Why are iPhone 2G owners in line for iPhone 3G on iDay?

[jmckechnie]

When I was in line, I was using my phone I've had for about 5-6 years and everyone thought it was the most interesting phone ever. How it had buttons and no camera. I found it pretty entertaining...probably should have sold it as "vintage"

 

[Dammit Cubs]

I know there's already a thread on "crazy people who waited in line". I am one of them still waiting to own my first iPhone.

Maybe, I'm just a little jealous since I had 2 unsuccessful attempts in getting a 16GB Black. Also, the irony of having an iPhone to pass the time would have come in handy while being on line for so long

My question is why are current iPhone 2G owners waiting in line for the iPhone 3G instead of waiting a week or so when it's an easier buying experience?

for the ladies!!!!! Bong chica Wa Wa.

 

[sjobs@mac.com]

My wife lost her phone, we would not be able to get a subsidied phone for her, so it was a perfect opportunity to upgrade. And I am older and wiser, but no more patient.

 

[Farani]

Ok, these are all reasons to upgrade, but that wasn't the question.

The question is, why couldn't you wait 4 or 5 more days for these things?

Your list of reasons is consists entirely of "I could do x before, but now I can do x faster/better/nicer."

My reaons for standing in line is that "I can now do x, y, z, and a, b, c, and d now whereas before I couldn't do them at all."

I can see waiting 4 hours in line to gain a ton of new features. I can't see waiting 4 hours to get a faster/better version of what I already have. Why not just go this Wednesday?

That's the question, and nothing in your post addresses that.

Yeah sorry, I didn't address the issue. Well I'll tell you I got in line at 5:30am and I was about 25th and was out of the store by 9am on Friday. So 3 1/2 hours, not all that bad. I had my Macbook so I was doing some research whilst I waited.

But to answer your question, I did, in fact do just that, and wait for the first gen. I bought my iPhone about 2 weeks after it came out. I definitely could have waited this time around, but I just wanted to get it right away. I expected Apple to have a good supply, but you never know.

It's basically impatience; being excited about a new product and being a typical American and wanting the newest and best first. Truly, the iPhone is the only thing I have done this for. I hold on to my computers for years. I buy things to keep them until they die. So, for once, with a cracked iPhone, I decided to be impulsive and stupid, really. I doubt I would have been in line if my iPhone wasn't cracked. I couldn't justify buying a new phone when I have a perfectly good phone in my pocket; well at least not right away. I'm sure I would have inevitably given in within a few weeks and bought it, but it made it easy with the crack. So I guess I don't have a very good answer to that question. After using the iPhone for a year, knowing all of the new features would make it SO much more usable, I just wanted to get it right away; let myself really get caught up in the whole experience for a change and have some fun with it, living in the moment for once.