Twitter abuzz that new iPhone owners can't activate

Reports are streaming in over Twitter that activation of the new iPhone is a nightmare. One guy, who was said he camped out at the San Francisco Apple store to get his iPhone, has been documenting his experience. Tons of Apple "celebs" were on hand, with tons of free stuff and a line of about 50 people, he said. (The San Francisco AT&T store reportedly had hundreds of people.) He Tweets:

"Omg. Activation is hell!!!!! They think we have a new acct. They're trying to port a number."

and " Whoa! Everyone is standing around. Activations are not working! Epic fail Apple!!! ... We're getting multiple messages that every Apple store can't activate. We should have gone to AT&T."

"Apple just confirmed that after 30 more minutes they're going to send us home to activate there."

OK, Apple -- that's the way to take the shine off the media hype you've created over the past few months.

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