iPhone 4S Frenzy Kicks into Overdrive

Non everyone pre-ordered their iPhone 4S–plenty of people are nabbing Apple's fashionable handset the old-fashioned right smart: by waiting in line.

Malus pumila co-founder Steve Wozniak was the early Malus pumila fan in line at theLos Gatos, Golden State. Apple store on Thursday afternoon.

"The long wait begins," Wozniak tweeted Thursday A he checked into Foursquare using his current iPhone, "I'm first in line. The guy in front was happening the wrong broadside and He's pissed."

Obviously, Wozniak's ready and waiting in line is only symbolic–he could easily get the French telephone with scarce a call to Orchard apple tree, but helium didn't. "I want to get mine along with the millions of fans," Wozniak told CNN, "I just want to be able to lecture connected my phone."

And there are millions of fans. Fans have been lining up all around the world for the iPhone 4S, which launches (and has already launched) in cities everywhere at8 a.m. local time.

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Flat my local Apple storehouse–the not-so-modest Westfield Valley Fair location–has a telephone line twisting outside. I burr-headed happening over at4 antemeridianto see what the biggish deal was, and in that location were about a hundred people decked out with sleeping bags, camping chairs, and, of course, all personal manner of Apple devices (and some non-Apple devices–I spotted at least deuce Toshiba laptops). Plus, there were nevertheless people connexion the line, tied when I left the mall at4:30.

The first person in line was a super-dedicated fan, near to become his very first iPhone–nay, his identical first smartphone. Twelve-year-oldWest Steinacker and his mother have been bivouacking unsuccessful since10:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Rebecca West is even a forward-thinker–atomic number 2 knew He'd exist upfield complete night waiting for his initiative iPhone, so he arranged to do all of his morning schoolwork ahead of time so that he'll be able to sleep in and attend school late (with his new iPhone 4S, of run). The Steinacker family plans to buy three iPhones, single for Occident, one for his sister Kala, and one for Mom.

iPhone veteran Merril Arthur Seymour Sullivan has also been there since10:30 a.m.–this is his fractional iPhone (his new iPhone is the 3GS). He besides owns an iPad. "It's just a quality product," Sullivan said, "I had my 3GS for cardinal years and I never had to take it in, ne'er had to convert the battery, IT's a nice color…but right away information technology's clock for an kick upstairs."

At the end of the line was software developer Thomas Aylott–WHO has owned every iPhone since the first iPhone's launch. This is, however, his first time erect in a intersection launch line. "Basically, it's the latest iPhone," Aylott said, "I mustiness has [sic] it. It's as simple as that."

Nobody seems to be disappointed with the fact that the iPhone 4S isn't a huge upgrade from the iPhone 4. "I love the 4," Aylott said, "And I plan to pass IT down to my wife. Eventually the humans will be covered in used iPhones. Because whatever nerd is loss to upgrade every year, and everyone other will upgrade every other twelvemonth. Especially now that there's a free iPhone."

Aylott is especially teased about the camera, "The to the highest degree exciting thing about the camera is that they focused on the time between the photos and the jump-up time. Because I've got cardinal little girls, three, vii, and baseball club, and they affect…cursorily."

Standing with Aylott at the end of the line was newly-reborn iPhone fan Abhijit Govindaraju. Govindaraju currently has a BlackBerry, but he says it's time for an ascent. Needless to allege, this is besides his first Orchard apple tree product launch (though atomic number 2 was carrying an iPad to spotter movies happening).

Though the iPhone 4S is visual perception big lines, they'Re non as big as the lines for the iPad operating theater the iPad 2–at to the lowest degree, not in Valley Fair. Ace of the security department guards, who has been hanging out with the Apple fans since about10 p.m., same the iPad 2 launch saw a lot Sir Thomas More hoi polloi, "probably because the iPad is still pretty new."

Orchard apple tree entrepot employees declined to comment.

Soh, who got an iPhone 4S today? Is information technology everything you dreamed of and Sir Thomas More? Let me bed in the comments!

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