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What happens when hundreds of thousands of people try to activate their brand-new Apple iPhone 4S phones at the same time? It brings AT&T's activation servers to their knees.
Taking my iPhone 4S out of the box and eagerly jumping into its activation sequence, I was met with disappointment. Watch the video to see the gory details.
Judging from the reactions on Twitter and elsewhere, we're apparently not alone. Our experience so far is with AT&T. Tell us in the comments about your activation experiences with AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.
UPDATE: After repeated attempts to activate, now the message asks us to try activating using iTunes:
That was met with a similar fate:
Sigh. Sad trombone.
While you wait for that email, take a look at all the fun you'll have with your new iPhone 4S with its shiny new iOS 5: