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I did camp twice 5/6
6S/7/8 preorder pickup
waiting inline smell fart>>dont play that again
Shouldn't have been standing behind me then.
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Last year I went to my local Apple store (Annapolis, MD) a day after release and joined a line of about four people. Cancelled my online order (it was delivering late) and picked up the model I wanted (iPhone X, space gray, 256GB). Total time spent? Maybe ten minutes.
I normally do preorder and pick it up in the morning at my local UPS hub.
I prefer to order it online and while it's enroute depending on if it's Fedex or UPS, I always select hold for pick up and I will go and pick it up at my own convenience on launch day.
Camping is for the woods not a retail store. People can have fun doing it but it seems very 2007 era thing to do.
That's what I heard, but I didn't have any issues with this since all my orders are from apple.com, so you can hold for pick up on these.
UPS did for me last year. Got mine at 9 am when the distro center customer counter opened up.
You’re absolutely correct. Scalpers _have_ always been a problem, but it’s getting worse where they are trying to defeat the system by purchasing phones, and then they will go to multiple Apple stores in a city to do this or work in cells. UnFortunately there is not much to combat scalpers, the only thing Apple really can do is just limit what they can purchase in store for iPhones.
The one way to end scalping is for people to stop being stupid and paying scalpers way more than the retail price of the phone just so they can get it sooner. Stop making scalping so profitable for them.
I agree. Once September 21 arrives when the new iPhones debut, you will have scalpers who will take the latest iPhones, sell them on eBay for more than 3/4 times the cost and you will have those buyers who will pay to have it. It’s really a vicious cycle in so many ways, and I know Apple is aware of it, but it’s a difficult situation to combat. It Happens with every Apple product, more specifically the iPhone. I remember when the Apple Watch first launched in April 2015, it was ridiculous what buyers were paying the scalpers for more than 5/6 times the cost of the Apple Watch to have it early.
https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/iphone-launch-meetups.131/
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I’m on the iUP currently with my launch day 8+, hoping for a nice smooth transition to an X+.
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I agree. I did an early morning queue (7am ish) for the iPhone 4 at the Apple Store in Regent Street in London.
I haven’t done it since, as the queues have increased too much for my liking, but I totally get why people do it, it was a really positive experience.
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You thought wrong.
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Unless the person with interest has non iPhone X and wants to get the iPhone X Spawn / X”S”, camping is not necessary. After all, it is a “spawn” or second generation year, which should not b a big deal for anyone who has the parent or first generation. Th same design with some minor internal and size improvements. Nothing too exciting. For socializing may be a reason to do so.
I agree no need to get up early to order. There will be plenty.
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Note: This opinion may be influenced by my desire to get an X+ on launch day
Why?
I think ordering from the comfort of your own home is better. Heck, I got the iPhone X on launch day, by ordering it on launch day. I didn't even opt for any sort of pre-order.
For me, I take the attitude, its just a phone, pure and simple, and the this next phone that apple is rolling out, will doing what the old phone did and not much else ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I don’t mean to sound rude but camping outside for an iPhone seems so antiquated now. There really is no need for it these days although I guess I can understand wanting the thrill and experience of it. It’s definitely not for an introverted guy like me who hates people though. Much rather sit in the comfort of my own home without all that noise.
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But by that time rumours of the next iPhone that isn’t just an ‘s’ cycle with way more interesting features will be running rampant and you will feel like you should hold off for just a few months until September.
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But by that time rumours of the next iPhone that isn’t just an ‘s’ cycle with way more interesting features will be running rampant and you will feel like you should hold off for just a few months until September.
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I guess it also depends on location right? My local att store maybe has 5-10 people in line at most at any given release and even then the line forms 20m before the store opens or something like that...it is fun to see and meet apple fans.
Some even walk in the afternoon and pick one up whilst other cities and locations see 1-3 day lineups.
Some even walk in the afternoon and pick one up whilst other cities and locations see 1-3 day lineups.
as crazy as it may seem, camping out has sort of become a tradition in a way haha. I just love being a part of the first release experience and being around other people all interested in the same product. luckily the release dates always end up being on days im already off work so that helps as well. just bring a few chairs, my laptop and hangout! I've met some very cool people over the years
It was the same with me and my friend, we had fun pre i5 days, had the whole morning and day planned out. Unboxing and setting up phones was as fun as getting inside and purchasing them. It felt that there were more significant changes by each phones release. 6s to 8 were too similar to do this.
Yea I agree! im hoping the new model(s) will have something over the top that will bring back that excitement . we will see!