AT&T has “temporarily suspended” pre-orders of the iPhone 4, while a report indicates that the company is dealing with a rash of security problems. Gizmodo reports that a number of customers are logging into AT&T’s system online only to discover that their account has supposedly been populated by another customers’ information. The problems are affecting both AT&T and Apple, since the latter relies on AT&T to provide the customer’s account information, and have resulted in people receiving notifications for iPhones they didn’t order, and sometimes being charged for the item in the process. While AT&T has completely stopped taking pre-orders for the time being, displaying a “temporarily suspended” message when users attempt to hit the pre-order button, Apple appears to still be accepting pre-orders online; both companies have already sold out of their launch day allotments.
Charles Starrett
Charles Starrett was a senior editor at iLounge. He's been covering the iPod, iPhone, and iPad since their inception. He has written numerous articles and reviews, and his work has been featured in multiple publications.