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29 June 2007

Live from the Apple Store, 5th Ave, NYC Decided to stop by to see how things are going. People are still buying and leaving with iPhones. 8 store employees are standing outside, and they cheer when anyone walks in or out. The crowds around the tables with the display iPhones are 3 deep.

post by: ThePinkSuperhero at: 22:12 | 26 comments

they keep cheering every 10 seconds. a lot of people are buying iPhones.

posted by stynxno 29 June | 22:15

WHOOOOOO! YOU JUST SPENT A SHITLOAD OF MONEY!!!! WHOOOO!!!!!!!!!

posted by jason's_planet 29 June | 22:28

Yea, on our way in, I said, I'M NOT BUYING AN IPHONE. They responded, WOO HOOO TWO IPHONES TWO IPHONES RIGHT HERE!!!

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 22:29

Is this whole thing incredibly depressing to anyone else?

posted by puke & cry 29 June | 22:31

I think MySpace is blocked on Apple Store computers :-(

(I won the Legally Blonde CD today from one of the actorss in the show who does CD giveaway contests on MySpace- my Dad called me and told me, because he's also the guy's friend and saw the bulletion. I want to message him and be like WOO HOOO THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SEND IT TO ME NOOOOOOW. Guess I'll have to wait until I get home, boo.)

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 22:32

Not moi, puke & cry, but I'm like a dementor- I feed off the energy of happy people. Except, uhh, I don't, like, eat their souls.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 22:33

Your description of the employees gleefully cheering made me really want to firebomb my local applestores.

posted by puke & cry 29 June | 22:36

iMagine that.

posted by jonmc 29 June | 23:02

8 store employees are standing outside, and they cheer when anyone walks in or out.

I can just imagine the boss saying 'OK, you're on cheering duty,' or maybe some of them volunteered for it, which is even more depressing, somehow.

posted by jonmc 29 June | 23:05

Those weren't those "Apple Geniuses" I've heard about, are they?

posted by wendell 29 June | 23:12

"Is this whole thing incredibly depressing to anyone else?"

Sure is p & c.

posted by arse_hat 29 June | 23:21

The cheering people were gone when we left the store :(

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 23:34

Hm, I'm starting to doubt their commitment to sparkle motion.

posted by puke & cry 29 June | 23:36

heh!

posted by scody 29 June | 23:39

I did get to play with an iPhone before I left- even made a phone call with it.

"Dad, I'm on an iPhone!"
"You BOUGHT an iPhone?"

It's a different way to make a phone call- you don't hold it up to your face. I tried, but then realized, oh, duh, headphones. And the mic is on the cord. Despite being in a really loud store, I could hear very well, and my Dad could hear me, too.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 29 June | 23:45

"headphones. And the mic is on the cord"

Hasn't that been the cell phone standard since about 1993?

posted by arse_hat 29 June | 23:52

For people who use that sort of thing, I suppose- but don't all other cell phones have the option to hold it to your ear? As far as I could tell, the iPhone didn't.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 30 June | 00:06

Hm, I don't like that. I fear change.

posted by puke & cry 30 June | 00:10

Wow TPS, that is odd. With no tactile keypad I can't see the attraction.

posted by arse_hat 30 June | 00:17

Well IT IS Apple.

posted by arse_hat 30 June | 00:18

I was all ready to buy one, but I had to replace a lost phone while in SF and I think I'll be landing a job that comes with a blackberry soon. Anyway...

The cheering employees thing is awful. Didn't they learn from Cold Stone Creamery? Their employees will sing when someone leaves a $1+ tip, but it's so awkward that it keeps people from giving tips.

posted by mullacc 30 June | 01:46

me too p & c. Sheeple. With gadgets. Keeping up with joneses that don't exist. /crabbiness

posted by chewatadistance 30 June | 06:09

I for one welcome our new electronic overlords. This is the first gadgety gizmo I've ever come across that really made me crave. Of course, a phone that costs 500 simoleons is daunting.

I'm going to wait to see what the aftermath brings before handing over any serious moolah.

But it's so pretty....DOWN SIMBAH!

posted by Lipstick Thespian 30 June | 11:33

Yeah, it's pretty cool... I like the touchscreen. But people are always losing their phones. At $500 a pop, that would really be ouchy.

posted by taz 30 June | 12:21

oh. Heh. I just realized that with iphone, you have to use their carrier service (AT&T; I haven't been paying that much attention, obviously). Wow. Yeah, I don't think I'd ever pay for a phone that limited me to a single provider. How is this a good idea?

posted by taz 02 July | 00:33

From what I have seen, the iPhone is the perfect device for me - looks after my music, phone and organisation needs all in one. But I can't buy one here and probably wouldn't anyway, because I always get free phones, so would find it hard to justify the cost (to other people, if not to myself ;-).

It does look way sexy, though. I think I hear it calling me ...

posted by dg 02 July | 00:51

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