How to Get an Apple iPhone in Five Minutes
It was 7:30 AM on Sunday morning. I had just woken up and my peepers were still half-closed. I was contemplating whether to go for a long overdue visit to the barber's or do my laundry, when the Supreme Managing Editor (Paul) of MobileWhack buzzed me on IM with the following message: "Sandeep, we need an iPhone review for the Whack." I quickly decided the visit to the barber can wait another week, and the laundry -- well, I'll save that story for later.
With finances for the iPhone commissioned, I took the next bus outta my town to the Big Apple, fully determined to fight my way at the Fifth Avenue Apple Retail Store.
As you can see, just after 36 hours of launch, it looks like the excitement had died down. It was a bloomin' Sunday morning and not crowded at all! This made me think of Greg Packer, the iLoser who was in line starting a full 4 days before the launch. Sometimes, life's just not fair.
Even inside the store, as you can see in the following video, it wasn't really crowded. And not many were there for the iPhone - they were browsing and buying the MacBooks, iPods and their zillion accessories. Made me wonder if the iPhone's high price was a reason for this.
Within 5 minutes of standing in line (there was no separate queue for the iPhone - it was the common line at the Fifth Avenue store), I had the iPhone in hand.
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