in stock or sell out early in the day. If you want to walk out of a store with one, I'd suggest going into AT&T to just pay your bill, but go to Apple to buy the phone.

Of course, you should also check/call your local AT&T stores in case you  live somewhere where they have iphones aplenty available. But Apple would be my best bet, definitely.

[#3]

As far as I know, ATT only communicates inventory to potential customers by by making them go to the stores.  You can check ATT.com to see whether or not a store is authorized to carry iPhones, but that's all you can do.  You can't even call them (at least in my area) and get a live representative to ask.  Instead you get a recorded message about iPhone tethering delays from last Friday and then it hangs up on you.

Apple.com has an online next-day iPhone availabilty checker for their Apple Stores, but not ATT.

[#4]

I'd personally go to an Apple store. I find the AT&T store employees to be very rude and unhelpful. Although the Apple store employees aren't experts in AT&T, they were trained for the iPhone situation and would help you best.