Iphone Lust

So what are the odds?

Brit Boy and I decided a while back that we were going to take the plunge and invest in a couple of iPhones. We NEED to have these phones for our business. What music management company worth its weight in CD’s would be caught dead in the “biz” without them? (OK, I’m being a little unrealistic, but I REALLY wanted one of these phones. You all know I’m a geek, and I’m proud of it!)

BUT I’D BE DAMNED IF I WAS GOING TO WAIT IN LINE TO BUY ONE!!! (I’m not THAT goofy over a phone.)

Last week, stupidly thinking the frenzy was finally over, I walked over to the Apple store on Prince St. in Soho and found the line went down the street, round the corner, and then down ANOTHER street! Some guy even offered to sell me his place in line for $20. I turned it down as I was afraid people in line would beat me up! (Like I said, I didn’t need the phone that bad).

Yesterday, I decided to take Rosie on a different morning walk, and – wouldn’t you know it – we found ourselves in front of the Apple Store on Prince St. at around 10:30 AM. There were 3 guys in line. I asked them what was up, and they told me that the store had just “announced” that they had received a new shipment of iPhones just ten minutes previously, and they would be selling them within 20 minutes. So Rosie and I got in line and waited. Actually it was more like 45 minutes, but when the doors opened, we were served immediately, and I walked out with my brand-spanking new 16 Gig white iPhone with a hot pink cover with flowers on it!

What was even neater was that the line behind me built up REALLY quickly – within minutes was down the block and around the corner again. People walking by asked us how long we had been waiting and I couldn’t help myself. I lied. I told them that I had been there since 3 AM and I was starting to digest my stomach lining from hunger!

Fortunately, we were in the shade for most of our wait, so Rosie was perfectly OK. Here she is waiting in line for our iPhone…

In the last few minutes, the sun started to get really hot, and since we were standing so close to the front door, the people around me were totally fine with holding my place in then line so I could bring Rosie inside into the air-conditioning to hang out in the cool.

So why do I feel like I just hit the lottery? I’m still going to have to pay for the damn thing, and it IS just a phone, after all. But at least I didn’t have to wait in line for five hours or longer. And now it’s MINE, ALL MINE! I know it’s silly, but I can’t stop fondling my new phone. There’s something behind the hype. I’m in geek love again.

Tags: Apple, iPhone, Talking dogs