The Apple iPhone officially releases tomorrow to much hype, speculation, and anticipation. AT&T has hired over 2000 extra workers to handle the rush that is soon to be. For Canadians who don’t get the chance yet to buy yet, just picture a Boxing Day sale and multiple it tenfold and you can imagine the chaos tomorrow. For Americans who are lining up already and camping overnight for the iPhone…….you suck. Please seek advice from your Playstation 3 peers who camped overnight for a piece of hardware that is now overstocked in stores. I guess if you are lining-up to flip the iPhone for a nice profit, I won’t pity you; in fact, I’m envious because I love capitalism. Those who need to have it on the first day deserve to pay a hefty premium price for it. It’s amazing how fast people seem to forget that this is not Apple’s first venture into the cell phone market. They failed with the Motorola Rokr but since Apple can do no wrong, the iPhone will succeed because people just have to have it.
I won’t buy it ever but especially the first generation that is prone to glitches, bugs, and malfunctions.
Apple and Vince McMahon are both geniuses in their marketing prowess. Create a silly product but hype the crap out of it until the people can’t get enough of it. I used to be a diehard WWF/WWE fan and I still watch occasionally.
I’m going to buy some Apple stock (AAPL) and at least make some cash myself from this frenzy and buy myself a good phone that functions and is reasonably priced.