People who want the new iPhone just a little too much

[TheLQ offline]

Was browsing Gizmodo and noticed the amount of absolute obsessivness that some people have about a PHONE.

You first have this guy (from the time I'm estimating 8 AM) who is going to wait for so long that he has extra pants:

(http://gizmodo.com/5571773/iphone-4-lin ... ckup-pants)

Then there is the line which seems to wrap the ENTIRE CITY BLOCK:
http://gizmodo.com/5571948/the-incredib ... one-4-line


And:

But really, my 6:40am-12pm experience was nothing compared to those poor bastards who thought it would be a good idea to show up without a reservation. The guy in the parallel line next to me when I went in had been there since 3am. Yes, he spent 9 hours in line. Woe be to the people who got there at the same time as me, who, by my arithmetic, will get their phones in October.

I can understand a line for concert tickets. I can understand a line for a theme park ride. But for a PHONE?!

Whats funny is that someone actually did some hands on testing with the coveted "FaceTime" feature. Results? For picking clothes or showing off something in front of you, its good. But guess what? Only works on WiFi. And for the other 99% of the time you have your phone, talking to someone else just becomes extreamly awkward.
http://gizmodo.com/5572045/test-notes-facetime

Typical obsessed Apple people

[TheAppleFreak]

It's a worldwide phenomenon, apparently. One guy from my school has been waiting from 5 PM yesterday for the 7 AM opening.

Even I'm not that obsessed to do that. <s>that's hard to believe right?</s>

[Aelita offline]

It's not hard to believe that people want the latest in technology, though I do find that it is... just plain ridiculous that people would wait hours in a cramped space just to get a small (though admittedly minor) improvement in technology. The reason I do not usually chase after technology that was just released from the company is because there would be prices that would be higher than if I had waited a few months, little or no prior defects had been found from the technological advancement yet (there have been 5 defects reported already for the new iPhone 4, which I noticed because a headline from Yahoo News said something like that), and because I do not want to be stuck waiting for hours on end just to get one. It's basically like Black Thursday (the day after Thanksgiving where the prices are slashed), but more crammed by about several hundred to several thousand people. I'm perfectly content with listening to music from my laptop or mp3 player than getting an iPod, where it practically does the same things my laptop and mp3 player do (but I'm not going to get in it, since this is about the iPhone 4). Since I'm not familiar with Apple's productions, I'd practically ignore them, though I do say that they do make positive changes in people's lives, even though it's a minor change in the iPhone's capability and its limitations.

[. offline]

Not for nothing I am one of those people that go to Gamestop at midnight to pick up a new game.

I'd never wait on a line like that for anything. mother of fuck.