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Is it me or are there more iPhones around?

In my house alone there's seven iPhones (my girl and I both have two) and three roommates. My roommates girlfriend that is always around has one. My other roommates girlfriend bought his for him and she has one as well. That's just at home.

I tend to not notice them in public as much but when the 3G was first launched my head was spinning from all the iPhones I saw.
 
The RIM execs had their chance to catch up but they decided to sit around and smoke weed at board meetings instead.

It seems even the poor and homeless people in NYC have iPhones or iPod touches

the pre has potential, but it's still in beta
 
It's really happened within the last year in NYC. When I got the 3G at launch, I'd get occasional comments on it (ala "is that the iPhone?") the first few months. Now no one bats an eye, because they've become so ubiquitous.

toughluck - As a resident I can definitely attest iPhones have taken over the hospital (those that don't have it have BlackBerry's, but they're likely to eventually switch due to either the Storm's suckiness or the huge number of medical apps).

barkomatic said:
It seems like half of all New Yorkers have iphones -- or more. Makes me feel a bit like a sheep. Maybe a better Android phone will come out or an updated Pre and I'll make the switch next year to be a little more unique. ha ha
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Small White Car said:
My 'Favorites' list of phone numbers on my iPhone has 10 names on it.

6 of them are iPhones.

What can I say, I hang out with classy people. :D
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Mine consists of 8 people:
1 blackberry (company; but not locked down)
1 touch screen samsung (I like that one, actually)
The rest are flip or slide phones


Also, there is a psychological phenomenon that goes into play with this. If you are interested in something, you see it more often than those who are not interested. If you feel special when you had your 1st generation iPhone, chances are that most people didn't find you special.

Nowadays, I get the "oh cool, you have an iPhone!" but it's mostly a nuisance to me. I use all of the iPhone's features that are practical in my life and some people think it's showing off or being pompous. It isn't... I just want to get my money out of this device.
 
I live in a town of 3,500-4,000 people (extremely small, I know, but I love it :p) and I was the first one at my highschool last year to have an Iphone 3G.
I recently upgraded to an Iphone 3GS and as I was in my local AT&T store I seen at least 10 of my fellow classmates as well as a couple friends from different schools jumping on the band wagon as well.

Oh well for being unique, hey? :rolleyes:
 
iphones are popular. it's a contract phone and you have 3 generations now.

when I had my first gen they were expensive and nobody really had like that. after price drops, reburbs, new models, etc.. a lot more people jumped on board
 
I was in staff today and noticed that I wasn't the only one who had an iPhone. I work with some middle aged to near retirement aged women and all except one had an iPhone.
 
I see them everywhere. And I was the second person in my workplace to get one, now there are about 7 coworkers with them, including heavy MS Exchange users who previously thought they needed a WinMo phone.

I'm partly responsible. I tend to show it off.
 
yea they are def. popping up all over in my area - went to at&t a month ago to ask them some billing questions and 7 out of 8 of their customers walked out with iphones, only one dumbass bought a blackberry cause he "hated apple" and was very loud about it

i'm glad i've got one, i wanted an iphone since they were first announced, but wasn't able to get one till mid may of this year, and since i've used the hell out of it and even at&t's terribly high prices don't bother me cause i use the damn thing ALL the time :D
 
My neighbor has one, 2 of my close friends have one, their boyfriends have one, and a ton of my best friends bar friends have them.. I know about 25 or 30 people with iPhones including myself.. I wonder if this will become a Monopoly! Especially when iPhones start branching to different carriers.. ie. Verizon, T Mobile, Sprint..
 
SeanMcC said:
I was at a concert last week and there were five people sitting near me who had iPhones.
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...and I bet none of them could use the phones because there was no signal or an overcrowded tower.

I was also at a concert recently with my iPhone, and it was nothing but a slab of plastic as long as I was there. Ok, I could shoot video clips of the concert, which was cool, but no data available to keep me entertained between bands. I saw a lot of other people with their iphones out and was wondering what the heck they were doing on them.
 
It's just the way it goes, really, it's inevitable with anything that's this practical, but also this hyped. So long as the majority of people continue to buy them because they're actually going to get some practical benefit from them (like myself, and I'm sure pretty much everyone here), and not just as a status symbol, then so far as I'm concerned the entire world can own them.
 
redman042 said:
I saw a lot of other people with their iphones out and was wondering what the heck they were doing on them.
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Listening to music?
Watching videos?
Taking a picture?
Playing a game?
Editing a clip?
Using an app?
Getting a phone number?
Looking for a photo?
Checking their calendar?
Reading an old txt msg?
 
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