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BIF wrote:and I want to touch it...
UberGerbil wrote:You could just do what Jimmy Kimmel did.
just brew it! wrote:Anyone else see the Samsung ad that makes fun of people standing in line for iPhones? Classic.
Hawkwing74 wrote:What I'm trying to figure out is, why aren't these people at work? Did they all take vacation days or are they mostly college students or what? Who has time to stand in line?
trackerben wrote:Is lining up for something new,
trackerben wrote:highly-regarded,
trackerben wrote:and scarce
trackerben wrote:a lowly behavior to be treated with mocking contempt?
trackerben wrote:Isn't encouraging consumption in these dismal economic times a Good Thing? Is this what tech sites are about these days?
trackerben wrote:Male fun of people who are so interested in the latest stuff that they will line upfor it? Is lining up for something new, highly-regarded, and scarce a lowly behavior to be treated with mocking contempt? Isn't encouraging consumption in these dismal economic times a Good Thing? Is this what tech sites are about these days?
JohnC wrote:trackerben wrote:Male fun of people who are so interested in the latest stuff that they will line upfor it? Is lining up for something new, highly-regarded, and scarce a lowly behavior to be treated with mocking contempt? Isn't encouraging consumption in these dismal economic times a Good Thing? Is this what tech sites are about these days?
Just ignore them and let these jealous people boil in their own hatred
DPete27 wrote:Best thing ever, I was at the Verizon store on Saturday, they had the iPhone5 in stock, nobody was waiting in line, you could just stroll right in and get one. THAT is what's wrong with the people standing in lines. You can't wait ONE DAY??
DPete27 wrote:Best thing ever, I was at the Verizon store on Saturday, they had the iPhone5 in stock, nobody was waiting in line, you could just stroll right in and get one. THAT is what's wrong with the people standing in lines. You can't wait ONE DAY??
just brew it! wrote:
Corrado wrote:But if you showed people a GS3 and said 'This is the new GS4' people would do the exact same thing.
Corrado wrote:Plus, how many people did they have to ask to get the reactions they did? Hundreds? Thousands?
Corrado wrote:Honestly, the whole 'making fun of people lining up' smells of jealousy on the part of Samsung.
Corrado wrote:Whens the last time anyone wanted a Samsung phone so bad they waited in line just to get it first thing in the morning?
Corrado wrote:Samsung's phones are nice, no doubt, but how is it any different really from a One X, or a Razr HD, or an Optimus 4X HD? The hardware is all the same, the software is all the same.
entropy13 wrote:even though they make better phones
BIF wrote:So I heard that the Hoover Dam doesn't appear on iOS 6's Maps.
BIF wrote:I suppose I shouldn't talk