The one thing Samsung can't copy!
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iPhone 6s Lines Forming at Apple Stores Ahead of Launch Day
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Well said!
The other day I read that no walk-in iPhone 6s sales in 4 US states, Oregon, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Alaska. So I hope you have already pre-ordered and just wait in the line for pick-up?
How we live in a divided world, on one hand people queue up for a phone they pretty much own already, and others queue up to pay a people smuggler to get them on a sure to sink boat across the mediterranean sea.
Just saying
Just saying
Weeeeeellllll that's a little different right... You are equating being at an event the same as waiting for an event.I don't know why anybody would do this. I also don't get why people go to concerts when the music sounds better recorded, can be played anywhere at any time, and costs less than live performances.
I cannot imagine this being enjoyable ergo it cannot be.
Know you are joking of course, but it is insane. The fact is that the queues in the UK largely consist of large groups of dudes grey marketing them to India or other places who don't have a tomorrow launch day.
Are they sure the people are lining up for iphones in Germany and not just a huge mass of refugees?
This is at Apple Stores. Since moving here 5 years ago, I wait outside of the local Verizon Wireless Store for my yearly iPhone pickup.
The nearest Apple Store is almost 2 hours south so I don't make the drive anymore. Hard to get there, wait in line and then drive back up and be at work on time.
My impression from Munich:
I stood in line for the iPhone 5 three years ago, and already then more than a few in the line didn't seem like your usual Apple customer, and more like...hired wallets (if you don't mind my CIA guy impression).
Saw a few images in the media today, and it looks to me like it's happening again. The especially long line in Munich is maybe not unrelated to current events here.
Not trying to spark any unrelated topics, just my two cents because most here seem to think the lines are made up just of crazy Apple fans.
Anyways, I made a pick-up reservation for my Space Grey 6S 30 mins after pre-orders went live, so I feel a bit like cheating that I don't need to wait in line and can just walk in and pick up my phone...during lunch break.
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The one thing Samsung can't copy!
Samsung users are smart enough to realize these days that you can order phones online and they show up on your doorstep a day later.
I remember a video was posted in Australia last year showing a lot of Asians? But I also remember seeing the 5th ave line last year.
I've never camped out overnight but did go three hours early to the first Apple Store opening in my general area of the state and I bet there were a thousand people ahead of me. The line went from the store on the second floor of the mall downstairs, outside the mall and around the building. They ran out of free t-shirts in my size so I took a Small as a souvenir. Actually, I had a lot of fun...kind of like a tailgate party except no burgers & beer. If I every do it again, I'll bring a camping chair!
Have you considered combining the best of both worlds? You did your pre-order at home in your underwear. Now you can camp outside your house (ideally still in your underwear, of course) while you wait for your delivery.
I just wanted to say thank you, Oldfash33, for being so polite to macfoxpro with the question!
ADAM!
I friended you several years back on FB and I think Flickr. Saw you in a video about Apple stuff and the cult following years back. You were sitting on the floor doing something. Through following you, I saw you had parted ways with your SO and decided to do some traveling and then you kind of disappeared. Your profile pic on FB went blank and I think it's now gone? Anyways, enjoyed your posts and info sharing. Didn't realized you posted here or I just was blind.
Good to have people like you here!
Kris
Or you can wait a week and get it when the crazy has died down.
That's what I did last year. Walked into a store, no lines.
That's what I did last year. Walked into a store, no lines.
Whoa hello!!! Hi Kris. Long time.
quick recap, I changed my last name to Chandler in June to take my step-dad's last name. I moved to New Hampshire in 2010 to take a job as a project Manager at TomTom and I travel as much as possible and am still a huge Apple Geek! we should chat more. it's been quite a while! Laura is still living in San Francisco working as head of online design for I think Pottery barn Kids. She and I talk often and I see her at least once a year in SF to go to a baseball game, etc. She's fantastic. Life is good overall.
http://blog.adamchandler.me is my new home online. Outside of sometimes commenting on forums, I don't really participate in social media like Twitter and Facebook anymore. Just have my blog (so old school) and flickr.
I see nothing wrong with savvy Apple fans wanting to queue to get their hands on the greatest piece of consumer technology from minute one tomorrow. They won't be waiting in all day praying the delivery truck shows up. They'll be playing with their amazing new iPhones while the rest of us put our faith in the likes of UPS.