It's been 2 years in the UK

[redgaz26]

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So who was all here 2 years ago on this day. I waited for 4 hours in the freezing cold for my first gen iPhone. !!!
Can't believe it's now 2 years ago. Now have my 3gs and still loving the iPhone. Hoping nexts years will be a bit of a change though.
So else was on here November 9th 2007???

 

[beardboy]

2 years ago today i was getting excited, but on 11th November 2007 i was queuing up for the iPhone.

 

[redgaz26]

you were 2 days late

it was defo the 9th

http://www.macworld.com/article/60083/2007/09/iphoneuk.html

 

[Gav2k]

Already had mine

 

[arkitect]

6pm, 9th November 2007.
By 7pm I was waiting for O2 to register my number, and around 8pm made my first call.

Aaaah. You always remember the first time…

 

[beardboy]

you were 2 days late

it was defo the 9th

http://www.macworld.com/article/60083/2007/09/iphoneuk.html

Hmmm - my bad.

I was sure it was 11th! :lol:

 

[OllyW]

I popped into my local O2 store about half an hour after they started selling them to have a look.

I wasn't that impressed to be honest, even though the iPhone UI looked interesting the phone itself was lacking in features and the call plans were poor value.

I waited another 9 months until the 3G was released before taking the plunge.

 

[instaxgirl]

I was working in a shopping centre. I remember watching the Carphone Warehouse staff let off party poppers as they let the queue of 3 people in to buy iPhones.

Everyone looked very, very embarrassed. I laughed.

 

[alFR]

Yeah, I was there at the Trafford Centre Apple Store. There were so many geeks I thought it was going to implode into a sort of nerd singularity. Good times.

 

[kAoTiX]

I was working in a shopping centre. I remember watching the Carphone Warehouse staff let off party poppers as they let the queue of 3 people in to buy iPhones.

Everyone looked very, very embarrassed. I laughed.

lmao, what a story! i laughed at that.
I would have paid to be there watching!

I waited till well into the 3G era before I got one. And never looked back. Got my 3G the day I flew back from America last year and my 3GS the day I flew back again from America. It's becoming some kind of ritual...go to america on holiday, fly back, buy iphone, repeat.

 

[nomad01]

So who was all here 2 years ago on this day. I waited for 4 hours in the freezing cold for my first gen iPhone. !!!

God, time has flown. I was queueing in the Bullring so it wasn't cold thankfully... Starbucks employees were taking orders from us in the line too.

Got my 3G the day I flew back from America last year and my 3GS the day I flew back again from America. It's becoming some kind of ritual...go to america on holiday, fly back, buy iphone, repeat.

I bought my 3GS after returning from America. Was released while I was over there but had to wait til I got back to buy one.

 

[t0mat0]

2 years + 1 day => iPhone no longer exclusive with O2.
Unlockable right now too (at least officially to Orange and at som future point Vodafone).

 

[mkjj]

Yeah, I was there at the Trafford Centre Apple Store. There were so many geeks I thought it was going to implode into a sort of nerd singularity. Good times.

Me too, I think I was 30th (ish) in queue, receipt is timed at 6.16pm. It was going strong until, ironically the 9th November, when my wife (who has it on a Simplicity Plan) had it in her pocket which then went in the wash for a full cycle

Needless to say it is dead, (but drying out), strong old thing, just a minor scratch to back but looked good as new (and clean).

Ah, well, happy birthday

 

[greygray]

Ah.. how time flies.. another year has passed.. another successful birthday for the iPhone as King Of The Smartphones..

 

[iPhone 62S]

I was getting excited, and that weekend I went to play with one at my local Apple Store, but I sadly didn't get one until a few months after the release of the 3G (got the iPhone 3G I mean, not a first gen).

Still a memorable date for all, though!