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iPhone 4 Goes on Sale at AT&T Retail Stores and Online Today, Lines Start Forming (Again)
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I pay for my own bill but have premier access through my place of employment and iPhone 4 is available to order with a 7-10 day lead time. That sucks... i wanted to order it for overnight.
I know you're not trying to be mean here but you can't just attack people and then call yourself stupid as a get-out. Why is it sad? Who says it's overpriced? You're making value judgements. It's worth what people are willing to pay for it. Nothing that sells 1.7 million units in the first three days can be called overpriced.
I wish we could all stop doing this. It's not sad. It's what they choose to do. I lined up for my iPhone 4 and I don't think of myself as a sad indvidual. I have a full and rich life but I happen to really love Apple products. Is it sad that millions went all the way to Africa just to watch some people play football? Or that kids lined up for hours to be the first to read the last Harry Potter book? I tell you something, the people I met in the queue were anything but sad. They were very happy.
I am not bitter it just saddens me how sophisticated marketing had become. To the point where people will buy a product they know to be faulty and to que for it. I feel sorry for the people who think these products will make their life better some how as apple implies in their advertising. I also know some people out there will buy this product when they can not afford it and have to make sacrifices or get into debt for the sake of having a gadget that is pretty much the same as most other cell phones.
Cell phone enthusiasts have had the wool pulled overt their eyes since day one, it is an incredible profit for some of the worlds largest corporations.
I wouldn't mind if I saw regular posts from people expressing how the phone has "changed the way we communicate" or how they made this great home movie edit. No! All you hear is them saying the iphone is great, it's shiny, it's put me in debt!
If it was a device that did something we could have only dreamed of in the past that could actually make our lives better I could understand. But at the end of the day it is just a cell phone the only way it has changed the way we communicate is by talking about the device itself because it has been upgraded. If I can make one person decide to spend there money on music paint audio/video/photo software anything actually good for the mind I will be very happy.
What's with all the judgement? I feel like you've just gotten too cynical as you've gotten older.
Didn't you ever get pure joy/excitement as a child when you waited on christmas morning to open a present? Or when older, maybe you got really excited about a new bike, or when a sequel to a movie that you loved comes out. These are all consumer items, but they do generate genuine "fun" for many.
As you get older there are fewer things you can get excited about, so I welcome when I can get excited about something.
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I wonder how many of the 1.7 million people who bought iPhone 4 were real Apple fans. In other words how many actually own a mac and other Apple products, know the company history etc.
I want Apple to stay small and focus on quality products. I've been a fan of Apple for 6 years and in recent years their quality control on new products has declined.
I want Apple to stay small and focus on quality products. I've been a fan of Apple for 6 years and in recent years their quality control on new products has declined.
Your right it is good to get excited about things. But don't you think that the excitement has been artificially created rather than earned? Apple products are great and are supposed to work well, thats why they are slightly more expensive and you usually get what you pay for. It does not seem the case with the iphone4 maybe I'm wrong but I certainly would not take that risk.
As Public Enemy say "don't believe the hype"
I just arrived at one of the new AT&T stores in Memphis about 30 minutes ago and I was surprised to see about 20 people already in line. I just kinda assumed people around here don't care enough to line up early. I've heard my store got about 50 so hopefully I should be okay if I'm about 20th...the Manager just came out and asked if anyone had one shipped to the store for preorder but no one did...If the store got about 50, does that mean that they have to fulfill all their preorders with that 50 before they can sell to the people in line?
P.s. I am very excited about the new mac pro and the creative opportunities it will allow me.
Not particularly. A large percentage of iPhone 4 buyers are upgrading their iPhone. I'm guessing you don't have an iPhone.
In my situation, I use my iPhone a lot. It is my one most-used piece of technology. Work, email, phone calls, IM, games, etc... it gets a ton of use. And I suspect it's the same for many, so I think the excitement is genuine.
I don't know what you do day to day, but let's say you were a painter, and you particularly loved this one brand of brush that you used all the time, and a much better version comes out, you'd want to get it today. Not 4 weeks from now.
Similarly, people line up for sporting events. There's no sport I care enough about to do the same, I don't begrudge them doing it.
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Just went up to an ATT store 10 minutes before it opened. I want the 32 gb version, but the lady right in front of me reserved the last one
. She didnt even know the difference between the two models, and i was trying to convince her she didnt need the extra storage, but the damn ATT employee convinced her she did hahaha.
They still had plenty of 16 gb iPhones left though.
. She didnt even know the difference between the two models, and i was trying to convince her she didnt need the extra storage, but the damn ATT employee convinced her she did hahaha. They still had plenty of 16 gb iPhones left though.
I camped out with my business partner and there are over 100 people in line. My pictures are on twitter :iNtelMACOO7
Waiting in line..
I'm up here in Bellingham WA waiting in line....about 15 people ahead of me. Hope I can get my 32 GB.
I'm up here in Bellingham WA waiting in line....about 15 people ahead of me. Hope I can get my 32 GB.
I understand arn. It hasent affected me too much yet either. Still, we have proof that the signal loss is a REAL issue. Whether or not it affects me, it is still making many people unhappy. Its more about the principle. I am still very disappointed and can't help but feel let down by apple.
Already in and out, got my 32 gig! Beautiful phone, and I cannot as of yet reproduce the signal issue
#1 here in Soldotna, Alaska. 3:24AM and nobody else here. The AT&T rep told me that there were about five people camping. I showed up too early, but I'm getting an iPhone!
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I bet that AT&T only get about 8-10 units per store. That's the way that it has been on every other iPhone launch so I don't expect it to be any different for the iPhone 4.
I bet that AT&T only get about 8-10 units per store. That's the way that it has been on every other iPhone launch so I don't expect it to be any different for the iPhone 4.
Ok arn, I see where your coming from I do not own an iphone I have a nokia n95 which is 2 years old I use it for email, youtube, web browsing uploading to facebook twitter it has 5mp camera high quality video and screen 3.5 g and it works great and still after 2 years and it was free with my contract. The software is not as good as ios4 but I would not be without a similar device.
To answer your question about the paint brush I would not buy the new brush unless the old was was worn out as a brush is simply a brush as a cell phone is simply a cell phone.
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