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Astute GCSE English literature students will know that 11 July marks the 48th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's literary classic To Kill A Mockingbird. Almost 50 years later, it wasn't a mockingbird that was being killed, but the hopes and dreams of London-based Apple fanboys.
You see, today was the launch of the iPhone 3G. While this was supposed to be a happy event, a day of excitement, the climax of the early summer and the celebration of 3G chips everywhere, it was something of a let-down, on a par with kissing your girlfriend for the first time, only to find out she is your sister.
Crave had front-row seats for the iPhone 3G launch event in London's Regent Street, and after speaking to a queue of 200 Apple lovers -- including a bloke who bought his front-of-queue position on eBay, not to mention the guy he bought it from only a few places back -- we got to experience the disaster that was the Apple store's first opening hours in all their morbidly beautiful glory.
You'll laugh, you'll cry, but most of all you'll be glad we were there so you didn't have to be. -Nate Lanxon
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AnonymousSat 12 July, 2008 3:10pm
Same thing happened to me - b/c I have corp discount they wouldn't port #. My partner said screw it I'll get a new number and got the phone. But when we got home he called ATT and the ported the # within 5 minutes. I went back to the store and a manager told me that I'd have to come back Saturday AM and wait in line 3 hours again to get a phone. After arguing for a couple minutes I asked for his manager and he hooked me up. Those guys in the Apple store have no idea what the hell they're doing. I expected a lot more from Apple and was totally let down.
oimikeySun 13 July, 2008 8:12pm
heh heh heh..... mugs.
AnonymousSun 13 July, 2008 8:44pm
puto
AnonymousSun 13 July, 2008 10:11pm
ese es el t?lo de una canci?e molotov.... a qui?llamas puto? ignorante!
AnonymousSun 13 July, 2008 10:13pm
reeeeeee-traaaaa-saaaaaaaaaaaa-dooooooooo
CartmanMon 14 July, 2008 9:42am
Well I got O2 to Deliver it to me on the 11th. So far DHL has shown it around more of the country than I've been to. It's been to Leeds, Dartford, Hatfield and now Vauxhall. If it doesn't make it here today I'm going to do something violent!
AnonymousMon 14 July, 2008 9:59am
Can't believe they didn't test the activation procedures...
AnonymousFri 11 July, 2008 6:03pm
I stood in line in the Apple Store in Soho in New York from 9 until 12:30. When I finaly came to purchase the phone i was toled that i need to go to the AT&T store to purchase an iphone. The reason for that is because Apple store can not port my old numbe to the new iPhone because i have a corporate discount. What a joke. Really hate the place:-(((