iPhone Madness!
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Emerald entertaining everyone in line with her smiles and giggles.
So, June 24th 2010, was the infamous release of Apple's new iPhone 4! Anyone who knows my husband knows he is absolutely devoted to Apple and all of their amazing products. Before we met, I didn't really know much about Apple or Mac computers, I had used one before, but I wasn't on either side of the "Mac or PC" debate. Sam converted me. I am wholeheartedly a huge Apple fan and have only been very impressed with all of their products. That being said, I got my first iPhone 2 years ago and I immediately fell in love. The iPhone is like no other smart phone ever created. The smoothness and efficiency you can do pretty much anything on the iPhone is unmatched and once you have one you can't go back to the clunky-ness of those "other phones"
Sam got his first iPhone about a year ago. I had the normal 3G, but he upgraded to the 3Gs. With this new iPhone coming out, it was a race to see if we could get our reservation in on time. Luckily, after multiple attempts, we both got the email that our iPhone 4 was in fact reserved for us on June 24th. This phone is absolutely incredible. Not only does it have an HD video camera, the iPhone is the first phone to have video calling, called FaceTime. You can check out all you need to know about the new iPhone 4 here: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/apple-iphone-4/
The morning of the big release, I had been reading some fb updates and there were people who were saying they had been waiting for hours before the door even opened to their local Apple store and the line was insane!! We had other stuff going on, on Release Day and I wasn't going to interrupt a one year old's nap schedule to stand in line for hours. So I headed out to the Apple Store at Southpark at about 4:00, after Emerald's afternoon nap. I got there and was blown away by the line. There were two lines-one for those with reservations and one for those without. The reserved line was winding all the way down to the concrete halls the stores use for loading merchandise! I have no idea where the non-reserved line ended. I was undoubtedly nervous about the prospect of standing in line with a one year old without any idea about how fast it would move. Another fb friend had updated that they were standing in line for 5 hours and moved 20 ft. : / Sam was planning on meeting us after work and kind-of "taking over" in the line, so at least I knew we could escape if Emerald was getting restless.
Emerald actually had a lot of fun. She completly LOVES people and getting attention. She was very sweet and wanted to share her Cherrios with everyone. However, you can only stand still in a line with a toddler for so long before they get restless. She wanted to "walk" everywhere. She loves holding our hands as we help her walk across the world. We did that for awhile and then that got old, luckily Sam arrived just in time, so Emerald and I headed out to go shopping. We totally scored at Gap Kids, as they were having a huge sale-40% off of already clearance merchandise. Whooohooo!!! I got her two pairs of sandals for her to walk in, which made that task a lot easier to do in public on the dirty mall floors. :p
I was going back and forth about whether I should get the iPhone 4 now in black or hold out for the white one. I knew I would be sad if I saw other people with the white and I hadn't waited. Supposedly, the white will not be available until mid July and they will be scarce, but in the end I decided to wait it out. Currently, I have "upgraded" to Sam's 3Gs until then.
Needless to say, standing in line for HOURS for any sort of "the latest thing" is definitely an experience. First off, every person that I saw in line already had an iPhone. This makes sense, once you are an iPhone user it's nearly impossible to go back, but this also says that these people knew all the AMAZING things their current iPhone could do and wanted to experience the next step in "iPhone Bliss!" When we got to the front of the "Reserved Line" the guy at the front of the "Other line" had said he had been in "line" since 11pm the previous night!!! CRAZY!! I was thinking, "how do these people eat and go to the bathroom" Cool thing, Chick Fil A came around like every 10 minutes with complementary tea and water trays and then a tray of chicken nuggets and brownies. How great is that? Besides you become friends with these other crazy people and most of them are more than willing to save your spot for second. :) Sam had read about a guy who stood in the iPhone line for the 3Gs for the sole purpose to make friends. He didn't even get a phone! In the end he said he made life long friends and it was one of the best experiences of his life.
I can't say we made life-long friends (we were only in line for 3.5 hours :) but it was fun being a part of "pop-culture" And well, you'll have to ask Sam what he thinks of the new iPhone 4 :)
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