Apple Fans Camp Out For iPhone That Doesn't Exist Yet
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Fucking losers, and people say gaming fanboys are pathetic. I think we have found a fandom that is only a short step behind "that which shall not be named".
Dammit Apple, will you just die already so that humanity can move on? You've already lost your monopoly and Steve Jobs, why are you still around?
Okay, I understand people desperately waiting in line for a new console, mainly because the lifetime to consoles is very long (except for Nintendo handheld devices), since this kind of event doesn't happen very often, but this is Apple we're talking about. They keep releasing the same freaking phone year after year with a huge price tag.
No thank you, I'll go and spend my money somewhere else.
No thank you, I'll go and spend my money somewhere else.
OH GOD I JUST HAD A WONDERFUL IDEA.Desert Punk said:
Give Apple defense projects. You could pay the fanboys nearly nothing to be able to drive around in an Apple branded tank.
There, you have weaponised stupidity.
Actually, people are so fucking... ridiculous about apple, they would probably pay for the right to be deployed with their iShoot rifle and ride around in an iAPC. As long as they get sent home in an iCoffin at least.
Don't these people have jobs? How are they going to afford to pay for Apple's next over-priced phone if they spend a month camping outside a store instead of working?
That's what I was thinking. I was wondering how in the hell I would manage this if I were them, and it simply wouldn't work. And hell, not only does it not formally exist, but it is slated to be an iteration of a phone that already does. A minor bump that's probably effectively the same. I was gonna call that this was Apple building up hype by paying people to stand outside super early, but two of the dudes are from a third party buy-sell-trade and you'd have to pay me a shitload of money to essentially be homeless in front of an Apple store for a few weeks in NYC. Ah well.rob_simple said:
I'm sure my Android phone will be more powerful than whatever specs the new iPhone will have. My quad-core processor and 2gb ram (probably overkill for a phone) are pretty damn awesome; the only problem with Android is that it feels like it has fewer apps.
Can't wait to hear what the gimmick of this generation of iPhone will have.
Can't wait to hear what the gimmick of this generation of iPhone will have.
This. This is why I HATE Apple products and those that use them. This has got to be some type of publicity stunt. Right? Right?
[sub]Oh God tell me I am right, I don't want to believe we have reached this level of idiocy as a species.[/sub]
[sub]Oh God tell me I am right, I don't want to believe we have reached this level of idiocy as a species.[/sub]
There is no way to read this in a way that doesn't perfectly suit the cat avatar.Evil Smurf said:
OT: How... how many weeks of supplies are we talking about? D:
That would mean those two (who aren't on assignment) have absolutely 0 going on in there life. I mean, if it wasn't for my voluntary work I would spend all my time gaming but these two are literally waiting for about a month for a fucking phone.
I felt like a tool waiting 3 hours for the first black ops at a midnight launch, doing nothing for weeks except wait is kind of disgusting to me.
It reminds me of that scumbag Steve and Stacey pic I saw, "lives on welfare but has latest iphone" cos if you can afford to camp outside a store for weeks, you can't have a job... Unless you use a few weeks holiday to wait...
I felt like a tool waiting 3 hours for the first black ops at a midnight launch, doing nothing for weeks except wait is kind of disgusting to me.
It reminds me of that scumbag Steve and Stacey pic I saw, "lives on welfare but has latest iphone" cos if you can afford to camp outside a store for weeks, you can't have a job... Unless you use a few weeks holiday to wait...
I'm sort of an Apple person myself when it comes to the technology they are related to, but this...Oh, come on, this is just stupid. This is taking Apple fanaticism to a new low.
As a side note, I've always viewed Apple products as the product you buy when you want to put a lot down on a single payment but not have to make a new one for a few years longer than you would otherwise, allowing you to spend less in the long run. It's been a few years since I last bought an Apple product, and the two (Macbook and iPod) I got a few years ago are both still running like they are brand new. To me, that's why you would ever bother to pay the extra money for a product that is often just as powerful, if not less powerful, than its competitors (well, Apple products tend to be aesthetically pleasing and easier to use, but those are sort of moot points for anyone who knows how to use their technology beyond the most basic of functions). Once you start buying a new one every year, you take away the very reason of why you would ever bother to pay extra in the first place away (assuming the person doesn't buy the product due to technological incompetency).
Of course, some stores run a "trade in phone, get X% off new one" deal, but that still is a waste of money if your old one is perfectly functional, which I'm sure at least 90% of these iPhones getting traded in are.
As a side note, I've always viewed Apple products as the product you buy when you want to put a lot down on a single payment but not have to make a new one for a few years longer than you would otherwise, allowing you to spend less in the long run. It's been a few years since I last bought an Apple product, and the two (Macbook and iPod) I got a few years ago are both still running like they are brand new. To me, that's why you would ever bother to pay the extra money for a product that is often just as powerful, if not less powerful, than its competitors (well, Apple products tend to be aesthetically pleasing and easier to use, but those are sort of moot points for anyone who knows how to use their technology beyond the most basic of functions). Once you start buying a new one every year, you take away the very reason of why you would ever bother to pay extra in the first place away (assuming the person doesn't buy the product due to technological incompetency).
Of course, some stores run a "trade in phone, get X% off new one" deal, but that still is a waste of money if your old one is perfectly functional, which I'm sure at least 90% of these iPhones getting traded in are.
I just find it funny that they will be creating an abitrary line outside the shop while people are constantly going in and out of the shop in front of them to use it.
That's just bizarre.
Also couldn't they just wait and then line up outside a smaller Apple shop somewhere in America less crowded than Manhatten freaking island. Do they start selling at the same time, or is there some sort of priority with this particular store?
Also, my phone has a polyphonic ring tone and plays snake. Still sends and receives calls and texts as well as any iphone.
That's just bizarre.
Also couldn't they just wait and then line up outside a smaller Apple shop somewhere in America less crowded than Manhatten freaking island. Do they start selling at the same time, or is there some sort of priority with this particular store?
Also, my phone has a polyphonic ring tone and plays snake. Still sends and receives calls and texts as well as any iphone.
So do these...people(?)... have jobs? They must have if they can afford to buy a luxury phone with a different letter on the end of its name, but they musn't if they can potentially take weeks off to sit outside a shop to buy expensive tat.
They're like the real-world equivalent of people who post 'first'. No one likes them and no one remembers them.
They're like the real-world equivalent of people who post 'first'. No one likes them and no one remembers them.