yes, because getting robbed and shot by a hoodlum over an iphone is at the top of my priorities list. 
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Are you going to flaunt your iPhone 4?
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That's funny, this post made ME really constipated when I read it. Weird.
Even funnier...you replied...
yes, because getting robbed and shot by a hoodlum over an iphone is at the top of my priorities list.
LOL!! Keep your Nike's at home...
Just to start a fun discussion while we're all waiting for pre-order news.
Are you planning to take your iPhone 4 around town on launch day?
I was thinking about hanging at a coffee shop and "non-chalantly" using my new iPhone 4. I know it's really pathetic, but I can't help myself. I've never gotten an Apple product on launch day before.
Heh, I plan on dragging my roommate to go look at one on the Friday after (I plan on just waiting on his decision to a point to get one so I'll probably ahve to wait a week after launch. I'd go ahead and get it but since the plan is in his name I'd like to make sure he's ok with me getting it and extending the plan even if he doesn't. Plus he has to make me an authorized user. He is out of town now so I have no chance of pre-ordering. He hasn't made up his mind and said he won't until he gets to see it).
But damnit, he can keep me from pre-ordering but he can't keep me from going and drooling. And if I can help it, he's going with me so he can make up his mind sooner than later.
I just want to clarify that by flaunt I really just meant using it in public hoping people notice it and ask me questions, as I said in my post. I know that's not actually the definition of flaunt.
I wasn't talking about walking through the ghetto with my iPhone 4 held high, screaming at the top of my lungs.
I wasn't talking about walking through the ghetto with my iPhone 4 held high, screaming at the top of my lungs.
No way. It's going to get noticed by the guys I work with just because I have a chair for my phone so I can tell the time. Hopefully they will just walk by and not notice it. I'm not the one to flash new stuff around.
That's pretty sad... why the hell would you do that?
It's a $300 phone that a lot of people will purchase. No big deal, really.
I'm definitely not going to so far as to sit in a coffee shop and show it off. I'm going to use it normally, probably more heavily the first few days, but definitely will not try and show it around.
:Facepalm:
Some people take things way too serious. This thread was suppose to be fun not about how you're scared to walk around town with your phone.
Some people take things way too serious. This thread was suppose to be fun not about how you're scared to walk around town with your phone.
NOOOOOOOOO. The last thing I am going to do is flaunt the phone. Last. I am hoping to get a case which covers it up a great deal, too. I like the idea of having an iPhone but I share the experience with other folks who have one too, as a sort of hobby. I don't want to make other folks feel deprived or behind the 8 ball because they don't have one.
I just want to clarify that by flaunt I really just meant using it in public hoping people notice it and ask me questions, as I said in my post. I know that's not actually the definition of flaunt.
I wasn't talking about walking through the ghetto with my iPhone 4 held high, screaming at the top of my lungs.
This reminds me of a story in D Magazine..."My Great West Village Starbucks Experiment". Specifically the Ferrari driving "lady-killer".
What made me laugh the most is that I recognized one of the characters from this story, "Kareem Abdul Bizarre", as she now chooses to go to the Starbucks a few blocks away now (by my house.)
No, I'd rather not get mugged for my new phone. I commute to and from NYC an hour each way. I have all the time in the world to use my phone in public.
Seen too many tourists with their heads in the clouds get their phones snatched right out of their hands.
I'll take it easy on launch day.
Seen too many tourists with their heads in the clouds get their phones snatched right out of their hands.
I'll take it easy on launch day.
I do all the time. Anytime my wife asks me something that requires the use of my iPhone i dramatically say "I dont know, let me check my iPhone"
I think the funniest was when her built in car GPS got us lost and I used the iPhone to find our way back. I tried getting her to say "thank you iPhone" but she refused.
I think the funniest was when her built in car GPS got us lost and I used the iPhone to find our way back. I tried getting her to say "thank you iPhone" but she refused.
I tend to remind my wife in situations like this about how she didn't really see a need for me to buy an iPhone when I was planning to get one.
Now that she has finally admitted how useful and even downright necessary it has become in our lives, I've eased off a bit.
I just want to clarify that by flaunt I really just meant using it in public hoping people notice it and ask me questions, as I said in my post. I know that's not actually the definition of flaunt.
I wasn't talking about walking through the ghetto with my iPhone 4 held high, screaming at the top of my lungs.
Why don't you walk around or sit in a coffee shop with a pair of speedos and your Iphone? You'll get the attention.
Just to start a fun discussion while we're all waiting for pre-order news.
Are you planning to take your iPhone 4 around town on launch day?
I was thinking about hanging at a coffee shop and "non-chalantly" using my new iPhone 4. I know it's really pathetic, but I can't help myself. I've never gotten an Apple product on launch day before.
Maybe you'll get laid.
I tend to remind my wife in situations like this about how she didn't really see a need for me to buy an iPhone when I was planning to get one.
Now that she has finally admitted how useful and even downright necessary it has become in our lives, I've eased off a bit.
My wife used to think the same thing, until I bought her a 3G and she slowly but surely became addicted to it. Now I can't pry it out of her hands. And she wants to upgrade each year just like me.
As awesome as the new iPhone is, I don't think it will ever attract nearly as much attention in a coffee shop as an iPad, just due to sheer size and the fact that watching someone interact with it is notably different than a laptop or phone.
I've gotten quite a bit of attention with my iPad, and this is with it somewhat hidden by an Eco Vue case.
I've gotten quite a bit of attention with my iPad, and this is with it somewhat hidden by an Eco Vue case.
Whats really funny, if not sad, is that this thread is supposed to be funny, but there are actually people out there who will flaunt their iPhone when they get it.