Apple's new iPhone 4S arrived in Canada and the U.S. today and was greeted by Apple groupies lined up before the stores opened this morning. Really? I just don't get it. I love my iPhone 3GS and my iPad but to line up at the store before it opens on launch day? I don't think so. In both cases, I bought mine long after the lines and hysteria had died down. It's not like they're going to run out of them and it's not like they are or ever will go on sale.
I walked by my local Apple store around 5 pm this afternoon and people were still queued up outside the store. You have to take a number to even get in the store! Geez. I think I can wait.
The thing is, the new 4S model has some nice features but it's not revolutionary. Will I get one? I might but only if the battery on my old one becomes too feeble and I certainly won't stand in line for hours. It is, after all, just a tool for me to do my job with some nice entertainment features thrown in.
Here's a CBC news article about today's hysteria:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/10/14/technology-apple-iphone4s-sales-canada.html
Friday, October 14, 2011
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