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[lieutenantdan93]

Been on line for 10 hours.. Only 3.5 left lol

 

[flip5stacks]

I think I dun goofed...

I'm selling my jailbroken/unlocked iPhone 4, but I forgot to restore and rejailbreak before iOS 6 came out. Can I still restore back to 5.1.1.? If so, please tell me how

 

[dream5hift]

You guys still getting the black color even with the scuffing situation?

 

[Lunden]

You guys still getting the black color even with the scuffing situation?

yep I will have a case on mine so it doesnt matter

this is coming from someone who had a white 3GS and 4

 

[mr j 858]

You guys still getting the black color even with the scuffing situation?

This is why I'm just not that a fan of the color black in general on nice & expensive looking stuff like a Iphone, car, shoes or clothes, etc.

A car be it a Honda Accord, Beemer or Benz, whatever.No matter how hard you try to be careful scuffs, scratches, swirl marks will show up on a black paint job.There really is no way around it.

Same goes for other nice products in black.

It may be a nice sleek & sexy color but overtime it shows its wear & tear.

 

[the hater boxden]

Just found out my little 12 year old cousin is getting his 5 tomorrow.
I'm extra jelly. >:
I might have to wait about a week to get mine, AT&T dude said they won't have enough.
That **** ain't cool bruh, That **** ain't cool...

You sound like a 12 yr old.
He probably gets more yambs than you and he's getting the 5, so he's gonna get double yambs when he goes back to school on monday.

Lil dude was trying to style on me, Since we've been talking about this for about a week and I told him I wasn't getting mine tomorrow.

If he's getting chicks, It's because of me. I've thought him everything he knows.

and [COLOR=#red]I didn't get my first phone til I was 15, Most of my friends had their since they were 12 or 13. I'm 19 now...[/COLOR]

exactly the same

my first phone was the white iphone 3G 16gb on launch date so many **** sophomore year

 

[the hater boxden]

Been on line for 10 hours.. Only 3.5 left lol

wtf man. how do you do that

 

[youngcurse]

I can't believe I'm the only on at this store right now smh maybe it is just all hype?

 

[the hater boxden]

I can't believe I'm the only on at this store right now smh maybe it is just all hype?

Apple store? whre do you live

 

[mr j 858]

For many lining up for Apple's iPhone 5, a payoff worth the wait

SAN FRANCISCO — Charlie Hufnagel isn't sure whether he wants an iPhone 5 when it goes on sale Friday, but that didn't stop him from being first in line at the Apple store near Union Square. In fact, he has been there since Monday morning — after all, he's being paid for it.

Huge crowds and guaranteed media coverage have spawned a subculture of enterprising opportunists piggybacking off Apple hype. With the company set to release its highly anticipated iPhone 5, dozens of people are already gathered outside high-profile stores around the country.

But many are not there solely to buy the smartphone; they're also hawking brands, blogs and products or looking to score some easy cash. All they have to do is wait in line.

In San Francisco, Hufnagel responded to a post on TaskRabbit, a website where users can outsource household tasks and errands, and agreed to wait in line at an Apple store for five days for $1,500. Once word got to TaskRabbit, employees dropped off a bunch of company apparel and signs that read: "#SkipTheLine with TaskRabbit." Hufnagel — who set up a green REI tent, yoga mat and folding chair in front of the store — also made his own sign promoting his Twitter handle.

"The hours are weird, but I get to meet a lot of interesting people," said Hufnagel, 24, an unemployed San Francisco resident. "I do feel a little like a zoo animal."

And what kind of person would be willing to shell out hundreds of dollars to avoid waiting in line? "It seemed like an older guy who didn't want the attention and publicity but wanted to be one of the first people to get his hands on a new iPhone," Hufnagel said. "A guy with a lot of money."

In New York, shoppers have been camped outside the Fifth Avenue store since Sept. 13, including Jessica Mellow, a face and body artist and model who is touting her blog, iPhoneWhatever.com, while wearing a shirt she got free of charge from Gazelle, a company that buys used electronics. Also in line: people promoting mobile banking app Refundo and Apple line regular Hazem Sayed, who is using his No. 1 spot to get publicity for his social media app Vibe.

Last year, Sayed paid a college student $900 to take over her place at the front of the line for the iPad 2. His main motivation then was also to promote an app, AskLocal.

In a phone interview, Sayed, who has waited in three other Apple lines in the past, said the nature of waiting in front of the stores has changed over time, with more people these days selling their spots for cash, seeking buzz for their own companies or being sponsored by other brands.

"It would be hard to get the same amount of publicity for a small company like we are in any other way," the 54-year-old said. "It's certainly worth the week of effort and the week of time."

For others, it's simply about the money. Hundreds of people have posted ads online offering to wait in line on Thursday night, usually for $100 to $150. The offers have been quickly snatched up, thanks to a large number of corporate executives and wealthy Apple fans who'd rather not sleep outside.

TaskRabbit, the San Francisco company that Hufnagel used to get his four-night, $1,500 gig, has been running its own iPhone 5 special. For $55, people can hire someone to wait in line for them for up to four hours at seven Apple store locations in the Bay Area or New York.

"You've waited long enough for the iPhone 5, why should you have to wait in line too?" the company said on its website. "A TaskRabbit will wait in line for you for up to four hours the morning of the release.... Then you'll swap places and buy your shiny new iPhone — it couldn't be easier."

After posting a Craigslist ad, Juan De Pablo, 25, is getting paid $150 to arrive at the Third Street Promenade Apple store in Santa Monica by 8 p.m. Thursday. As part owner of a Web design company, "I kind of have a lot of free time on my hands," he said.

He plans on using the money to help pay for his own iPhone 5. And like other line sitters, he's hoping to drum up interest in his site, OptimizeMyLocalBusiness.com.

The publicity stunts are an "interesting approach" for those who don't mind the wait, said Eli Portnoy, a Los Angeles marketing expert. But he questioned whether it was effective.

"It doesn't surprise me in this day and age that people are looking for a freebie way to get attention," he said. "I'd say there are probably better ways to get low-cost publicity."

Mellow, the body artist who has been waiting outside the Fifth Avenue store in New York, said it wasn't all about the publicity.

"Anyone who thinks we're doing it just for some sort of promotions — you really think we'd sleep on the ground for eight days?" she said. "We're doing it because we want to do it for the experience, because we like Apple, and because you meet a lot of cool people. No matter what the motive, I think most of us are Apple fans."

Apple store employees at several California locations said most shoppers who camp out usually don't begin waiting in line until the day before a release. The iPhone 5 goes on sale at 8 a.m. local time at Apple stores. Wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint and Verizon, as well as retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and Radio Shack, will also sell the phone.

Already, Southland malls are preparing for the onslaught.

Westfield is beefing up security by its Apple stores and will offer early birds coffee at some of its locations. Mall operator Macerich, which owns Los Cerritos Center, said it would have designated waiting areas for shoppers to camp out Thursday night.

At the Americana at Brand in Glendale, shoppers can start camping at 11 p.m.; the mall will provide coffee and pastries in the morning. At the Grove, in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles, shoppers can arrive at 4 a.m. and will be provided with water and umbrellas. A spokeswoman said both shopping centers were expecting bigger crowds than at previous releases.

As for Hufnagel, he may have to get an iPhone 5 for himself after all. While taking a break from his post outside the Apple store Tuesday evening, someone stole his iPhone 4.

"Maybe it's the fates telling me to get the new iPhone?" he said.

Link:

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-iphone-squatters-20120920,0,1414290.story

 

[thadocta]

x at someone stole his iphone 4

 

[mr j 858]

Here ya go for the NT'ers who are paying $700 or more for a unlocked iphone 5 and are using it on T-Mobile:

Hope you guys or whoever use on the black market or your craigslist tech guru got some sim card cutting skills.

Link:

http://asia.cnet.com/hacked-iphone-5-nano-sim-thickness-doesnt-matter-62218820.htm

I really don't get why people are willing to spend that much for a unlocked iphone 5 and then go through all that hassle to get it working with T-Mobile

 

[lieutenantdan93]

wtf man. how do you do that

Lol mixture of having a cracked/broken iPhone 4, no class on Friday, and extreme boredom

 

[iYen]

Here ya go for the NT'ers who are paying $700 or more for a unlocked iphone 5 and are using it on T-Mobile:
Hope you guys or whoever use on the black market or your craigslist tech guru got some sim card cutting skills.
Link:
http://asia.cnet.com/hacked-iphone-5-nano-sim-thickness-doesnt-matter-62218820.htm
I really don't get why people are willing to spend that much for a unlocked iphone 5 and then go through all that hassle to get it working with T-Mobile

Supposedly tmobile is going to start selling nano sims.

IDK when though.

 

[unbr3akabl3]

I thought I was doin it by getting in line this early at the AT&T store. It's already a line with like 20 or so people smh. Don't know if I'll even get one at this store.

 

[ray mulla]

Currently #8 at my local AT&T store

 

[dream5hift]

Can you guys post what city you're in if you're waiting in line?

 

[frankb24]

Woke up at 430 and there is still no one at my local BB. I feel stupid lol. Should have slept in till about 6-630. Running on like 2 hrs of sleep :/

 

[frankb24]

Woke up at 430 and there is still no one at my local BB. I feel stupid lol. Should have slept in till about 6-630. Running on like 2 hrs of sleep :/

 

[frankb24]

Woke up at 430 and there is still no one at my local BB. I feel stupid lol. Should have slept in till about 6-630. Running on like 2 hrs of sleep :/

 

[aeropower]

Woke up at 430 and there is still no one at my local BB. I feel stupid lol. Should have slept in till about 6-630. Running on like 2 hrs of sleep :/

Woke up at 430 and there is still no one at my local BB. I feel stupid lol. Should have slept in till about 6-630. Running on like 2 hrs of sleep :/

Woke up at 430 and there is still no one at my local BB. I feel stupid lol. Should have slept in till about 6-630. Running on like 2 hrs of sleep :/

Whoa, did you wake up at 4:30? You totally should have slept until 6-6:30!

 

[unbr3akabl3]

Looks like I'm getting one

 

[mpire]

Anyone get theirs from radio shack?

 

[waddupdoe]

N_'s on craigslist asking for $1100 for a 16gb iPhone 5 :x *****! I pray I get good news in my inbox

 

[shogun]

I can't believe I'm the only on at this store right now smh maybe it is just all hype?

You're lucky then. Some people have to be in crazy lines. I would never want to wait on one of those lines.