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Lines Begin Forming at Apple Retail Stores Ahead of iPhone 4S Launch

You would think Apple would give Woz a new iPhone considering he's on their payroll and founded the damn company.

Why is he waiting in line?
 
I ordered mine at 5PM on Saturday and it's on its way.

snowcrash said:
I just may do that!

Honestly though, why don't people just pre-order? I ordered mine at about 6pm on Friday from AT&T and it's on it's way. Tracking number and confirmed for tomorrow. And since some pre-orders have already been received you're really not going to be the "first" iPhone 4S person out there. (though NEVER understood the draw to that either)
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I ordered mine at 5PM on Saturday and it's on its way.

Scheduled Delivery:
Friday, 10/14/2011, By End of Day
Last Location:
Arrived - Albuquerque, NM, United States, Thursday, 10/13/2011
 
I live on Miami Beach and there is an Apple store exactly 1 block from my front door. I am so serious. Will I go tomorrow to ogle to new iphone? Hell no! Them creppy, upper middle class ******s make me sick when they gather all up in an Apple store for a new product launch. In this case a major update. I'll wait until next week.
 
Maybe we are mixing up people waiting in line with the Occupy Wall Street Crowd.... :p
 
Ramio said:
Maybe to you browsing the net and using the camera is not that important. it.
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Stop right there. I specifically stated MY use case. So there's no argument/discussion. You are dazzled by a faster processor and better camera. I'm not. End of story.
 
What scares me is that most of these people have an iphone4. I'll happilly wait until ipad3 and iphone5. If money is no object, 4s why not i guess.

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Ammo said:
You would think Apple would give Woz a new iPhone considering he's on their payroll and founded the damn company.

Why is he waiting in line?
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It's a symbolic gesture to Steve; quite admirable imo. They were there together in the beginning, and now he wants to be there at the end for Steve's last product announced before he died.
 
Hey have fun those of you in line! Me personally, I pre-ordered because I don't have the patience myself but admire those of you that do.

My iPhone was on a UPS flight from Louisville, KY to E. Syracuse, NY this evening, and will be arriving on my doorstep sometime tomorrow - hopefully earlier rather than later! Mine is replacing a 3GS, so it certainly is a welcome upgrade for me across the board.

:apple:
 
dgree03 said:
For that reason I would expect a company like Apple to figure out a way to stagger the icloud, iOS intergration and migration. You made my point, they tried to go all in and failed. They should of known better, I expect more from apple.
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That's what rational thought would dictate.

samcraig said:
Total Justification Fail.

If, as you state, this always happens - then Apple should have prepared for it or rolled it out differently. You're excusing Apple for not only a rocky roll out but that they were AWARE it would be and still didn't/wouldn't do anything differently? Wow... That's some stretch there LTD.

If this were any other company you'd be laughing your a@#$%^ off - that's a fact.

I don't consider iCloud and iOS 5's rollout a FAILURE - but a) it doesn't just work b) there are a lot of issues and c) there are a lot of questions on how things DO or SHOULD work.

And this forum - these are the techies - the blog followers - the early adopters - etc. Have you looked on the boards. Hundreds of threads asking questions and people confused and having issues. Some are silly and are easy fixes. Some/many are genuine questions and concerns.

Again - if this site garners more of the "savvy" people - I can only imagine how "mom" and "dad" are going to be when they try to understand iCloud...
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Same thing with the shortages of iPhones and iPads. They keep adding retailers and can't even meet the demand at their own stores. It's all part of the hype.

gloryunited said:
I am quite surprised by the number of people who are free (from work) on a Friday morning.
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I wonder if any of them have jobs?

dinjin201 said:
Who's to stop you from camping at the front entrance of the mall?
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Police or mall security.

moetownslick said:
i love it how Woz waits in line like the rest of the schmoes. i can respect that.
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It's part of the marketing hype and free media attention.
 
I preordered this time, but will miss the line experience. It was a lot of fun at the 4 launch. I'm just too busy at work to kill a day in line.
 
I'm going to do what I did with the iPhone 4; wait a couple of weeks, walk into a store in the middle of the day, buy one... and walk out. It's so simple it's beautiful.

If I possessed the unrelenting urge to get my hands on things 'first' (along with a million+ other people btw), I'd become a tech blogger, set up a review/opinion website and whore myself out to industry movers and shakers. :p

Anyway, enjoy yourselves tomorrow people. Really hope there aren't too many pesky scalpers out there buying for people in India, China and anywhere else in the world.
 
I'm headed out to a local AT&T store - one that I hope is remote enough between 5:30am and 6:00am tomorrow. Hoping to head into work no later than 10:30am.
 
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Hmm. people don't seem to do this so much in Canada...Maybe at the Apple stores downtown, I signed up for pre-order at Bestbuy today.. They open at 10am, but They will be letting a couple people in at a time between 8 am and 10 am for scheduled pickups of their pre-ordered phones.. as far as I could tell today, there would be none left over for anyone else..
 
xFenixKnightx said:
Do people not understand that this phone isnt that much different from the 4??:confused::confused::confused:
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So you believe EVERYONE in line is a 4 owner? No 3GS people in line? No non-iPhone people in line?

I'm sure there is a comparison on this site of the 4 vs 4S but my understanding is that the differences are:

-better camera
-better video camera
-Siri
-more RAM
-faster CPU


That might not be huge for many 4 owners, but for the 3GS owners like me...it's a HUGE improvement. I ordered the 64GB model while my 3GS is only 16GB.


The only reason I believe these people did not preorder is because they are clueless about activating it and/or converting from a previous iPhone. I'm a bit concerned (even as a techie) but back up, back up, and back up before you switch. And for Pete's sake...FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS. :)
 
NickUK69 said:
Two words..

1. How
2. Sad

it's a phone...
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True, but say that to millions!!! Same can be said about favorite music artists. People wait long lines to see this person sing a tune! Star Wars fanatics out there who would wait long lines for whatever.

This is just how Apple fans celebrate Steve Jobs and our favorite toys!

There are people who don't want to wait 1-2 weeks and were not able to pre-order because they WERE SOLD OUT!
 
I just went to Best Buy tonight at 8:00pm, walked up to the mobile department, no one was there at all. I asked the sales girl if she would have the 4S tomorrow, she said yes and asked if I wanted to reserve mine for $50. :D

So I have a guaranteed phone model of my choice waiting for me tomorrow morning no stress.. And I don't have to wait at home all day waiting for UPS to arrive, this is better than the preorder in my opinion! :cool:
 
wow, I forgot it hasn't been released yet, Since I've seen videos of people with it and the early deliveries and siri videos everywhere. Oops i got ahead of myself.

OMG the waz is first in line at a store 6 hours away, my girl is over there I should ask her to ask him for his autograph, man if i didn't have a midterm tomorrow!
 
scott911 said:
BEST BUY question - please help.

I pre-ordered at best buy on pre-order day.
got the whole e-mail confirmations, etc.
they say I have three days to pick up, etc...

I called to check that MY phone was available on first day, or learn when to come in. And the best buy told me that pre-order doesn't mean anything.

He said you have to be in line in morning and pre-order people will be taken first, but then the stock will just be sold out. In other words, anyone coming in at lunch time or after work in screwed.

anyone have any info?
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i work at best buy and they really don't know what to do with pre orders, honestly. everyone is scrambling to find out.
 
accessoriesguy said:
wow, I forgot it hasn't been released yet, Since I've seen videos of people with it and the early deliveries and siri videos everywhere. Oops i got ahead of myself.

OMG the waz is first in line at a store 6 hours away, my girl is over there I should ask her to ask him for his autograph, man if i didn't have a midterm tomorrow!
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Why does the Woz have to stay in line to get an Apple product?
 
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