I'll grant you one thing that Apple does right... do a launch of this magnitude in JUNE when it is warm out (and many people (especially college kids) are on vacation) and are willing to sit/stand around waiting for an opening.
That being said, with pre-sales at other locations, as well as the fact that you weren't FORCED TO GO TO THE STORE to buy the phone (ya see, Verizon doesn't mind using the Internet channel to sell their phones, and even in stores doesn't have trouble activating the dang things), so "the line" was actually necessary for them to sell their devices.
Also, (as much as it pains me to say it) after too many years of ho hum WinMo phones, the iPhone was a kickstart to a new revolution of phone, so yes it garnered much deserved hype the first time around, and of course after that the Apple Drones must bow before the Church of Jobs, so they continue to suck up and continue to play the game. I have to give Apple credit for that.
But in the end, you have to take into consideration that after all this time of crippled feature phones or yet another blackberry, there were people actually waiting and anxious to get a Smart Phone FROM VERIZON... this is clearly a change. Verizon actually executed a kickoff campaign that has people excited.
So go ahead and compare the size of the lines, the fact is that the game has changed... the question becomes now, with all the Android interest (even if it isn't for the Droid itself), there is now competition...is there an App for that?
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I'll grant you one thing that Apple does right... do a launch of this magnitude in JUNE when it is warm out (and many people (especially college kids) are on vacation) and are willing to sit/stand around waiting for an opening.
That being said, with pre-sales at other locations, as well as the fact that you weren't FORCED TO GO TO THE STORE to buy the phone (ya see, Verizon doesn't mind using the Internet channel to sell their phones, and even in stores doesn't have trouble activating the dang things), so "the line" was actually necessary for them to sell their devices.
Also, (as much as it pains me to say it) after too many years of ho hum WinMo phones, the iPhone was a kickstart to a new revolution of phone, so yes it garnered much deserved hype the first time around, and of course after that the Apple Drones must bow before the Church of Jobs, so they continue to suck up and continue to play the game. I have to give Apple credit for that.
But in the end, you have to take into consideration that after all this time of crippled feature phones or yet another blackberry, there were people actually waiting and anxious to get a Smart Phone FROM VERIZON... this is clearly a change. Verizon actually executed a kickoff campaign that has people excited.
So go ahead and compare the size of the lines, the fact is that the game has changed... the question becomes now, with all the Android interest (even if it isn't for the Droid itself), there is now competition...is there an App for that?