At Easton Town Center here in Columbus. Still had a line, still had lots of phones, though they were close to being out for the people currently in line if they were all there for the 5s.
I came mainly to see the phones in person. I ordered my 32GB gold this morning and it will ship in the next few days. On first look, though, I somewhat regretted that because the Space Gray looks so good. The gold one looks nice. It is more understated than flashy, though my first impression was that it was the worst looking of the 3.
I spent a bunch of time there going back and forth and such and eventually determined that for me, the silver looks the best from the front, followed very closely by the gold. The gray looks the best from the back, with the gold being more interesting than the silver. For my purposes, I think the brown leather case with the gold will look really good, and I felt somewhat validated after spending a little more time with the gray, since it looks almost exactly like my slate 5 from the front. Since I use a slim case, there's not a lot of difference.
I did take my phone out of my case, and take a picture of it next to a space gray 5S with a neighboring 5s. Then I just hit air drop and instantly transferred it to my phone. I had thought you needed to be on the same wifi for that to work, but apparently Bluetooth works too since I was on LTE and the 5S found my 5 instantly.
So here's that for those wondering how much lighter the gray is over last year's slate:
I came mainly to see the phones in person. I ordered my 32GB gold this morning and it will ship in the next few days. On first look, though, I somewhat regretted that because the Space Gray looks so good. The gold one looks nice. It is more understated than flashy, though my first impression was that it was the worst looking of the 3.
I spent a bunch of time there going back and forth and such and eventually determined that for me, the silver looks the best from the front, followed very closely by the gold. The gray looks the best from the back, with the gold being more interesting than the silver. For my purposes, I think the brown leather case with the gold will look really good, and I felt somewhat validated after spending a little more time with the gray, since it looks almost exactly like my slate 5 from the front. Since I use a slim case, there's not a lot of difference.
I did take my phone out of my case, and take a picture of it next to a space gray 5S with a neighboring 5s. Then I just hit air drop and instantly transferred it to my phone. I had thought you needed to be on the same wifi for that to work, but apparently Bluetooth works too since I was on LTE and the 5S found my 5 instantly.
So here's that for those wondering how much lighter the gray is over last year's slate:
