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Tim Cook Helps Kick Off iPhone 6 Sales at Palo Alto Retail Store
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Manhattan Store: "Sorry we only had 1,879 iPhones in stock. You're mister 1,880. Can I interest you in iPhone 5 leftovers?" 
It's advertisement. Today is iPhone day. Wearing an Apple Watch would just distract from the event.
At least Tim Cook admits his mistakes.
Other company CEOs think they are more perfect than Jesus Christ.
Yeah. Still in line in Hawaii. So many things got messed up. From mall making people leave and come back at wrong time so they lost their place in line. To saying that they will give out voucher/paper at 5am. But never happened. It's 7:55am and store opens at 8am. 100's. In line. I can just hear the anger when they say low stock on 6+.
I was there. He was super cool, thanked every one of the first 50 of us who walked in the door personally. No Apple Watch on.
When I first arrived at 6:55 am, they said all purchases in one line. The line wrapped two city blocks. Then someone came along asking if anyone had in-store pickups and sent us to the front door at 7:15 am. I was 6th in line. Nice.
Doors opened on time and I was out by 8:07 ... Apple hit the nail on the head with proper managing of this year's release for those who pre-ordered!
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Dude, what is your problem? Is Tim Cook your uncle? I think I will save my conversations for people who don't need to be unnecessarily rude.
"This conversation can serve no purpose any more. Goodbye."
The guy standing to the right of Tim Cook - he's got a black device clipped to his belt (right hip). Does not look to be andevice (huge antenna sticking out)... You stand right next to the CEO of Apple with a non -Apple device?? :|
Its a walkie talkie. Relax lol
Trading in an iPhone is an issue that should be solved by the carrier's stores and employees. Common sense will tell you that. If I was a first time iPhone user, I would go to the store. If I was a current iPhone user, I would want to talk to my carrier to see what deals I could get for trading in my phone. That cannot happen at an Apple store as they are not employed by my cell carrier.
AT&T, you just lost a sale...
I stopped by an AT&T store on the way back from an appointment. There was no line outside, and were more employees than customers in the store.
They were out of 64G space-gray iPhone 6's, but had silver and gold. For a space grey, I would have had to upgrade to 128M. I was considering it, but asked: If I buy the phone outright, will you unlock it?
He went to check and came back: no, you have to have it for 6 months before we will unlock it. Me: "even if I buy it outright?". He tries to explain: "They are locked when we get them from Apple." I point out that AT&T can send me the unlock code tomorrow, but he won't budge.
So, I walked out. I'll wait for a SIM-free model to be offered by Apple, or just buy a T-Mobile and toss the SIM.
I stopped by an AT&T store on the way back from an appointment. There was no line outside, and were more employees than customers in the store.
They were out of 64G space-gray iPhone 6's, but had silver and gold. For a space grey, I would have had to upgrade to 128M. I was considering it, but asked: If I buy the phone outright, will you unlock it?
He went to check and came back: no, you have to have it for 6 months before we will unlock it. Me: "even if I buy it outright?". He tries to explain: "They are locked when we get them from Apple." I point out that AT&T can send me the unlock code tomorrow, but he won't budge.
So, I walked out. I'll wait for a SIM-free model to be offered by Apple, or just buy a T-Mobile and toss the SIM.
He's a leftie, so normally he would wear it on his right arm, but he did not...
He did wear the Apple watch elsewhere. But you don't wanna know where...
I really do.
The guy standing to the right of Tim Cook - he's got a black device clipped to his belt (right hip). Does not look to be an
Looks like a Motorola Walkie Talkie
Angela Ahrendts was at the Sydney launch (so first ones sold in the world).
Genuinely impressive move by Apple, I know she's the head of retail and should be there, but it's still a genuine wow moment when you actually see them there.
Awesome post, thanks for sharing.
Great to see the CEO doing this kind of stuff and obviously having a good time doing so.
A different look on the whole line up for a phone
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I Love You All!!!
That is as dumb as showing a picture of someone crying at a funeral next to pictures of kids graduating high school and cheering.
I'm not going to stop buying stuff or waiting in lines because the world isn't perfect. If I can enjoy life in my little corner of the world I am going to do so.
What people should ponder is not why others have it so bad, but why we have so many blessings.
The guy standing to the right of Tim Cook - he's got a black device clipped to his belt (right hip). Does not look to be an
walkie talkie.